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The Sixth House

House of Health
The Sixth House is commonly referred to as the House of Health. Implicit in maintaining good health is the ability to cope in the face
of adversity, and this theme rings truest in the Sixth House. As human beings, we naturally have shortcomings. What will we do with
them? How will we react in the face of a personal crisis? Crises, illnesses and reversals of fortune are all part of our Earthly trek.
How we confront these situations and deal with the lessons they invariably teach us helps to define the person we become.
Our fears may hold us back, but if we can meet them head-on and come out stronger on the other side, we may learn the valuable
lesson of service or what our life's work should be. Work and service are central to the Sixth House. The focus here is on
employment (employers and employees), training, those who serve us (along with those we serve) and those who depend on us.
Keeping ourselves strong throughout these efforts is also important here, which is why this House further focuses on health (good
and bad), diet, fitness and hygiene.
Essential to the work we do in life is the work we do on our self. Duty, responsibility and personal growth all contribute to the
creation of a fully-realized being. We work for others as well as for ourselves; we are at service to those who need us, including our
own being. There will be times when crises of health or faith will stand in the way of our best self. At those times, we must endeavor
to heal ourselves (again, the focus of this House is on health) so that we can return to the work of realizing our sum potential, of
serving our world.
The Sixth House also addresses the daily dailiness of life: what will I wear today? Do I need a haircut? Has the dog been fed?
These simple matters keep our engines humming and enable us to do the more important work of our choosing. It's a patchwork
quilt: the ability to serve others in health and through work which is both valuable and fulfilling.
The Sixth House is ruled by the Sign Virgo and the Planet Mercury.
The Second House

House of Possessions
The Second House is commonly referred to as the House of Possessions. While this speaks to that which we own, it's not limited
simply to tangible things. We own our feelings and emotions, as well as our inner selves, abilities, needs and wants. When we own
up to something, we are in fact claiming ownership of our greatest possession, our self.
Using our possessions, including material goods, to maximum advantage is also within the realm of the Second House. Our
possessions should enhance our lives and those of others in addition to fostering a general sense of well-being. This brings forth the
concept of value which is key to the Second House. What do we value, both tangibly and intangibly? Why do we value it? Who do
we value? What do we really own? What do we want to own? Why? Our effective resolution of these questions is a large part of
what the Second House is all about.
Specific possessions covered by the Second House include earned income and our ability to influence it, investments and moveable
property (cars, clothing, jewelry and the like). Debt is also part of the equation here, since we own the responsibility to pay our bills.
How we view money, the acquisition of wealth (and debt), financial reversals, savings, budgeting and financial status are all ruled by
the Second House.
For those of us who believe that money will set us free, it's interesting to note that this maxim finds a home in the Second House.
Personal freedoms as established by financial capability and sensibility are addressed within this House. To a great extent, our
possessions and what we do with them help to define us as viable human beings. Taking it a step further, will these material goods
help us gain social standing, recognition, friendship and love? Used properly, they very well might. Therefore, the goal implicit in
one's possessions could be defined as the ability to use those possessions honestly and to our best advantage and for the greater
good. If our possessions work for us and those around us, what more could we ask? Well, one more question does come to mind:
what goes around comes around? Sounds about right!
The Second House is ruled by the Sign Taurus and the Planet Venus.
The Third House

House of Communication
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The Third House is commonly referred to as the House of Communication. In this House, much of the communication is going on
between the individual and those he or she holds close: brothers and sisters, as well as neighbors. While communication here can
be both written and verbal, it also has a conscious quality to it. Think about kindred spirits and mental connections. This serves to
highlight the role of intelligence within the Third House.
Intelligence, as viewed in this realm, is the analytical ability one possesses within his or her environment, specifically a basic grasp
of things and a practical sensibility. We use this intelligence to help us work effectively within our world and with those in it. The
Third House reminds us that it's okay to use our conscious skills, as well as a more reflective intelligence, in order to make our way.
A symbiotic relationship with those we hold close is also part of the plan. Let's not forget that our minds are powerful, quick and
dexterous. Some things will be well-thought out, others nearly automatic. Maximizing our sum potential is the key.
Early education, effectively teaching us how to think and communicate, is also covered by the Third House, as are short trips. Again,
the proximate nature of travel speaks to the intimate nature of the Third House: those we know well, in our environment, keeping
that environment tight.
Harnessing our intelligence and sharing it effectively with others is the essence of the Third House. How do we best state our case
with others, often those we love the most? Will our actions be true to our environment, and our planet, for all time? This brings to the
fore emerging forms of intelligence-gathering, such as computers. Will they make or break communication as we know it? The
questions posed by the Third House can be answered by listening to that House: think, process, share.
The Third House is ruled by the Sign Gemini and the Planet Mercury.
The Fourth House

House of Family and Home
The Fourth House is commonly referred to as the House of Home. When we think of home, we think of that place where we put
down our roots. We lay our foundation and plant ourselves firmly into the Earth, as it were. One day, we will return to that very same
Earth. The Fourth House brings things full circle by also addressing old age, endings and our final resting place.
Much of the emphasis of the Fourth House, however, is on the concept of home. By laying down roots, we make a home for
ourselves, or more specifically, the self. It's worth noting that in addition to the external home (all the bricks and mortar around us),
we have really brought the essential self-home. 'I'm home.' The words themselves have a peaceful ring to them. The self is now
centered, grounded, one and at peace with the Earth. We seek to come home both physically and psychically, for ourselves and for
those we love. By creating home, we create a meeting place, a sanctuary, a sacred place for ourselves and for others.
In our home, we integrate the self with all that has come before us and helped to shape what we are today. We create a domestic
space which comforts and nurtures us and serves to keep safe those we love. Also important here are family history, cultural and
societal norms, and ways of being. All of these are ruled by the Fourth House, as are our ancestry, roots and heritage. These
qualities are brought 'home' through us and integrated into the place we call home.
Helping to create the home we make are our parents, for it is they who greatly nurture and shape our being. Therefore, the Fourth
House can also be thought of as the House of the Mother, the Parent or the Nurturer.
Looking at things from a strictly tangible point of view, we can see that the Fourth House also encompasses physical structures
(houses) and real estate. The Fourth House represents family, history and traditions. All of these contribute to the process of
becoming a true, actualized and individualized self. This is how we come home.
The Fourth House is ruled by the Sign
The Fifth House

House of Pleasure
The Fifth House is commonly referred to as the House of Pleasure. Oftentimes, pleasure is the result of a creative act. The simple
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act of creating is, essentially, giving of oneself and making something -- making another? Yes, the Fifth House does speak to
procreation and children, but it also addresses the creation of art and culture. The creative life is one from which we can derive
much personal pleasure and self-satisfaction. Do I like this? Does it make me feel good? Does it bring me pleasure? The answers
therein are the domain of the Fifth House.
Taking this pleasure principle a step further, one can give it a more human face, even two faces. Romance and romantic affairs,
both emotional pleasures, are within the realm of the Fifth House. Emotional satisfaction can be gained in many ways, and yet
another way addressed by this House is gambling. While this implies a financial risk, it can also be viewed as the willingness to take
a risk -- on love, with money or in life. A gut risk in the hopes of a pleasurable outcome is how the Fifth House sees it. This House is
actually quite rich with pleasures since it also lords over fun, games and hobbies. Life is more than just being or doing, it also
includes finding the pleasure in the acts in which we engage.
Children as a source of pleasure are also important in the Fifth House. This brings us back to creativity, since through our children;
we create an extension of ourselves and then watch it grow. Giving our children all the good we had (and have), and then some, is
certainly a pleasurable pursuit. How will this manifest itself? What form of pleasure and emotional release is best for our children?
Music, dance, theater, art, science, literature -- these fancies are for them and for us. Play for the purpose of emotional enrichment
and pure pleasure is what the Fifth House is all about.
The Fifth House is ruled by the Sign Leo and the Sun. Ancer and the Moon.
The Seventh House

House of Partnerships
The Seventh House is commonly referred to as the House of Partnership. With this House, we see a shift away from the self toward
another -- a partner. By cooperating with and relating to another we unite for the purpose of achieving something. Purpose is
important to the Seventh House -- the act of accomplishing something great or small for the self, the partnership and even society
as a whole. In uniting with another, we also become a more valuable member of our world: we make a contribution, one small cog in
the wheel of life. We have purpose. Cooperation and partnership help to expedite our purpose in life.
Through a partnership, we fill out our essential being. Suddenly, we see ourselves in context. Through a partnership in which we
work, play, love and/or create, we are fully formed and completed. The other half helps to make us whole. Ultimately, how we relate
to others will help to define the success we have as a human being and as a member of humankind.
The Seventh House shows us that partnerships can take many forms: marriage, business relationships, contracts, legalities,
negotiations and agreements. We will cooperate to a greater or lesser extent in these varied partnerships. The quality of that
cooperation, in essence how we relate to the other, is key to the Seventh House. Why do we choose this partnership? Is it for love
or money? Practical reasons? Social considerations? There are many reasons for uniting with another. We may choose to fill voids
we see in ourselves. We may simply want the company and companionship of another. The partnerships we form say a great deal
about ourselves and also serve to teach us much. This House wants us to know that the quality of our partnerships will enhance our
lives, make them fuller, more special and better for everyone.
Tensions within a partnership also serve to teach us lessons. For this reason, the Seventh House also focuses on the darker side of
our unions. Divorce, lawsuits and treaties all fall within this House. At its worst, a partnership may create enemies -- and on a more
global scale, these rifts can deteriorate into war. It is our reaction to this adversity which will shape the partnerships yet to come.
The Ninth House

House of Philosophy
The Ninth House is commonly referred to as the House of Philosophy. In keeping with that theme, it's our search for meaning which
is the focal point here. By virtue of exploring our world, we start to grasp everything that is available to us. It all boils down to
understanding: understanding that which we see and feel and probing further in the hopes of realizing true meaning.
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Through higher education, we have the hope of understanding concepts and theories which will enhance our world. Whether it's
philosophy or psychology, the Ninth House reminds us that we are on a voyage of discovery. Along that road, we will come face-to-
face with our ideals and further shape the ethics by which we live. Another approach to clearer meaning and understanding of that
which we see, and more importantly, that which we do not see, is through religion. Understanding and accepting that which is
greater than us and our world is key to the Ninth House.
Sadly, we might not always be humble in the face of what we have. A concrete understanding of the possibilities in life may well lead
to ruthless ambition and greed and an over-expansion of the self. To face these demons most effectively in society, we institute
laws. These laws provide for the orderly and positive growth of that society. In much the same way, philosophy and religion help add
focus and purpose to a productive society. How members of a society relate, and knowing and respecting the laws by which they
live, are core tenets of the Ninth House.
The way in which we expand our inner and outer lives is also addressed by the Ninth House. Travel and interaction with other
peoples and cultures are a means to this end. Our dreams, those which illustrate our past as well as those which speak to future
events, also help to mold our being and our relationships. Taking this a step further, psychics as the bearers of relevant information
also come into play.
Additionally, the Ninth House addresses publishing and multinational ventures such as import/export businesses. This House also
has a multigenerational view, taking into account grandchildren, as well as in-laws. At the end of the day, however, the Ninth House
is best described as philosophically inclined in the search for meaning and truth.
The Ninth House is ruled by the Sign Sagittarius and the Planet Jupiter.
Our Planets & their effects:
Sun
The Sun is the king in the planetary cabinet. It is the source of light and life. It signifies father, which is the source for bringing into
existence and supporting a new born in life. That is why the Sun signifies father and vitality. If the Sun is strong in a nativity, the
father and vitality will help the native to grow in a healthy way. The Sun signifies also the king, the master, the government, the
president of the country, highly-placed persons, administrators, contractors, chairmen of industrial establishments, physicians,
chemists, pharmacists, bureaucrats, politicians, police, power, social status, progeny, male child, and is secondary signification for
husband. As the Sun is personified as a king and doctor, when strong it denotes high administrative positions in government,
including politics, doctors in medicine, etc., self-confidence, courage, nobility, dignity, ambition, splendor, prestige, faith, loyalty,
generosity, authority, power, leadership and creativity.
The Sun is a male planet, hot, dry, constructive, sat Vic, pitta, and has sturdy bones. Its nature is royal, benevolent and cruel and its
temperament is fixed and steady. The Sun gives a square body, majestic appearance, powerful speech, makes a person
courageous and bestows administrative capabilities. Its complexion is blood red and it rules orange, pink and golden colors, the fire
element, hot or pungent flavors, the sense of sight, the Sundays, the east direction, copper, gold, ruby, temples, deserts, palaces,
government buildings, and towers.
The Sun represents head, body, soul, ego, Self, intelligence, will power, clarity, self-realization, health, bone structure, constitution,
blood, brain, bile, digestive fire, organ of voice, heart as life-center, right eye for males and left eye in case of females. In case it is
weak in a nativity, it gives weak eyesight, headaches, erratic blood circulation, heart trouble, dental problems, bone fractures,
overheating, fevers, blood pressure, baldness, neuralgia, bone cancer, weak immune system, etc., and denotes pride, egotism, self-
centeredness, pompousness, ostentation and despotism. The Sun is signification planet for vitality and life giver in any nativity,
because it rules the digestive system which provides nourishment to the whole body. As the soul can be better and easily elevated if
one keeps perfect health, it also represents the soul. The Sun is also general signification for employment, inheritance, mental
inclinations, professional position, comforts, creative intelligence, easy gains, general fortune, higher education, spiritual education
and spiritual life.
Moon
The Moon is the queen in the planetary cabinet. Next to the Sun, the role of the Moon is very important as it signifies mother. The
mother brings up the child and is the first preceptor of the child. That is why the Moon signifies mind also. If the position of the Moon
is strong in a nativity, the mother will be having sufficient resources and will bring up the child and develop the child's mental
faculties in a peaceful manner. The Moon acts as a nourishing and soothing agent. It rules the senses and the emotions and gives
the native the capability of looking after, which includes the fields of training, public relations, administration and soothing
(physician). The Moon signifies also the queen, hoteliers, public relations, moneylenders, sailors, house-keepers, physicians,
nurses, midwifes, healers, psychic abilities, eating establishments, cooks, catering and other professions that deal directly with the
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people at large, and is secondary significator for wife. The Moon enjoys status in administration by virtue of being the wife of the
king. When strong, the native does not have to strive for acquiring status and it denotes affluence, receptivity, sensitivity,
imagination, good memory, meritorious deeds and sound habits.
The Moon is a female planet, cold, moist, mild, satvic and its constitution is a mixture of vata and kapha. Its nature is royal, has
auspicious looks, pleasant speech and its temperament is fickle and changeable. The Moon is volatile as it is changing its position
daily. Depending upon the brightness of the Moon, while a weak Moon gives a slim body, a full Moon may give a plump body if it is
connected with the ascendant or its lord in a powerful way, in isolation. Its complexion is tawny and it rules white and silver colors,
the water element, salty flavors, the sense of taste, the Mondays, the northwest direction, bronze, silver, pearl, watery places, public
places, hotels, hospitals and ships.
The Moon represents face, mind, consciousness, perception, feelings, tolerance, thought, intellect, receptivity, femininity, sensitivity,
imagination, good memory, fertility, general weakness, emotional health and functional health as it governs fluids in body, good
quality of blood and lymph, glands, tonsils, breasts, stomach, lymphatic system, face, lungs and chest. It governs the left eye in the
case of males and ovaries, menstrual cycle, uterus, generative organs and right eye in the case of females. In case it is weak in a
nativity, besides psychic problems it causes sleep disorders, lethargy, drowsiness, lung problems, mouth problems (including loss of
taste), neurological disorders, epilepsy, digestive complains, water retention, blood disorders, anemia, blood-pressure, enlargement
of spleen, diseases of the uterus and ovaries, tuberculosis, menstrual disorders, and the native is vulnerable to frequent cough and
cold, fever, lack of appetite, general weakness, etc., and denotes hyper-sensitivity, over-reaction, inability to respond and difficulty
getting in touch with feelings. The Moon is also general signification for sleep, nourishment, public, social behavior, change, travel,
basic education, comforts, emotional peace, family, financial solvency, happy married life, inheritance, income and gains, love and
care, mental peace, milk, grains and liquids.
Mars
Mars is the commander-in-chief of the planetary cabinet. It signifies courage both mental and physical. Mars denotes position in
military and Para-military forces, police, vocations employing fire and metals, engineering, chemicals, surgeons, dentists and
executive posts. It governs gangsters, manufacturers, executioners, athletes, builders, designers, entrepreneurs, fire-fighters,
martial arts, mechanics and project erectors. Mars is also the general signification of younger brothers, which adds to the strength of
the native and becomes a source of strength and courage. The weakness of Mars makes a man lacking in courage and not enjoying
the help and comforts from the younger brothers. When strong in the nativity, it denotes thirst for action, passion, ambition, physical
strength, goal-directed energy, power to carry through, courage, bravery, heroism, competitive and fighting spirit, vim and vigor.
Mars is a male planet, dry, fiery, tama sic and pitta. Its nature is cruel, unrelenting, active and generous, and its temperament is
violent, angry and rash. Mars gives short stature and a stout and well-built body, red eyes and thin waist. Its complexion is blood red
and it rules bright red colors, the fire element, bitter flavors, the sense of sight, the Tuesdays, the south direction, copper, red coral,
places near fire, kitchens, battlefields, places for aggressive and violent or physical contests, football stadiums and military
installations.
Mars represents the chest, bone marrow, blood, bile, digestive fire, intestine, forehead, neck, and muscular system, acuity of vision,
sinews, nose and external generative organs. When afflicting or itself being weak and/or afflicted it causes inflammations,
overheating, inability to tolerate hunger, wounds, burns, accidents, fractures, piles, liver complaints, skin rashes, ulcers, lacerations,
operations, all sorts of acute complaints, fevers (particularly eruptive), epilepsy, mental aberration, tumors, cancer in the muscular
parts of the body when closely conjunct with Rahu, dysentery, typhoid, cholera, pox and boils, etc., and denotes anger, irritability,
haste, impatience, inconstancy, lack of drive and courage, and an 'all-or-nothing' attitude. Mars is also general signification for
energy, strength, enemy, army, accidents, acute diseases, aggressions, assets, immovable properties, motivation, arguments,
quarrels, fights, explosives, weapons, guns, general health, mechanical or technical ability, sports and surgery.
Mercury
Mercury is the prince in the planetary cabinet. It basically rules the rational mind and speech, analytical faculties, sharp intellect,
power of discrimination and confidence. Personified as a thinker and knowledgeable in the field of mathematics, Mercury signifies
advisory roles, astrologers, financial advisors, strategists, business, commerce, engineering and related fields, research scholars,
communicators, editors, authors, accountants, bookkeepers, lawyers, experts in analytical works, software engineers, auditors,
intellectuals, teachers, transporters, publishers, salesmen, traders, mediators, diplomats, authors, etc., and is the general
significator of friends. When strong in the nativity, it denotes a good communicator with intelligence, rationality, imagination, wit,
cleverness, skill, dexterity, verbal and mental ability, shrewdness, sound judgment, humor and flexibility. Mercury is a eunuch planet,
raja sic and tri-dosha i.e. its constitution is a mixture of vata, pitta and kapha. Its nature is royal, friendly and its temperament is
volatile and versatile. Mercury has the best appearance, is witty, fond of jokes and laughter, when strong in the natal chart as lord of
the ascendant. Attractive features, well-proportioned body, large eyes and witticism are its significations. The complexion of Mercury
is akin to that of grass and it rules green colors, the earth element, mixed or varied flavors, the sense of smell, the Wednesdays, the
north direction, brass, emerald, places for sports, business, communication or transportation, airports, post offices, accounting
offices, places where public but non-violent games are played, parks, libraries, bookstores and public assemblies. Mercury
represents the lower part of abdomen, skin, mind, nervous system, urinary bladder, bronchial tube, gastric juice, digestion,
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intestines, lungs, tongue, mouth, hands and arms. When weak, it causes psychic diseases, insomnia, nervous breakdown, epilepsy,
skin diseases, leucoderma, impotence, loss of memory or speech, vertigo, deafness, asthma, diseases of respiratory canal,
disorders of intestines, dyspepsia, etc., and denotes difficulty in thought and communication, timidity, low self-esteem, aloofness,
amorality, expediency, over-intellectualization and poor discrimination. As Mercury is weak quite frequently, whenever its sub-period
is in operation in any nativity it creates tensions in life, lack of confidence, situation of indecisiveness, etc., which ultimately leads to
faulty decisions. The effect is more if Mercury is weak in the natal chart as well as in transit at the time of operation of its sub-
periods. It makes a person a nervous wreck and can even cause paralysis when closely afflicted by Rahu-Ketu axis, if the
ascendant and its lord are also weak or the sign Virgo falls in the ascendant. Mercury is also general significator for consciousness,
communications, eloquence, learning, childhood, logic, maternal uncles, potency, nervous control, respiratory functions, basic and
higher education, humor, wit, mathematics, professional position, psychic ability, speculation, short journeys, books, papers,
publishing and places of entertainment.
Jupiter
Jupiter is a minister in the planetary cabinet. It is the preceptor of the gods. Jupiter is personified as preceptor, judge and it is linked
with the treasury. When strong in the nativity, it signifies the fields of top political and administrative positions, chairmen of industrial
establishments, contractors, financial advisors, bankers, high administrative positions in government, kings, politicians, bureaucrats,
lawyers, physicians, pharmacists, priests, judges, teachers, astrologers, management experts, administrators. It rules also
propaganda of spirituality, services with the state, teaching, law, financial institutions, advisory roles, and is primary significator for
husband. If strong, it gives growth, expansion and a humanitarian and spiritual outlook, and denotes wisdom, optimism, faith,
geniality, generosity, joviality, humor, idealism and good powers of judgment. It bestows intelligence and knowledge of scriptures in
its main and sub-periods. It signifies elder brother, husband in female nativities, male progeny, wealth, morals, sincerity, friends,
divine grace, father and in fact all good things in life. Jupiter is a male planet, mild, temperate, warm, satvic and kapha. Its nature is
saintly, generous and its temperament is mild, benign and soft-hearted. Jupiter gives impressive and magnificent disposition, thin
brown hair, tawny eyes, large body when found strong in a nativity and rules the ascendant or influences the lord of the ascendant.
Jupiter is intelligent and endowed with all the branches of learning. Its complexion is tawny and it rules the yellow colors, the ether
(akasha) element, sweet flavors, the sense of hearing, the Thursdays, the northeast direction, gold, yellow topaz, treasuries, banks,
vaults, dignified places such as courts of law, prestigious universities, altars, political assemblies, charitable institutions, high level
financial institutions, monasteries and missions. Jupiter represents the hips, the fat tissue, blood, arterial system, glands, liver/gall
bladder, pancreas gland, digestion, absorptive power, ears/hearing power, navel, feet, physical development, palate and throat.
When weak, it causes lymphatic and circulatory congestion, thrombosis, anemia, tumors, jaundice and other liver complaints, ear
problems, dyspepsia, flatulence, cough, cold, asthma, phthisis, diabetes and other diseases of pancreas glands, etc., and denotes
overconfidence, overindulgence, extravagance, immorality, greed, materialistic attitude (wanting the best of everything). Jupiter is
also general signification for elder brothers, father, male progeny, children, teacher, friends, fortune, justice, education, charity,
wealth, creative intelligence, easy gains, general fortune, higher education, income and gains, kindness, mental inclinations,
knowledge, happiness, wisdom, morality, virtue, dharma, professional position, prosperity, spiritual education, spiritual life, good
behavior, expansion, compassion, optimism, sincerity, honesty, common sense, divine grace and, in fact, all good things in life.
Venus
Venus is a minister in the planetary cabinet. It is the preceptor of demons. Venus is personified as a preceptor and lover. It rules
knowledge of life saving drugs and arts, and vocations in the field of financial administration, art, cinema, theatres, paintings, music,
designing, architecture, interior decorator, modeling, advertising, legal, teaching, hotels, medicines, fashion and luxurious items, and
is the general significator for wife and/or happy married life. When strong in the nativity, it denotes aesthetic sense, worldly
knowledge and pursuits, psychic ability, potency, pleasures, correct behavior, luxury, beauty, harmony, creativity, rich tastes,
affection, friendliness, love, gentleness, sociability, clarity, charm, harmony, balance, elegance, gracefulness and refined
sensuality.Venus is a female planet, warm, moist, rajasic and its constitution is a mixture of kapha and vata. Its nature is royal,
sensual, generous and benevolent and its temperament is easy going and accommodating. Venus is joyful in spirit, possesses a
slim body, is splendorous and has lovely eyes, giving a charming appearance, sharp and beautiful facial cuts, and dark-bright and
slightly thick curly hair when found strong in a nativity and rules the ascendant or influences the lord of the ascendant. Its
complexion is fair and it rules royal blue and variegated colors, the water element, sour flavors, the sense of taste, the Fridays, the
southeast direction, silver, diamond, places of pleasure and amusement, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, bedrooms, art galleries,
opera and symphony halls, dance halls, beauty salons, elegant shops and clubs. Venus represents the pelvis and the sexual
organs, desires and yearnings, reproduction, the semen/ovum, private parts, kidneys, face, eyes, neck, throat, chin, cheeks, skin,
venous system, etc. When weak, it causes venereal diseases, diseases of urinary or reproductive system, diabetes, anemia, stones
in bladder or kidneys, cataract, weakness of sexual organs, paralysis, asthma, phthisis, cough, cold, sexual perversions, impotence
or inability to have sexual relations, loss of bodily luster, etc., and denotes greed, laziness, vanity, ambiguity, lack of charm,
sentimentality, vice and sensual corruption, and lack of taste and refinement. Venus is also general significator for assets, vehicles,
conveyances, comforts, luxuries, art, dance, drama, music, painting, jewelry, romance, family, marital tie, income and gains,
prosperity, wealth, materialistic pursuits, opulence, financial solvency, medicine, hypnosis, mantras, ornaments, perfumes, flowers,
festivals, professional position, musicians, singers, songwriters, actors, actresses, artists, dancers, designers, engineers, fashion
designers, financial advisors, jewelers, perfumers, legal advisors, ministers and teachers. It signifies also people dealing with
entertainment, pleasure and beauty as well as people that tend to earn their livelihoods through arts, romance, silver, delicacies,
ornaments and finery, poetry, advice or counseling, and fashion design.
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Saturn
Saturn is the servant in the planetary cabinet. It is personified as a statesman and leader of low castes and signifies jobs requiring
hard work with less remuneration, leadership of workers, trying to acquire positions in government services, labor oriented industry,
routine workers, engineers, real estate agents, research work, scientists, dealing with labor, dealing in roots and fruits, dealing with
servants, working with spoiled food, stones or wooden materials, butchers, dealing with products or activities below the earth, etc.
When strong in the nativity, it signifies perfection and highest human qualities, spirituality, detachment, concentration, inwardness,
dutifulness, reliability, honesty, humility, sincerity, stability, longevity, authoritativeness, discipline, responsibility, conservatism,
practicality, realism, durability, eye for detail, sobriety, constancy and consistency. Saturn is a eunuch planet, cold, dry, contracting,
short-tempered, worn-out, tamasic and vata. Its nature is cruel, selfish and indolent and its temperament is harsh and hard-hearted.
Saturn has an emaciated body, long stature, brown and sunken eyes, protruding teeth, prominent veins, wrinkles, long hands and
face, lazy and melancholic nature, coarse and excessive hair when found strong in a nativity and rules the ascendant or influences
the lord of the ascendant. Its complexion is dark and it rules black, navy blue and bright brown colors.
Rahu
Rahu is personified as a diplomat and a shadowy planet and a legendary deceptor when disposed beneficially. Indicates diplomatic
jobs, jobs requiring manipulations with facts, deals in poisons and drugs. It signifies cheats, pleasure seekers, insincere and immoral
acts, speculative trading markets, etc. It is phlegmatic in nature and gives malignant growth. When afflicting, causes financial
setbacks, malignant growth, disease of phlegm, intestines, boils, skin, ulcers, spleen, worms, high blood pressure, etc. It gives
smoky and unpleasant appearance due to habits of overeating, resulting in foul smells and unclean body and nails. It is dry and fiery
in nature. Its affliction causes wounds, inflammations, fevers, intestinal disorders, aberrations, low blood pressure, deafness,
defective speech and gives emaciated body with prominent veins. It is personified as a saint and inclines a person more towards
mystic science and spiritual pursuits.
OTHER GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETS
Strong Planets
A strong natal planet protects and promotes its general significations and the significations of its mooltrikona house. Any planet is
considered strong when it is not in the state of weakness. It can increase its strength if:
a) it is young, i.e. its longitude is between 10º to 20º in a particular sign.

b) it occupies own or good navamsa and other divisions.
c) it is under the close influence of the functional benefic planets.
d) it occupies its exaltation, mooltrikona or own sign.
Weak Planets
A weak natal planet is not capable of fully protecting/promoting its general significations and the significations of its mooltrikona
house during the course of its sub-periods and during the triple transit functional malefic influences. By descending order of
weakness, any planet becomes weak when:
1) The most effective point of its mooltrikona sign is afflicted by a functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree.
2) The most effective point of its house of placement is afflicted by a functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree.
3) It is conjunct or aspected by any functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree.
4) It is combust due to its nearness to the Sun.
5) It occupies malefic houses from the ascendant, except if in its own mooltrikona sign.
6) It occupies its sign of debilitation.
7) It is in the state of infancy or old-age.
8) It occupies its debilitated sign in navamsa.
9) It occupies the mooltrikona sign of a weak planet.
10) It is the Moon within 72 degrees either side of the Sun. However, this is a minor weakness.
NOTE: In serial nos. (1) to (3) above, when the affliction is special or multiple i.e. when it comes from:
1) a conjunction with/ aspect from the most malefic planet,
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2) an aspect from a functional malefic planet placed in a dusthana,

3) a conjunction with Rahu or Ketu (Rahu-Ketu axis)
4) an aspect of a functional malefic planet afflicted by other(s) functional malefic planet,
5) more than one functional malefic planet at the same time,
Then the otherwise "strong" planet should be considered afflicted (and weak) even when the orb of affliction is of two degrees.
Afflicted Planets
Whenever a planet is already weak for any other reason and is under the close influence of any functional malefic, it is treated as an
afflicted planet. But when the planet is not weak for other reasons, it can only be considered afflicted under the exact influence of
any functional malefic, becoming a weak planet for that reason. So whenever any planet is afflicted, it becomes weak. The
significations of the house having a mooltrikona sign of an afflicted planet are harmed.
Afflicting Planets
Only the functional malefic planets can be afflicting planets.
It is very necessary to understand the difference between afflicting planets and afflicted planets.
Dispositor
Dispositor is a planet in whose moolatrikona sign another planet is located in the natal chart.
QUALITIES AND SEX OF PLANETS
The Sun, the Moon, Venus and Mercury are of rajasic nature. Jupiter is of satvic. Mars, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu are of tamsic
nature.
The Sun, Mars, and Jupiter are male while the Moon, Venus, and Rahu are female. Mercury, Saturn and Ketu are eunuchs.
FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF PLANETS
The functional nature of planets is the key analytical factor in the horoscope analysis. Besides Rahu and Ketu, the planets, whose
mooltrikona signs are in malefic houses (sixth, eighth and twelfth) with reference to the ascendant, act as functional malefic planets
in a nativity. For this purpose, under the Systems' Approach, the sign Cancer is considered as the mooltrikona sign of the Moon.
FUNCTIONALMALEFIC PLANETS
The functional malefic planets for various ascending signs are as under:
Aries: Mercury, Rahu and Ketu.

Taurus: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Rahu and Ketu.
Gemini: Rahu and Ketu.
Cancer: Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.
Leo: The Moon, Rahu and Ketu.
Virgo: Saturn, Mars, the Sun, Rahu and Ketu.
Libra: Mercury, Rahu and Ketu.
Scorpio: Mars, Venus, Rahu and Ketu.
Sagittarius: The Moon, Rahu and Ketu.
Capricorn: The Sun, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu.
Aquarius: The Moon, Mercury, Rahu and Ketu.
Pisces: The Sun, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.
FUNCTIONAL BENEFIC PLANETS
The functional benefic planets for various ascending signs are as under:
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Aries: The Sun, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Taurus: The Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Saturn.
Gemini: The Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Cancer: The Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and Venus.
Leo: The Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Virgo: The Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus.
Libra: The Sun, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Scorpio: The Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.
Sagittarius: The Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Capricorn: The Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Saturn.
Aquarius: The Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Pisces: The Moon, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter.
Concerning the body, the significations of each house generally correspond to the significations of the equivalent sign of the zodiac
in seriatim i.e. whenever we want to examine the condition of any part of the body, the concerned house and the same number of
sign should both be examined. Afflictions to houses likewise cause diseases of the connected parts.
I House
: Represents the person, his innate nature and state of health, vitality, longevity, happiness, personality, appearance, prosperity,
general disposition in life, reputation and status, desires and their fulfillment and the body parts - complexion, head (cranium and
forehead) and brain, hair, pituitary glands, etc. For example, weakness of the first house and/or afflictions to the first house or its
lord result in a sickly constitution, causing vulnerability to headache, mental tension, paralysis, giddiness, wounds, scars, erratic
activity of endocrine glands, derangement, brain fever, stupidity, nose bleeding, etc. A strong Sun and Mars, as significators for
vitality and energy respectively, help as a protective cover.
II House
Represents wealth, family, livelihood, nourishment, male child, higher education, professional position, spouse, second marriage,
continuance of married life, possession of precious stones and metals, money in cash, earning capacity, financial status, fortune,
prosperity, movable properties, speech, vision and the body parts - face and its organs (nose, throat, mouth, tongue, teeth and eyes,
especially the right one), facial bones, upper neck and its bones, gullet, larynx, cerebellum, trachea, cervical region and cervical
bones, tonsils, etc. For example, weakness of the second house and/or afflictions to the second house or its lord cause vulnerability
to poor digestion, disorders of speech, throat, cervical, gums, eyes, teeth, etc., and diseases mainly arising out of a weak venous
system. A strong Mercury, as a significator of speech, helps as a protective cover.
III House
Represents younger brothers or sisters, neighbors, courage, physical strength, sports, initiative, entrepreneurial nature, the power of
understanding (learning), short journeys, initiation into spiritual techniques, writing and communicative capability and the body parts
- lower neck, shoulders, arms and ears (especially the right ones), hands, shoulders and collar bones, thyroid gland, respiratory and
nervous systems, etc. For example, weakness of the third house and/or afflictions to the third house or its lord cause vulnerability to
problems of respiratory canal, disorders of thyroid, imbalances in the nervous system, depression resulting in partial paralysis,
stammering, shoulder pains, fracture in the collar bone region, partial deafness, respiratory diseases, asthma, tuberculosis, etc. A
strong Mercury, as a significator of communicative capability, helps as a protective cover.
IV House
Represents mother, happiness, upbringing, relatives, friends, supporters, basic education, vehicles and conveyances, domestic
peace, mind, mental peace, spiritual life, confidence, righteous conduct, close of life, comforts, luxuries, country of birth, immovable
properties, real estate, land, wells and tanks, house, home, assets and the body parts - the rib cage, heart, chest, lungs and breasts.
For example, weakness of the fourth house and/or afflictions to the fourth house or its lord cause vulnerability to coronary problems,
physical ailments of breast, chest, heart and epigastric region, lungs' disorders, mental disorders, lunacy and the problems
connected to the circulatory systems. A strong Moon as a significator of mother, Venus as significator of comforts and Mars as
significator of immovable properties help as a protective cover.
V House
Represents intelligence, emotions, discernment and discrimination, intellectual and mental talents, memory, creative intelligence,
emotional happiness, love, romance, lover, speculative gains from investments, organizational ability, success, progeny, children,
knowledge, wisdom, higher learning/education, training, fall from position, social life, inclinations, spiritual pursuits, disciples and
students, devotion, Ishta Devata, mantras, yantras, amulets, resources and merits we bring into life, future, digestion, etc., and the
body parts - upper belly, stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, colon, diaphragm, spine and spinal cord, pregnancy, etc. For
example, weakness of the fifth house and/or afflictions to the fifth house or its lord cause vulnerability to diabetes, peptic ulcers,
anemia, colic pains, stones in gall bladder, acidity, spinal cord disorders, dyspepsia, diarrhea, pleurisy, heart problems, etc. A strong
Sun, as significator of digestion - nourishing agent of the body, helps as a protective cover.
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VI House
Represents disputes, diseases and injuries, debts, enemies, opponents, competitors, thieves, fears, doubts, worries, vices,
weaknesses, sound financial position, maternal uncles, service, employees, good health and protection against losses through theft,
fire and cheating, misunderstandings, confrontation, litigation and the body parts - waist, navel, lower abdomen, kidneys, small
intestine, upper part of large intestine, intestinal function, appendix, etc. For example, weakness of the sixth house and/or afflictions
to the sixth house or its lord cause vulnerability to problems of appendicitis, poisoning, colics, constipation, hernia, blood urea,
psychiatric problems, exhaustion and nervous breakdown. In other words, health, financial position and the position with reference
to the opponents is identified through this house. A strong Mercury and Mars, as significators for health, help as a protective cover.
VII House
Represents long term relationships, legal ties, spouse, partners in life and partners in business, vitality, potency, fertility, passion,
outgoing nature, adultery, moral conduct, pleasures, comforts and life in foreign lands, success in love affairs, conjugal life, home
abroad, travel, trade or business, expansion and the body parts - pelvic girdle, lumbar region, bladder, lower part of large intestine,
inner sexual organs such as ovaries, uterus, cervix, testicles and prostate gland, etc. For example, weakness of the seventh house
and/or afflictions to the seventh house or its lord cause vulnerability to generative organs, venereal diseases, arthritis, gout pains,
urination problems, impotency, sterilization, renal problems, etc. A strong Venus, as significator for marital relationship, helps as a
protective cover.
VIII House
Represents longevity, research, interest in mystical sciences, occult, inner and outer transformations, past and future events,
inheritance, death, will and testament, insurances, easy gains, marital-tie, vulnerability, fear, accidents, obstructions, litigation,
bankruptcy, theft, losses, misfortunes, disgrace, disappointments and the body parts - scrotum and anus, outer sexual organs,
excretory organs, pelvic bones, etc. For example, weakness of the eighth house and/or afflictions to the eighth house or its lord
cause vulnerability to hidrocele, fissure, impotency, piles, urinary infections, boils, chronic diseases, etc. A strong Saturn, as
significator for longevity, helps as a protective cover.
IX House
Represents father, preceptor, spiritual learning, spiritual inclinations, intuition, charity, virtue, duty, destiny on the basis of past lives
and resultant happiness, meditation, foreign travel, long journeys of short duration and life in foreign lands, education abroad, grace,
luck, general fortune, sudden and unexpected gains, religion, pilgrimages, philosophy, law, medicine, remedies, past, etc., and the
body parts - thighs, left leg, thigh bones, bone marrow, hips, hip joints and the arterial system. For example, weakness of the ninth
house and/or afflictions to the ninth house or its lord cause vulnerability to anemia, low productivity of blood, talassemia, leukemia,
high fevers, diabetes, rheumatism and troubles in hips and thighs, etc. A strong Jupiter, as significator for general fortune, and a
strong Sun, as significator for father, help as a protective cover.
X House
Represents profession, career, vocation, promotion, livelihood, power, fame, public esteem, status, position, honor, karma in life,
character, authority, government, employer, living abroad, ambition, next birth, happiness from male progeny, debts and the body
parts - knee and kneecaps, joints and bones. For example, weakness of the tenth house and/or afflictions to the tenth house or its
lord cause vulnerability to arthritis, broken knees, inflammation of joints, general weakness, skin diseases and allergies, emaciated
body, etc, besides giving setbacks in professional matters. A strong Sun, as significator for organizational capability, helps as a
protective cover.
XI House
Represents income, prosperity, gains, profit, friends, elder brother or sister, hopes and aspirations and their fulfillment, etc., and the
body parts - shanks, ankles, shin bone, right leg, left ear and left arm. For example, weakness of the eleventh house and/or
afflictions to the eleventh house or its lord cause vulnerability to circulatory problems, fracture of the lower portion of legs, pain in
legs, problems of low productivity of blood, cancer of leg, etc. A strong Saturn, as significator for easy sources of income, helps as a
protective cover.
XII House
Represents expenses, losses, expenditures for charity, end of life, exile, life in foreign lands, obstructions in life, separation from
family, going astray, withdrawal into retreat, transcendence, enlightenment, seclusion, imprisonment, hospitalization, pleasures of
bed, sound sleep and work behind the scenes, as work in a hospital, asylum, prison, military quarters, or monastery, etc., and the
body parts - left eye, lymphatic system and feet. For example, weakness of the twelfth house and/or afflictions to the twelfth house
or its lord result in problems to the body parts governed by this house, sleep disturbances and weaken the immunization power. A
strong Moon, as significator for immunization power and mental peace, and a strong Venus, as significator for happy marital
lationship and comforts, help as a protective cover.
FRUCTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICATIONS
The signification of the houses fructify under the planetary sub-periods connected with them. The nature and extent of significations
are dependent on three things, i.e.
(1) the strength of the lord of the house, in case of mooltrikona signs;
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(2) the strength of the significator of the house; and
(3) the influences on the house itself. The significations of the houses containing mooltrikona signs suffer if their lords and
significators are weak or they or their lords or significators are under the influence of functional malefic planets. The significations of
the houses containing non-mooltrikona signs suffer if their significators are weak or they or their significators are under the influence
of functional malefic planets.
EXTENT OF HOUSES
Under the Systems' Approach, we consider one sign per house, so the extent of each house is 30 degrees. The degree rising in the
ascendant would be treated as the most effective point and the planets within 5 degree orb of the most effective point, irrespective
of the house boundaries, would influence the most effective point as per their functional nature. Irrespective of the longitude of the
ascending degree, the functional nature of the planets is identified with reference to the sign rising in the ascendant and the lord of
the house will be the planet that rules the mooltrikona sign placed in that house. The results of the planets are analysed on the basis
of placement of the planets in a particular house from the ascendant and, irrespective of their longitudinal difference from the most
effective point, the planets placed in a house will be considered in that house only.
ARIES:
It is a fiery sign ruled by Mars, the significator of energy. The Sun, the significator of vitality, is exalted in this sign. Saturn, the planet
of lethargy, becomes debilitated in this sign. These factors render the Arians most active, strong, aggressive and healthy in case
Mars is strong. If Aries rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be mother
divine, Goddess Durga. Worshipping the Ishta Devata would help in spiritual evolution and in maintaining mental peace. This sign
rules head (cranium and forehead) and brain. If Mars and Mercury are strong, the Arians enjoy good health. Otherwise, they have a
sickly constitution, suffer from wounds, headache, mental tension, fevers, short-temperedness, insomnia, diseases of impure blood,
bilious diseases, inflammatory disorders, constipation, stammering, etc. Aries is the mooltrikona sign of Mars.
Aries is a moveable, positive, rajasic, pitta, male, violent, barren and quadruped sign and has strong preferences. Depending on the
influences on the ascendant and/or Mars, the sign Aries usually renders their natives independent, adventurous and skilful in what
they do, becoming leaders, with initiative, industrious, ambitious, impetuous, fighters, authoritative, brave, courageous, heroic,
competitive, energetic, enterprising, mentally clear, visionary and strong-willed or headstrong, argumentative, offensive, impatient,
irritable, impulsive and self-centered. If Aries rises as the ascendant, the influence of Saturn turns them towards construction and
makes them entrepreneurs. They earn lot of wealth by persistent efforts. Depending upon the strength of Mars being prime
determinant for profession, the Sun ruling intelligence and being general significator for success in profession and the Moon ruling
education, Arians become commanders-in-chief, dentists, executives, executioners, gangsters, manufacturers, military and para-
military forces, police, project erectors, surgeons, vocations employing fire and metals, etc. The influence of other planets on the
tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.
TAURUS
It is an earthy sign ruled by Venus, the significator for materialistic pursuits and comforts. The Moon, the significator for caring,
tenderness and affluence, is exalted in this sign. Ketu, the significator of spiritual pursuits, is debilitated in this sign. These factors
render the Taureans materialistic, motherly and sensual, enjoying comfort, beauty and luxury around them, being convinced that in
all circumstances they are correct. If Taurus rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation)
would be Lord Vishnu. This sign rules face and its organs (nose, throat, mouth, teeth and eyes), neck, cervical region and bones,
cerebellum and facial bones. If Venus, as lord of the sixth house, is strong the Taureans enjoy good health. Otherwise, they have a
sickly constitution, suffer from poor digestion, disorders of the throat, eyes, teeth, etc., and diseases mainly arising out of a weak
venous system. Over-indulgence can be a cause for ill health.
Taurus is a fixed, negative, rajasic, vata, female, mild, semi-fruitful and quadruped sign and has a precise and temperate nature.
Depending on the influences on the ascendant, the sign Taurus usually renders their natives cautious, prudent stable, enduring,
fixed in their ways, adaptable and gentle, becoming good planners, good communicators, analytical, straightforward, persevering,
refined, attractive, patient, romantic, kind, sentimental, devotional and charming or forceful, possessive, jealous, stubborn, obstinate,
resentful, passionate, lethargic and pleasure seekers. Depending upon the strength of Saturn being prime determinant for
profession, the Sun ruling education and being general significator for success in profession and the Moon ruling entrepreneurial
nature, Taureans become businessmen, designers, engineers, technocrats, administrators, industrialists, house keeping, etc. The
influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.
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GEMINI
It is an airy sign ruled by Mercury, the significator of communication and confidence. These factors render the Geminians with
excellent powers of speech and communication. They have an energetic nature and are always looking for change, interchange,
motion and invention. If the mind is turned inwards, the native has the ability to progress far in the spiritual field. If Gemini rises as
the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be mother divine, Goddess Lakshmi. This sign
rules ears, lower neck, shoulders, arms, hands, respiratory and nervous systems, bronchial tubes, shoulder and collar bones, bones
of arms and hands. As both the ascendant and the sixth house do not contain a mooltrikona sign then the Sun, the significator for
vitality, would be considered as the prime determinant of health for Geminians. If the Sun is strong, they enjoy good health.
Otherwise, Geminians have a sickly constitution and suffer from hypertension, headaches, congestion and respiratory diseases,
asthma, imbalances in the nervous system, depression resulting in partial paralysis, stammering, shoulder pain, etc.
Gemini is a dual, positive, tamasic, tri-dosha i.e. vata, pitta and kapha, male, talkative, barren and biped sign and gives an ambitious
nature with imaginative ideas. They usually love knowledge and like much movement, change and initiative. Depending on the
influences on the ascendant, the sign Gemini usually renders their natives with a sharp intellect and conscious mind, spontaneous,
adaptable, analytical, educated, learned, helpful, with teaching abilities, humor, wit and imagination or talkative, nervous, restless,
agitated and indecisive. Depending upon the strength of Mercury ruling education, the Moon being prime determinant for profession
and the Sun ruling entrepreneurial nature and being general significator for success in profession, Geminians become accountants,
auditors, advisory roles, authors, writers, communicators, business men, computer programmers, engineers, experts in analytical
work, intellectuals, journalists, lawyers, poets, publishers, salesmen, secretaries, software engineers, state services, etc. The
influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.
CANCER
It is a watery sign, generally weak, ruled by the Moon, which is changeable in nature and tender. Jupiter, the significator of
knowledge and fortune, is exalted in this sign. Mars, the significator of energy, is debilitated in this sign. These factors render the
Cancerians caring and nurturing, highly emotional, intuitive, gentle and considerate. If Cancer rises as the ascendant, the Ishta
Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be Lord Shiva. This sign rules the rib cage, chest, heart, lungs and
breasts. If the Moon and Jupiter are strong, the Cancerians enjoy good health. Otherwise, they have a sickly constitution and
unpleasant appearance and suffer from mental maladies, physical ailments of breast, chest, heart and epigastric region, lymphatic
and circulatory congestion, jaundice and other liver complaints, etc. Under the Systems' Approach, Cancer is treated as the
mooltrikona sign of the Moon.
Cancer is a moveable, negative, satvic, kapha, female, mute, fruitful and multiped sign and signifies grace and cleverness.
Depending on the influences on the ascendant and/or the Moon, the sign Cancer usually renders their natives good hosts, capable
of receptivity and adaptability, generous, peace loving, with humor, wit and imagination or overly emotional, sensitive, shy, moody,
attached and dependent. As the Moon is of volatile nature and becomes weak quite often either in pakshabala or by going to malefic
houses from the ascendant or by being in infancy or old age or by going to its sign of debilitation, either in rasi or in navamsa, or by
occupying the mooltrikona sign of any weak planet, the Cancerians are changeable to inconstant in their behavior. Depending upon
the strength of Mars and the Sun being prime determinants of profession and the Moon for a stable profession, Cancerians become
administrators, public relations managers, healers, nurses, house keepers, hoteliers, restaurant owners, catering professionals,
cooks, eating-establishment owners, professionals dealing with liquids, etc. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or
second houses changes the professional pursuits.
LEO
It is a fiery sign ruled by the Sun, the significator of vitality, intelligence, male progeny, social status and magnificence. These factors
render the Leos noble hearts, with character and will power. If Leo rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for
worshipping and meditation) would be mother divine, Goddess Durga. This sign rules upper belly, stomach, spine, spinal cord, back,
liver, gall bladder, spleen and pancreas. If the Sun is strong, the Leos enjoy good health. Otherwise, they are vulnerable to the
diseases of heart, spine, back, bones, spleen, pancreas, liver, stomach, weak digestion, fevers, etc., and lack stamina and will
power. This is the mooltrikona sign of the Sun.
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Leo is a fixed, positive, satvic, pitta, male, benevolent, barren and quadruped sign and, when rising in the ascendant with a strong
Sun, makes the person noble, generous and gives majestic appearance. They prefer to be the centre of attention. Depending on the
influences on the ascendant and/or the Sun, the sign Leo gives intelligence, strong will, initiative, awareness of authority and
decisiveness, making their natives visionary, patient listeners, rulers, aristocratic, persevering, dramatic and bold or authoritative,
dominant, ambitious, jealous, impatient, stubborn, demanding, irritable and impulsive. As Mercury is prime determinant for
professional affairs, the Sun is general significator for success in profession and Venus rules entrepreneurial nature, depending
upon their strength, Leos may join a high service in government which offers security and fixed income, may earn through
entertainment, sport, medicine, speculation or scientific pursuits, or may head large organizations, becoming organizers,
administrators, contractors, corporators, leaders, politicians, etc. They will like to be self employed and will not like subordination.
The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.
VIRGO
It is an earthy sign ruled by Mercury, the governor of nervous system. Mercury, the significator of analytical faculties, is exalted in
this sign and Venus, the significator for materialistic pursuits and comforts, is debilitated. These factors render the Virgos a
discriminating nature and deep sensuality. If Virgo rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and
meditation) would be Lord Vishnu. This sign rules the waist, abdominal umbilical region, nervous system, small intestine, upper part
of large intestine, appendix and kidneys. If Mercury and Saturn are strong, the Virgos enjoy good health. Otherwise, they become
hypochondriac and are vulnerable to overexertion, nervous breakdown, appendicitis, constipation, etc. This is the mooltrikona sign
of Mercury.
Virgo is a dual, negative, tamasic, vata, female, barren and biped sign and, if Mercury is strong, it gives the power of analysis and
discrimination. Depending on the influences on the ascendant and/or Mercury, the sign Virgo usually makes their natives
communicative, attractive, charming, prudent, cautious, protective, analytical, dependable, honest, truthful, practical, sincere and
detailed or critical, neurotic, distant, resentful, indecisive and nit pickers with a fault finding tendency. As Mercury transits in a band
of 28 degrees on either side of the Sun, for quite some time in the year it remains combust and weak. Then it goes to its sign of
debilitation once a year for about a month and goes to infancy and old age about twelve times a year besides coming under the
close influence of Rahu, Ketu and other functional malefic planets in a natal chart. The usual weakness of Mercury makes Virgo-
born people feel insecure in life. They are generally worried and need support for maintaining self-confidence. If natal Mercury is
weak, the person has prominent veins, lacks witticism and has no charm. Depending upon the strength of Venus, the Sun and
Mercury, Virgos become accountants, artists, craftsmen, draftsmen, teachers, mathematicians, engineers, traders, writers, etc. They
will be good at jobs that involve detailed work. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the
professional pursuits.
LIBRA
It is an airy sign ruled by Venus, the significator for materialistic pursuits and comforts. Saturn, the planet of hard work and
discipline, is exalted in this sign and the Sun, the significator of vitality and status, is debilitated. If the Sun which rules the soul is
involved in this sign which rules luxuries and pleasures, the spiritual development of the person is obstructed and that is why the
Sun gets debilitated in this sign. If Saturn is placed in this sign it gets exalted because Saturn ruling servants occupies the sign of
luxuries and pleasures. These factors render the Libras a magnetic personality, if Venus is strong. If Libra rises as the ascendant,
the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be mother divine, Goddess Lakshmi. This sign rules lumbar
region and lumbar bones, skin, lower part of large intestine, bladder and inner sexual organs such as ovaries, uterus, testicles and
prostate gland. If Venus is strong, the Libras enjoy good health. Otherwise, they are vulnerable to diseases connected with parts
ruled by this sign, skin diseases, diabetes, venereal diseases, renal problems, urination problems, arthritis, gout pains, etc. This is
the mooltrikona sign of Venus.
Libra is a moveable, positive, rajasic, tri-dosha, male, talkative, semi-fruitful and biped sign and signifies sense of justice, clarity,
strong will-power, optimism and is highly sensitive. Depending on the influences on the ascendant and/or Venus, the sign Libra
usually gives their natives a strong sense of harmony, justice, balance, charm and aesthetic sense, making them spontaneous,
artistic, charismatic, harmonizing, humanitarian, independent, adaptable, idealistic, talkative, thinker and able of considering
different aspects of standpoint and judgment or offensive, inconstant, changeable and indecisive. They can attune themselves to the
love of truth and thereby quickly learn to transcend the world. Depending upon the strength of the Moon, the Sun and Venus, Libras
become actors, actresses, financial advisors, hoteliers, legal advisors, managers, musicians, physicians, etc. They like public
professions. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.
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SCORPIO
It is a watery sign ruled by Mars, the significator of energy, and it is weak. Ketu, the planet of secrecy and intuition, is exalted in this
sign and the Moon, the significator of change and tenderness, is debilitated. These factors render the Scorpios intuitive and rigid. If
Scorpio rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be Lord Shiva. This sign rules
outer sexual organs, scrotum, rectum, anus, nasal organs and pelvic bones. If Mars, as lord of the sixth house, is strong the
Scorpios are of short stature, well built and enjoy good health. Otherwise, they have a sickly constitution and suffer from piles,
fissure, urinary infections, boils, and operations, etc., in the parts ruled by Scorpio.
Scorpio is a fixed, negative, rajasic, kapha, female, mute, violent, fruitful and multiped sign and signifies severe sentiments.
Depending on the influences on the ascendant, the sign Scorpio usually renders their natives determined, disciplined, self-
restrained, fearless, persevering, energetic, intense, dynamic, decisive, self-centered, straightforward and tough or very sensitive,
introverted, secretive, stubborn and ready to defend themselves. Depending upon the strength of the Sun and Jupiter, Scorpios
become administrators, advocates, chemists, detectives, officers in the Armed Forces, policemen, politicians, surgeons, traders in
metals and chemicals, etc. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits
SAGITTARIUS
It is a fiery sign ruled by Jupiter, the significator of fortune and knowledge. These factors render the Sagittarians ambitious, eager to
learn and with good judgment. If Sagittarius rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation)
would be mother divine, Goddess Durga. This sign rules hips and thighs, arterial system, nerves and ear/hearing. If Jupiter is strong,
the Sagittarians enjoy good health. Otherwise, they are vulnerable to anemia, poor digestion, flatulence, disorders of liver/gall
bladder, jaundice, high fevers, diabetes, rheumatism and troubles in hips and thighs, etc. The native may also face troubles due to
his tendency to overindulge in food and drink. This is the mooltrikona sign of Jupiter.
Sagittarius is a dual, positive, satvic, pitta, male, semi-fruitful, first half biped and second half quadruped sign and signifies
impressive personality. The first half of Sagittarius is human and the second half is quadruped. Depending on the influences on the
ascendant and/or Jupiter, the sign Sagittarius usually makes their natives nature lovers, goal-oriented, clever, generous, cheerful,
quick-witted, organized, philosophical, self-righteous or nit pickers, impatient, easily irritated and impulsive. The persons born under
this sign are best suited for training or advisory roles due to their pleasant nature and analytical bent of mind. Depending upon the
strength of Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, Sagittarians play advisory roles and become businessmen, trainers for jobs, financial
advisors, lawyers, legal advisors, teachers, physicians, religious leaders, etc. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or
CAPRICORN
It is an earthy sign ruled by Saturn, the significator of dutifulness and responsibility. Mars, the significator of energy and ambition, is
exalted in this sign and Jupiter, the significator of fortune and knowledge, is debilitated. These factors render the Capricornians
ambitious, hardworking and selfish if not having a spiritual practice. It is the sign of practical realization. If Capricorn rises as the
ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be Lord Vishnu. This sign rules knees and
kneecaps, skin, bones and joints. As both the ascendant and the sixth house do not contain a mooltrikona sign then the Sun, the
significator for vitality, would be considered as the prime determinant of health for Capricornians. If the Sun is strong, they enjoy
good health. Otherwise, Capricornians have a sickly constitution and suffer from joint pains/inflammation, arthritis, general
weakness, emaciated body, skin diseases and allergies, etc. The native may also have troubles resulting from over work and
nervous disorders.
Capricorn is a moveable, negative, tamasic, vata, female, semi-fruitful, first half quadruped and second half footless sign and
signifies tact, cheating, lethargy and melancholic nature if Saturn is weak in the nativity. Capricorn rising gives good looks if Saturn
is strong. The aspect of natural benefics to the ascendant provides charm to the personality. The negative influences on weak
Saturn, as lord of the second house, gives an appearance of a person advanced in age, sunken eyes, wrinkled body, etc. The first
half of Capricorn is watery and the second half is earthy. Depending on the influences on the ascendant, the sign Capricorn usually
combines diligence and commitment with flexibility and adaptability and renders their natives traditional, level-headed, cautious,
thrifty, conservative, methodical, social, practical, with organizing ability, faithful, prudent, protective, dependable and persevering or
selfish, rigid and resentful. Depending upon the strength of Venus, the Sun and Saturn, Capricornians become businessmen,
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agriculturists, lawyers, leaders, politicians, etc. They are careful with their money. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or
AQUARIUS
It is an airy sign ruled by Saturn, the significator of dutifulness and responsibility. These factors render the Aquarians independent
and prepared to go against the established ways of behavior, if they feel that in doing so they are morally correct. If Aquarius rises
as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be mother divine, Goddess Lakshmi. This
sign rules shanks, calves, ankles, shin bone, blood circulation, etc. If Saturn and the Moon are strong, the Aquarians enjoy good
health. Otherwise, they are susceptible to colds and infections, and suffer from fractures in lower legs, cancerous diseases and
wounds, etc., in the parts ruled by Aquarius. Rheumatism and arthritis are also indicated with age. This is the mooltrikona sign of
Saturn.
Aquarius is a fixed, positive, tamasic, tri-dosha, male, fruitful, talkative and biped sign and signifies characteristics like honesty,
ideals and sensitiveness, etc., according to the strength of its lord. The body description resembles Saturn i.e. long stature, thin
body and with prominent veins if Saturn is strong. Depending on the influences on the ascendant and/or Saturn, the sign Aquarius
usually makes their natives willingly to serve, helpful, with initiative, persevering and concentrated in work, active, courteous,
deliberate, full of new ideas, decisive, humane, industrious, intuitive, scientific, studious, sympathetic, talented and unconventional
or stubborn, rigid and impractical. Depending upon the strength of Saturn, the Sun and Mars, Aquarians become industrialists,
leaders of the underdog, servants, thinkers, writers, religious teachers, etc. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or
PISCES
It is a watery sign ruled by Jupiter, the significator of fortune and knowledge. Venus, the significator for materialistic pursuits and
comforts, is exalted and Mercury, the significator of intellect, is debilitated in this sign. These factors render the Pisceans romantic,
imaginative, compassionate and generous. If Pisces rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and
meditation) would be Lord Shiva. This sign rules feet and toes, lymphatic system, bones of the feet and toe. If the Sun, as lord of the
sixth house, is strong the Pisceans are healthy. Otherwise, they have a sickly constitution, suffer from gout pains, joint pains, and
disorders related with blood circulation, lymphatic system, feet, toes, bones of the feet/toes, etc.
Pisces is a dual, negative, satvic, kapha, female, mute, fruitful and footless sign and signifies enjoyments, sensitiveness, etc.
Depending on the influences on the ascendant, the sign Pisces usually renders their natives gentle, cheerful, empathetic, caring,
devoted to duty, emotional, enthusiastic, idealistic, impressionable, intuitive, with moral values, mystical, philosophical, sentimental
and tolerant or timid, vulnerable, indolent and ease loving. Depending upon the strength of Jupiter, the Sun and Mars, the Pisceans
join the professions of commerce, development, financial advisor, legal advisor, training, etc. The person rises well in his profession
and is generous. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.
HOW TO ANALYSE CHARACTERISTICS
The placement of a significator in a moveable sign makes a person dynamic in nature. The placement of a significator in a fixed sign
makes a person less flexible in approach. The placement of a significator in a dual or common sign makes a person of adjustable
nature.
The placement of the significator in a fruitful sign indicates early gains while the placement of the significator in a semi-fruitful sign
indicates slow gains. The placement of a significator in a barren sign indicates gains after lot of efforts.
The fiery element makes the person energetic and agile. The earthy element makes the person a pleasure-seeker and persistently
engulfed in materialistic pursuits. The airy element makes the person a thinker, creative and spiritualist. The water element makes
the person an ease-lover and keeps him fully involved in worldly attachments.
The positive element shows greater chance of success. The biped element makes the approach of a person humanistic in life and
he is generous, helpful and respectful to others.
SOME OTHER CHARACTERISITICS OF SIGNS
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Sex of Signs:
Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius & Aquarius are male signs.
Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces are female signs.
Humors of body:
1. The signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are pitta pradhan (bile prominent) signs. The imbalance of bile can be expected more by
persons born in these signs.
2. The signs Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are Vatta pradhan (acidity prominent) signs. The imbalance of acidity can be expected
more by persons born in these signs.
3. The signs Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are Kapha pradhan (phlegm prominent) signs. The imbalance of kapha (phlegm) can be
expected more by persons born in these signs.
3. The signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius suffer from Tri-dosha (bile, acidity and phlegm) problems. The persons born in these signs
are get troubled by the imbalance of all the three humors bile, acidity and phlegm.
DIRECTIONS OF THE SIGNS :
Aries, Leo and Sagittarius rule the east direction. Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn rule the south direction. Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
rule the west direction. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces rule the north direction. The directions in the prasna analysis are identified from
the placement of the significator planet in a particular sign.
ASCENDANT / ASCENDING SIGN/ LAGNA
The Ascendant or Lagna is that point in the zodiac which rises at the time of birth of a person with reference to the place of birth.The
position of planets in the zodiac is noted with reference to the earth.
The ascendant is the first house in a horoscope and the rest of the houses are reckoned from it.
IMPORTANCE OF ASCENDANT/ASCENDING SIGN / LAGNA
The functional nature of the planets in a birth chart is identified through the ascendant. The functional nature helps in identifying the
strength of planets and the planets which cause unfavorable influences in the birth chart. The ascendant helps us in identifying the
strong aspects of life and the aspect of life under stress including health. The astrological remedial measures for various life
problems are recommended on the basis of the functional nature of the planets.
RASI CHART
The Rasi chart, which is known as birth chart or natal chart as well, can be drawn in many ways but for the purpose of our study, we
will only take up two types as given below: -
1) North Indian Style
This is drawn as under: -
This is the best form of drawing a chart as it provides a very easy comprehension of the chart at a mere glimpse.It shows
angles/planets placed in angles without enumeration.
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North Indian Style Chart

Angular houses have been marked here under.
The sixth, eighth and twelfth houses in a chart are known as dusthanas or malefic houses.It shows whether any planet is posited in
the dusthanas. Dusthana houses have been marked hereunder:
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Fifth and ninth houses are known as trines. The following chart shows the placement of planets in trines, if any, at a mere glimpse.
Even reckoning of aspects is very easy in this form of a birth chart. The Houses are always fixed and are shown below:
The lordship of the houses is reckoned from the placement of signs in a particular house. The lord of the sign placed in a particular
house is called the lord of the house. The counting of houses is done in an anti-clockwise direction.
In the following chart, for example, the sign Gemini rises in the Ascendant:
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1) Graphical presentation of general significations of houses.
2)Graphical presentation of body parts ruled by various houses
3)Graphical presentation of blood relations ruled by various houses
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The Systems ‘Approach astrologers using the following predictive techniques not only save themselves from the sin of misguiding
those, who approach them for seeking peace and happiness but also create good karma for themselves.
The karma results arise through the principles of divine justice. Jyotish/Astral remedies are the means for alleviating the karma
results.
The important tools for predictive accuracy are the functional nature of planets, strength of planets, inter-relationships of planets,
divisional charts, impact of Rahu & Ketu, planetary periods and triple transit triggers.
For differentiating between

- having issues in a particular area throughout life
- enjoying good results in a particular area but in some sub-periods facing issues and drawbacks
the guiding principles are that the planets give results as per their strength in their sub periods. Transit influences take precedence
over sub period results. The strong/exact afflictions to natal planets are not easy things to be dealt with. Longtime propitiation with
strengthening of afflicted planets help. Some other strong planets in the birth chart help in bringing down the impact of strong
afflictions. The strong planets, in general, give good results for their significations throughout the life. Where there are no strong or
well placed planets, there is little hope of things turning good.
FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF PLANETS
Functional nature of the planets is the key analytical factor in the horoscopic analysis. Besides Rahu and Ketu, planets whose
mooltrikona signs are in the malefic houses (sixth, eighth and twelfth) with reference to the ascendant, act as the functional malefic
planets in a nativity. For this purpose, under the Systems' Approach the sign Cancer is considered as the mooltrikona sign of the
Moon. The functional nature is dependent on the nature of MT sign house owned by a planet. It is not related to the strength of the
planet. A planet may be weak or strong but the functional nature will remain same as per the principle defined for identifying the
functional nature of the planet.
Besides Rahu and Ketu, following are the functional malefic planets for various ascendants:
Ascendant Functional Malefics

1.Aries (Mesh) Mercury
2.Taurus (Vrishbha) Mars, Venus and Jupiter
3Gemini (Mithun) None
4.Cancer (Karkata) Jupiter and Saturn
5.Leo (Simha) The Moon
6.Virgo (Kanya) The Sun, Saturn and Mars
7.Libra (Tula) Mercury
8.Scorpio (Vrishchak) Venus and Mars
9.Sagittarius (Dhanu) The Moon
10.Capricorn (Makar) The Sun and Jupiter
11Aquarius (Kumbh) The Moon and Mercury
12.Pisces (Mina) The Sun, Venus and Saturn
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SPECIAL IMPACT OF RAHU & KETU
Though under the Systems' Approach, Rahu and Ketu have been categorized as functional malefics, yet in exceptional cases, when
Rahu is well placed in a mooltrikona sign, does not cause any conjunction or close aspect with other houses/planets and its
dispositor is strong, Rahu too, gives good results during the course of its sub-periods for materialistic prosperity. Rahu and Ketu in
exaltation state give materialistic benefits while debilitated Rahu and Ketu involve one in exposed scandals and acute physical
sufferings, respectively. Generally, Rahu/Ketu cause allergies, mishaps, infections and give malignant growth of the aspects and
signification of the planets under their close influence through aspect or conjunction. The mooltrikona sign lords of the eighth and
twelfth houses also act as Rahu.
IMPACT OF TRANSIT EXALTED RAHU AND KETU
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The impact of well placed exalted Rahu over the well-placed strong functional benefics is good for materialistic prosperity. The
transit over the weak functional benefics gives small gains or creates false hopes. The transit over the functional malefics causes
anxiety and delays with regard to the significations of the houses where the mooltrikona sign of the functional malefic planet under
transit is placed. The impact of the transit of well placed exalted Ketu will be bad only on weak and afflicted planets when Ketu in
transit is stationary.
When in dusthana houses the results of exalted Rahu/Ketu are as under:
a) When in the sixth house, it gives losses through theft and fire and expenses on treatment of illness. If the lord of the sixth house
is strong, Rahu can give some financial gains through manipulations.
(b) When in the eighth house, it gives gains from inheritance, obstructions, manipulating tendencies and increased tendencies for
sensual pleasures.
c) When in the twelfth house, it gives bad health, loss of sleep, craving for excessive gratification of senses, visits to far-off places
or foreign lands.
MEASURING STRENGTH OF HOUSES
The strength of the houses and the signs is gauged through the strength of their lords and the conjunctions/aspects to the most
effective point of the houses.
MOST EFFECTIVE POINT (MEP)
The rising degree in the ascendant is known as the most effective point of all the houses.
IMPACT OF PLACEMENT OF PLANETS IN MALEFIC HOUSES
When planets are placed in the malefic houses, they generally lose strength by 50% besides suffering through the significations of
the malefic house. The placement in the sixth house can involve the person in disputes, debts and can cause ill health. The
placement in the eighth house can cause serious obstructions for the significations ruled by the planet. The placement in the twelfth
house can cause expenses and losses for the significations of the planet.
COMPREHENSION TOOLS
The students keep on asking about the status of the house containing non-mooltrikona sign of the same planet. You will find in your
experience that in the absence of benefic or malefic close influence on the most effective point (MEP) of a house, the significations
of that house will not bother the person, at all.
The Systems' Approach considers a planet weak if it is placed in the mooltrikona sign of another weak planet.
CLOSE CONJUNCTIONS
When two or more planets have the same longitudes, they are conjunct with each other. The conjunction can be exact or close. If
the difference in longitudes happens to be less than one degree the resulting conjunction is known as exact conjunction. If the
difference in longitudes happens to be within five degrees, the same is known as a close conjunction.
AFFLICTED PLANETS
The afflictions to the planets or houses are caused by the close conjunction or aspect of the functional malefics in a nativity. The
significations of the houses having mooltrikona sign of an afflicted planet are harmed more when such planets are weak too. The
planets in dusthanas are also treated as weak planets.
THE MOST MALEFIC INFLUENCE
Mostly, the people seeking advantage of astrology remember it in the time of distress. Therefore, the first thing is to gauge the
strength of the planets so that the malefic influences on the weak planets can be analyzed. The most malefic influence in a nativity
is that of the lord of the eighth house if it contains a mooltrikona sign. However, if it does not contain a mooltrikona sign, the title of
the most malefic planet passes on to the lord of the twelfth house if there is a mooltrikona sign.
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Further, if, both the eighth and the twelfth houses do not contain a mooltrikona sign, then the title of the most malefic planet passes
on to Ketu.
The close impact of the planets is gauged through their closeness to the natal positions i.e. a longitudinal distance of less than 5
degrees. Besides the natal position of the planets, there is mid-point or the most effective point of each house known by the degree
rising in the ascendant. Suppose an ascendant of 16 degrees rises.
It means the mid-point or the most effective point of each house would be 16 degrees. The most malefic planets in any house
having a longitude between 11 to 21 degrees would malefically influence the most effective point of the house of its placement and
the house(s)/ planet(s) aspected by it or the planet(s) in conjunction with it.
For the convenience of the readers, the following are the most malefic planets (MMP) for the various ascendants.
ASCENDANT MOST MALEFIC PLANET (MMP)
Aries Ketu
Taurus Jupiter
Gemini Ketu
Cancer Saturn
Leo The Moon
Virgo Mars
Libra Mercury
Scorpio Venus
Sagittarius The Moon
Capricorn The Sun
Aquarius Mercury
Pisces Venus
If the planet or the lord of the house, with which the most malefic planet is forming a close conjunction/aspect, is strong and well
placed, this most malefic planet creates tension(s) with regard to the matters represented by the house/planet involved. When the
afflicted planet is weak, the significations suffer seriously. When the afflicted planet is weak and badly placed, it results in tragic
happenings. To understand the difference between tension, serious trouble and tragic happenings consider the situations of fever,
jaundice and the loss of a limb ruled by the concerned planet, respectively. The transit impact of slow moving stationary malefic
planets triggers the trouble. When the affliction is close to the mid-point of the house, significations of all the houses involved, that is
the house occupied and the house(s) aspected, suffer. In the case of the afflicted planets, besides their general significations, the
significations of the house (i) where the mooltrikona sign is placed, and (ii) significations of the house where the planet is placed,
suffer. The descending order for the weak planets is a combust planet, bad placement, debilitation, old age, infancy, debilitated in
navamsa and the weak dispositor. The weakness of planets is effectively strengthened by use of a KAVACH to a large extent.
ANALYSING RESULTS OF SUB-PERIOD LORDS
Events fructify in the sub-periods of indicative planets. Therefore, it is very important that we understand the method of analyzing
the dasa (main period) & bhukti (sub-period) results. The results of the general significations of the sub-period lord depend upon its
strength, placement conjunction and aspects to the same. The significations of the house of placement are touched when transit
planets create benefic or malefic influences on the sub-period lord. In the sub-period of a planet, the following significations are
touched.-
(1) The general significations of the planet. For example the Sun rules father, social status, position with the government, male child,
digestive system, heart, blood pressure, etc.
(2) The significations of the house where the mooltrikona sign of the said planet is placed. In case in the mooltrikona sign house
some malefic planet is placed or some malefic planet is aspecting the most effective point of the said house, then during the sub-
periods of the afflicting /afflicted planets the signification of the mooltrikona sign house shall not prosper and face problems indicated
by the afflicting planet depending upon the lordship.
(3) The significations of the houses where the planet is placed.
(4) During the sub period of a planet all the impacts on the house, which contains the MT sign of the said planet, also come into
force. Due to such influences on MEP by a strong functional benefic planet even the sub period of a weak planet would be blessing
the native with good or very good results.Similarly, a close impact of a funcitonal malefic planet on the MEP of a MT sign house may
not allow the planet ruling that MT sign house to show good results in its sub periods even if the said planet is strong in the natal
chart.
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Let us see the application of MMP and MEP while analyzing the results of sub-periods, with the help of an example.
Suppose 23 degree rises in the Ascendant. Therefore, the most effective point of all the houses will be 23 degree. Any planet
conjunct within 5 degrees on either side i.e. within 18 degrees to 28 degrees in any house would be influencing the significations of
the house in question in a pronounced manner depending upon the functional nature of that planet. The planet Moon is placed at
24 degrees in the third house in the sign Aquarius ruled by Saturn. The Moon is most malefic planet (MMP) as it rules the eighth
house. Since the Moon is conjunct with the most effective point of the third house, it not only mars the initiatives of the person but
during the sub-periods of both the Moon and Saturn it will not allow any ventures/initiatives of the persons to succeed. The aspect
of the Moon to the most effective point to the ninth house would also cause obstructions to the significations of the ninth house
during the sub-periods of both the Sun and the Moon. The Sun is lord of the ninth house while the Moon is aspecting and
malefically influencing the ninth house. In such cases if the planet Sun is placed and strong as in this case, the impact of the
influence of the Moon would be a little bit milder than if the Sun is badly placed and weak. As the Saturn is badly placed in the sixth
house and is weak due to its being in the state of infancy, the malefic impact on the third house and during the sub-periods of the
Moon and Saturn would be quite grave.
We cannot treat a house as ascendant for the relation signified by that house. For example, ninth house for father and the seventh
house for wife, etc. We can't decipher educational prospects of father, his assets, etc. from the twelfth house which is the fourth
house from the ninth house but sometimes just for an estimation of status in general of father, it can be seen from the Sun and the
ninth house. However, we desist from doing and recommending the same. The detailed analysis can only be made from an
individual's horoscope for his/her own self only and general indications for spouse, children, parents, elder and younger siblings and
friends. For example, we can see whether the person will derive happiness from his children or at a particular time whether the child
is enjoying or in trouble but we cannot identify about the educational or professional or emotional matters of a child from one's chart
in details.
This is only a visionary phenomenon as this occurs due to different speeds of the planets in relation to the earth. The effects on a
natal chart are due to fixed angular position of planets with reference to a particular place on the earth for a particular time, natal or
transit.
Though the classical as well as some of the modern commentators have ascribed different views for the results of retrograde
planets, the author is of the firm view that retrograde planets are to be treated in a normal way as "LEARN ASTROLOGY -
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE OF HOUSES/ASTERISMS"
The situation, in which a planet ‘A’ is placed in a sign or nakshatra ruled by the planet ‘B’ and the planet ‘B’ is placed in a sign or
nakshatra ruled by the planet ‘A’, is considered as exchange of houses or exchange of nakshatra (asterisms). For example, if the
Sun is placed in the sign Scorpio and the planet Mars is placed in the sign, Leo, then the classical works considers this as exchange
of houses by the Sun and Mars.
Under the Systems' Approach, we do not recognize this concept. Each planet is considered, separately, for "LEARN ASTROLOGY
- EFFECTIVE ORB FOR JUDGING
THE INFLUENCE OF NATAL AND TRANSIT CONJUNCTIONS/ ASPECTS"
In the case of influence of functional malefic planets on other strong transit/natal positions, the orb is one degree on either side while
in the case of weak transit/natal positions, the orb is five degrees on either side.
In the case of influence of strong functional benefic planets over the strong natal/transit functional benefic planets, the orb is five
degrees on either side. In the case of weak natal/transit positions it is one degree on either side. While coming into the mutual
aspect/ conjunction with the natal/transit functional malefic planets, the functional benefic planets get malefically afflicted.
The maximum influence of the transit or natal conjunction/aspect is when it is within one degree on either side. As soon as the
transit influence starts separating, the influence starts tapering down. It is very important to see the strength of the planet on which
the transit influence is being studied. For example, if the Sun being the lord of the fourth house and being a functional benefic
planet, is in the fourth house and its longitude is eleven degrees, the malefic influence of Jupiter, the most malefic planet for the
Taurus ascendant, will be effective when Jupiter is between 10 degrees to 12 degrees in the signs Leo, Sagittarius, Aquarius or
Aries because the Sun is strongly placed in the natal chart. Please do not forget to consider the transit strength of this Sun. If the
Sun in a Taurus nativity is placed in the sign Libra at a longitude of five degrees then the transit influence of Jupiter within zero
degree to 10 degree from the signs Libra, Aries, Aquarius or Gemini would be effective. However, once the longitude of the transit
Jupiter is 5 degrees, the transit influence would start separating and tapering down but it will clear the affliction only when the
longitude of Jupiter is over ten degrees. We hope the readers would be able to understand this dimension for better analysis.
During the sub period of a planet all the impacts on the house, which contains the MT sign of the said planet, also come into force.
Due to such influences on MEP by a strong functional benefic planet even the sub period of a weak planet would be blessing the
native with good or very good results. Similarly, a close impact of a functional malefic planet on the MEP of a MT sign house may
not allow the planet ruling that MT sign house to show good results in its sub periods even if the said planet is strong in the natal
chart. The orb of affliction for a non-mooltrikona sign house is five degrees on either side of the most effective point of the house.
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MEASURING CAPACITY OF PLANETS FOR GIVING RESULTS
While studying the impact of a planet, depending upon its strength, during the course of its sub-period both the positions-natal and
transit-of the planet under operation are to be studied.
The result of a particular house will be influenced by a transiting planet when it is near to its MEP depending upon its functional
nature whether benefic or malefic.
BRIGHT RAYS
Bright rays means a non-combust planet. However, the Moon is with bright rays when it is 72 degrees away from the Sun on either
side.
MEASURING STRENGTH OF PLANETS IN INFANCY/OLD AGE
The results of the planets in the state of infancy or old age vary in degree of strength as per their longitudes as detailed below..-
INFANCY
When 0 degree power is zero

When 1 degree power is 20%
When 2 degrees power is 40%
OLD AGE
When 30 degrees power is zero

Exaltation sign adds to the strength. The peak point of exaltation or debilitation has very little relevance.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETS
Strong Planets
A strong natal planet protects and promotes its general significations and the significations of its mooltrikona house. Any planet is
considered strong when it is not in the state of weakness. It can increase its strength if:
a) it is young, i.e. its longitude is between 10º to 20º in a particular sign.

b) it occupies own or good navamsa and other divisions.
c) it is under the close influence of the functional benefic planets.
d) it occupies its exaltation, mooltrikona or own sign.
The results of planets placed in the Sun-like houses that is the second, third and ninth houses get magnified.
Any planet has capacity to bless the native with its results if its natal strength is at least 60% and it is unafflicted. In such a situation
the results may come with some delay and of slightly lower order. With the help of the strengthening measures - gemstones or
Kavach or Special power Kavach - the strength of the planets, where it is less than 60%, can be brought to the level of 60% so that
it blesses the native with the significations ruled by it.
One can (i) strengthen the weak planets by way of a Kavach if the planetary strength is between 50% to 60%; (ii) strengthen the
weak planets by way of a special power kavach if the planetary strength is between 35% to 50%; and (iii) strengthen the weak
planets by way of a special power kavach cum gemstone pendant if the planetary strength is lower than 35%."LEARN
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Weak Planets
A weak natal planet is not capable of fully protecting/promoting its general significations and the significations of its mooltrikona
house during the course of its sub-periods and during the triple transit functional malefic influences. By descending order of
weakness, any planet becomes weak when:
1) The most effective point of its mooltrikona sign is afflicted by a functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree.
2) The most effective point of its house of placement is afflicted by a functional malefic planet, within an orb of one degree for
mooltrikona signs or within an orb of five degrees for non-mooltrikona signs.
3) It is conjunct or aspected by any functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree.
4) It is combust due to its nearness to the Sun.
5) It occupies malefic houses from the ascendant, except if in its own mooltrikona sign.
6) It occupies its sign of debilitation.
7) It is in the state of infancy or old-age.
8) It occupies its debilitated sign in navamsa.
9) It occupies the mooltrikona sign of a weak planet. However, its strength would be in proportion to the strength of its dispositor.
10) It is the Moon within 72 degrees either side of the Sun. However, this is a minor weakness.
NOTE: In serial nos. (1) to (3) above, when the affliction is special or multiple i.e. when it comes from:

2) an aspect from a functional malefic planet placed in a dusthana,
3) a conjunction with Rahu or Ketu (Rahu-Ketu axis)
4) an aspect of a functional malefic planet afflicted by other(s) functional malefic planet,
Then the otherwise "strong" planet should be considered afflicted (and weak) even when the orb of affliction is of two degrees.
a) A planet will lose strength to the extent of 75% if its mooltrikona sign house is afflicted.
b) A weak planet placed in an afflicted house will lose strength to the extent of 75%.
c) An otherwise strong planet placed in a non mooltrikona sign afflicted house will lose strength to the extent of 50%. Such a planet
may give good results in the first place and will cause setbacks later.
d) A closely afflicted weak planet will lose strength to the extent of 75%.
e) A closely afflicted otherwise strong planet will lose strength to the extent of 50%. Such a planet will give good results in the first
place and will cause setbacks later.
f) A planet becoming weak due to close combustion will lose strength to the extent of 75% if the Sun is a functional malefic planet.
Where the Sun is a functional benefic and it causes combustion to another planet, the planet will become 50% weak for the purpose
of transit affliction. A combust planet in its sign of debilitation and placed in a malefic house will have only 10% power.
g) When planets are placed in the malefic houses, they generally lose strength by 50% besides suffering through the significations
of the malefic house. The placement in the sixth house can involve the person in disputes, debts and can cause ill health. The
h) When planets are placed in their signs of debilitation, they lose strength by 50%. When planets are placed in their signs of
debilitation in birth chart and navamsa, they lose strength by 75%.
i) If in Rasi chart the planet is badly placed and at the same time debilitated in navamsa it would lose strength to the extent of 60%.
j) A badly placed planet in its sign of debilitation will lose its power by 75%.
k) A planet debilitated in navamsa would lose power by 25%.
AFFLICTED & AFFLICTING PLANETS
Afflicted Planets
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Whenever a planet is already weak for any other reason and is under the close influence of any functional malefic, it is treated as an
afflicted planet. But when the planet is not weak for other reasons, it can only be considered afflicted under the exact influence of
any functional malefic, becoming a weak planet for that reason. So whenever any planet is afflicted, it becomes weak. The
significations of the house having a mooltrikona sign of an afflicted planet are harmed.
Afflicting Planets
All planets can become afflicted, but only the functional malefic planets can be afflicting planets.
It is very necessary to understand the difference between afflicting planets and afflicted planets.
A transit functional malefic planet will afflict always its natal position by conjunction or aspect, except when placed in its own
mooltrikona house in rasi/birth chart. A natal/transit functional malefic planet never afflicts its own mooltrikona house, except when
the functional malefic planet is already afflicted and afflicts from a dusthana/malefic house. Dispositor weakness or bad placement
affliction is not applicable in this case. The benefit of aspect to the MT sign of FM planet is limited to the proportion of the strength of
the FM planet.
its placement, strength, relationship with other planets, etc. per their longitudes, so far as the natal influences are concerned.
However, the transit influences of a planet appearing to be in retrograde motion and then direct motion are prolonged on a specified
degree(s).
DISPOSITOR
According to the Systems’ Approach, the dispositor is a planet in whose mooltrikona sign another planet is located in the natal chart.
Suppose in a natal chart the Sun is placed in the sign Libra ruled by Venus. In this case Venus will be the dispositor of the Sun. No
planet which is in a non- mooltrikona sign will have a dispositor i.e. the planet(s) in Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces
have no dispositor. If a planet is posited in Aries, its dispositor would be Mars; if a planet is posited in Cancer, its dispositor would be
the Moon; if a planet is posited in Leo, its dispositor would be the Sun; if a planet is posited in Virgo, its dispositor would be Mercury;
if a planet is posited in Libra, its dispositor would be Venus; if a planet is posited in Sagittarius, its dispositor would be Jupiter; and if
a planet is posited in Aquarius, its dispositor would be Saturn.
When a functional benefic planet becomes dispositor of an affliction, the results of such affliction will surface during the sub period
and transit influence of that functional benefic planet. Similarly, when a functional benefic planet becomes dispositor of a benefic
influence or blessing, the results of such benefic influence or blessing will surface during the sub period and transit influence of that
functional benefic planet. When a functional malefic planet becomes dispositor of a benefic influence or blessing, the results of such
benefic influence or blessing will also simultaneiously surface during the sub period and transit influence of that functional malefic
planet provided the functional malefic planet is not involved in a close or exact affliction. When a functional malefic planet becomes
dispositor of an affliction, the results of such affliction will surface also during the sub period and transit influence of that functional
malefic planet.
The strength of a planet does not exceed the strength of its dispositor. If the two planets have mutual dispositor, the lower strength
will prevail. The first calculation would be done for the weaker planet. The infancy/old age proportion, afflictions and debilitation in
navamsa sign would also be applied. The transit strength has to be seen in relation to the natal strength as the natal strength is
more importa.
EFFECTIVE ORB FOR JUDGING THE INFLUENCE OF NATAL AND TRANSIT CONJUNCTIONS/ ASPECTS
In the case of influence of functional malefic planets on other strong transit/natal positions, the orb is one degree on either side while
in the case of weak transit/natal positions, the orb is five degrees on either side.
In the case of influence of strong functional benefic planets over the strong natal/transit functional benefic planets, the orb is five
degrees on either side. In the case of weak natal/transit positions it is one degree on either side. While coming into the mutual
aspect/ conjunction with the natal/transit functional malefic planets, the functional benefic planets get malefically afflicted.
The maximum influence of the transit or natal conjunction/aspect is when it is within one degree on either side. As soon as the
transit influence starts separating, the influence starts tapering down. It is very important to see the strength of the planet on which
the transit influence is being studied. For example, if the Sun being the lord of the fourth house and being a functional benefic
planet, is in the fourth house and its longitude is eleven degrees, the malefic influence of Jupiter, the most malefic planet for the
Taurus ascendant, will be effective when Jupiter is between 10 degrees to 12 degrees in the signs Leo, Sagittarius, Aquarius or
Aries because the Sun is strongly placed in the natal chart. Please do not forget to consider the transit strength of this Sun. If the
Sun in a Taurus nativity is placed in the sign Libra at a longitude of five degrees then the transit influence of Jupiter within zero
degree to 10 degree from the signs Libra, Aries, Aquarius or Gemini would be effective. However, once the longitude of the transit
Jupiter is 5 degrees, the transit influence would start separating and tapering down but it will clear the affliction only when the
longitude of Jupiter is over ten degrees. We hope the readers would be able to understand this dimension for better analysis.
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During the sub period of a planet all the impacts on the house, which contains the MT sign of the said planet, also come into force.
Due to such influences on MEP by a strong functional benefic planet even the sub period of a weak planet would be blessing the
native with good or very good results.Similarly, a close impact of a funcitonal malefic planet on the MEP of a MT sign house may not
allow the planet ruling that MT sign house to show good results in its sub periods even if the said planet is strong in the natal chart.
The orb of affliction for a non-mooltrikona sign house is five degrees on either side of the most effective point of the house
CHALIT CHAKRA, RAJ YOGAS & DHANA YOGAS
CHALIT CHAKRA
This is a redundant concept so far as the Systems' Approach (SA) is concerned. The SA identifies the functional nature of
theplanets on the basis of the ascendant. Each planet is treated in the house in which it is placed. A planet placed in the eighth
house going to seventh or ninth house as per chalit chakra can never give good results. Its periods will bestow weak results
because of the position of the planet being weak due to its bad placement and there will be obstructions and mishaps. The
astrologers, who consider chalit chakra fail in their predictions.
IMPACT OF RAJYOGAS OR DHANA YOGAS
Impact of the so-called rajyogas and dhana yogas formed with the natal conjunctions, aspects and placements accrues only if the
planet(s) placed in a good house, is unafflicted and strong. Whenever the planets ruling the benefic houses conjoin or aspect
closely, they form good yoga (say rajyoga) connected with the indications of both the houses involved provided they are strong and
unafflicted. If they involve a house ruling income and/or wealth they produce dhanayogas.
PLACEMENT OF PLANETS
PLACEMENT OF PLANETS IN MALEFIC / DUSTHANA HOUSES
The book, "Self Learning Course in Astrology" gives clear-cut guidance that any planet placed in the sixth, eighth or twelfth house
from the ascendant would be treated as a bad placement. The planets are not called badly placed due to their position in a
particular sign. In other words bad placement is referred to a malefic house and not to any particular sign. Any planet, even if
exalted, becomes weak due to bad placement.
IMPACT OF PLACEMENT IN FRIENDLY/ INIMICAL SIGNS
The friendship or inimical relationship of planets arising due to placement in the signs ruled by friendly planets or inimical planets
only makes the planet comfortable or uncomfortable in doing its work, respectively. The planets work as per their functional nature
and strength..
SUN LIKE PLANETS
The second house rules status of the person in the society or with the Government. The third house rules the communication power
of the person which is an important aspect for leadership. The ninth house is the house of fortune and rules happiness from father
and preceptor. The Sun like planets do not cause combustion to other planets. The lords of the second, third and ninth houses,
wherever other than the Sun, act like the Sun for the various ascendants:
ASCENDANT......SUN LIKE PLANETS
1. Aries........... Jupiter
2. Taurus......... The Moon
3. Gemini......... The Moon and Saturn
4. Cancer......... The Sun and Mercury
5. Leo............... Mercury, Venus and Mars
6. Virgo............ Venus
7. Libra............ Jupiter
8. Scorpio........ Jupiter and the Moon
9. Sagittarius... Saturn
10. Capricorn... Saturn and Mercury
11. Aquarius..... Mars and Venus
12. Pisces......... Mars
Any planet placed in the sign Leo has comparatively more power and certainly up by 25% than the actual power of the said
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planet(s).
When being the lord of the second house a Sun-like planet is placed in Leo sign it gains additional strength.
When the Sun itself is placed in a Sun-like house, it also gains 25% additional strength. In case the Sun is a functional malefic
planet when placed in a Sun like house, it should not afflict the house to gain the additional strength.
If the Leo sign is in a malefic house and the Sun is placed in this house, the bad placement of the Sun would not be applicable and
the planet would be strong if not in infancy, old age or debilitated in navamsa.
Let us take an example for understanding the calculation of the strength of the Sun-like planets. Suppose Libra is rising with 22.4
deg. The Sun is placed in the fourth House, close to the MEP and unafflicted. It is not in old age. The MEP of the eleventh house is
also unafflicted. This Sun would be strong but not having any additional strength.
Now, if Jupiter is in 9th House (Sun like) in its own mooltrikona sign but in infancy (2.5 deg) and Jupiter is unafflicted, then its
strength would be 50% + 25 increase for its being a Sun like planet which is equal to 62.5%. If this Jupiter is placed in another Sun
Like house its strength will have a further rise of 25%. A planet by being lord of a Sun like house and by being placed in another Sun
Like house can achieve the strength up to 100% in commensuration to its weakness due to infancy or old age.
When planets are placed in the malefic houses, they generally lose strength by 50% besides suffering through the significations of
the malefic house. The placement in the sixth house can involve the person in disputes, debts and can cause ill health. The
In the case of Sun-like planets, the lord of the second house gets the first place, the lord of the third house gets the second place
and the lord of the ninth house gets third place in importance.
MEASURING AFFLICTIONS
The afflictions to strong planets are effective only if they are within one-degree longitudinal range. The afflictions to weak planets
are fully effective if they are within one-degree longitudinal range. Afflictions are 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% and 0% if the afflicting planet
is having 1 degree, 2 degree, 3 degree, 4 degree and 5 degree of longitudinal difference, respectively, from the weak planet. It is
most severe if the weak and afflicted planets are badly placed. The experience based on the feedback of the people indicates that
these afflictions can be taken care up to 80 - 90% with the help of the astral remedies, i.e. wearing of a Kavach, and performance of
charities, etc. If the lord is strong, the damage is minimum. For non-mooltrikona signs the impact of the affliction is 100% to 0%
depending upon the longitudinal difference between the MEP and the afflicting planet as explained above for the planets. If a
planet being lord of a house is weak, one should see the strength of the significator (karaka) and the supplementary houses.
HOW TO PROCEED FOR ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM AREAS
For starting analysis, underline the functional malefic planets and identify the conjunctions/aspects within 5 degrees orb. Put a circle
around the planets that are afflicted. Now you can start the analysis.
The problem is always with regard to the weak, badly placed and afflicted planets or the sub-periods of the functional malefics for
trend results related to sub-periods. The short-term problem is indicated by the malefic transit over the natal planets. The good
results should be indicated for the significations of the well-placed strong planets having good close conjunctions/aspects.
The position of functional benefic planet(s) in the dusthana houses make them weak but if it is in the eighth house near the MEP of
the house then despite weakness it is good as it aspects the MEP of the second house. In the case of Jupiter posited in the eighth
house it also aspects the twelfth, and fourth houses besides the second house. The detailed study of the functional malefic planets
and the planets in the evil house has been taken up in 'Lords & Planets in Evil Houses'. The case studies included here and in all
the books from authors V. K. Choudhry & K Rajesh Chaudhary bring out the techniques for quickly spotting the prominent events in
life.
METALS RULED BY PLANETS
The Sun rules copper and gold.

The Moon rules silver.
Mars rules copper.
Mercury rules brass.
Jupiter rules gold.
Venus rules silver and aluminum.
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DIRECTIONS/ISHTA DEVATA
DIRECTIONS: PLANETS
Sun: East
Moon: North-west
Mars: South
Mercury: North
Jupiter: North-east
Venus: South-East
Saturn: West
Rahu: South-West
DIRECTIONS: SIGNS
ARIES: East
TAURUS: South
GEMINI: West
CANCER: North
LEO: East
VIRGO: South
LIBRA: West
SCORPIO: North
SAGITTARIUS: East
CAPRICORN: South
AQUARIUS: West
PISCES: North
DIRECTIONS: HOUSES
FIRST: East
SECOND: South East
THIRD: South East
FOURTH: South
IMPACT OF ASPECTS & CONJUNCTIONS : DECADE PER DEGREE RULE
The imapct of conjunctions and aspects is measured in terms of a decade per degree of closeness. If it is an exact aspect
or conjunction between the two planets the impact is felt in the sub periods falling in the first ten years of life. If there is a
close aspect or conjunction with a longitudinal difference of one to two degrees the impact is felt in the sub periods of the
planets falling in the second decade. If there is a close aspect or conjunction with a longitudinal difference of two to three
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degrees the impact is felt in the sub periods of the planets falling in the third decade. If there is a close aspect or
conjunction with a longitudinal difference of three to four degrees the impact is felt in the sub periods of the planets falling
in the fourth decade. If there is a close aspect or conjunction with a longitudinal difference of four to five degrees the
impact is felt in the sub periods of the planets falling in the fifth decade.
The results can be further influenced by stationary transit influence or the strength of the planets involved.
Caution: Astrologers do not have a television set and cannot give running commentary. The best thing is in the shortest possible
time, indicate the strong and weak areas in chart and prescribe appropriate remedies. One acquires credentials or good reputation
as an astrologer with one's competence over a period of time.
FIFTH: South West
SIXTH: South South West
SEVENTH: West
EIGHTH: North North West
NINTH: North West
TENTH: North
ELEVENTH: North North East
TWELFTH: North East
ISHTA DEVATA : ASCENDING SIGNS
ARIES: Goddess Durga
TAURUS: Lord Vishnu
GEMINI: Goddess Lakshami
CANCER: Lord Shiva
LEO: Goddess Durga
VIRGO: Lord Vishnu
LIBRA: Goddess Lakshami
SCORPIO: Lord Shiva
SAGITTARIUS: Goddess Durga
CAPRICORN: Lord Vishnu
AQUARIUS: Goddess Lakshami
PISCES: Lord Shiva
Saturn rules iron, minerals and crude.
PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES - HUMOR OF SIGNS & PLANETS
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The origin of astrological knowledge can be traced to the times of the creation of humanity. This knowledge was developed and
used to answer uncertainties, future and the way human beings can come out of difficult situations in life. This ancient knowledge
was also used by wise people to not only chart the course of life of individuals and nations but to harness the potentials of
individuals and nations under the patronage of kings and royal people. It is a pity that the ancient scientific knowledge is brushed
aside by the so called modern scientists in an unscientific manner. They condemn something which they do not know and which
they have not studied.
We often come across persons, who have to see frequent changes in their lives, encounter misfortunes and rarely get settled in
their lives. The author had taken up a project for studying and analysing the common astrological factors in this regard. After
empirical study of horoscopes having such history, the author came to the conclusion that mostly children born in the ending parts of
constellation of Mercury, Venus and Ketu fall under this category. The main reason is that in all such cases the children have to
undergo dasa of a number of planets having different temperament e.g. Mercury-Ketu-Venus-Sun-Moon-Mars-Rahu etc. The only
long spell of dasa is that of Venus and in case Venus is strongly placed in the chart, the child gets base for settlement in life. Apart
from the operation of dasa the factors responsible for giving a good start in life for accomplishments are strong lord of the ascendant
or unafflicted ascendant, the Sun, the Moon, the lords of the fourth and ninth houses. On the other hand if Venus is also weak along
with the weak ninth house, the whole life of the native remains troublesome. The best charts are those where functional malefic
planets - Rahu and Ketu - do not form exact or close conjunctions or aspects with functional benefic planets and the most effective
point of various houses.
The vital role in creating trouble is played by the dasa of Ketu, which gives a start to the series of troubles because of the fast
changing sub-periods. Shri Vanket Sharma, the author of 'Saravarth Chintamani' attributes the results to dasa of Ketu as under:
'The native loses his wife and son; suffers on account of misunderstanding with the king; suffers loss of education, relatives, wealth
and friends; dangers from disease, fire and friends; fall from a conveyance; dangers from poison, weapons, going to distant places.
The native likes to pick-up quarrels and finds trouble with the physical health. When Ketu occupies and influences an angular house,
actions do not give results, one loses ruling powers, son and wife and encounters other dangers. During its dasa Ketu gives
dangers, fevers, loose motions, loss of semen, boils and cholera, if it occupies the ascendant. He attributed good results to Ketu
only when it is under the aspect of benefic planets."
This is possible when the functional benefic planet aspecting Ketu is strong and the aspect of range is between two degrees to five
degrees. However, if the planet is weak then Ketu will afflict the functional benefic planet.
The unfavorable impact of Ketu main or sub period becomes intense when the Ketu is placed on the MEP of the house and the MT
sign lords of such houses occupied and aspected are weak in the natal chart.
Sant Tulsidas wrote in Ramcharitamanas that the dasa of Ketu is always troublesome. In fact while writing in the context of conduct
of evil persons, he stated that the birth of evil persons is always for harming the lives of others as is the rise of planet Ketu meaning
thereby that the dasa of Ketu is always troublesome. In experience, we notice that whenever Ketu is under benefic influence, it gives
spiritual advancement and not material advancement. As we are examining the results of Ketu dasa in the childhood, we can safely
infer that the Ketu dasa in childhood mostly produces malefic results as it hampers the material advancement, destroys or troubles
the sources of material advancement of the child, for example his parents. The best way to propitiate Ketu in its dasa is to feed
street dogs, if possible, or reciting the mantra 'Om Sri Ganeshaye Namah'. The recitation of mantra can be done in the morning after
bath and before breakfast. A minimum of 101 recitations daily during the sub-period of Ketu would be good to ward-off the evils. The
propitiation of Ketu becomes necessary in view of the fact that Ketu destroys the significations of the house occupied by him if close
to the most effective point, of the planet, with whom it is closely conjunct with and the houses closely aspected by it.
If the Sun and the most effective point of the ninth house are closely afflicted, the native loses his father or it causes severe troubles
to the father affecting thereby the comfortable growth of the native. If the Moon and the most effective point of the fourth house are
weak and are under the close affliction of Ketu, the native is denied the care of parents especially that of the mother. The multiple
weaknesses of planets, and at the same time being closely afflicted by the functional malefic planets, are worst.
In contrast with it where a native completes major period of Rahu by the age of 12 to 14 years of age and has a strongly placed
functional benefic Jupiter, enjoys the fruits of life in time and gets settled well. If other planets are also suitably well-placed then it
gives an extra-ordinary lift to the native.
Let us now examine some charts of natives born in the ending parts of main periods of Ketu, Mercury and Venus.
Birth: Male born March 5, 1947, at 3.13 AM 77E04 28N37 Time Zone 5.30 hours.
The native was born with a balance of main period of Mercury approx. twelve years. Mercury primarily ruled the tenth
house and is weak due to combustion. The early part of life of the native was full of health problems, which hampered his
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The following period of Ketu saw the death of the mother of the native. The sign Sagittarius rises in the ascendant and the Moon,
Rahu and Ketu become functional malefic planets. Ketu afflicts the fourth house by way of close aspect from the twelfth house. The
lord of the ascendant is posited in the twelfth house. During the main period of Ketu, the native had frequent fevers, sluggish liver,
bronchitis and unsound health. This resulted in setbacks in studies. The close affliction of the most malefic planet, the Moon, on the
most effective point of the second house also caused obstructions in the education and denied the native the happiness of a male
child.
In Sapthamsa, the sign Aries rises in the ascendant. Jupiter is the significator for male progeny. The lord of the fifth house of D-I
Mars, is also weak in D-I. The weakness of Mars and Jupiter and the close affliction to the most effective point of the second house
could not bless the native with male progeny. Rather, he had four male children, two of whom expired shortly after birth; one was a
still birth and one premature dead delivery.
Birth: August 11, 1971.

The operating main period at birth was that of Mercury. Mercury is well-placed in the second house, is not suffering from
combustion or affliction from functional malefics. Mercury is weak due to the weakness of its dispositor. Therefore, the
balance of Mercury period did not prove to be significantly unfavorable for the native.
The sign Cancer rises in the ascendant and Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. Rahu-Ketu axis is
close to the most effective points of the houses occupied and afflicts the houses occupied and aspected. Ketu also closely afflicts
the Sun and combust Venus by way of close conjunction. Venus rules the fourth house, the house of parents. Whenever the lord of
the fourth house is weak and the Sun is also afflicted it is the father who has a short life in place of the mother signified by the fourth.
The death of the father causes numerous miseries to the mother of the native. In this case apart from Ketu's affliction to the Sun and
Venus, Ketu aspects very closely the most effective point of the ninth house. During the main period of Ketu and sub-period of the
Sun, the native lost his father at a very young age. Ketu occupies the navamsa ascendant.
Ketu's close conjunction with the most effective point of the ascendant and its close aspect to its lord, the Moon, caused serious
health problems to the native and troublesome conditions in life. The exaltation of the Sun in D-XII could not liberate it from the close
affliction of Ketu in the main chart.
Male born August 14, 1949, 5.18 PM, 76E40 31N18 Time Zone 5.30 Hrs.
The operating main period at birth was that of Ketu. The native had acute health problems in life. He is a diabetic from very young
age, he suffered from loss of comforts of life, his father lost status in life after his birth, his education was just average, he could not
get good job although his father had been a very senior military officer.
The sign Sagittarius rises in the ascendant and the Moon, Rahu and Ketu become functional malefic planets. The lord of the
ascendant, Jupiter, is debilitated and is in the state of infancy. Ketu is closely conjunct with the most effective point of the tenth
house and afflicts the same. The following period was of Venus, who is weak due to its being in mritavastha (extreme old age) and
its dispositor being weak. The badly placed weak Sun is closely aspected and afflicted by Rahu.
Jupiter is lord of the navamsa ascendant and is debilitated in the navamsa, as well. The main periods of Ketu afflicting the nativity
and weak Venus gave problems mentioned above. Though Venus occupies its own sign in dasamsa (D-X) yet it could not help the
native for acquiring good education in its period due to its weakness in the main chart..
Birth: Male born September 18, 1951, 9.17 AM 77E13 28N39.

The native of this chart had operating period of Ketu at the time of birth. Venus, who is the lord of the ascendant and next
main period lord, occupies eleventh house in weak state and is closely afflicted by the functional malefic planet, Mercury.
Mercury in turn is also closely conjunct with Ketu.
The sign Libra rises in the ascendant and Mercury Rahu and Ketu become functional malefic planets. All the functional
benefic planets are weak. In navamsa Venus is in the sixth house and in shashthamsa it is in the twelfth house. Saturn, the
lord of the fifth house is in the twelfth house in the state of combustion in the natal chart. Saturn is in its sign of
debilitation in navamsa. In Shashthamsa the planets, the Sun and Jupiter occupy their signs of debilitation. In view of
these combinations, weak position of significator of vitality in Shashthamsa (D-VI) and the operation of main periods of
Ketu, Venus and the Sun in life consecutively, the native's health base had been quite weak. Besides, whenever the lord of
the ascendant is weak and afflicted, the native suffers from chronic diseases. Rahu/Ketu's close conjunction or aspect
with weak planet(s) make chances of a cancerous disease very bright. The native suffered from prolonged illness before
death at the age of 35 years.
The weakness of the lord of the tenth house did not allow him to settle in his work and Mars sub-period in the main period of the lord
of the tenth house took him to a foreign land where he could not earn anything because of continued ill health.
Birth: Female born December 26, 1971.
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The sign Virgo rises in the ascendant and Saturn, Mars, the Sun, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. The
native lost her father at the age of 13 years in the main period of Mercury ruling since birth. Mercury is the lord of the
ascendant. In this case Jupiter becomes weak due to its being in the state of old age. The Sun, the lord of the twelfth
house, closely afflicts the most effective point of the fourth house. Rahu closely afflicts the most effective point of the
ninth house. Rahu-Ketu axis is close to the most effective points of the houses occupied and afflicts the houses occupied
and aspected.
In dwadasamsa the lord of the ascendant, Saturn, occupies the sixth house and the significator for father is under the aspect of
Ketu. In divisional charts the aspects are not categorized as close, exact or wide but are treated as close aspects. During the sub-
period of Saturn, who is lord of ascendant of the dwadasamsa, the native lost her father. The following period of Ketu proved full of
struggles. The onset of the period of Venus, who is having affliction of Rahu being lord of the second house, is creating hurdles for
finalization of marriage of the native.
Birth: Male born November 11, 1980.

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The sign Taurus rises in the ascendant and Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. The
lord of the twelfth house closely afflicts the most effective points of the seventh, tenth, first and second houses. The lord
of the sixth house is in its sign of debilitation and had its main period after the operating period of Ketu at the time of birth.
The lord of the fourth house, the Sun, who is also significator for father, is also debilitated and occupying the sixth house.
Mercury ruling the fifth house is placed in the fifth house and is weak. Ketu closely aspects and afflicts Venus.
Navamsa ascendant lord is suffering from the influence of Rahu-Ketu axis in Navamsa. In dwadasamsa (D-XII) except the position
of Mercury all other planets occupy good signs and houses. The ascendant of dwadasamsa is aspected by its own lord, Mars. Yet
the dwadasamsa placement of planets could not supersede the weak position of significator planets in the natal chart.
During the dasa of Ketu, the mother of the boy had deep mental anguish as the Moon is posited in the eighth house. The father,
who had kept a keep, tortured the native and his mother. Finally the mother of the native secured divorced in the sub-period of
debilitated Sun in the main period of debilitated Venus.
EXALTATION SIGN to PLANET
ARIES
TAURUS
CAPRICORN
VIRGO
CANCER
PISCES
LIBRA
TAURUS
SCORPIO
DEBILITATION: The planets are in the state of debilitation in particular signs, and therefore weak,
failing to fully protect/promote their general and particular significations. Rather, there can be
deterioration in their ruling sub-periods.
The debilitation signs of various planets are as follows:
DEBILITATION SIGN
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PLANET
SUN LIBRA
MOON SCORPIO
MARS CANCER
MERCURY PISCES
JUPITER CAPRICORN
VENUS VIRGO
SATURN ARIES
RAHU SCORPIO
KETU TAURUS
DISPOSITOR:
According with Systems’ Approach, the dispositor is a planet in whose mooltrikona sign another planet is located in the natal chart.
Suppose in a natal chart the Sun is placed in the sign Libra ruled by Venus. In this case Venus will be the dispositor of the Sun. No
planet which is in a non- mooltrikona sign will have a dispositor i.e. the planet(s) in Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces
have no dispositor. If a planet is posited in Aries, its dispositor would be Mars; if a planet is posited in Cancer, its dispositor would be
the Moon; if a planet is posited in Leo, its dispositor would be the Sun; if a planet is posited in Virgo, its dispositor would be Mercury;
if a planet is posited in Libra, its dispositor would be Venus; if a planet is posited in Sagittarius, its dispositor would be Jupiter; and if
a planet is posited in Aquarius, its dispositor would be Saturn
COMBUSTION:
Whenever a planet comes very near to the Sun, it is divested of its brightness (luster). The said state is called combustion. While in
the state of combustion, the planets fail to fully protect/promote their general and particular significations. If such a planet is weak on
other accounts too, the significations ruled by them do not even take birth.
The planets are said to be combust when they are within the below mentioned degrees on either side of the sun.
MOON 12 DEGREES
MARS 17 -DO-
MERCURY 14 -DO-
VENUS 10 -DO-
JUPITER 11 -DO-
SATURN 15 -DO-
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1. If the Sun is a functional benefic planet, is the combust planet always considered weak?
Let us first understand the combustion as a concept. Whenever a planet comes very near to the Sun, it is divested of its brightness (luster). The
said state is called combustion. While in the state of combustion, the planets lack power to protect and promote the significations/houses ruled
by them. If such a planet is weak on other accounts too, the significations ruled by them do not even take birth. The planets are said to be
combust when they are within the below mentioned degrees on either side of the Sun.
When both the Sun and the combust planet are functional benefic planets and are closely conjunct, we have to see their two roles distinctively.
Firstly, as the lords of the two auspicious houses they rule. The significations of both of these houses will flourish and will be connected to each
other except the short run transit malefic influences which will stress the combust planet comparatively more than the Sun. Secondly, the role of
a combust planet. The combust planet is considered as a weak planet but in case the Sun and planet(s) involved are functional benefic planets,
the weakness of the combust planet(s) is operative only at the time of natal or transit afflictions.
2. Can we call the combust planet "Weak"?
Yes. The weakness due to combustion gives high and low tides in life and need astral strength for the planets to enable them to fight natal and /
or transit afflictions.
3. We understand that when combust, a planet will transfer its significations to the Sun. Right? Does that mean that if, say, the lord of the sixth
gets combust, the Sun will take on its qualities of dispute, conflict, and injury, even if their orb of conjunction is more than 6 degrees?
If a functional malefic planet closely influences any other planet or the Sun, a functional malefic planet will certainly color the significations of the
planet under its influence, negatively.
4. Is there ever a time when the transit influence continues for a longer duration?
Generally, the maximum limit of transit influences is around four months when Rahu/Ketu axis is stationary.
5. As for the Sun, to what extent the influence of the combust planet helps as the combust planet will be weak and not in a position to help the
Sun?
When both the Sun and the combust planet are functional benefic planets and are closely conjunct, one should see their role as the lords of the
two houses they rule. The significations of both of these houses will flourish and will be connected to each other except the short run transit
malefic influences which will stress the combust planet comparatively more than the Sun.
6. In a situation, where the dispositor of the Sun is combust, the Sun indirectly hurting itself by causing combustion to its own dispositor, would
there be more weakness to both dispositor of the Sun and Sun itself, if Sun was a functional malefic planet for the ascendant in question?
That is right.
IN FRIENDLY SIGNS: When planets occupy the signs of their friendly planets, they are happy and feel free to produce results, if they are
otherwise strong. The Sun, the Moon and Mars are friends and Jupiter is their preceptor. Saturn, Mercury, Rahu and Ketu are friends and
Venus is their preceptor.
IN INIMICAL SIGNS: When planets occupy signs of their enemies, they do not find themselves comfortable to produce results expected of
them. However, any sign from where a particular planet aspects its own mooltrikona sign is an exception to this rule and a planet in such a state
does not find itself restricted to produce results.
AFFLICTED PLANETS: The afflictions to the planets or houses are caused by the close conjunction or aspect of the functional malefic planets
in a nativity. Whenever a planet/house is already weak for any other reason and is under the close influence of any functional malefic, it is
treated as an afflicted planet/house. But when the planet/house is not weak for other reasons, it can be considered afflicted either under the
exact influence of a functional malefic for normal afflictions or under the orb of influence of two degrees for special/multiple afflictions, becoming
a weak planet/house for that reason. So whenever any planet/house is afflicted, it becomes weak not being capable of fully protecting/promoting
its general and particular significations. The significations of the houses having mooltrikona sign of an afflicted planet are harmed more when
such planets are already weak for other reasons.
WEAK PLANETS: A weak planet is not capable of fully protecting/promoting its general and particular significations during the course of its
sub-periods and the transit malefic influences. Any planet is considered weak if: a) it is combust due to its nearness to the Sun.
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b) it occupies malefic houses from the ascendant, ( Except when in its own mooltrikona sign.)
c) it occupies its sign of debilitation.(The planets are considered weak for all purposes if they occupy debilitated navamsa and are considered
weak for specific purposes if they occupy the corresponding debilitated amsa. For example, if any planet is strong in rasi and navamsa, but
debilitated in dasamsa, it makes it weak only for the purposes of the 10th house. But being debilitated in navamsa makes it weak regarding all its
general and particular significations.)
d) it is in the state of infancy or old age.
e) it occupies debilitated sign in navamsa.
f) it occupies the mooltrikona sign of a weak planet.
g) it is the Moon within 72 degrees either side of the Sun.
h) it is conjunct or aspected by any functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree.
i) the most effective point of its house of placement is afflicted by a functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree. ( It only applies to
nativities where the time of birth is correct.)
j) the most effective point of its mooltrikona house is afflicted by a functional malefic planet within an orb of one degree. ( In this case, the planet
should be considered weak for the purposes of its particular significations only. It only applies also if the time of birth is correct.)
NOTE: in the last three points, when the affliction is special or multiple, i.e. when it comes from:

2) an aspect of a functional malefic planet placed in a malefic house,
3) a conjunction with Rahu or Ketu (Rahu-Ketu axis),
4) an aspect of a functional malefic planet afflicted by other(s) functional malefic,
any otherwise "strong" planet should be considered afflicted (and weak) even when the orb of affliction is of two degrees.
STRONG PLANETS: A strong planet protects and promotes its general and particular significations. Any planet is considered strong when it is
not in the state of weakness. It can increase its strength if:
a) its longitude is between 10º to 20º in a particular sign;

b) it occupies own or good navamsa and other divisions;
c) it is under the close influence of the strong functional benefic planets;
d) it occupies its exaltation, mooltrikona or own sign;
e) it closely influences the most effective point of the house.
DISPOSITOR
According with Systems' Approach, the dispositor is a planet in whose mooltrikona sign another planet is located in the natal chart. Suppose in a
natal chart the Sun is placed in the sign Libra ruled by Venus. In this case Venus will be the dispositor of the Sun. No planet which is in a non-
mooltrikona sign will have a dispositor i.e. the planet(s) in Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces have no dispositor. If a planet is
posited in Aries, its dispositor would be Mars; if a planet is posited in Cancer, its dispositor would be the Moon; if a planet is posited in Leo, its
dispositor would be the Sun; if a planet is posited in Virgo, its dispositor would be Mercury; if a planet is posited in Libra, its dispositor would be
Venus; if a planet is posited in Sagittarius, its dispositor would be Jupiter; and if a planet is posited in Aquarius, its dispositor would be Saturn.
DIVISIONAL CHARTS
The divisional charts (DCs) are the charts which are drawn by division of houses for specialized analysis of a particular signification; for example
navamsa for considering general fortune and marriage, etc., and dasamsa for considering professional aspects in a nativity. The methodology of
study of the divisional charts has been brought out in the revised edition of author's book "HOW TO STUDY DIVISIONAL CHARTS" which
readers may study after they have learnt the system in general.
YOGAKARAKA PLANETS
Yogakaraka planets are those planets which own a kendra (angle) and a trikona (trine) in a particular nativity. These yogakarakas are first rate
functional benefics and, when strong, produce excellent results by their close association/aspects with any particular planet/house.
The following planets become yogakarakas for the ascendant (lagnas) mentioned against each :-
PLANET ASCENDANT
MARS CANCER & LEO
VENUS CAPRICORN & AQUARIUS
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SIGNIFICATORS
In addition to ruling houses containing their signs, the planets also act as significations for various houses. The various planets act as
significations for the houses indicated against each :-
SUN 1st, 9th &10th houses
MOON 4th house
MARS 3rd &10th houses
MERCURY 6th & 10th houses
JUPITER 2nd, 5th, 9th & 11th houses
VENUS 4th, 7th & 12th houses
Ayushkaraka (longevity) i.e. for the 8th

SATURN
house.
Chapter 1
Explanation of technicalities used
Stanza 1: The Sun, who is one of the AshtaMurthies of Siva, who forms the path for those who go to
Moksha, who represents Atma for those who are well versed in Atmavidya, who accepts the
results of the sacrificial rites, who is the master of Amaras and Jyotishas; who destroys,
creates and protects the Lokas, who is praised in the Vedas in various forms, who is
possessed of many rays and who is the lamp of the three worlds, may he grant us speech?
Stanza 2: Although there are great many works ably written by intelligent men in accordance with
excellent literary style, many people get dispirited in trying to cross the vast ocean of
horoscopic knowledge; to such I offer a small boat, constructed with metre of various kinds,
short but very suggestive and full of instructive ideas, to enable them to cross this ocean.
Stanza 3: The science of astrology is called Hora Sastra from the compounding of the two words Aho
and Ratri and the dropping of the first and last letters; and it speaks of the results of the
good and bad deeds done by men in their previous births.
Stanza 4: In the celestial Chakra (globe) the signs commencing with Mesha and Aswini, are each
formed by nine padams (quarters) of stars and govern the following organs of Kalapurusha,
namely, head, face, chest, heart, belly, waist, lower belly, sexual organ, thighs, knees,
buttocks and feet respectively. Rasi, Kshetra, Griha, Ruksha, Bha and Bhavana refer to and
signify the zodiacal signs.
Stanza 5: Meena is represented by two fishes lying close to each other with their heads pointing in
opposite directions; Kumbha is shown by a person bearing a water pot; Mithuna is indicated
by a man with a club and a woman with a lute, in close embrace; Dhanus is described as a
Centaur with the hind part resembling that of a horse and the front of an archer; Makara
bears the representation of the face of a deer with the hinder part of a crocodile; Thula
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represents the appearance of a man with a balance in hand; Kanya is shown by a virgin
seated in a boat with a crop in one hand and with a light in the other, and the other signs
are represented by their names and move in places congenial to their nature.
Stanza 6: Kuja, Sukra, Budha, Chandra, Ravi, Budha, Sukra, Kuja, Guru, Sani, Sani and Guru are
respectively the lords of the signs and their divisions from Mesha; the navamsas commence
from Mesha, Makara, Thula and Kataka, etc., Dwadasamsas commence from the houses
themselves.
Stanza 7: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus govern five, eight, seven and five Bhagas
(degrees) respectively in the Trimsamsas of the odd signs while the order is reversed in
those of the even signs. The last part of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces goes under the name of
Rikshasandhi (junction of two rasis or constellations).
Stanza 8: Kriya, Thavuri, Jitheema, Kulira, Laya, Pathona, Juka, Kowrpi, Thaukshika, Akokero,
Hridroga and Anthya are names for Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kataka, Simha, Kanya,
Thula, Vrischika, Dhanus, Makara, Kumbha and Meena respectively.
Stanza 9: If a planet is in its Drekkana, Hora, Navamsa, Trimsamsa, Dwadasamsa and Rasi, it is said to
be in its Varga.
Stanza 10: Vrishabha, Mesha, Dhanus, Kataka, Mithuna and Makara are Ratribala Rasis or signs powerful
during night. With the exception of Mithuna these same rasis are called Prustodayas, The
other rasis, viz., Simha, Kanya, Thula, Kumbha and Vrischika are called Dinabala Rasis.
These with Mithuna are called Sirshodayas. Meena is called Oobhayodaya.
Stanza 11: The signs are cruel and beneficial regularly, they are also masculine and feminine, the
same are also movable, fixed and common; the lords of the cardinal points are the lords of
the triangular houses from Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna and Kataka. In odd signs, the first
hora is governed by Ravi and the second hora by Chandra and the reverse holds good in the
even signs. The lords of the Drekkanas are the lords of the 1st, 5th and 9th in a rasi.
Stanza 12: Some writers on astrology say that the first hora is governed by the lord of that house while
the second hora is governed by the lord of the eleventh from that house. They further say
that the lords of the Drekkanas are: (1) the lord of the first, (2) the lord of the 12 th, and (3)
the lord of the eleventh houses respectively.
Stanza 13: Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces and Libra are signs of exaltation for the Sun,
etc., respectively. The 10th, 3rd, 28th, 15th, 5th, 27th and 20th degrees of the above signs are
deep exaltations for the Sun, etc., respectively. The seventh from these are the signs and
degrees of debilitations for those planets.
Stanza 14: The first navamsa of movable, the middle navamsa of the fixed and the last navamsa of the
double-bodied signs are technically called Vargottama, Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo,
Sagittarius, Libra and Aquarius are Moolathrikonas for the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury,
Jupiter, Venus and Saturn respectively.
Stanza 15: The twelve houses from lagna have been given the following names: (1) Thanu, (2)
Kutumba, (3) Sahotha, (4) Bandhu. (5) Putra, (6) Ari, (7) Patni, (8) Marana, (9) Shubha, (10)
Aspada, (11) Aaya, and (12) Ripha. The Oopachayas are the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th houses
from lagna, while the rest are Apachayas. Some say that these should not be taken as
permanent.
Stanza 16: Kalya, Swa, Vikrama, Griha, Pratibha, Kshata, Chitthotha, Randhra, Guru, Mana, Bhava,
Vyaya are names of birth, second, third, etc., houses, respectively. The fourth and eighth
from lagna are technically called Chaturasra, the seventh goes under the name of Dyuna
and the tenth is Agnya.
Stanza 17: Kantaka, Kendra and Chatustaya denote quadrants and these are Saptama (7th), Lagna (1 st),
Chaturtha (4th) and Kha (10th) Bhanam Rasis (signs). The Nara Rasis (masculine signs) are
Mithuna, Kanya, Thula, the first half of Dhanus and Kumbha and these are powerful when
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they happen to be birth signs. The Jalachara Rasis (Aquatic) are Kataka, Meena, the second
half of Makara, and these become powerful in the fourth. Kita Rasi (Vrischika) becomes
powerful in the7th, and Pasu Rasis (quadruped) Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha, the 2nd half of
Dhanus and the 1st half of Makara become potent when they become the 10th houses.
Stanza 18: Those houses next to kendras are called Panaparas and those next to Panaparas are
designated Apoklimas. Hibuka, Ambu, Sukha and Vesma denote 4th house, Jamitra denotes
7th, Suthabham, Thrikona shows 5th, Meshurana and Karma are names for Dasama (10th).
Stanza 19: If the lord of the birth, Jupiter or Mercury occupy or aspect lagna (birth) it becomes most
powerful. If other than these planets aspect or occupy it, it will not be so. All signs in
kendras are powerful. Signs in Panaparas are of moderate strength while signs in Apoklimas
are powerless. Biped signs are powerful during day, Quadruped signs in the night and Kita
Rasi during the two twilights. The measure of the rasis from Mesha to Kanya inclusive is 5-
6-7-8-9 and 10 multiplied by four, respectively, the other half from Thula to Meena in the
reverse order, Sahaja (3rd) is called Duschikya, Navama (9th) is denoted as Thapas and
Trikona.
Stanza 20: Blood-red, white, green, whitish red, smoky, variegated, black, golden, reddish yellow,
whitish yellow. Darkish white, and fish tint are the colours of Aries, etc., respectively. The
signs of planets get Plava in the direction of their lords. The second from the Sun becomes
Vasi.
Chapter 2
Grahayoni prabheda
Stanza 1: The Sun represents the Atma, the Moon mind, Mars strength, Mercury speech, Jupiter
wisdom and happiness, Venus passions, and Saturn sorrow, of Kalapurusha respectively.
The Sun and the Moon are Rajas, Mars is Commander-in-Chief, Mercury is Yuva Raja, Jupiter
and Venus are ministers, and Saturn is the servant.
Stanza 2: Heli and Surya are names for the Sun. Chandrama and Sitarasmi stand for the Moon.
Hemno, Vit, Gna, Bodhana and Induputra are names for Mercury. Ara, Vakra, Kruradrik,
Avanaya denote Mars; Kona, Manda, Suryaputra and Asita stand for Saturn.
Stanza 3: Jiva, Angira, Suraguru, Vachasampathi and Ijya are terms for Jupiter.
Sukra, Bhrigu, Brigusuta, Sita and Aspujit are names for Venus.
Thamas, Agu and Asura are names for Rahu, Sikhi stands for Kethu.
Their other names must be learnt from well-known works in the world.
Stanza 4: The Sun is dark-red, the Moon white, Mars blood-red, Mercury green, Jupiter yellow or
golden, Venus neither white nor black, Saturn black.
Stanza 5: Copper colour is governed by the Sun, while white by the Moon, blood-red by Mars, green
by Mercury, yellow by Jupiter, variegated colours by Venus and black by Saturn. The Sun
has Agni as adhidevata. The Moon Ambu, Mars has Kumara, Mercury has Kesava, Jupiter has
Indra, Venus has Indrani, and Saturn has Kaha. The east, etc., is governed by the Sun,
Venus, Mars, Rahu, Saturn, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter respectively. Waning Moon, Sun,
Mars, Saturn and Mercury in conjunction with them, are malefics.
Stanza 6: Saturn and Mercury are impotent, Venus and Moon are females and the rest are masculine.
Fire, earth, sky, water and air are rules by Mars, etc.
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Stanza 7: Sukra and Guru represent Vipras, Kuja and Ravi Kshatriyas, Chandra Vaisya, Budha Sudra,
and Sani represents Antyajas. Chandra, Ravi and Guru represent Satwa, Kuja and Sani
Thamasa, and Budha and Sukra represent Rajasa
Stanza 8: The Sun has a well proportioned body, is bilious and possesses pingala eyes, has short hairs,
coloured eyes.
to
The Moon has a well rounded body, much wind and phlegm, intelligent, sweet speech and
Stanza 11: good eyes.
Mars is youthful, liberal bilious, fickleminded and possesses a thin waist.
Mercury has gurgling speech, fond of joking and has a mixture of air, phlegm and bile.
Jupiter has a corpulent body, golden locks and eyes, moral and is phlegmatic.
Venus is fond of happiness, handsome, fine eyes and black ringlets and a temperament
compounded of wind and phlegm.
Saturn is lazy, has yellowish eyes, lean tall body, stout teeth and rough hairs. He is of a
windy temperament. Saturn governs nerves, the Sun rules bones, the Moon controls the
blood, Mercury the skin, Venus the sperm, Jupiter the brain, and Mars the marrow.
Stanza 12: The Sun controls Devastana, the Moon watery place, Mars the fire place, Mercury the
gaming place, Jupiter the treasury, Venus the bed room, and Saturn the heap of dirt.
The Sun governs rough cloth, the Moon rules new clothes, Mars controls burnt clothes,
Mercury rules soaked clothes, Jupiter neither old nor new clothes, Venus controls strong
clothes, and Saturn rules rags. Sun governs copper, Moon precious stones, Mars gold,
Mercury belimetal, etc., Jupiter silver, and when he is in his own house he governs gold,
Venus pearls and Saturn governs iron, lead, etc.
Saturn controls Sisira, Venus Vasanta, Mars Grishma, Moon Varsha, Mercury Sarat, Jupiter
Hemanta, and the Sun Grishma. These seasons may also be indicated by the lord of the
Drekkana rising in the lagna at the time of question or consultation of lost horoscopes.
Stanza 13: Planets aspect ¼,1/2, ¾ and full in the 3rd and 10th, in the 5th and 9th, in the 4th and 8th and
in the 7th respectively. Saturn, Mars and Jupiter have special sights and are powerful in
aspecting 3rd and 10th, 4th and 8th and 5th and 9th respectively
Stanza 14: An Ayana, a Kshana, a Wasara, a Ruthu, a Masa, an Ardha and a Sama will be the time
allotted to the Sun, etc., respectively, for the fulfillment of any act or deed indicated in a
question. Pungent, salt, bitter, mixture, sweet, sour and acid are the tastes attributed to
the Sun, etc., respectively.
Stanza 15: According to some, Sun has Jupiter, Moon has Mercury and Jupiter, Mars has Venus and
Mercury, Mercury has all except the Sun; Jupiter has all except Mars; Venus has all except
the Sun and the Moon; and Saturn has all except Mars, Moon and the Sun as friends. But
according to Satya from the thrikona of the planet the 2nd, 12th, 5th, 9th, the lord of his
exaltation. 8th and 4th lords, are friends. The rest are not friends.
Stanza 16 & 17: PLANETS FRIENDS NEUTRALS ENEMIES
Sun Moon, Mars Mercury Saturn & Venus
& Jupiter
Moon Sun & Mars, Jupiter, None
Mercury Saturn & Venus
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Mars Jupiter, Sun Saturn & Venus Mercury
& Moon
Mercury Sun & Venus Saturn, Mars & Moon
Jupiter
Jupiter Sun, Moon & Saturn Mercury & Venus
Mars
Venus Mercury & Mars & Sun & Moon
Saturn Jupiter
Saturn Mercury & Jupiter Sun, Moon &
Venus Mars
Stanza 18: The Planet in the 2nd, 12th, 11th, 3rd, 10th, or 4th from any other planet at the time of birth,
becomes his temporary friend. Some say the lord of the house in which a planet is exalted
also becomes his friend. The rest (unnamed here) are enemies. The lords of two houses, the
lord of one house named and the lord of house not named become friend, neutral, and
enemy, respectively. These relations (temporary) must be taken along with the Nisargika
(permanent) relations named in the previous stanzas and then friendship, etc., must be
finally determined.
Stanza 19: By Swochha, Suhrut, Swa Thrikona, Navamsa, the planets get Sthanabala. In the East
Jupiter and Mercury, in the North the Sun and Mars, in the West Saturn, and in the South
Venus and Moon get Digbala.
Stanza 20: Ravi and Chandra have chestabala in Oottarayana. The rest will have chestabala when they
have Vakra or Samagama. Those who are in the North of the planetary fight, and those
whose rays are bright also possess chestabala.
Stanza 21: The night gives Moon, Mars and Saturn Kala Bala. Mercury has it always. The rest are
powerful during the day. Benefics have Kalabala during the bright half of the lunar month,
while malefics get it during the dark half. The lord of the year, of the day, of the hora, of
the masa also gets Kalabala. Sa, Ku, Bu, Gu, Su, Sha, Ra, are respectively stronger than
each other.
Chapter 3
Viyoni Janmadhyaya
Stanza 1: When benefics are powerless and malefics powerful, and when impotent planets are in
quadrants, the birth must be foretold of objects that have resemblance to the nature of the
dwadasamsa occupied by Moon at the time, or when under similar conjunctions the birth
sign is aspected by impotent planets, the birth of viyonis must be predicted
Stanza 2: If powerful malefics occupy their navamsa, if powerless benefics occupy others’ navamsas
and if lagna is viyoni, then viyoni creatures must be predicted
Stanza 3: Aries represents head, Taurus face and neck, Gemini front legs, Cancer back, Leo chest,
Virgo sides, Libra belly, Scorpio anus, Sagittarius hind legs, Capricorn genitals, Aquarius
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butt and upper legs, and Pisces tail
Stanza 4: The color must be predicted by the birth sign, its amsa, by planets in it or by their aspects.
The intensity of the color is known by powerful conjunctions or aspects of planets. By the
planets in the 7th the lines or spots on the butt must be identified
Stanza 5: If birth is in pakshi drekkana, if Saturn joins or aspects it, the birth of birds must be
predicted. If Moon is there or aspects it, predict the birth of water-birds. If the navamsa
falls in Mercurial signs with Saturn in conjunction or aspecting, then ordinary birds, but if
Moon joins or aspects it, aquatic birds must be predicted
Stanza 6: When the birth sign, Moon, Jupiter and Sun are powerless, the birth of trees must be
predicted. The nature of the plants (aquatic or land) must be identified by the rising
navamsa, and the number of the trees by the number of the navaaamsas that the lord of
the navamsa has passed from his rising amsa in the lagna
Stanza 7: Sun produces internally strong trees, Saturn ugly ones, Moon milky trees, Mars dry plants,
Mercury and Jupiter fruitless and fruitful ones respectively and Venus flowery trees. Moon
makes bright plants and Mars bitter ones
Stanza 8: If a benefic occupies a bad sign, then a good tree grows in a bad place, if otherwise it is
reversed. The number of trees is determined by the amass the lord has passed from his
Chapter 4
Nishika (consummation of marriage)
Stanza 1: Mars and the Moon are the cause for monthly menses. When the Moon is in anupachaya rasis
the menses for conception occurs. When the reverse is the case, and the masculine
benefics aspect, the woman gets sexual union with man.
Stanza 2: The sexual union resembles the nature of the Astha rasi. If malefics conjoin or aspect the
7th, union will be consummated under quarrelling, if benefics join or aspect the 7th, the
sexual union will be happy.
Stanza 3: If Ravi, Chandra, Sukra and Kuja occupy their own navamsas, if Guru is found in lagna or
thrikona, conception takes place. If this combination is present in impotent cases, it will be
useless as moonlight is to a blind man.
Stanza 4: If Kuja and Arkaja occupy the seventh from Ravi and Chandra, they make the man and the
woman sick respectively. If they occupy the 12th and the 2nd from Ravi and Chandra, the
man and woman will meet with Mrityu respectively. If Kuja and Arkaja join Ravi and
Chandra, and has one of their aspects. Death may be foretold for the man and woman
respectively.
Stanza 5: During the day the Sun stands for father and Venus for mother; during the night Saturn and
Moon. Paternal uncles and maternal aunts are to be judged in the reverse order, and if they
are in odd and even signs respectively they become beneficial to the parties concerned.
Stanza 6: If malefics are approaching the rising sign without beneficial aspects the woman dies. If
Saturn occupies the rising sign aspected by Mars or weak Moon she dies.
Stanza 7: If the rising sign and the Moon are betwixt two evil planets unaspected by benefics jointly
or separately the woman dies in pregnancy
Stanza 8: If from the rising sign of the Moon the 4th house is joined by evil planets and Mars is in the
8thhouse, she suffers death. If from lagna, the 4th and 12th houses are occupied by the Sun
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and Mars and the Moon is weak, she suffers death as before.
Stanza 9: If Kuja and Ravi are in the 1st and 7th respectively, death occurs to her by weapons. The
abortion takes place in the month, whose lord is powerless or afflicted.
Stanza 10: If benefics are in conjunction with lagna and Chandra, of if the 5th, 9th, 2nd, 7th, 4th and 10th
houses from them are occupied be benefics or if the malefics occupy 3rd and 11th houses,
and aspected by the Sun she will have a safe and happy pregnancy.
Stanza 11: If powerful lagna, Ravi, Chandra and Guru occupy odd signs or navamsas, they cause
masculine birth. If these occupy even signs and amsas, they produce feminine birth. If Guru
and Ravi are found in odd signs, then a male, if Sukra, Kuja and Chandra are in even signs,
a female is born. If these planets are in double-bodied signs aspected by Budha, there will
be twins after the sex of the zodiacal sign.
Stanza 12: If Saturn occupies odd signs from the lagna (excepting lagna), he causes male birth.
Examine the relative strength of the various planets and predict the birth of males or
females.
Stanza 13: If the Moon and the Sun aspect mutually, if Saturn and Mercury aspect mutually; if Mars, in
an odd sign, aspects the Sun in an even sign; if the Moon and lagna are in odd, and have the
aspect of Mars in even sign; if the Moon is in even and Mercury in odd, and have the aspect
of Mars; if Venus, lagna and the Moon are posited in masculine amsas; in all these six cases,
eunuchs will be born.
Stanza 14: If the Moon and Venus are in signs, and if Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and lagna are in odd signs,
twins are born, of whom one will be male and the other female. Lagna and the Moon in
even houses aspected by male planets, produce twins, as above. If powerful Budha, Kuja,
Guru and lagna are in even signs, then predict the same result. If planets and lagna are in
common amsas, aspected by Mercury in his amsa, three children will be born, of whom two
will partake of the sex of the amsa occupied by Mercury and the other of the opposite sex.
If planets, lagna and Budha are in similar amsas, then three children of that sex will be
born.
Stanza 15: If lagna is in Dhanus, or falls in that amsa, if all the planets are powerful Sani and Budha,
then predict many children at one birth.
Stanza 16: Kalala, Ghana, Ankura, Asthi, Charma, Angaja, Chetamatha are governed by Sukra, Kuja,
Guru, Ravi, Chandra, Sani and Budha respectively. The lord of lagna, Chandra, and Ravi are
rulers of the next three months respectively. The foetal growth depends upon the strength
and weakness of the planets, who govern the particular month.
Stanza 17: If Budha is in thrikona, and other planets are powerless, then the child will have two faces,
four hands, and four legs with one face. If the Moon is in Taurus, and evil planets are in
Ruksha Sandhis, predict a dumb child. If, in this conjunction, the Moon has beneficial
aspect, the child begins to speak very late in life.
Stanza 18: If Sani and Kuja occupy Budha’s houses or navamsas, the child will be born with teeth. If
Kataka is lagna with Chandra init, having the aspects of Sani and Kuja, the child will be
dwarf. If Meena becomes lagna becomes a cripple. If the Rasi Sandhis are occupied by
malefics and the Moon, the child will be deaf. In all these cases there must be no beneficial
aspects.
Stanza 19: If the last navamsa of Makara is lagna aspected by Sani, Chandra and Ravi then a dwarf is
born. If malefics occupy the 5th, 9th and 1st drekkanas, handless, feetless and headless child
respectively must be predicted.
Stanza 20: If Leo is birth occupied by the Sun and the Moon, aspected by Mars and Saturn the child will
be blind. If in the above combination there is also beneficial aspect the vision will be dim.
The Moon in the 12th house causes loss to the left eye and the Sun there causes loss to the
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right eye. Beneficial aspects give some relief in these combinations.
Stanza 21: The birth of a child takes place in the sign occupied by the Moon, which is represented by
the number, in which Dwadasamsa, the Moon is fixed at the time. The day or the night and
the ghaties of the birth time must be known by the number of the ghaties at the time of
the question and the nature of the sign whether diurnal or nocturnal.
Stanza 22: If Makara or Kumbha navamsa rises at the time of conception, aspected by Sani, the child
will be born after 4 years. If Katakamsa rises at the time of conception, aspected by
Chandra, then the birth occurs after 12 years of pregnancy. The details in this chapter
must be carefully understood and applied with sense and judgment.
Chapter 5
Janma Kala lakshana
Stanza 1: If birth sign is unaspected by the Moon, father will be absent at the birth. If the Sun
occupies a movable sign (pathitha) from the 10th, the father will be away in a foreign
country at the birth of child.
Stanza 2: If Saturn occupies lagna or if Mars is in the 7th or if the Moon is between Mercury and Venus,
the father will be absent at the birth of the child.
Stanza 3: If the Moon occupies Mars drekkana and benefics are in the 2nd and 11th houses, predict a
serpent’s birth. If an evil sign falls in Kuja’s drekkana and has benefics in the 2 nd and the
11th, the child will be bound by a serpent-like bandage.
Stanza 4: If the Sun occupies a quadruped sign and if other powerful planets occupy common signs,
twins will be born covered with a common hood.
Stanza 5: If Mesha, Simha or Vrishabha falls as lagna, occupies by Sani or Kuja, the child will be born
with a cowl or cord in that organ which is represented by the rising navamsa.
Stanza 6: If Jupiter does not aspect birth and Moon, or if he does not aspect the Sun, in conjunction
with the Moon, if the Moon with a malefic combines with the Sun then say certainly the
child is born to another person or of adultery.
Stanza 7: If malefics occupy the signs of cruel planets and are in the 7th, 9th or 5th from the Sun, the
father will be imprisoned when the child is born. The sign occupied by the Sun determines
the locality of his bondage.
Stanza 8: If Full Moon is in cancer, if Mercury is in lagna and benefics are in the 4th, the delivery takes
place in a boat or steamer, or in a sea voyage. If birth is watery with the Moon in the 7 th
the same result happens.
Stanza 9: If birth falls in a watery sign as also the Moon, the delivery will be close to water. If lagna
(a watery sign) has Full Moon’s aspect the same result happens. If, for such lagna, the Moon
is there or in the 5th or 10th then similar results happen.
Stanza 10: If Saturn occupies the 12th, and a malefic aspects the Moon, the woman delivers the child
when in bondage or jail. If Saturn is in Scorpio or Cancer one of which is the birth aspected
by the Moon, the delivery takes place in a hole or hollow or pit.
Stanza 11: If birth is watery with Saturn in it, aspected by Mercury, the Sun and the Moon, the birth
takes place in playgrounds, temples and uncultivated fields, respectively.
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Stanza 12: If birth with Sani falls in a Nara Rasi aspected by Kuja the birth happens in a grave-yard;
aspected by Sukra and Chandra in pleasant places; aspected by Guru in sacrificial places;
aspected by Ravi in royal mansions, cowsheds, or temple premises; aspected by Budha in
libraries, art colleges or carpenters’ premises.
Stanza 13: Place of birth happens to be according to the nature of the rasi and navamsa, either at
home or outside. The birth place should be determined according to the strength of the
lagna either in rasi or navamsa.
Stanza 14: If the Moon or the Sun is in the 9th or 5th from Saturn and Mars, the child will be forsaken by
its mother. If in that combination Jupiter aspects it, the child lives long and prospers
although forsaken by its mother.
Stanza 15: If the Moon is in birth aspected by a malefic and has Mars in the 7th the forsaken babe will
perish. If in this combination Mars and Saturn are in the 11th, the child dies, if aspected by
a benefic, the child gets protection by such caste man as is indicated by the benefic; if
aspected by malefics, the child falls to different hands and dies.
Stanza 16: The birth takes place in the house of the father or mother according to the strength of their
lords. If benefics occupy debilitated places, birth will be under trees, roads, etc. If benefics
occupy neecha and if the Moon and birth are unaspected by other planets occupying one
house, the birth occurs in lonely places.
Stanza 17: If Moon joins Saturn’s amsa or is in the 4th or has aspect of Saturn or occupies watery signs
or conjoins with Saturn, then birth takes place in darkness. If there are three or more
debilitated planets, birth takes place on the ground. The birth takes place similar to the
rasi which rises on a level with the equator. If malefics occupy the 4 th or 7th from Moon or
join Moon, the delivery is attended with much pain.
Stanza 18: The quantity of oil by Moon, the wick by the birth sign and the light by Sun, the door by the
planets in quadrants or by the most powerful of the planets must be ascertained.
Stanza 19: If Saturn is the strongest, the house will be one newly repaired having become old; if Mars
is so, it’s partly burnt; if Moon, new; if the Sun, the house contains much wood; and if
Mercury, built by many artists; if Venus, handsome, painted and new; if Jupiter, strong
house; the adjoining houses must be indicated similarly by the planets in the rasis.
Stanza 20: If birth falls in Mesha, Kataka, Thula, Vrischika and Kumbha, or in these navamsa the
delivery will be in the eastern part of the house. If the birth falls in Guru’s or Budha’s
houses or amsas the delivery happens in the northern part of the house. If it falls in
Vrishabha or its amsa the birth takes place in the west and if it falls in Makara or Simha or
their navamsas the birth place will be in the southern side.
Stanza 21: The cardinal direction of the lying down must be indicated by two signs from Mesha etc.,
and the corners by the double-bodied signs. Similarly I must be ascertained for the
direction of the bed, etc. The legs of the cost or the sides of the bed must be ascertained
by the 6th, 3rd, 9th and 12th houses from lagna.
Stanza 22: The number of women to assist the delivery must be determined by the number of planets
between the Moon and the lagna. Their presence inside or outside the delivery room has to
be learnt by the planets in the invisible and the visible half of the zodiac respectively.
Some say quite the reverse.
Stanza 23: The body of the child will resemble the planet who is the lord of the navamsa or who is the
most powerful. The color of the infant will resemble that of the lord of the navamsa
occupied by the Moon. Taking the lagna as head, etc., the limbs resemble the rasis in which
they fall.
Stanza 24: If the first drekkana rises in the lagna; by the Drusya and Adrusya halves of the zodiac, left
and right sides of head, eyes, ears, nose, temples, cheeks and face must be determined
from the lagna respectively. If the second drekkana rises in the lagna, neck, shoulders,
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arms, sides, chest, belly and navel should be similarly determined. If the third drekkana
rises in the lagna, lower stomach, sexual organ and anus, testicles, thighs, knees, calves
and feet must be similarly delineated.
Stanza 25: If those rasis are occupied by the malefics there will be sores or wounds, if these are
occupied or aspected by benefics there will be marks; if such planets causing sores, etc.-
are in their won rasis or navamsas or infixed signs or navamsas, the sores, etc., will
accompany birth, if not they come by accidents after birth. If such a planet is Saturn the
wounds will be caused by stones and windy diseases; if Mars by fire, weapons and poisons;
if Mercury by the earth or the ground; if the Sun by wood or quadrupeds; if the Moon by
horned animals or aquatics; if they are other planets then there will be no wounds.
Stanza 26: If Mercury joins three other planets in any rasi he will cause wounds in that organ which is
governed by it. If an evil planet is in the 6th from birth, there will be wound in that organ
represented by that rasi. If such a malefic has beneficial aspect then there will be Thilaka,
Masaka, etc., there. If benefics join him there will be Lakshma, etc.
Chapter 6
Balarishta (early death)
Stanza 1: Children born during sandhi or when birth is in Chandra hora, when evil planets occupy the
ends of signs or when four malefics (including Moon) occupy quadrants, will die
Stanza 2: If cruel and benefic planets occupy the first and the second halves of the zodiac
respectively and the birth rises in an insect rasi or if the birth and the 7th ar placed
between malefics, the child dies straightaway
Stanza 3: If malefics occupy birth and 7th and if Moon joins cruel planets, unaspected by benefics, the
child dies quickly
Stanza 4: If a weak Moon occupies the 12th with malefics in the birth and the 8th without benefics in
quadrants, the child dies soon
Stanza 5: If Moon joins a malefic and occupies the 7th, 8th or 12th and when benefics aren’t in
quadrants and don’t aspect these, the child dies
Stanza 6: If Moon occupies 6th or 8th aspected by malefics, early death comes. If such Moon has
beneficial aspects, the child dies before 8. If such Moon ahs mixed aspets, the child lives
for 4 years. If a benefic occupies the 6th or 8th aspected by powerful malefics, the child lives
for a month. If the lord of the birth joins the 7th and suffers defeat there by malefics,
similar results must be predicted
Stanza 7: If a weak Moon joins the lagna with malefics in the 8th or quadrants, or if Moon is betwixt
malefics occupying the 4th, 7th or 8th, the child dies. If Moon is in lagna as above stated,
malefics in the 7th and 8th without the aspect of powerful benefics, the mother and child
both die
Stanza 8: If Moon occupies the last navamsa of the sign and malefics are in the 5th and 9th without
beneficial aspects, or if lagna joins Moon with malefics in the 7th, the child dies
immediately
Stanza 9: If Moon joins a malefic in lagna, eclipsed with Mars in the 8th, both mother and child die.
Similarly, if Sun is in lagna, death results from weapons. If Moon or Sun occupy the lagna
with powerful malefics in trines and the 8th, unassociated with benefics, the child dies
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Stanza 10: If Saturn, Sun, Moon and Mars occupy the 12th, 9th, lagna and 8th respectively, unaspected by
a powerful Jupiter, the child dies quickly
Stanza 11: If Moon is with malefics and occupies a trine, 7th, 8th or 12th and not aspected by or
combined with a powerful Venus, Mercury or Jupiter, death comes early
Stanza 12: If Moon in transit joins the house of the most powerful malefic in the above yogas or joins
his own place, or the lagna, when he’s strong and has strong malefic aspects, he causes
death to the child within one year
Chapter 7
Ayurdaya (Longevity)
Stanza 1: Sun, in deep exaltation give 19, Moon 25, Mars 15, Mercury 12, Jupiter 15, Venus 21 and
Saturn 20 years of life respectively according to Maya, Yavana, Manitha and Saktipurva.
Stanza 2: Where a planet is debilitated he cuts away half of the term of life and in the middle rasis
he give terms of life as per rule of three. The lagna is supposed to give that number of
years, which is represented by its amsa, while others say the number will be similar to the
rasi. A planet in an unfriendly sign cuts one-third of his term unless he is retrograde. The
combust planets except Venus and Saturn, cut off half their term of life.
Stanza 3: Evil planets in the 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th away 1, ½, 1/3, ¼, 1/6 and 1/8th of the
term of life allotted to them respectively. If benefics occupy the same houses, they take
away only one half of that which the malefics do. Satyacharya says that, if there are many
planets in anyone of the houses, only the most powerful among them will eat the
proportion of life granted by it.
Stanza 4: If an evil planet occupies the birth the number of amsas, etc., passed by the lagna must be
multiplied by the total of the planetary terms of years, etc., and then divided by 108, and
deducted from the total term of life the figure thus obtained. If a benefic aspects the
above conjunction, half of this must be deducted.
Stanza 5: Men and elephants have 60 x 2 years as terms of life and 5 days more. Horses live 32 years.
Camels and asses 25 years. Buffaloes and bullocks live 24 years. Dogs have 12 years. Goats
etc., 16 years.
Stanza 6: If the last navamsa of Meena becomes lagna. If Mercury is in the 25th minute in Vrishabha
and if all the rest are in their deep exaltations, the person gets the utmost limit of life,
viz., 120 years and 5 days.
Stanza 7 & 8 Vishnugupta, Devaswami and Siddhasena have given similar longevity. There is one serious
objection to the acceptance of their theory, because according to them, no children can
die above 8 and below 20 years which is absurd.
They have further stated that those who have this longevity will also become emperors.
This is erroneous as many men live long and still be beggars
Stanza 9: Jeevasarma says, on his own responsibility, that each of the planets gives one-seventh of
the period of the longevity stated above. Satyacharya says that each planet gives that term
of life which is indicated by the navamsa he occupies. This seems to be approved of by
many astrological experts.
Stanza 10: Convert the intended planet’s position into kalas; divide this by 200; the quotient, if
divisable, divided by 12 represents years, etc.
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Stanza 11: A planet in exaltation or retrogression will give 3 times the term of his life. If he is in
Vargottama or in his own house or navamsa or drekkana he gives double the period. This is
the speciality named by Satyacharya.
Stanza 12: Lagna gives similar number of years as it has advance in the navamsa. If it is very powerful
it will give similar to the rasi. If a malefic is in lagna no deduction should be made on this
account. Do not take the terms of life granted by the planets as stated before.
Stanza 13: Satyacharya’s system is excellent, but many have spoiled it by useless multiplication.
Whenever two or three figures are to be multiplied, then multiply it by that figure which
are presents the strongest factors.
Stanza 14: If birth falls in Kataka and Guru and Chandra are in it, Budha and Sukra in the kendras, the
rest in 3-6-11 the person lives very long and mathematical calculations for longevity do not
apply to such a combination.
Chapter 8
Dasantardasa
Stanza 1: The most powerful among Lagna, Surya and Chandra, with planets in their kendras give
results in the commencement, middle, and last periods of life respectively. If planets are
not in kendras, etc., the results will flow in the commencement even from Apoklima
planets.
Stanza 2: The planet most powerful gives the first dasa extending over that period of life granted by
him. If many planets are equally powerful then the first dasa will belong to that planet who
gives the largest term of life. If some planets give equal terms of life, then the first dasa
will be given by that planet who rises first.
Stanza 3: The planet with the Dasanatha gives half the term of that dasa with his results. The planet
who occupies the thrikona from him gives one-third of that period with his results. The
planet in the 7th from him gives one-seventh of his period. The planet who is in chaturasra
gives one-fourth of that term. In this manner lagna and planets give their Dasas and
Antardasas.
Stanza 4: Bring all the fractions to a common figure, omit the denominators and multiply severally
the numerators by the dasa years and then divide the whole by the total of the numerators.
By doing this you get the Antardasa periods.
Stanza 5: The Dasa (period) of a most powerful and exalted planet is called the Poorna Dasa. The
dasa of a powerless planet is called the Rikta. The period of that planet which is in the
navamsa of unfriendly amsa is called the Aristaphala.
Stanza 6: The planet who has fallen from exaltation gives Avarohi Dasa. If he joins friendly or exalted
navamsa, he constitutes Madhya Dasa.
The planet who is ascending from his debilitation gives Arohani Dasa. If such a planet
occupies debilitated or unfriendly navamsa, he gives a worthless period.
Stanza 7: If a planet is in a good house and joins debilitated or unfriendly navamsa, it gives mixed
results. The names are fixed for these indicative of their results. I shall give the results of
the periods of the Sun, etc., later on.
Stanza 8: If lagna rises in common sign, its drekkanas constitute Adhama, Madhya and Pujita
respectively. If lagna is movable, the order must be reversed. If lagna is fixed, they
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constitute Ashubha, Ista and Sama respectively. Lagna Dasas are thus arranged.
Stanza 9: Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, the Sun and Saturn give 1, 2, 9, 20, 18, 20, 50 years
respectively of Nisargika Dasa. If in the previously stated dasa period of the planets, they
get also this ?Nisargika dasa, they produce good results. Some of Yavanaas say that the
Lagna Dasa comes in the end and gives good. Some do not accept this view.
Stanza 10: If the anthardasanatha is in lagna, or if his friend is in lagna, or if lagna falls in his friend’s
or in his varga, the dasa beginning then, will be productive of good. Or if he is in the 3 rd,
6th, 10th or 11th houses it is good. Or if the Moon occupies the exaltation house of the
Pakaswami or his friendly rasi, or thrikona, or the 7th from him, it produces good. If it is the
reverse it produces bad.
Stanza 11: That dasa which begins when the Moon is in his own house is good and gives honour, wealth
and happiness. That dasa which begins when the Moon is in Kuja’s house makes his wife
immoral; if that dasa begins when the Moon is in Budha’s house it gives education, friends
and wealth; if the dasa begins when the Moon is in Simha it gives work for him in forts,
forests, roads, houses and agriculture; if it begins when the Moon is in Sukra’s house he
gives all desirable food; if it begins when the Moon is in Sani’s house it gives mean woman;
if it begins when the Moon is in Guru’s house it gives reputation, wealth and happiness.
Stanza 12: The Sun gives wealth by Nakha, (nails or claws) teeth, skins, gold, cruelty, travel, kings and
wars. He makes the man hot-tempered determined in doing work, in getting reputation and
good by courage. He gets misery through wife, children, wealth, enemy, weapon, fire and
king. The Sun gives liberty, fondness for sinful deeds, quarrels among his workmen or
servants, complaints in chest, stomach and other diseases.
Stanza 13: During the Moon’s period the person gets money or profits from mantras, Brahmins,
sugarcane, milk, clothes, flowers, playing, oil seeds, good and fatigue or pain. He will be
fond of sleep, laziness, enduring pain, Brahmins and Devatas, getting female issues,
possessed of good intelligence, reputation, earning and spending, and he will pick quarrels
with is own men and those who are more powerful than himself.
Stanza 14: During the period of Mars there will be destruction of enemies, gains from rulers, lands,
brothers, sheep and wool. He will have hatred among his children, wife, friends, brothers,
learned men, and preceptors. He will suffer from thirst, bloody diseases, fever, bile,
fractures. He’ll be fond of others’ wives, sinful men and uncharitable deeds. He’ll be harsh,
hot and evil-tempered
Stanza 15: In the period of Mercury, the person gets wealth by embassy, friends, preceptors and
Brahmins. He’ll be praised by learned men and thereby gets reputation. He gets gold,
mules, lands and personal charm, and happiness. He’ll be witty and humorous and will be
clever in serving. he’ll have a good mind and charitable disposition. Harshness, fatigue,
restraint or imprisonment, mental disease and complaints from the three dhatus (vaata,
pittha and sleshma) will result
Stanza 16: In his period, Jupiter gives honor, good character, good mind, personal charm, courage,
philanthropic disposition, determination and devotion. He gets wealth thru mantras, kings,
vedic recitation, counsel and skill in diplomacy. He’ll have gold, houses, sons, elephants,
clothes and friendship with good rulers. he gets troubled by deep thinking, diseases in the
ear and hatred among lawless people
Stanza 17: During Venus’ period, the person will be fond of music, pleasure, fine scents, good food and
drink, clothes, females, gems, personal charm, sensual pleasure, yogis, friends, desirable
personages, skill in merchandise, agriculture, treasure-troves, wealth, hated by
communities, kings, wild people, vagabonds and sorrow thru friendship
Stanza 18: During Saturn’s period, the person gets donkeys, camels, birds, buffaloes, old women,
leadership over communities, towns or cities, and inferior gains. he gets miseries or
troubles thru phlegm, jealousy, wind, anger, derangement, dirt, laziness and fatigue. He’ll
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be insulted and terrified by servants, children, wife and will suffer the loss of a limb
Stanza 19: Good periods give happiness and bad periods produce misery. Mixed periods give mixed
results and the result of the lagna dasa will be similar in nature to its lord
Stanza 20: In the period of each planet, the results will be based on the materials or objects that have
been detailed in the Saumgnyadhyaya and the means of livelihood detailed in the Karma
Jivadhyaya. Results of the planets will be determined by the aspects, occupation and other
combinations given elsewhere
Stanza 21: Different planets give their luster of the mahabootas in their periods. This luster or shade
has to be identified by the nose, face, eyes, skin and ear obtained by or thru the earth,
water, fire, air and space
Stanza 22: During the time of an auspicious planet, the mind of the person will be good. It enables the
man to get wealth and secure happiness. The dasa may also be known by the happiness or
misery the man is subjected to. The results produced by powerless planets will be enjoyed
in dreams and thoughts
Stanza 23: If one planet represents two contrary results, the effect will be the destruction of those
events. but if one is stronger than the other, the stronger prevails. If one planet represents
one and another indicates a contrary result, there’ll be both the results. Planets give good
or bad in their own periods
Chapter 9
Ashtaka varga
Stanza 1: Sun is favorable from his position at birth in 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. He’s similar from
Mars and Saturn. From Venus, he’s good in 6, 7 and 12. From Jupiter in 5, 6, 9 and 11. From
Moon in 3, 6, 10 and 11. From Mercury in 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12. From lagna, he’s
favorable in 2, 3, 4, 6, 10 and 11
Stanza 2: Moon is favorable from his position at birth in 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11. From Venus, he’s good
in 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11. From Jupiter in 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12. From Sun in 3, 6, 7, 8,
10 and 11. From Mercury in 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10. From Mars in 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11.
From Saturn in 3, 5, 6 and 11. From lagna, he’s favorable in 3, 6, 10 and 11
Stanza 3: Mars is favorable from his position at birth in 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11. From Venus, he’s
good in 6, 8, 11 and 12. From Jupiter in 6, 10, 11 and 12. From Sun in 3, 5, 6, 10 and 11.
From Mercury in 3, 5, 6 and 11. From Moon in 3, 6 and 11. From Saturn in 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10
and 11. From lagna, he’s favorable in 1, 3, 6, 10 and 11
Stanza 4: Mercury is favorable from his position at birth in 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11. From Venus, he’s
good in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 11. From Jupiter in 6, 8, 11 and 12. From Sun in 5, 6, 9, 11
and 12. From Mars and Saturn in 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. From Moon in 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and
11. From lagna, he’s favorable in 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11
Stanza 5: Jupiter is favorable from his position at birth in 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11. From Venus, he’s
good in 2, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11. From Mercury in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11. From Sun in 1, 2,
3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. From Mars in 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11. From Saturn in 3, 5, 6 and 12.
From Moon in 2, 5, 7, 9 and 11. From lagna, he’s favorable in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11
Stanza 6: Venus is favorable from his position at birth in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 11. From Jupiter, he’s
good in 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11. From Mercury in 3, 5, 6, 9 and 11. From Sun in 8, 11 and 12.
From Mars in 3, 5, 6, 9, 11 and 12. From Saturn in 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11. From Moon in 1,
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2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12. From lagna, he’s favorable in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 11
Stanza 7: Saturn is favorable from his position at birth in 3, 5, 6 and 11. From Jupiter, he’s good in 5,
6, 11 and 12. From Mercury in 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. From Sun in 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
From Mars in 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 12. From Venus in 6, 11 and 12. From Moon in 3, 6 and 11.
From lagna, he’s favorable in 1, 3, 4, 6, 10 and 11
Stanza 8: The places mentioned above are good and the rest evil. The good or bad results will be
ascertained by the ciphers and figures marked as stated above and the balances show good.
Planets in upachaya, in friendly or own houses and exaltations give plenty of good; planets
in apachayas, in debilitation or unfriendly houses don’t do good
Chapter 10
Karmajeeva (profession)
Stanza 1: From Sun, etc., the acquisition of wealth must be predicted thru father, mother, enemy,
friend, brother, woman and servant respectively, when he occupies the 10th house from
birth or Moon, or thru lord of the navamsa occupied by the lord of the 10th, from birth,
Moon or Sun
Stanza 2: If the lord of the navamsa is Sun, the person gets wealth thru scents, gold, wool,
medicines, etc. If the amsa lord is Moon, wealth flows thru agriculture, watery products
and dependence upon women, etc. If the lord of the navamsa is Mars, he gets money thru
minerals, fire, weapons, adventures and physical strength. If the lord of the navamsa is
Mercury, money is obtained thru writing, math, poetry and fine arts
Stanza 3: If the lord of the navamsa is Jupiter, he gets money from Brahmins, priests, Gods, in mines
or manufactures, and from charities. If that lord is Venus, he makes money by gems, silver,
cows, buffaloes, etc. If he’s Saturn, he gets money from labor, by execution, carrying and
by low artisanship. The source of income may be such as that which is controlled by the
lord of the navamsa occupied by the lord of 10th in transit
Stanza 4: Planets give wealth similar to the houses they occupy. If Sun is exalted and powerful, the
man gets wealth by self-acquisition. If powerful benefics are in lagna, 2nd or 11th, he gets
money in many ways
Chapter 11
Rajayoga
Stanza 1: Yavanas say that three or more cruel planets in exaltation will produce a cruel-minded
king. Jeevasarma and his school say that exalted cruel planets won’t raise a man to kingly
power
Stanza 2: If Mars, Saturn, Sun and Jupiter or any three of them are exalted and one of these three
occupies the lagna, 16 rajayogas arise. If Moon is in his own house, and any two of the
above planets are in exaltation, with one of them in birth, or if any of the above-named
planets is in exaltation occupying the lagna, they produce 16 rajayogas
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Stanza 3: If lagna or Moon occupies vargottama and has the aspects of four or more planets, except
Moon, 22 rajayogas are generated
Stanza 4: If Saturn is in Aquarius, Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus and lagna rises in one of these, and
Mercury, Jupiter and Mars are in Gemini, Leo and Scorpio, there’ll be combinations for
royalty. If Sun and Moon are in exaltation and lagna rises in one of these signs and if Sun
and Mercury are in the 6th, and if Venus, Mars and Jupiter are in Libra, Aries and Cancer,
they generate two rajayogas
Stanza 5: If Mars is in Capricorn, Sun and Moon in Sagittarius, and lagna rising in Capricorn with
Saturn in it, the person becomes a king. If, in the above combination, Moon joins Mars in
birth or if Saturn and Moon are in 7th, if Jupiter is in Sagittarius, and Aries becomes lagna
with Sun there, the person becomes a king
Stanza 6: If Taurus rises at birth with Moon in it, and Sun, Jupiter and Saturn are in the 4th, 7th and
10th respectively, the person certainly becomes a king. If Capricorn is birth with Saturn in
it, and 3, 6, 9 or 12 are occupied by Moon, etc., the person becomes a famous, good-
natured and prominent king
Stanza 7: If Jupiter with Moon is in Sagittarius, Mars in Capricorn and Pisces or Virgo is the lagna with
Mercury and Venus there, two rajayogas arise. If Mars and Saturn occupy the 5th, Jupiter,
Moon and Venus join the 4th, if Virgo rises as lagna with Mercury in it, the person becomes a
king with good character
Stanza 8: If Pisces becomes lagna with Moon in it, Saturn, Mars and Sun are in Aquarius, Capricorn
and Leo respectively, the person born will rule the earth.
If Aries becomes lagna with Mars in it, with Jupiter in Cancer or if Cancer rises with Jupiter
in it, with Mars in Aries, a king will be born
Stanza 9: If Cancer is lagna with Jupiter in it and if Moon, Venus and Mercury are in Taurus and Sun in
Aries, a mighty king will be born
Stanza 10: If Capricorn is lagna with Saturn in it and if Aries, Cancer and Leo are combined with their
lords and if Gemini and Libra are occupied by Mercury and Venus, the person becomes a
renowned ruler
Stanza 11: If an exalted Mercury is in lagna, Venus in Gemini, Moon and Jupiter in Pisces with Saturn
and Mars in Capricorn, the person becomes a king
Stanza 12: In the combinations for royalty sketched before, persons born in poverty will become kings;
much more so persons born in royal families. The combinations to be given hereafter will
make men kings who are born in royal families and others born in ordinary families will
become equal to kings
Stanza 13: If there are three or more powerful exalted or moolatrikona planets in a horoscope, a
person born in a royal family will become a king. If this number is five or more, then
persons born in ordinary families will become rulers. If these planets are powerless, the
persons won’t be kings but wealthy men
Stanza 14: If Aries is the lagna with Sun half-rising and Moon in it, Mars in Capricorn and Jupiter in
Sagittarius, the person born in a royal family becomes a king
Stanza 15: When Venus occupies the 4th from lagna, Moon occupies the 9th and the rest are in the 1st,
3rd and 11th houses, the person becomes a king
Stanza 16: If a powerful Mercury is in lagna, a powerful benefic in the 9th and the rest of the planets in
the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 10th or 11th, the person born in a royal family will become a good and
charitable king
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Stanza 17: If Taurus is lagna and Moon, Jupiter and Saturn and other planets occupy the 1 st, 2nd, 6th and
11th respectively, or if Moon and Sun in the 10th and Saturn in lagna and other planets in the
11th, the person becomes king
Stanza 18: If Moon, Saturn and Jupiter are in the 10th, 11th and 1st respectively, Mercury and Mars in
the 2nd and Venus and Sun in the 4th, the person becomes a king. If Mars and Sun are in
lagna, Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Sun and Mercury are in the 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th
respectively, the person becomes a king
Stanza 19: The person gets royal power in the antaradasa of the most powerful planet or of the planet
who combines in the 10th or the 1st. He loses that power in the antaradasa of the planet
who’s unfriendly or debilitation house because such a period is called the chara dasa. He
then must seek protection from a powerful king
Stanza 20: If Jupiter, Venus or Mercury is in lagna, Saturn in 7th and Sun in the 10th, the person will
enjoy his life well. If beneficial signs are powerful and fall in quadrants and malefics occupy
cruel signs, the person will be a master of hunters, thieves and wealth
Chapter 12
Nabhasa Yogas
Stanza 1: By combinations of two, three and four the multiples of 9, 10, 8 by 3, 3 and 4 respectively
will be the number of Nabhasa yogas obtained by this process. Yavanas have described 1800
varieties but I will describe them here briefly.
Stanza 2: If the planets are in Chara, etc., Rajju, Musala and Nala yogas are formed respectively
according to Satya. These are Asraya yogas. Parasara mentions two yogas as Dala under sruk
and sarpa when the benefics and malefics are in kendras respectively.
Stanza 3: Asraya yogas, according to some, are really incorporated in the Yava, Abja, Vajra, Andaja,
Golaka, etc., to be stated hereafter. Dala yogas have no separate significance, according to
some, as the results of benefics and malefics occupying the kendras have already been
indicated.
Stanza 4: When two adjacent quadrants are combined with all the planets it goes under the name of
Gada.
It will be called Sakata when all the planets occupy the 1st and the 7th houses. When all the
planets occupy the 4th and the 10th is called Vihaga. If all the planets occupy the 1st, 5th and
9th houses it is called Sringataka. If all the planets are in5th and 9th it is called Hala. So say
the learned in astrology.
Stanza 5: When benefics are in first and seventh and malefics are in fourth and tenth it is called
Vajra. If the planets are reversed then it is called Yava. If the planets are mixed it is called
Kamala. If the planets are outside kendras it is called Vapi.
Stanza 6: I have give these Vajra yogas, etc., in accordance with older sciences, but how can Budha
and Sukra be in the 4th from the Sun?
Stanza 7: If all the planets are within the first four houses of the 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th kendras Yupa,
Ishu, Sakthi and Danda yogas are respectively formed.
Stanza 8: If all the planets are in the first 7 houses from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th kendras they give rise
to Nau, Kuta, Chatra and Chapa yogas respectively. If these yogas are in other houses they
are called Ardachandra.
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Stanza 9: If all the planets are in the alternate houses from the 2nd from lagna, it goes under the
name of Samudra. If from lagna planets are similarly situated, it forms Chakra. This is the
summary of Akriti yogas.
Stanza 10: By all the planets occupying 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 houses, they form seven yogas, viz.,
Vallaki, Dama, Pasa, Kedara, Shula, Yuga and Gola, respectively. These are to be
considered in the absence of the previously mentioned yogas.
Stanza 11: Rajju produces envy, foreign residence and fondness for traveling. Musala makes one proud,
wealthy, and capable of doing many works. Nala makes a person limbless, determined, rich
and courageous. Srik makes him happy and Sarpa gives him great misery.
Stanza 12: Asraya yogas, when they join other yogas become fruitless. The yogas with which Asrayas
join will give results. When Asrayas are free, they give their own results.
Stanza 13: Gada=fond of sacrifices, rich; Sakata=lives by carriages, sickly, bad wife;
Vihaga=ambassador, traveler, quarrelsome; Sringataka=happiness after a long age;
Hala=agriculturist.
Stanza 14: Vajra=enjoys happiness in the beginning and end of his life, popular, courageous;
Yava=warlike, happy in the end; Padma=wellknown reputation, great happiness, and good
character; Vapi=good health, accumulator of money and miser
Stanza 15: Yupa=liberal, watchful, performs sacrifices; Sara=fond of killing, jailor, maker of weapons;
Sakti=mean, lazy, devoid of wealth and happiness; Danda=servitude, rejected by or
separated from those who are dear.
Stanza 16: Nou=famous, unsteady fortune and miserly; Kuta=liar, imprisonment; Chatra=helping
relations, enjoyment in old age; Chapa=courageous enjoying life in the first and last parts
of his days.
Stanza 17: Ardhachandra=popular, handsome, leader; Samudra=equal to a ruler, happy;

Chakra=respected by sovereigns; Veena=intelligent and skilful, clever in dancing and music.
Stanza 18: Damini=liberal, philanthropic, protector, many cattle; Pasa=possessing relations and
servants who are clever in acquiring wealth, and bad in behaviour; Kedara=agriculturist,
helping many; Shula=courageous, having wounds, fond of wealth but poor.
Stanza 19: Yuga=poor, unbeliever; Gola=penniless, sinful, ignorant, skilful in mean arts, lazy,
traveling. These are Nabhasa yogas related by me, and they will always be productive of
their own results.
Chapter 13
Chandrayogadhyaya
Stanza 1: When Moon occupies quadrants, etc. from Sun, three yogas arise called Adhama, Sama,
Varishta respectively, producing politeness, wealth, wisdom, intelligence and skill
accordingly. If Moon is in his own or friendly Navamsa during the day and night possessing
the aspect of Jupiter and Venus respectively, the person will be wealthy and happy
Stanza 2: When benefics occupy the 6th, 7th and 8th from Moon, they cause Adhi yoga and the result is
the birth of a commander, a minister or king. Persons born in this conjunction (adhi yoga)
will be gentlemanly, happy, surrounded with luxury, without foes, long-lived and rejected
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by diseases
Stanza 3: With the exception of Sun, other planets in the 2nd from Moon in the 12th from him and in
the 2nd and 12th from Moon cause Sunapha, Anapha and Dhuradhura yogas respectively. If
these aren’t so, many say it’s kemadruma. If planets are in quadrants from lagna or Moon
or if Moon is combined with planets, there’s no kemadruma. Some say these yogas arise
from quadrants and navamsas, but their doctrine hasn’t been accepted
Stanza 4: There are 30 varieties of Sunapha and Anapha conjunction. There are 180 varieties of
Duradhara. The intended varieties can be found out by placing planets in regular order and
dropping the first in proceeding to the last and repeating this
Stanza 5: A person born in Sunapha will be king or his equal with self-acquired wealth, intelligent,
wealthy and reputed. A person born under Anapha will be a ruler, healthy, moral,
renowned, enjoying good pleasures, fond of decorations and free from mental sorrow
Stanza 6: One born under duradhura enjoys all pleasures, has wealth and conveyances, will be liberal
and possessed of good servants. The person born under kemadruma, although he may take
his birth in a royal family, will be dirty, sorrowful, doing work against his caste, poor,
dependent and roguish
Stanza 7: If Mars causes these yogas, the person will be energetic, wealthy, warlike and adventurous.
If Mercury causes the yogas, the person will be skilful, have sweet speech and be learned in
arts. If Jupiter causes the yogas, the person will be rich, charitable, happy and respected
by rulers. If Venus, he’ll be fond of women, very wealthy and will enjoy sensual pleasures
Stanza 8: If Saturn causes these yogas, the man will enjoy others’ wealth and articles, will be
engaged in various works and be a leader of an assembly. Moon, if visible in the day, does
mischief but when he’s invisible, he’ll be auspicious. Otherwise, the results will be
different
Stanza 9: When all benefics are in Upachayas from lagna, the person will be extremely wealthy.
When all benefics are in Upachayas from Moon, he’ll be wealthy. When two benefics are in
Upachayas, there’ll be moderate wealth. Less than that will produce little wealth. The
results from these will predominate over others
Chapter 14
Dwigrahayogadhyaya
Stanza 1: If Sun conjoins Moon, the person will be skilled in machinery and masonry; if with Mars,
fond of sinful deeds; if with Mercury, skilful, intelligent, renowned and happy; if with
Jupiter, he’ll be cruel and always doing other’s work; if with Venus he’ll make money on
stage and by weapons; and if with Saturn, he’ll be skilful in working ores or earthenware
Stanza 2: Moon with Mars makes a man a counterfeit, a seller of women, wives and pots and doing
mischief to mother; Moon with Mercury makes a person polite in speech, clever in
interpretation, popular and renowned; Moon with Jupiter makes a person successful against
enemies, chief of that sect or family, capricious and wealthy; Moon with Venus makes a
man skilful in weaving; Moon with Saturn makes a person the son of a second marriage
Stanza 3: When Mars joins Mercury, the person will be a dealer in roots, etc., oils, imitation articles
and versed in boxing. Mars with Jupiter produces a ruler of a city or king or a rich Brahmin.
Mars with Venus produces cowherds, wrestler, skilful, fond of other women and gambler.
Mars with Saturn makes the man sorrowful, untruthful, disgraced or blamed
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Stanza 4: When Mercury and Jupiter join, they produce a man who figures constantly on stage, when
Mercury joins Venus the man will be fond of music, dancing, eloquence and protection of
lands and assemblies. Mercury with Saturn makes a man a cheat and disobedient. Jupiter
with Venus produces good education, wife, wealth and men of many virtues. Jupiter with
Saturn produces a barber, potter or cook
Stanza 5: Venus with Saturn gives a man small eyes, wealth from depending upon some females,
artistic capacity, ordinary writing and painting. Similarly, results of combinations of more
than two planets must be made out
Chapter 15
Pravarajya yoga
Stanza 1: When there are four or more powerful planets in one house, the persons born will become
Sakya, Aajivika, Bikshu, Vriddha, Chakra, Nirgrantha and Vanyasana, when Mahaya, Gnya,
Guru, Kshapakara, Sita, Prabhakari and Ina are powerful respectively. The pravrajya yogas
are determined by the most powerful planets. When these planets have suffered a defeat,
the person will renounce pravrajya afterwards
Stanza 2: If powerful pravrajya-causing planets are in combust with Sun, then the persons born won’t
take up sanyasa but will greatly worship those who have embraced sanyasa. If the
yogakaraka and defeated planets are aspected by other planets, the person would be
making an application for diksha
Stanza 3: When janmesha isn’t aspected by other planets but aspects Saturn, or when Saturn aspects
a weak janmesha or if Moon is in Saturn’s Drekkana and occupies the amsa of Saturn or Mars
and has saturnine aspect, the person will have diksha
Stanza 4: If Jupiter, Moon and lagna are aspected by Saturn, and if Jupiter is in the 9th, the persons
born would be a king who’d write on shastras or sciences. If 9th is occupied by Saturn
unaspected by any planet, the person will become a dikshita when he’s born in rajayoga
Chapter 16
Rikshasiladhyaya
Stanza 1: The person born In Aswini will be fond of decoration, handsome, popular, skilful and
intelligent. One born in Bharani will be determined, truthful, healthy, skilful and happy.
Stanza 2: The person born in Krittika will be a voracious enter, fond of other’s wives, attractive and
renowned. Rohini makes a man truthful, clean, following religious and moral principles,
sweet in speech, fixed mind and handsome.
Stanza 3: Mrigasira-Capricious, skilful, cowardly, good speaker, hopeful, rich and enjoying. Aridra-
Dissimulating in self-interest, proud, ungrateful, cruel and sinful.
Stanza 4: Punarvasu-Religious endurance, happy, good, dull, sickly, thirsty and pleased with small
gifts.
Stanza 5: Pushya-Control over passions, popular, learned, rich and charitable, Aslesha-Dissimulator,
clever in selfishness, sinful, ungrateful and a cheat.
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Stanza 6: Makha-Many servants and great wealth, enjoying, respector of elders and gods and very
enterprising. Pubba-Sweet speech, liberal, handsome, fond of traveling and royal servant.
Stanza 7: Uttara-Popular, self-acquired property, enjoying and happy. Hasta-Enterprising, intelligent

or (shameless), drunkard, cruel and thievish.
Stanza 8: Chitta-Using various clothes and garlands, good looks and limbs. Swati-Polite, merchant,
kind hearted, not able to endure thirst, sweet tongued and generous.
Stanza 9: Visakha-Jealous, avaricious, handsome, clever speaker and quarrelsome, or maker of

money. Anuradha-Master or chief, living in foreign countries, not able to bear hunger and
fond of traveling.
Stanza 10: Jyeshta-Few friends, contented, charitable, very irritable. Moola-Proud, rich happy, good,
steady and enjoying.
Stanza 11: Purvashada-Good and pleasant wife, proud and a steady friend. Uttarashada-Polite,
knowing, virtuous, many friends, grateful and popular.
Stanza 12: Sravana-Rich surroundings, learned, good and liberal or liberal to wife, wealthy and
renowned. Dhanishta-Liberal, rich, courageous, fond of music and money
Stanza 13: Satabhisha-Plain and truthful, striken from sorrow through females, etc., killer of enemies,
adventurous and irreconcilable. Poorvabhadra-Sorrowful, loss of money through females,
skilful and miserly.
Stanza 14: Uttarabhadra-Good and witty speaker in society and meetings, happy, many children and
grandchildren, successful over enemies and charitable. Revati-Well- developed organs,
popular, courageous, clean and wealthy. developed organs, popular, courageous, clean and
wealthy.
Chapter 17
Rasisiladhyaya (lunar effects in the various signs)
Stanza 1: Moon in Aries - Round and red eyes, eating hot and light food, fond of grains, easily calmed,
traveler, passionate, fleshless knees, changeable wealth, courageous, liked by females,
good servant, bad nails, cut or scar in the head, proud, chief among brothers, has
Saktirekha (line) in the palm, capricious and dreading water. Another version is Ati Bhiru-
one who is afraid very much. The stanza says Thoyecha Bhiru.
(Many lines on the palm of the hand are given different names in the science of palmistry.
Readers may refer to ‘Hasta Samudrika’ and the articles appearing in THE ASTROLOGICAL
MAGAZINE.)
Stanza 2: Moon in Taurus - Handsome, playful walk, long thighs and face, back sides and face contain
some marks, liberal, bearing fatigue, possessing paraphernalia, begetting girls-phlegmatic,
separated from elders, relations, family, wealth and children; popular, patient, strong
digestion, loved by females, firm friendship and happy in the middle and end of his life.
Stanza 3: Moon in Gemini - Fond of women, skilled in sexual science, red eyes, scientist, ambassador,
curled hairs, clever knowledge in wit and human nature and gambling, handsome organs,
sweet speech, good eater, fond of music, skilled in dancing, playing with impotents, high
nose.
Stanza 4: Moon in Cancer - Walking incurves quickly, high buttocks, submissive to women, good
friends, astrologer, many houses, waxing and waning wealth like the Moon, short, stout
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neck, amenable to kind words, fond of friends, water and gardens
Stanza 5: Moon in Leo - Angry, high or broad cheeks, coloured eyes, few children, hater of women,
fond of flesh, wilderness and mountains, long displeasure, suffering from complaints arising
out of hunger, thirst, stomach, teeth and mind; liberal, courageous fixed, proud mind and
obedient to mother.
Stanza 6: Moon in Virgo - Walt and sight will be characterized by modesty, bent shoulders and hands,
happy, sweet speaker, truthful, charitable, skilled in arts, learned in sastras, intelligent,
passionate, possessed of other’s wealth and houses, foreign residence, calm speech, female
children and few issues.
Stanza 7: Moon in Libra - Fond of worship ping Gods, Brahmins, pious people, intelligent, clean,
submissive to women, tall, long nose, weak and disjointed organs, traveller, rich, ill-
developed organs, clever in merchandise, having the second name pertaining to God
(meaning that he will not have the names of Gods as Rama, Krishna but that which denotes
the names of Gods, as Shanmuga-six faced-Gangadhara, etc.), sickly, helping relations, and
coerced and rejected by relations. (Another version is Penangaha having well-developed
organs, but this will be inconsistent with what has already been stated).
Stanza 8: Moon in Scorpio - Broad eyes and chest, round knees, buttocks and thighs, separated from
parents and Guru, sickly in infancy, respected by royal members, honey-color, cruel, has
marks of fish, vajrayudha, and bird, secret sinner.
Stanza 9: Moon in Sagittarius - Long face and neck, paternal wealth, liberal, poet, strong, clever
speaker, thick teeth, ears, tips and nose; active worker, fine arts, bent shoulders bad nails,
strong arms, highly intelligent, skilled in righteous knowledge, hater of relations and won
over by fair means and kind words.
Stanza 10: Moon in Capricorn - Pleaser of wife and children, pretending charity, lean in the lower half,
good eyes, lean buttocks, grasping intelligence, popular, idle, not able to bear cold,
traveller, strong liberal, poet, learned, miserly, incestuous and low intercourse, shameless
and merciless.
Stanza 11: Moon in Aquarius – Long neck like a camel, bulging veins and arteries, rough and closely
haired, and long body, big legs, thighs, buttocks, back, waist, face, stubborn, fond of
other’s wealth and women, and sinful, changeable fortune, surrounded by good flowers,
scents and friends, bearing fatigue on the way.
Stanza 12: Moon in Pisces – Enjoying other’s wealth and aquatic articles, fond of wife and clothes, well
proportioned and handsome body, prominent nose, big head, conquering enemies,
submissive to women, charming eyes, enjoying treasure trove, lustrous articles, wealthy
and learned.
Stanza 13: When the Moon, the sign in which he is, and its lord are powerful, the results indicated
above will be fully verified. The other planetary results must be similarly suggested.
Chapter 18
Rasisiladhyaya (results of planets in the various signs)
Stanza 1: When the Sun is not in his deep exaltation in Aries, the person will become famous, clever,
traveller, possessed of little wealth and bearer of arms. When the Sun is in Taurus, the
person will sell scents and clothes, hate females and be clever in drumming and music.
Stanza 2: When the Sun is in Gemini, the native becomes educated, astrologer and wealthy. In
Cancer, he makes the native angry, poor, doing other’s work, and suffer from fatigue in
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traveling and other cares, In Leo, the Sun makes one love the forests, mountains and
cattle, courageous and dull. When the Sun is in Virgo, the person becomes skilful in writing,
painting, poetry, philosophy and mathematics, and possess a feminine body.
Stanza 3: When the Sun occupies Libra, he makes the man a toddy-seller, drunkard, traveller,
goldsmith and mean. When the Sun is in Scorpio, he makes the man cruel, adventurous and
rash, making profits by sales of poisonous substances, losing wealth by robbers, and skilled
in military weapons, and destroyer. When the Sun is in Sagittarius, the person will be
respected, rich, angry, doctor and artisan. When the Sun in Capricorn, the person will be
mean, ignorant, seller of low articles, little wealth, covetuous and enjoying at other’s cost.
Stanza 4: The Sun in Aquarius makes a man mean, separated from children and wealth, and poor, The
Sun in Pisces causes wealth through articles found in water and fondled by women. When
the Sun and the Moon are combined in a rasi, marks or moles in the organ which is governed
by Kalapurusha, are found.
Stanza 5: Mars and Aries and Scorpio – Respected by kings, traveller, commander, merchant, rich, cut
or scarred body, thief, running through various sense pleasures or objects.
Mars in Taurus and Libra – Submissive to women, ungrateful friend, fond of other’s wives,
cheat, fop, timid and unsocial.
Stanza 6: Mars in Gemini and Virgo – Jealous, sons,, friendless, grateful, clever in music and martial
work, miserly, undaunted and mendicant.
Mars in Cancer – Rich, wealth procured through ships or through traveling, intelligent,
wanting in organs and cruel.
Stanza 7: Mars in Leo – Poor, enduring, traveling in forests, few children and wife.
Mars in Sagittarius and Pisces – Many enemies, minister, renowned, courageous and few
children.
Mars in Aquarius – Sorrowful, poor, traveller, untrughful and irritable.
Mars in Capricorn – Much wealth and many children, and king or his equal.
Stanza 8: Mercury in Aries and Scorpio – Fond of gambling, borrowing and drinking, atheist, thief,
poor, bad wife, cheating and untruthful.
Stanza 9: Mercury in Taurus and Libra – Fond of getting instructors, children, wives and wealth,
liberal, and respectful to elders. Mercury in Gemini – Liar, skilled in arts and sciences,
polite speeches, and fond of happiness. Mercury in Cancer – Wealth through water, and
hateful to his relations.
Stanza 10: Mercury in Leo – Hateful to women, without wealth, happiness and children, traveller,
stupid, fond of women, and disgraced by his own community.
Mercury in Virgo – Liberal, learned, many noble qualities happy, patient, expedient or
resourceful and intrepid.
Stanza 11: Mercury in Capricorn and Aquarius – Engaged in other’s work, poor, not fond of arts, debtor,
carrying out other orders.
Mercury is Sagittarius – respected by king, learned, timely speech.
Mercury in Pisces – Winning over servants to his side, and mean artist.
Stanza 12: Jupiter in Aries and Scorpio – Commander, possessed of large family, children and wealth,
liberal and good servants, forgiving, handsome, good wife and famous.
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Jupiter in Taurus and Libra – Healthy, possessed of happiness, friends, wealth and children,
liberal and popular.
Jupiter in Gemini and Virgo – Surrounded by worldly paraphernalia or titles, children and
friends, minister, consul and happy
Stanza 13: Jupiter in Cancer – Possessed of great wealth and gems, children, wife, enjoyment,
intelligence and happiness.
Jupiter in Leo – Commander and all the results indicated above in Cancer.
Jupiter in Sagittarius and Pisces – Kind or minister or commander or wealthy.
Jupiter in Kumbha or Aquarius will produce the results ascribed to him n Cancer. Jupiter in
Capricorn – Mean, poor and unhappy.
Stanza 14: Venus in Aries and Scorpio – Fond of other women, losing money through their flattery and
hater of his race.
Venus in Taurus and Libra – Self-acquired property, respected by rulers, leader of his men,
renowned and courageous.
Stanza 15: Venus in Gemini – Doing ruler’s work or service, wealthy and learned.
Venus in Virgo – Doing very mean acts. Venus in Capricorn and Aquarius – Popular slave to
women, and intercourse with bad women.
Stanza 16: Venus in Cancer – Gives two wives, mendicant, timid, full of sexual passion and sorrow
through it.
Venus in Leo – Getting wealth through a woman, handsome wife and few children.
Venus in Sagittarius – Adorned with many good qualities and rich.
Venus in Pisces – Learned, wealthy, respected by rulers and very popular.
Stanza 17: Saturn in Aries – Ignorant, itinerant, cheat and friendless.
Saturn in Scorpio – Imprisonment, whipping, capricious and merciless.
Saturn in Gemini and Virgo – Childless, poor, shameless, unhappy, not knowing painting,
protective office and chief man. (One reading is skilled in painting. Another reading says he
will be Rakshasapathi or lord of Rakshasas or evil genii).
Stanza 18: Saturn in Taurus – Connections with prohibited and low caste women, ordinary wealth and
many wives.
Saturn in Libra – Famous, respected by communities, towns, army and village, wealthy.
Saturn in Cancer – Poor, loose teeth, motherless, childless and ignorant.
Saturn in Leo – bad, childless and unhappy, carrying loads.
Stanza 19: Saturn in Sagittarius and Pisces – Good death or happy in the end, confident with princes or
rulers, good children, wife and wealth, commander of towns, armies and villages.
Saturn in Capricorn and Aquarius – Getting other’s women, wealth and other’s houses, chief
of towns, villages and army, short sighted, dirty, permanent wealth, general prosperity and
enjoying.
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Stanza 20: The results which have been stated for the presence of the Moon in each rasi, and the
results of aspects of Moon by other planets in the different signs will have to be applied for
lagna. The prosperity and adversity of each bhava must be predicted by the strength of the
bhava and its lord.
Chapter 19
Drishti phaladhyaya (results of planetary aspects)
Stanza 1: When the Moon is in Aries aspected by Mars, etc., the person becomes a king, philosopher,
equal to a ruler, virtuous, thief and poor, respectively.
When the Moon is in Taurus aspected by Mars, etc., the person becomes poor, thief
respected by people, ruler, wealthy and servant respectively.
When the Moon is in Gemini aspected by Mars, etc., the person will be a seller of weapons,
ruler, learned, courageous, weak and poor respectively.
When the Moon is in Cancer aspected by Mars, etc., the person will be a warrior, poet,
learned, ruler, living by weapons and have eye complaints respectively.
Stanza 2: If the Moon is in Leo aspected by Mercury, etc., the person will become learned in
astrology, chief or lord, Raja, barber, ruler and thief respectively.
If the Moon is in Virgo aspected by Mercury, etc., the man becomes a ruler, commander,
dexterous and aspected by malefics the person lives as a dependent upon women
respectively.
If the Moon is in Libra aspected by Mercury, etc., he becomes a ruler, goldsmith, merchant
and by the evil planets killer of animals respectively.
When the Moon is in Scorpio aspected by Mars, etc., the person becomes father of twin,
polite, washerman, defective in organs, poor and ruler respectively.
Stanza 3: If the Moon is in Sagittarius aspected by Mercury, etc., the person will protect relations, be
a king, master of many, aspected by malefics the person will be showy or dissimulator,
inattentive to other’s interests respectively.
If the Moon is in Capricorn aspected by Mercury, etc., the person becomes king of kings,
Raja, pandit, wealthy, and poor respectively.
If the Moon is in Aquarius aspected by Mercury etc., he becomes a Raja, equal to a ruler,
fond of other’s wives and aspected by other planets he will be fond of other’s wives
respectively.
If the Moon is in Pisces aspected by Mercury, etc., the person will be a jester, Raja, pandit
and aspected by malefics becomes sinful.
Stanza 4: If the other planets occupy the same horas as the Moon and aspect him the results will be
beneficial. When the lord of the drekkana occupied by the Moon aspects him the results are
favourable. If the Moon is aspected by planets in friendly houses, it is good. The results
which have been stated above for each of the houses of the zodiac by the occupation of the
Moon and the aspecting of other planets will also be similar when the Moon occupies the
Dwadasamsa of those planets. Hereafter the aspects of the Sun, etc., in the navamsas, and
the Moon in the navamsas will be detailed.
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Stanza 5: When the Moon is in the navamsas of Aries or Scorpio aspected by the Sun, etc., the person
will be a ruler or chief of a town, fond of killing, clever in wrestling, king, wealthy and
quarrelsome, respectively. When the Moon is in the navamsa of Taurus or Libra aspected by
the Sun, etc., he will be obstinate, fond of other’s wives, good poet and happy
respectively.
Stanza 6: Moon occupying the navamsa of Gemini and Virgo, aspected by the Sun, etc., makes the
man a stage wrestler, thief, poet, minister, musician and skilful in painting and arts
respectively. When the Moon is in his navamsa aspected by the Sun, etc., the person will be
lean, miserly or poor, saint, chief, brought up by females and fond of work respectively.
Stanza 7: Moon in the navamsa of Leo, aspected by the Sun, etc., makes a man angry, protégé of a
king, get treasure trove, brooking no opposition in command, childless and fond of cruel
deeds respectively. If the Moon is in the navamsas of Sagittarius or Pisces, aspected by the
Sun, etc., the person becomes well known for strength, clever in arranging armies in a
battle, jester or humourist, minister, impotent and righteous respectively.
Stanza 8: If the Moon occupies the navamsa of Capricorn or Aquarius aspected by the Sun, etc., the
person has few issues, miserly while wealthy, pride, fondness for his own sectarian deeds,
fondness for bad women and miserly habits respectively and when the Sun is aspected by
the Moon, etc., similar results must be predicted.
Stanza 9: The results which have now been detailed above for the Moon will be full, moderate and
meagre as Chandra is in Vargottama, his own house or other houses. If the results are bad
the above should be reversed. If the lord of the Amsa is powerful he will give his Amsaphala
in preference to any phala which may be indicated by aspects in the rasi diagram.
Chapter 20
Bhavadhyaya (planets in houses)
Stanza 1: When Sun is in lagna, the birth will be courageous, slow, short or defective in sight, and
cruel. In Aries, Sun makes a man rich and diseased in the eyes, in Leo it makes a man night-
blind. In debilitation, Sun gives defective sight. When Sun is in the 2nd house, the person
will be very rich, pays heavy sums to rulers and has a diseased face
Stanza 2: Sun in the 3rd produces intelligence and valor. In the 4th, he makes the native unhappy and
worried. In the 5th, Sun makes a man poor and issueless. In the 6th, he produces strength
and defeat by enemies
Stanza 3: Sun in 7th – disgrace from women. In the 8th, fine children and defective sight. In the 9th –
possessed of children, wealth and happiness, the 10th – happiness and courage. In the
11th - very wealthy and in the 12th irreligious
Stanza 4: Moon in ascendant makes a man dumb, deranged, stubborn, blind, base, deaf or servant. If
that birth falls in Cancer, Aries or Taurus, he gets wealth, many children or rich
respectively. In 2nd, Moon produces a big family. In the 3rd, it makes a man cruel. In the 4th
or 5th, he’ll increase those significations. In 6th, he gives many enemies, tender body, weak
digestion, weak sexual inclination, cruel mind and languor
Stanza 5: Moon in the 7th makes a man envious and passionately fond of women. In 8th, Moon produces
capriciousness and suffering constantly from physical ailments. In 9th, popularity, children,
wealth, relations and friends. In the 10th, Moon gives success in all undertakings, charitable,
rich, intelligent and courageous. In 11th, Moon produces fame, gains and all those items
indicated by that house. In the 12th, he makes the person troublesome and defective in
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bodily organs
Stanza 6: Mars in lagna – wounds or cuts in the body. In 2nd, dirty meals. In 9th, sinful. In other houses,
his results are similar to that of Sun. Mercury in the first eight houses produces learning,
wealth, baseness, wisdom, minister, foeless, versed in philosophy and endowed with good
character respectively; in other houses, his results are similar to that of Sun
Stanza 7: Jupiter in the 12 houses gives the following results – learned, good speech, miser, happy,
intelligent, foeless, eclipsing father, debased, pious, wealthy, profitable work and
unscrupulous respectively
Stanza 8: Venus in lagna gives skill in sexual indulgence and happiness. In the 7th, he makes the native
fond of quarreling and sexual intercourse. In 5th, he gives happiness and in other houses,
the result will be similar to Jupiter and in the 12th, Venus gives wealth
Stanza 9: Saturn in lagna gives poverty, disease, cupidity, uncleanliness, sickness in early life and
indistinct speech. If Saturn occupies exaltation or houses of Jupiter or his own house,
which happens to be lagna, he makes the person equal to a king, protector of villages or
towns, learned and handsome organs. In other houses, his results are similar to that of Sun
Stanza 10: Take the birth sign, and the body, etc. and predict results by the planets occupying
friendly, inimical, neutral, own and exalted houses. Satyacharya declares that benefics and
malefics in the houses produce good and bad results in them respectively. And the results
are reversed in the 6th, 8th and 12th houses
Stanza 11: Planets in exaltation, in moolatrikona, in own, friendly, inimical, debilitated houses, and in
combustion with Sun give good in full, three-fourths, half, quarter, little and nil results
respectively
Chapter 21
Asraya yogadhyaya (certain special combinations)
Stanza 1: When one and more planets are in their own houses, the man becomes equal to his
relations, chief of his family, respected by relations, wealthy, equal to a ruler, happy and
king respectively. If one and more planets are in friendly houses, the person will be brought
up by others, friends, cousins, brothers, chief of a community, commander and king
respectively
Stanza 2: If there’s one exalted planet aspected by a friendly one, the person becomes a king. When
such a pleanet is conjoined by a friendly planet, he becomes very wealthy and commands
universal respect. If one and more planets are in unfriendly or debilitated houses, they
produce poverty, misery, dullness, disease, imprisonment, sorrow and hanging respectively
Stanza 3: Satyacharya declares Aquarius lagna as bad. Yavanas observe Aquarius Dwadasamsa as evil.
Vishnugupta asserts that Yavanas are erroneous as Aquarius Dwadasamsa occurs in every
lagna
Stanza 4: If malefics join the solar hora in odd signs, the person becomes famous, undertakes great
works, possesses strength, wealth and great personal attractions. If benefics join the lunar
hora in even signs, the person becomes happy, tenderhearted, handsome, popular,
intelligent and a polite speaker
Stanza 5: If the planets in the same horas are found in other signs, the person born then will have
results moderately. If the planets are reversed in horas and signs, the persons born won’t
have the above characteristics
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Stanza 6: If Moon is in his own or friendly Drekkana, the person will be handsome and virtuous. If
Moon is in other drekkanas, the person will get the characteristics of the lord of the
Drekkana. If Moon is in Vyala, Udyathayudha, Chatuscharana and Andaja drekkanas, the
person will be vindictive, very cruel, fouling guru’s wife and traveler respectively
Stanza 7: A person born in the navamsas of Aries, etc. will become a thief, an enjoyer, learned,
wealthy, ruler, impotent, warlike, carrier, servant, sinful, cruel and intrepid. If these
navamsas fall in vargottamas, the person born then will become master or chief of the
above. The results for the dwadasamsas will be similar to the rasis
Stanza 8: When Mars is in his own trimsamsa, the person will have wife, strength, ornaments,
generosity, personal attraction and enterprising spirit. When Saturn is in his own trimsamsa,
the person becomes sickly, loses his wife, possesses double heart, enjoys others’ wives,
sorrowful, possessed of houses, clothes, servants, etc. and will be uncleanly
Stanza 9: When Jupiter is in his own trimsamsa, the person will have wealth, happiness, intelligence,
attraction, respect, health, hope and enjoyment. When Mercury is in his own trimsamsa, he
gives the man intelligence, education, poetic ability, eloquence, skill in arts, philosophic
acumen, enterprise and much respect
Stanza 10: When Venus is in his own trimsamsa, the man will be blessed with many sons, much
happiness, health, popularity, wealth, beauty, vindictiveness, handsome body and
enjoyment with many women. When Sun and Moon are in the trimsamsa of Mars, etc., the
person will be warlike and slothful, cruel and killing, virtuous and wealthy, happy and
learned, handsome and popular respectively
Chapter 22
Prakirnakadhyaya (mixed results)
Stanza 1: Planets in quadrants, when they happen to be in their own houses, in exaltations or in
moolatrikonas, are mutually termed karakas. Of these, the planet in the 10th will be the
best karaka
Stanza 2: If birth falls in Cancer with Moon in it and Mars, Saturn, Sun and Jupiter are in exaltations,
they become mutual karakas. For the planet in lagna, the planets in the Ambara (10th) and
Ambu (4th) become karakas
Stanza 3: If the planet in the 10th from the planet who occupies his own house or moolatrikona or
exaltation happens to be a nisarga friend and also tatkalika, he becomes a karaka
Stanza 4: If the lagna falls in vargottama, if good planets are in the vesi, if the quadrants aren’t
occupied, if there are karaka planets, the person will be happy
Stanza 5: If Jupiter, Moon’s dispositor or lagna lord occupies a quadrant, the person will have
happiness in the middle of life. Planets in prushtodaya, ubhayodaya and sirshodaya give
results in the end, middle and beginning of the man’s life respectively
Stanza 6: Sun and Mars give results when they enter a house, Jupiter and Venus in the middle and
Saturn and Moon in the end and Mercury always
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Anishtadhyaya (misfortunes)
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Stanza 1: If the 5th and 7th houses from lagna or Moon be occupied or aspected by benefics or their
lords, then these bhavas will prosper; if not, they’ll suffer. If the birth is in Virgo with Sun
in it, the wife will be lost. If in this conjunction Capricorn is occupied by Mars, he causes
loss to children
Stanza 2: If cruel planets are in the 4th and the 8th from Venus or if Venus is between malefics or if
Venus isn’t combined or not aspected by benefics, the wife will be killed by fire, fall or
ropes
Stanza 3: If the 6th and 12th houses from lagna are occupied by Sun and Moon, the husband and wife
will have one eye each. If Venus and Sun occupy the 7th, 9th or 5th, the wife will be
defective
Stanza 4: If Saturn occupies lagna, Venus in the 7th when it’s in gandantha and if the 5th is unoccupied
by benefics, the person will become the husband of a barren woman. If malefics occupy the
12th, 7th and lagna with weak Moon in the 5th, the person will have no wife or son
Stanza 5: If Venus is in 7th, which happens to be the varga of Mars or Saturn and aspected by them,
the person becomes fond of other women. If Saturn and Mars join Moon in the 7th and have
the aspect of Venus, the person and his wife will both become adulterous. If Venus and
Moon have Mars and Saturn in 7th, the person becomes wifeless or issueless. If female and
male planets have Mars and Saturn in 7th aspected by benefics, the couple would be married
when old
Stanza 6: If the 10th, 7th and 4th are occupied by Moon, Venus and malefics respectively, the person
destroys his family. If Saturn in a quadrant aspects the house indicated by the Drekkana
joined by Mercury, the person becomes a sculptor. If Venus occupies the 12th, joining the
Navamsa of Saturn, the person becomes the son of a menial servant woman. If Sun and
Moon occupy the 7th aspected by Saturn, the person does degrading acts
Stanza 7: If Venus and Mars join the 7th aspected by malefics, there’ll be serious danger from
dysentery. If Moon is in either Cancer of Scorpio Navamsa and is in conjunction with
malefics, the person will have diseases in secret places. If Moon joins lagna, Sun in the 7 th
and two malefics in the 12th and 2nd, the person will be attacked by a serious form of
leprosy. If Moon is in the 10th, Mars in 7th and Saturn in 2nd from Sun, the person will be
defective in limbs
Stanza 8: When Sun is in Capricorn and Moon between two malefics, the person gets asthma,
consumption, spleen enlargement, carbuncle or abdominal tumors. If Sun and Moon
mutually exchange places in rasi or amsa, the person gets pthisis. If these two join together
in any one of their houses, he may become emaciated
Stanza 9: If Moon occupies the 5th amsa of Sagittarius or the amsas of Pisces, Capricorn or Aries, and
aspected by or is in conjunction with Saturn or Mars, the person will suffer from leprosy. If
Scorpio, Cancer, Taurus or Capricorn becomes one of the trikonas aspected by or in
conjunction with evil planets, the person suffers from leprosy
Stanza 10: If Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn occupy the 8th, 6th, 2nd and 12th in any way, the person loses
his sight by the elevation of that dhatu which is indicated by the most powerful of these
planets
Stanza 11: If malefics occupy the 9th, 11th, 3rd and 5th houses unaspected by benefics, the person
suffers from deafness, If these planets are in the 7th house, there’ll be decomposition of the
teeth
Stanza 12: If Moon when occupying the lagna is eclipsed by Rahu, and evil planets are found in trines,
the person suffers from devils. If Sun is eclipsed and occupies the lagna, the person
becomes blind
Stanza 13: If Jupiter occupies lagna and Saturn is in the 7th, the person suffers from windy diseases. If
Mars is in the 7th, the person suffers from insanity. If Saturn is in lagna and Mars is found in
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9th, 7th or 5th, the person suffers from insanity. If a weak Moon with Saturn is in 12th, the
insanity can be predicted
Stanza 14: If the dispositor of Moon’s Navamsa, Sun, Moon and Jupiter are in debilitation or in
unfriendly amsas, they produce self-slavery, slavery by purchase or hereditary slavery when
one or two or more of the above planets occupy such positions
Stanza 15: If the lagna is either Taurus, Aries or Sagittarius aspected by malefics, the person will have
ugly teeth. If the lagna is in malevolent signs or Taurus or Sagittarius and is aspected by evil
planets, the person becomes bald. If Sun is in the 5th or 9th aspected by malefics, the person
will have weak eyesight. If Saturn is so situated, he suffers from many complaints. If Mars is
so situated, there’ll be defective organs
Stanza 16: If evil planets occupy 12th, 5th, 2nd or 9th, the person will be imprisoned according to the
nature of that house. If lagna is in bhujaga (2nd and 3rd of Cancer, 1st and 2nd of Scorpio and
last of Pisces) or nigada (1st of Capricorn) Drekkana, aspected by powerful malefics, the
person will be similarly confined
Stanza 17: If Moon with the ring or halo around him joins Saturn and is aspected by Mars, the person
will be harsh, suffer from hysteria and consumption. If Sun, Saturn and Mars are in the 10 th
unaspected by benefics, the person will become a servant. If three or two or one of them
occupy the 10th, the man becomes inferior, ordinary and superior servant respectively
Chapter 24
Strijatakadhyaya (fem horoscopy)
Stanza 1: Such of those results as the females couldn’t possess or enjoy must be attributed to their
husbands. From the 8th in a female’s chart the death of her husband, from the birth sign
and Moon her own beauty and from the 7th her husband and his love to her must be
predicted
Stanza 2: If the lagna and Moon fall in even signs, the female will be modest; if they’re aspected by
benefics she’ll be virtuous; if lagna and Moon fall in odd signs, she’ll have a masculine
temperament and form and if these two are aspected or are in conjunction with malefics,
she’ll be sinful and characterless
Stanza 3: If lagna or Moon falls in the house of Mars and occupies the trimsamsas of Mars, Saturn,
Jupiter, Mercury or Venus, the girl will be immoral before puberty, dancing woman,
virtuous, double-hearted or sinful respectively
Stanza 4: If the lagna or Moon is Taurus or Libra and occupies the trimsamsas of the above planets,
she becomes sinful, marrying a second husband, virtuous, skilful in arts and reputed
respectively. If the lagna or Moon is Gemini or Virgo and occupies the above planetary
trimsamsa, the woman becomes deceitful, impotent, virtuous, good and adulterous
respectively
Stanza 5: If lagna or Moon is Cancer and occupies the trimsamsa of the above planets, she does what
she likes, causes death to her husband, blessed with good qualities, skilled in arts and
immoral respectively. If birth or Moon falls in Leo and occupies the trimsamsas of the
planets named, she’ll be masculine, adulterous, queen, manly and commit incestuous
intercourse respectively. If lagna or Moon falls in Sagittarius or Pisces and occupies the said
trimsamsas, the woman becomes a servant, fond of low men, virtuous, sinful and childless
respectively
Stanza 6: The results so described above for lagna or Moon in the various trimsamsas must be
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ascertained with reference to the strength or weakness of the lagna and Moon
Stanza 7: If Saturn and Venus are in each other’s navamsas, aspecting mutually, or if the birth falls in
Taurus or Libra, with the lagna Navamsa in Aquarius, the woman will get sexual satisfaction
from females dressed in male attire
Stanza 8: If the 7th house is powerless, unoccupied and unaspected by benefics, the husband will be
mean. If Mercury and Saturn are in the 7th, the husband will be impotent. If the 7th is a
movable sign, the husband will be constantly traveling. If the 7th is occupied by Sun,
aspected by malefics, she’ll be rejected by her husband. If there’s Mars in the 7 th aspected
by evil planets, she becomes a widow early. If Saturn is in the 7th, aspected by malefics,
she’ll become old without marriage
Stanza 9: If there are several malefics in the 7th, she becomes a widow. If there are evil and good
planets there, she’ll marry a second husband in the same caste. If there’s a powerless evil
planet in the 7th aspected by a benefic, she’ll be rejected by her husband. If Venus and
Mars are in the 7th, she becomes adulterous with her husband’s connivance
Stanza 10: If the house of Mars or Saturn becomes lagna with Moon and Venus there aspected by
malefics, the girl becomes adulterous along with her mother. If the 7th Navamsa from the
lagnamsa falls in the house of Mars, aspected by Saturn, the woman’s sexual organ will be
diseased. If the 7th Navamsa falls in a beneficial house, the woman will be beautiful and
loved by her husband
Stanza 11: If the 7th from lagna or navamsas falls in the house of Saturn, the husband will be old and
stubborn; if the 7th from lagna or Navamsa falls in the house of Mars, the husband will be
fond of other women and cruel; if the 7th falls in the house of Venus, the husband will be
loving and handsome; and if the 7th falls in the house of Mercury, the husband will be
learned and intelligent
Stanza 12: If the 7th is Cancer, the husband will be passionate and mild. If the 7th is Sagittarius or
Pisces, the husband will be good and has control of his passions. If the 7th falls in Leo, the
husband will be mild and hard-working
Stanza 13: If Moon and Venus are in lagna, the woman will be jealous and fond of happiness. If Moon
and Mercury are in lagna, she’ll be skilled in arts, happy and blessed with good character. If
Venus and Mercury are in lagna, she’ll be beautiful, beloved and skilled in fine arts. If three
benefics are in lagna, the woman will have a lot of wealth, great happiness and fine
character
Stanza 14: Widowhood comes at that age which is indicated by the lord of the amsa occupied by the
8th lord, when there’s an evil planet in the 8th. If benefics occupy the 2nd, she dies before
her husband. If Moon is in Virgo, Scorpio, Taurus or Leo, she’ll have few children
Stanza 15: If Saturn is moderately powerful, if Venus, Mercury and Moon are powerless and the rest
are powerful and if lagna is in an odd sign, the woman will be adulterous. If lagna is in an
even sign and Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury are powerful, she’ll become famous,
learned in many sciences and a vedantini
Stanza 16: If an evil planet occupies the 7th, she’ll embrace that sanyasa which is represented by the
planet occupying the 9th house. These results may be foretold during the wedding, during
the search for the girl or during the query
Chapter 25
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Stanza 1: The native dies from such diseases as is indicated by the nature of the planet which aspects
the 8th house and in that organ or part of the body that’s represented by the 8th house in
the division under kalapurusha. If many planets aspect the 8th, there’ll be many diseases
before birth. If Sun, etc. occupy the 8th, the person dies from fire, water, weapon, fever,
disease, thirst and hunger respectively. If the 8th is movable, etc., death will happen in a
foreign country, own land and during traveling respectively
Stanza 2: If Sun and Mars occupy the 4th or 10th, death will be caused by stones. If Saturn, Moon and
Mars are in 4th, 7th and 10th respectively, death will be caused by falling into a well. If Sun
and Moon are in Virgo aspected by malefics, he’ll be killed by his own people. If the lagna
falls in a common sign with the Sun and Moon in it, the person will be drowned
Stanza 3: If Saturn is in Cancer and Moon in Capricorn, the person dies from jalodara. If Moon
occupies the house of Mars and is hemmed by malefics, the person dies from weapons or
fire. If Moon occupies Virgo between malefics, death comes by corrupt blood or
consumption. If Moon occupies one of Saturn’s houses between malefics, the person dies by
ropes, fire or fall
Stanza 4: If the 5th and 9th are occupied by malefics unaspected by benefics, death comes from
bondage. If the Drekkana rising in the 8th falls in a sarpa or nigada, then similar death
occurs. If Sun is in lagna, Virgo falls in the 7th with Moon in conjunction with a malefic and
Venus in Aries, the person suffers death from a female in his own house
Stanza 5: If Mars is in the 4th and Sun and Saturn are in 10th, the man will be crucified. If malefics and
a waning Moon occupy the lagna, 5th and 9th, the same results happen. If Sun occupies the
4th and Mars in the 10th aspected by a weak Moon, there’ll be crucifixion. If Saturn aspects
the above conjunction, death results from beating
Stanza 6: If a powerless Moon, Mars, Saturn and Sun occupy the 8th, 10th, lagna and 4th respectively,
death results from blows from rods or clods of earth. If the same planets occupy 10th, 9th,
1st and 5th respectively, death comes by smoke, fire, bandage or blows on the body
Stanza 7: If Mars, Sun and Saturn occupy 4th, 7th and 10th respectively, death results from weapons,
fire or the anger of the rulers. If Saturn, Moon and Mars occupy the 2nd, 4th and 10th
respectively, the person dies by worms generated in sore wounds
Stanza 8: If Sun is in the 10th and Mars in 4th, death comes by a fall from conveyances. If Saturn, Moon
and Sun occupy the lagna with Mars in 7th, death comes by machinery or rocks. If Mars,
Saturn and Moon are in Libra, Aries and a house of Saturn respectively, or if powerless
Moon, Sun and Mars are in the 10th, 7th and 4th respectively, the person falls in feces and
dies
Stanza 9: If a powerful Mars aspects a powerless Mon with Saturn in the 8th, the person dies from
worms or fire or instruments in treating of diseases in secret parts
Stanza 10: If Sun occupies the 7th with Mars and Saturn joining the 8th and powerless Moon in 4th, death
is caused by birds. If Sun, Mars, Saturn and Moon are in the 1st, 5th, 8th and 9th respectively,
the person dies by falling from the top of a mountain or by lightning or wall
Stanza 11: The learned indicate that the 22nd Drekkana causes death to the person. The death will be
caused by the manner attributed to the lord of this Drekkana or the lord of the rasi to
which it belongs
Stanza 12: Death will occur in places similar to the rasi occupied by the lord of the Navamsa, in which
the birth falls. Further details or specialties must be described by conjunctions and
planetary aspects. The time of death has to be identified by the unrisen number of
navamsas in the birth. If the birth lord aspects it, the time must be doubled; aspected by
benefics, the time will be trebled
Stanza 13: The dead body, as per the Drekkana in the 8th house, viz., dahana, jala and misra, will be
reduced to ashes by fire or atoms by water respectively. If the 8th Drekkana is vyala, the
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body will be disgraced. The disposal of the dead body must be explained in this manner and
as regards past and future births, the reader must consult elaborate works on the subject
Stanza 14: Jupiter, Moon and Venus, Sun and Mars, and Saturn and Mercury bring people from
devaloka, pitruloka, tiryagloka and narakaloka respectively. According to the position of
the lord of the Drekkana occupied by the more powerful between Sun and Moon, we’ve to
predict the high, middle or low state of the man in his previous birth
Stanza 15: If the lord of the Drekkana of the 6th or 8th or the planet who occupies the 7th indicates the
state of man’s future existence after death. If Jupiter is in exaltation and occupies 6th, 8th
or any quadrant, if Pisces is lagna occupying a beneficial Navamsa and other planets than
Jupiter are powerless, the person attains moksha
Chapter 26
Nasta jataka (unknown horoscopes)
Stanza 1: When a person has no record of his birth time or the time of conception, the birth must be
predicted according to the lagna rising at the time of the question. The birth must be
predicted in uttarayana or dakshinayana as the first or the second hora in the lagna rises
Stanza 2: By the rising drekkana in the lagna, Jupiter’s position in 1st, 5th or 9th must be ascertained
according to the appearance of the querist. If Sun is in lagna, the birth takes place in
Greeshma and so on for other planets as stated before. If the rithu falls in a wrong ayana,
then it must be corrected by the position of the Sun
Stanza 3: If a rithu falls in a wrong ayana, then change Moon, Mercury and Jupiter for Venus, Mars
and Saturn respectively. If the first half of a drekkana rises, the first month of the rithu
must be predicted, and the day must be proportionately found out
Stanza 4: The learned Brahmin astrologers predict the tithi by reference to the degree of the Sun.
The birth must be predicted reversely in the nocturnal and diurnal signs. By the degrees of
the lagna, the birth time must be ascertained
Stanza 5: Some say that the lunar month has to be made out with reference to the position of the
Moon in navamsa. The position of the Moon must be made out by the most powerful among
the lagna and trikona or by the touching of the organs, etc. of the querist
Stanza 6: Moon’s position will be in that rasi which is equal to the number of rasis gained by him from
the question lagna. If Moon is in Pisces, then that will be the sign occupied by him at birth.
The position of Moon at birth may also be ascertained by the articles of food, by animals
and sounds at the question time
Stanza 7: The birth lagna will be that represented by the rising navamsa at the time of the query or it
will be that lagna which, when counted from the question lagna, is similar in number to the
drekkanas separating the question lagna from Sun at the time
Stanza 8: Multiply the longitude of the planet in the lagna or that of the most powerful by chayangula
and divide it by twelve. The remainder denotes the number of the birth lagna from Aries or
the birth lagna will be the 7th, 4th, 10th or 1st as the querist is sitting or lying down or rising
or standing respectively
Stanza 9: Taurus and Leo, Gemini and Scorpio, Aries and Libra, Virgo and Capricorn must be
multiplied by 10, 8, 7 and 5 respectively. The remaining rasis (signs) must be multiplied by
their own number. Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury must be similarly multiplied. The
remaining planets must be multiplied like Mercury. This must necessarily be done with the
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signs. When there’s a planet in the lagna, it must also undergo this multiplication
Stanza 10: Multiply the result thus obtained by 7, and divide the total (after adding to or subtracting 9
from it) by 27; the remainder shows the number of the star in which the person is born.
From the question lagna, the 7th, 3rd, 5th and 6th bhavas may also be indicated and their
stars ascertained
Stanza 11: By multiplying the total mentioned in Stanzas 9 by 10, etc. and also by adding to or
subtracting from it and by dividing that by the various figures already given, the year,
season, month, lunar day, night and day, constellation, time, ascendant, navamsa, etc.
may be ascertained
Stanza 12: From the total multiplied by 10, the year, season and month have to be found out. From
the total multiplied by 8, fortnight and lunar day have to be ascertained
Stanza 13: Take the total multiplied by 7 and from it, predict the constellation, day and night times
Stanza 14: Take the total multiplied by 5 and ascertain the time, sign, hora, amsa, etc.
Stanza 15: Take the matras of the real name, multiply it by two and add to the result the number of
chayangulas obtained at the time and divide the total by 27; then, take the remainder and
count it from Dhanishta to get the birth constellation of the querist
Stanza 16: The figures 2, 3, 14, 10, 15, 21, 9 and 8 from the east, etc. must be multiplied by 15 and
the number of persons looking in the same direction as the querist must be added to the
total and divided by 27; the remainder shows the number of constellations from Dhanishta
Stanza 17: Various methods have been expounded about lost horoscopes. The real student will accept
that which he finds correct after laborious calculations
Chapter 27
Drekkana adhyaya
Stanza The first drekkana of Aries represents a man with a white cloth around his waist, dark complexion, pretending to
1: protect, fearful red eyes and a lifted ax
Stanza The second drekkana of Aries is sketched by yavanas as representing a woman with red cloth, fond of ornaments and
2: food, pot-belly, horse-face, thirsty and single-footed
Stanza The third drekkana of Aries represents a man, cruel, skilled in arts, yellowish, fond of work, unprincipled, with a
3: lifted-up stick, angry and covered with purple clothes
Stanza The first drekkana of Taurus represents a woman with torn ringlets, pot-belly, burnt cloth, thirsty, fond of food and
4: ornaments
Stanza The second drekkana of Taurus represents a man possessing knowledge of lands, grains, houses, cows, arts, ploughing
5: and carts, hungry, sheep-faced, dirty clothes and shoulders like the hump of an ox
Stanza The third drekkana of Taurus is represented by a man with a body like that of an elephant, white teeth, legs like that
6: of a sarabha, yellowish color, and clever in capturing sheep and deer
Stanza The first drekkana of Gemini represents a female, fond of needlework, beautiful, fond of ornamentation, issueless,
7: lifted hands and in menses
Stanza The second drekkana of Gemini represents a man, living in a garden, in armor, with a bow, warlike, armed with
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8: weapons, face like that of Garuda, fond of play, children, ornamentation and wealth
Stanza The third drekkana of Gemini represents a man, adorned, decked with gems, armored with a quiver and bow, skilled
9: in dancing, drumming and arts, and poet
Stanza The first drekkana of Cancer represents a man, holding fruit, roots and leaves, elephant-bodied, residing on sandal
10: trees in the forest, legs like that of sarabha and horse-necked
Stanza The second drekkana of Cancer represents a female worshipped on the head by lotus flowers, with serpents,
11: full-blown youthfulness, living in forests on the branch of phalasa and crying
Stanza The third drekkana of Cancer represents a man covered with serpents, flat-faced and crossing the ocean in a boat in
12: search of his wife’s jewels
Stanza The first drekkana of Leo represents a vulture and a jackal on the salmali tree, a dog and a man dressed in dirty
13: garments, leaving father and mother, and crying
Stanza The second drekkana of Leo represents a man resembling a horse’s body with white garlands on the head, wearing
14: krishnajina and kambalam, fierce as a lion with a bow in the hand and bent nose
Stanza The third drekkana of Leo represents a man with a bear’s face, acts like those of a monkey, long beard, curved
15: ringlets and holding a stick, fruit and flesh
Stanza The first drekkana of Virgo represents a female with a pot, full of flowers, covering the body with dirty garments,
16: fond of money and clothes, and going to the home of the preceptor
Stanza The second drekkana of Virgo represents a man with a pen in hand, dark-complexioned, the head tied around a cloth,
17: counting gains and expenditure, body covered with dense hair and holding a big bow
Stanza The last drekkana of Virgo represents a female, yellowish, covered by a great white silk cloth, tall, holding a pot and
18: spoon, and going to a temple with great sanctity
Stanza The first drekkana of Libra, say Yavanas, represents a man seated in a shop in the middle of the road, holding
19: balances, clever in weighing and measuring with a small scale for weighing gold, diamonds, thinking of his money and
the prices of the articles in his shop
Stanza The second drekkana of Libra represents a man with a vulture’s face, hungry and thirsty, holding a pot which is ready
20: to fall and thinking of his wife and children
Stanza The third drekkana of Libra represents a man decked with gems, wearing a golden quiver and armor and frightening
21: animals in the wilderness, resembling a monkey and holding in the hand fruit and flesh
Stanza The first drekkana of Scorpio represents a naked woman without ornaments, coming from the middle of a great ocean
22: to the shore, dislocated from her original place, the feet bound by serpents and handsome
Stanza The second drekkana of Scorpio represents a woman fond of home and happiness for her husband’s sake and covered
23: with serpents with a body resembling a tortoise and a pot
Stanza The last drekkana of Scorpio represents a lion with a broad flat face, resembling a tortoise, frightening dogs, deer,
24: boars and jackals, protecting localities covered with sandalwood trees
Stanza The first drekkana of Sagittarius represents a man with a human face and a horse’s body with a bow in hand residing
25: in a hermitage, protecting sacrificial articles and maharishis
Stanza The second drekkana of Sagittarius represents a beautiful woman, golden-colored, picking up gems from the ocean
26: and sitting in a Bhadrasana fashion
Stanza The last drekkana of Sagittarius representsa man with a long beard, gold-complexioned, holding a stick, sitting in a
27: splendid posture and keeping silks and deer skins
Stanza The first drekkana of Capricorn represents a man covered with much hair, teeth like those of a crocodile, body like
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28: that of a pig, keeping yokes, nets and bandages, and with a cruel face
Stanza The second drekkana of Capricorn represents a woman skilled in arts, broad eyes like lotus petals, greenish-dark,
29: searching all kinds of articles and wearing iron ear ornaments
Stanza The last drekkana of Capricorn represents a man with a body like that of Kinaras, with a quiver, arrows and bow, and
30: bearing a pot on the shoulder decked with gems
Stanza The first drekkana of Aquarius represents a man with a mind disturbed by oils, wines, water and food being brought
31: to him, with a Kambala, silk cloth and deer skin and a face resembling that of a vulture
Stanza The middle drekkana of Aquarius represents a woman, covered with a dirty cloth in a forest, bearing pots on her head
32: and dragging metals in a burnt cart loaded with cotton trees in it
Stanza The third drekkana of Aquarius represents a dark man with ears covered with long hair, wearing a crown and
33: wandering with pots filled with iron, skin, leaves, gum and fruit
Stanza The first drekkana of Pisces represents a man decked with ornaments, holding in his hand sacrificial vessels, pearls,
34: conch shells and gems, and crossing the ocean in a boat in search of jewels for his wife
Stanza The second drekkana of Pisces represents a woman with a color more beautiful than that of Champaka, surrounded by
35: her attendants, and sailing in a boat decked with long flags in search of the coast of the ocean

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The Sixth House

The Second House

The Third House

The Fourth House

The Fourth House is ruled by the Sign

The Fifth House

The Seventh House

The Ninth House

Our Planets & their effects:

OTHER GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETS

a) it is young, i.e. its longitude is between 10º to 20º in a particular sign.

1) a conjunction with/ aspect from the most malefic planet,

2) an aspect from a functional malefic planet placed in a dusthana,

Only the functional malefic planets can be afflicting planets.

QUALITIES AND SEX OF PLANETS

FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF PLANETS

Aries: Mercury, Rahu and Ketu.

FUNCTIONAL BENEFIC PLANETS

(2) the strength of the significator of the house; and

HOW TO ANALYSE CHARACTERISTICS

SOME OTHER CHARACTERISITICS OF SIGNS

DIRECTIONS OF THE SIGNS :

ASCENDANT / ASCENDING SIGN/ LAGNA

IMPORTANCE OF ASCENDANT/ASCENDING SIGN / LAGNA

1) North Indian Style

This is drawn as under: -

North Indian Style Chart

1) Graphical presentation of general significations of houses.

2)Graphical presentation of body parts ruled by various houses

3)Graphical presentation of blood relations ruled by various houses

For differentiating between

FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF PLANETS

Ascendant Functional Malefics

SPECIAL IMPACT OF RAHU & KETU

IMPACT OF TRANSIT EXALTED RAHU AND KETU

When in dusthana houses the results of exalted Rahu/Ketu are as under:

MEASURING STRENGTH OF HOUSES

MOST EFFECTIVE POINT (MEP)

IMPACT OF PLACEMENT OF PLANETS IN MALEFIC HOUSES

THE MOST MALEFIC INFLUENCE

ASCENDANT MOST MALEFIC PLANET (MMP)

ANALYSING RESULTS OF SUB-PERIOD LORDS

(3) The significations of the houses where the planet is placed.

MEASURING CAPACITY OF PLANETS FOR GIVING RESULTS

MEASURING STRENGTH OF PLANETS IN INFANCY/OLD AGE

When 0 degree power is zero

When 30 degrees power is zero

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETS

a) it is young, i.e. its longitude is between 10º to 20º in a particular sign.

1) a conjunction with/ aspect from the most malefic planet,

k) A planet debilitated in navamsa would lose power by 25%.

AFFLICTED & AFFLICTING PLANETS

CHALIT CHAKRA, RAJ YOGAS & DHANA YOGAS

IMPACT OF RAJYOGAS OR DHANA YOGAS

PLACEMENT OF PLANETS IN MALEFIC / DUSTHANA HOUSES

IMPACT OF PLACEMENT IN FRIENDLY/ INIMICAL SIGNS

SUN LIKE PLANETS

ASCENDANT......SUN LIKE PLANETS

HOW TO PROCEED FOR ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM AREAS

METALS RULED BY PLANETS

The Sun rules copper and gold.

SECOND: South East

THIRD: South East