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KARAKAS
~ definition and use ~
The Sanskrit word Karaka means “significator”. In simpler English we could translate it as
“stands for”. For example, in Vedic Astrology the Moon signifies or stands for the mind of the
person. Jupiter is the Karaka for children, which means that we look to Jupiter in one’s chart
to know something about their children. However, the fifth house and it’s lord also have
much to do with children in one’s chart. Speaking very strictly, we would say that Jupiter is
the Karaka for children, while the fifth house and it’s lord, although having much to do
with children for certain, are not directly referred to as “karakas” for the subject of children.

However, the student of astrology needs to know which houses, signs and planets affect each
particular aspect or subject in life. In order to be able to accurately assess charts and give true
predictions, the astrologer must know where to look in a chart for each subject they attempt to
understand through the chart. Therefore, the following indexes of Karakas has been
assembled. Even though, as stated, the houses and signs are not strictly referred to as
“karakas” of the subject items attached to them, still, the word karaka is the most accurate
single word we could find to use to summarize what we have assembled herein. We apologize
to the erudite Sanskrit grammarian for this liberality on our part.

The karaka listing herein are presented in various sections, the first being a complete list of
all karakas for all planets, signs and houses that could be assembled from all the classic works
we could find that listed karakas of any type. This was a large task. Many karakas are listed
more than once, in rearranged wordings in hopes that you would find them where you looked
for them. For example, the item of “property of the brother” might be listed also under
“brother, property of”. Similarly, “higher education” might also be listed as “education,
higher”.

Following the first section which contains all the items listed, are sections which repeat the
exact same items, but listed underneath their karaka. For example, all the items whose
karaka is the first house, can be found listed together under First House. Similarly,
everything that the Sun is karaka for can be found in the section under Sun. These
individualized chapters (sometimes only single pages) are included especially for studying a
planet, sign or house in detail. Reading these sections greatly enhances one’s understanding of
what each of the planets, signs and houses stands for. Whereas the first and largest section,
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which contains all the listed items, is the place to look up a particular item fast. For
example, you can look up “travel” in the first section, and see all the planets, signs and houses
that affect this important life subject.

Some items are indicated by their karaka only when the same is afflicted. This means that
when the planet, sign or house karaka listed with the item is afflicted by the aspect or
conjunction of a malefic planet, then that item will be found to be caused by the listed karaka
(planet, sign or house). For example, if the item “bad accounting” is said to be caused by
afflicted Mercury, then bad accounting can be expected if the person gets involved with the
subject of accounting in a Mercury ruled period (any level of Dasha) and if in their chart
Mercury is indeed afflicted by a malefic planet. This is a very general and unreliable
example. In all aspects of life, the astrologer will have to look to numerous places before
deciding any prediction. It is very rare to find predictions coming true based on only one
placement.

The elegant blending of karakas, based on developed intuition through experience, is a yogic
art achieved by few. These lists point out the things that the planets, signs and houses stand
for, but it is up to the astrologer to then correctly blend the items together for a real prediction
to take shape.

From my own chart I can present an example. I have Saturn and Jupiter in the ninth house in
Sagittarius. Now, in the following lists, you could find that Saturn in the ninth house stands
for “an apostate”, which is a person who goes against the standard religion presented in their
life. On the other hand, Jupiter in the ninth, in it’s own sign especially, stands for “following
the traditional religion”. So, which will it be for me? How should the astrologer blend these
two items which are seemingly contradictory?

The truth about this subject so far in my life goes like this: I did switch from the religion of my
birth family, Catholicism, when I was 19 and in Jupiter Major Dasha, to the Vaisnava faith,
which is a Hindu sect. However, now that I am in Saturn Major Dasha, and all my close
friends are Vaisnavas, I still have some “apostate” karma to endure, in that I am initiated
underneath a more “standard, old fashioned” branch of our sampradaya, when compared to
that of all my Vaisnava friends. So although they see that I am in a slightly different branch
of the sampradaya (the apostate, or Saturnian part), the fact is that it is the older, more
traditional branch of the sampradaya, since it is their Gurudeva who liberalized things a bit
for the West. So, you can see the Jupiter-karaka items coming through, such as attachment to
the traditional ways of the religion. Yet, you can see that I have to deal with being seen as a
bit of an outsider of the norm, which is the “apostate” part of the karma indicated. I may be
an apostate, but not for the usual cause of the apostate, which is to liberalize the faith. In my
case, I’m rooting for some of the older ways of the faith, which have been dropped, in my
opinion by the accident of lack of education about our sampradaya. So, this is an example of
how the blending of karmas indicated must be carried out by the astrologer. It is tricky, but
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possible with deliberate study and practice with the real charts of persons whose lives you
know well.
All Karakas
~ Sorted Alphabetically ~
There are two columns or items on each page. The columns have 3 sections. The item in question
is the first section. The second section is the affliction indicator. If a check mark appears, i t
indicates that the item is indicated only when the Karaka is afflicted. The third section is
the Karaka itself. For example, in the page below, right column, we see the following entry:
“Accuracy missing.....]....Mercury”. This means that when Mercury is afflicted, accuracy will
be missing. Another example seen below: “Accumulated wealth......2nd House”. We see no
check mark, therefore the 2nd house stands for accumulated wealth always, not just when t h e
house is afflicted.

Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


abdomen ....................................... 5th house accidents, protection from ........ ...... Jupiter
abdomen ....................................... Libra accidents, sudden ................... ...... Rahu
abdomen ....................................... Mercury accidents, wounds thereof ........ ...... 12th house
ability............................................ 3rd house according to law ...................... ...... Rahu
ability absent ..........................< ..... Mercury accountant, bad ...................... <..... Mercury
ability to cope ................................3rd house accountants ........................... ...... Mercury
ability to doctor .............................. Sun accounting ............................. ...... 3rd house
ability to learn ................................9th house accounts ............................... ...... Mercury
ability to memorize..........................Mercury accumulated wealth ................. ...... 2nd house
ability to organize............................Mars accumulation of wealth ............. ...... 11th house
ability to reproduce .........................Mercury accumulator of wealth .............. ...... Saturn
ability to understand........................9th house accuracy missing .................... <..... Mercury
able ............................................. Mars achievement in material world.... ...... 10th house
abortions ....................................... 5th house achievement, thirst for ............. ...... Libra
abortions ....................................... Mars achievements not yet reached . . ...... Aries
abortions ....................................... Venus achievements, degree of .......... ...... 5th house
abscess .................................< ..... Jupiter acme of achievement .............. ...... Pisces
absence of religious faith ................. Ketu acquaintances ........................ ...... 11th house
absence of sincerity/truth .........< ..... Mercury acquaintances, casual ............. ...... 3rd house
accidents ...................................... 1st house acquisition of beautiful clothes . . ...... 7th house
accidents ...................................... 8th house acquisitions of royal favor......... ...... 7th house
accidents ...................................... Mars acquisitive.............................. <..... Saturn
accidents ...................................... Rahu action is his nature .................. ...... Mars
accidents ...................................... Saturn action, fierce in ....................... ...... Leo
accidents ...............................< ..... Venus action, it is decisive in it........... ...... Cancer
accidents by fire.............................Ketu action, not.............................. ...... Saturn
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


action, physical, averse to........ ...... Mercury affairs, legal ........................... .......Jupiter
actions of heroism................... ...... Mars affected by elements............... .......Gemini
actions, diabolical.................... ...... 6th house affected reputation .................. < .....Mars
actions, obstacles to ............... ...... 6th house afflictions............................... .......Rahu
activating the intellect .............. ...... Ketu afflictions, psychological.......... .......8th house
active .................................... ...... Cancer affluence ............................... .......Jupiter
active temperament................. ...... Mercury affluence .............................. .......Moon
activities, cessation of ............. ...... 12th house affluence first, then frustration . . .......Rahu
activity of intellect .................. ...... Virgo affluence for right living here..... .......Jupiter
activity undertaken .................. ...... 1st house afraid of the death of her child . . .......Moon
activity, lacking ....................... ...... Taurus agate .................................... .......Rahu
activity, when with mars............ ...... Moon age is four years..................... .......Mars
actors.................................... ...... Venus age, thirty .............................. .......Jupiter
acts, low and mean.................. ...... Ketu aged persons ......................... .......Saturn
acute fevers ........................... ...... Mars ageless ................................. .......Mercury
adaptable ............................... ...... Cancer agents, traveling ..................... .......Moon
addicted to drugs .................... <..... Mars aggression ............................. .......Leo
adi ........................................ ...... 1st house aggression, likes it .................. .......Capricorn
aditi....................................... ...... Virgo aggressive ............................. < .....Mars
adjustment, not originality......... ...... Mercury aggressive behavior ................ .......Mars
administration, local................. ...... Mercury agitated ................................. < .....Mercury
administrative jobs .................. ...... 10th house agitation of mind ..................... .......12th house
administrator .......................... ...... Sun agitation, mental ..................... .......12th house
adopted son ........................... ...... 10th house agreements............................ .......7th house
adulation ................................ ...... Venus agreements, signing of ............ .......3rd house
adult like but not one yet .......... ...... Aries agriculture.............................. .......4th house
adulterers, their meetings ......... ...... Aquarius agriculture.............................. .......Saturn
adulterers, where they loiter ...... ...... Gemini agriculture.............................. .......Virgo
adulterousness ....................... ...... 5th house ailments ................................ < .....Moon
adultery ................................. ...... 5th house air travels .............................. .......9th house
adultery ................................. <..... Venus air travels .............................. .......Jupiter
advancement.......................... ...... 10th house airplane flying ......................... .......Rahu
advantages ............................ ...... 1st house airplanes................................ .......Aquarius
adventure............................... ...... Jupiter airplanes................................ .......Gemini
adventures ............................. ...... Rahu airplanes................................ .......Gemini
adventurous ........................... ...... Mars airy ....................................... .......11th house
adventurous spirit, lacking ........ ...... Taurus airy ....................................... .......3rd house
adversaries vanquished, mars in 6.... Mars airy ....................................... .......Aquarius
adversaries, fights with them..... ...... Mars airy ....................................... .......Libra
adversary............................... ...... 8th house airy ...................................... .......7th house
adversities ............................. ...... Saturn airy in nature .......................... .......Gemini
advice to the demons .............. ...... Venus aja means the unborn .............. .......Aries
advice, doesn't like it ............... ...... Capricorn all kinds of misfortune.............. .......12th house
advice, not inclined to accept.... ...... Mercury all things hidden...................... .......8th house
advisors................................. ...... 11th house all things, the seeds of ............ .......1st house
advisory capacity, high position in .... Jupiter all traits for querist .................. .......2nd house
adya -first cause of manifestation..... Aries allergies, serious..................... .......8th house
aerial journeys ........................ ...... Mercury altars .................................... .......Pisces
aerial navigation ...................... ...... Rahu always moving ........................ .......Cancer
aeronautic machinery............... ...... Aquarius ambassadors ......................... .......5th house
affairs settled with force .......... <..... Mars ambassadors ......................... .......Mercury
affairs, foreign ........................ ...... Jupiter ambition ................................ .......10th house
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


ambition ........................................ Aries apostate, if in 9th .................... ...... Saturn
ambition ........................................ Sun appearance, general ................ ...... 1st house
ambitions ...................................... 11th house appendicitis ............................ <..... Jupiter
ambitions ...................................... Mars appendicitis ............................ <..... Mars
ambitions satisfied..........................Pisces appendicitis ............................ ...... Sun
ambitions, source of ....................... 4th house appointments in work................ ...... 10th house
ambitious ...................................... Leo appreciation............................ ...... Venus
ambitious ...................................... Mars appreciation, sympathetic......... ...... Cancer
amiability....................................... Venus aquarius................................. ...... 11th house
ammunition depots .........................Sagittarius aquarius 20° moolatrikona......... ...... Saturn
amorous immoral life................< ..... Venus aquarius, owned by .................. ...... Saturn
amputation ....................................Rahu aquatic creatures .................... ...... Moon
amulets......................................... Ketu archers .................................. ...... Rahu
amusements.................................. 1st house architectural skill ..................... ...... Saturn
amusements.................................. 5th house architecture ............................ ...... Mercury
amusements.................................. Moon areas, watery .......................... ...... Cancer
amusements.................................. Venus argue, is able to ...................... ...... Mars
amusements, legal/illegal................. 5th house argumentative temperament ..... <..... Sun
analysis, not liked here .................... Pisces aries ..................................... ...... 1st house
analytical....................................... Mercury aries 2º moolatrikona of ............ ...... Mars
analytical ability..............................Mercury aries, detrimental to................. ...... Venus
and wild animals .............................Saturn aries, lord of ........................... ...... Mars
anemia...................................< ..... Moon armories ................................ ...... Sagittarius
anemia.......................................... Venus arms ..................................... ...... 3rd house
anemics ........................................ Jupiter arms .................................... ...... Mercury
anger converted to pleasure ............. Venus army barracks......................... ...... Sagittarius
angry .....................................< ..... Sun army heroic deeds................... ...... Mars
anguish, intense .............................6th house arouses conscience ................ ...... Virgo
anguish, mental..............................12th house arrival .................................... ...... 11th house
angular.......................................... 1st house arrived ................................... ...... Pisces
animal instinct................................Moon arrogance............................... <..... Sun
animal passions .............................Moon arrogant ................................. ...... Leo
animal pets....................................6th house arrogant ................................. ...... Mars
animal, male .................................. Taurus arrow ..................................... ...... Sagittarius
animals living on grass .................... Sun arrow, has one ........................ ...... Ketu
animals, aquatic, danger from ...< ..... Moon arsenals................................. ...... Capricorn
animals, wild .................................. Mars art......................................... ...... Mercury
ankle............................................. 11th house art......................................... ...... Moon
annihilates personal ego ..................Aquarius art in the home ....................... ...... Venus
annoyance.....................................6th house art, favors .............................. ...... Venus
annoying persons ........................... Mars arterial system........................ ...... Jupiter
anonymity in writing..................< ..... Mercury arteries .................................. ...... Jupiter
ant-hills ......................................... Rahu articulates what it hears............ ...... Mercury
anthills, where they live.................... Scorpio artistic beauty......................... ...... Venus
antiquities...................................... 4th house artistic disposition ................... ...... Venus
antyaya (the end) ........................... Pisces artistic in expression ................ ...... Venus
anuradha , ruled by .........................Saturn artistic nature ......................... ...... Venus
anus ............................................. 6th house artistic talents......................... ...... 5th house
anus ............................................. Scorpio artistic taste ........................... ...... Ketu
anxiety in love .........................< ..... Venus artistic taste ........................... ...... Mercury
anxiety, mental...............................8th house artists.................................... ...... Venus
apoplexy........................................ Jupiter arts ....................................... ...... Virgo
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


arts and crafts ........................ ...... 5th house attractiveness of the face ........ .......1st house
arts, fine, skill in...................... ...... Mercury aunts .................................... .......6th house
arts, proficiency in................... ...... Jupiter auspicious ............................. .......9th house
ascendant .............................. ...... 1st house auspicious house .................... .......5th house
ascendant, sixth, tenth, best for ...... Mars auspicious karma from past lives ......9th house
asceticism ............................. ...... Jupiter auspicious things in life............ .......Taurus
ascetics................................. ...... Ketu auspicious, no house is ........... .......Saturn
ashlesha, governed by ............. ...... Mercury auspicious. ............................ .......Sagittarius
aspects change her ................. ...... Moon auspiciousness....................... .......Pisces
aspiration ............................... ...... 1st house austere.................................. .......Saturn
aspiration ............................... ...... Aries austerity ................................ .......9th house
aspirations ............................. ...... 11th house author ................................... .......Mercury
aspirations attained, in 11th ...... ...... Rahu authorities.............................. .......Sun
aspirations, source of .............. ...... 4th house authority ................................ .......10th house
aspiring.................................. ...... Leo authority ................................ .......Rahu
assassination ......................... ...... 12th house authority ................................ .......Sun
assassinations........................ ...... Ketu authority positions................... .......Sun
assimilates experience ............. ...... Ketu authority, spiritual ................... .......Ketu
assimilation of one into another . ...... Pisces authorship.............................. .......5th house
associates and friends of father ...... 7th house authorship.............................. .......Venus
association with good people .... ...... 9th house autocracy, averse to ............... .......Mars
assume any shape ................. ...... Cancer autocrat giving cruel orders ...... .......Aries
asthama ................................ <..... Mercury autocrat with clean heart .......... .......Aries
asthma .................................. ...... 3rd house automobiles lost by crash ........ < .....Venus
asthma .................................. <..... Moon average height........................ .......Venus
asthma .................................. ...... Saturn averse to dictatorship .............. .......Mars
astrologers ............................. ...... Rahu averse to material bondage ...... .......Jupiter
astrology................................ ...... Jupiter averse to physical action ......... .......Mercury
astrology................................ ...... Ketu aviators ................................. .......Rahu
athletics................................. ...... 10th house avidya .................................. .......Venus
atmakaraka............................. ...... Sun avoids others ......................... .......Scorpio
atmosphere ............................ ...... Saturn axis of life .............................. .......Rahu
attachment brings frustration here .... Pisces azure color ............................. .......Mercury
attachments ........................... ...... Venus backbiting .............................. .......Ketu
attachments destroyed ............ ...... Aquarius backbiting .............................. .......Rahu
attachments, one's.................. ...... 7th house bad actions ............................ .......6th house
attack, directly at front ............. ...... Leo bad for siblings in 3rd .............. .......Rahu
attacking, likes it ..................... ...... Capricorn bad friends............................. < .....Saturn
attain responsible positions....... ...... Jupiter bad habits.............................. .......6th house
attainment of siddhis, very good Virgo bad if bad sun or other............. .......Moon
attainment, eager for the highest ...... Aries bad people, advisor to ............. .......Venus
attainments ............................ ...... 9th house bad thoughts .......................... .......3rd house
attains his mission .................. ...... Mars balance ................................. .......Libra
attitude of religiousness, in 9th. . ...... Jupiter balance between matter / spirit. . .......Libra
attraction .............................. ...... Venus baldness................................ .......Sun
attraction and repulsion ........... ...... Taurus ballrooms............................... .......Gemini
attraction between the sexes ..... ...... Venus bamboos ............................... .......Saturn
attraction to the opposite sex .... ...... Venus bank drafts............................. .......6th house
attraction to the world finished ... ...... Saturn bank position .......................... .......2nd house
attractions.............................. ...... 5th house bank position of mother............ .......5th house
attractive personality ............... ...... Venus banker ................................... .......6th house
attractive, when with mars......... ...... Venus bankers ................................. .......Jupiter
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


bankers ......................................... Mercury being of the person.................. ...... 1st house
bankers ......................................... Sun beliefs ................................... ...... 9th house
bankers charity...............................Jupiter believes in god everywhere ....... ...... Jupiter
bankruptcy.....................................Ketu believes in personal gods ......... ...... Jupiter
banks............................................ Jupiter belly ...................................... ...... 5th house
banks............................................ Virgo belly, big ................................ ...... Jupiter
banquet......................................... 5th house benedictions ........................... ...... 9th house
barley ........................................... 1st house benedictions ........................... ...... Pisces
barracks, army ...............................Sagittarius benefic .................................. ...... 12th house
barren ........................................... 11th house benefic .................................. ...... 2nd house
barren ........................................... 1st house benefic .................................. ...... Jupiter
barren ........................................... 3rd house benefic ................................. ...... 6th house
barren ........................................... 5th house benefic planet ......................... ...... Moon
barren ........................................... 6th house benefic when aspected such ..... ...... Mercury
barrier .......................................... Saturn beneficial easily, when with jupiter ..... Moon
barriers must be broken ................... Aquarius beneficial, in 4th house ............ ...... Moon
bars.............................................. Aquarius benevolence .......................... ...... Jupiter
base metals................................... Mercury benevolent ............................. ...... Jupiter
bases, military ...............................Mars benevolent import.................... ...... Jupiter
bath-rooms ....................................Moon bengal gram ........................... ...... Jupiter
battery lines................................... Sagittarius best ...................................... ...... Taurus
battlefields.....................................Sagittarius best houses for mars, 1/6/10.... ...... Mars
battles .......................................... Mars bestow riches and wealth .......... ...... Ketu
bazaar's ........................................ Libra betel leaves............................ ...... Mercury
beaches ........................................ Cancer betel leaves............................ ...... Mercury
beans ........................................... Sun betel-nut trees ........................ ...... Jupiter
beans, dal .....................................Mars betting ................................... ...... 5th house
beans, red ones .............................Mars betting places ......................... ...... Gemini
beast into human being ................... Sagittarius betting places ......................... ...... Libra
beast of burden, has zeal of ............. Ketu beyond help............................ ...... Rahu
beasts .......................................... Mars beyond space ......................... ...... Saturn
beasts not ridden............................6th house beyond time .......................... ...... Saturn
beasts, ferocious............................ Leo bhagya .................................. ...... 9th house
beautiful clothes .............................7th house bhajan kutirs ........................... ...... Pisces
beautiful clothes, getting..................7th house bharani .................................. ...... Venus
beautiful form................................. Venus bhrigu, son of ......................... ...... Venus
beautiful houses with wood work. .Jupiter bhumiputra ............................. ...... Mars
beauty .......................................... Jupiter big belly ................................. ...... Jupiter
beauty .......................................... Mercury big body................................. ...... Ketu
beauty .......................................... Moon big, it's aspect causes growth ... ...... Jupiter
beauty .......................................... Venus bija (causal)............................ ...... Cancer
beauty harmed ........................< ..... Venus bile........................................ ...... Mars
beauty in the home .........................Venus bile........................................ ...... Sun
beauty, artistic ...............................Venus bile diseases .......................... ...... Sun
bed, pleasures of............................12th house bile problems .......................... ...... Sun
bed-peaceful sleep..........................Pisces biles ...................................... ...... Mercury
bedrooms ...................................... Venus bilious temperaments............... ...... Sun
bees ............................................. Venus biliousness ............................. ...... Ketu
beginning of an event ...................... 1st house biological mother ..................... ...... 4th house
beginning of turmoil's ...................... Rahu bipeds ................................... ...... Mercury
beginnings .....................................1st house birds...................................... ...... Mercury
begins to provoke radical change ...... Rahu birds of prey ........................... ...... Leo
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birds of prey take advantage of . ...... Cancer bones.................................... .......10th house
birth environment .................... ...... 4th house bones.................................... .......8th house
birth of child ........................... ...... Moon bones.................................... .......Mars
birth of children to eld. bro/sis ... ...... 3rd house bones.................................... .......Saturn
birth of intellectualism .............. ...... Gemini bones.................................... .......Sun
birth potential.......................... ...... 1st house bones strong .......................... .......Mars
bitter fruits ............................. ...... Mercury book publishing ....................... .......9th house
bitter fruits ............................. ...... Saturn bookkeeping, bad .................... < .....Mercury
bitter taste ............................. ...... Mars books .................................... .......3rd house
black ..................................... ...... Saturn books .................................... .......9th house
black color.............................. ...... Rahu books, publishing of................. .......Jupiter
black colored stones ................ ...... Saturn booksellers............................. .......Mercury
black in color .......................... ...... Saturn bookstalls .............................. .......3rd house
black in color ......................... ...... Rahu boon for spiritualists ................ .......Saturn
black paddy ............................ ...... Mercury born of water .......................... .......Moon
bladder .................................. ...... Mars borrowing ............................... .......6th house
bladder ................................. ...... Moon bosom like a mother ................ .......Moon
blame .................................... ...... Saturn bosoms (ladies breasts)........... .......Moon
bleeding ................................. ...... Mars botanists ............................... .......Venus
bleeding through instruments ... <..... Mars both face south ...................... .......Ketu
blessings from serpents ........... ...... Jupiter bow ....................................... .......Sagittarius
blessings of brahmins .............. ...... Jupiter bowels ................................... .......Mercury
blindness ............................... ...... 2nd house boyhood ................................ .......2nd house
blindness ............................... <..... Sun brahmanspati ........................ .......Jupiter
blood ..................................... ...... Jupiter brahmin ................................. .......Jupiter
blood ..................................... ...... Mars brahmin by caste .................... .......Venus
blood ..................................... ...... Moon brahmin caste ........................ .......Venus
blood circulating in the veins ..... ...... Mars brain ..................................... .......1st house
blood circulation ...................... ...... 11th house brain ..................................... .......Mercury
blood circulation disturbances ... ...... Sun brain ..................................... .......Moon
blood disease ......................... <..... Mars brain ..................................... .......Sun
blood spilt through accidents..... ...... Mars brain diseases ........................ .......Saturn
blood-ties ............................... ...... 2nd house brain fever ............................. < .....Mars
blue....................................... ...... Venus brass .................................... .......Moon
blue lilies................................ ...... Mercury brass .................................... .......Sun
blue sapphire ......................... ...... Saturn break in the journey ................. .......7th house
bluedove color ........................ ...... Mercury break through our limitations ..... .......Ketu
boastful ................................. <..... Mercury breakage................................ < .....Mars
boat ...................................... ...... Virgo breast ................................... .......4th house
body...................................... ...... 1st house breast, ladies ......................... .......Moon
body burning........................... ...... Sun breasts.................................. .......Moon
body deformed, liable to ........... ...... 8th house breasts, big, (aff by jup).......... < .....Moon
body is warm .......................... ...... Mars breasts small (aff. by sat.) ....... < .....Moon
body, caring about................... ...... Venus breathing exercises ................. .......3rd house
bold....................................... ...... Moon breeding capacity.................... .......Taurus
boldness ................................ ...... Sun brethren of servants ................ .......8th house
bondage................................. ...... Saturn brethren, their brothers ............ .......5th house
bondage ended ....................... ...... Ketu brick layers ............................ .......Saturn
bondage, legal ........................ ...... 7th house brick laying............................. .......Saturn
bonds .................................... ...... 2nd house bricks .................................... .......Mars
bone...................................... ...... Sun bridge.................................... .......Mercury
bone marrow ........................... ...... Mars bright's disease ..................... < .....Saturn
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


brihaspati ...................................... Jupiter business ................................ ...... 2nd house
brilliance of expression .................... Mercury business ................................ ...... 7th house
brilliant .......................................... Gemini business for themselves .......... ...... Mars
brinjal............................................ Sun business partnerships .............. ...... 7th house
bro/sis, younger, their buildings ........ 6th house business speculations.............. ...... 7th house
broad mind ....................................Jupiter business, gains in ................... ...... Jupiter
broad outlook ................................. Jupiter business, shipping................... ...... Jupiter
brokers.......................................... Jupiter business. ............................... ...... 10th house
brokers.......................................... Mars butchers ................................ ...... Mars
brokers.......................................... Mercury buttock .................................. ...... Rahu
bronchitis ...............................< ..... Mercury buying and selling.................... ...... 7th house
bronchitis ...............................< ..... Moon bythos ................................... ...... 2nd house
bronchitis ...............................< ..... Saturn byways .................................. ...... Libra
bronze........................................... Moon cadent ................................... ...... 3rd house
bronze golden................................. Mars cadent house.......................... ...... 12th house
brothels......................................... Gemini cadent house.......................... ...... 6th house
brothels......................................... Virgo calamity................................. ...... 6th house
brother in law.................................. 11th house calculating in sex..................... ...... Leo
brother, elder ................................. 11th house calculation.............................. ...... Jupiter
brother, elder, losses to................... 10th house calculations, incorrect .............. <..... Mercury
brother, older, his marriage .............. 5th house callous................................... <..... Saturn
brother, younger successes ............. 3rd house calmness ............................... ...... Moon
brother, younger, health of ............... 3rd house calms down others................... ...... Venus
brother, younger, loss to..................2nd house camping grounds..................... ...... Sagittarius
brotherhood, universal .....................Moon can cause psychotic imbalance. ...... Ketu
brothers ........................................ 2nd house can't stand restrictions............. ...... Leo
brothers ........................................ Mars can't wait................................ ...... Mars
brothers in religion ..........................11th house canals ................................... ...... Cancer
brothers of brethren ........................5th house cancer ................................... <..... Saturn
brothers of friends ..........................1st house cancer .................................. <..... Moon
brothers, elder, high education.......... 7th house cancer 28º debilitation of .......... ...... Mars
brothers, elder, religion .................... 7th house cancer moolatrikona for ............ ...... Moon
brothers, younger ........................... 3rd house cancer owned by ..................... ...... Moon
brown ............................................ Sun cannon .................................. ...... Mars
brute force to settle .................< ..... Mars cannot adapt .......................... ...... Leo
bruteness ...............................< ..... Mars cannot remain stationary .......... ...... Libra
bud about to flower..........................Aries capacity for growth .................. ...... Moon
buddhism ...................................... Moon capacity to breed .................... ...... Taurus
buffalo .......................................... 4th house capacity to enjoy..................... ...... 1st house
bugs ............................................. Mars capacity to enjoy life................ ...... Venus
bugs in software ......................< ..... Mercury capacity to expand .................. ...... Cancer
builders ........................................ Mars capacity, hates restriction on .... ...... Leo
buildings........................................ 4th house caprice .................................. ...... Mars
buildings by younger. bro/sisters....... 6th house capricorn 28º exaltation of......... ...... Mars
builds serving strength .................... 6th house capricorn is a crocodile ............ ...... Capricorn
bull, the......................................... Taurus capricorn, owned by ................. ...... Saturn
bully ......................................< ..... Mars captivity................................. ...... Saturn
burning body .................................. Sun capturing the seat of power ....... ...... Sun
burning gases ................................Mars car rides ................................ ...... 3rd house
burning ghat .................................. Saturn carbuncle ............................... <..... Moon
burns .....................................< ..... Mars carbuncles ............................. ...... Jupiter
burnt clothes.................................. Mars carbuncles ............................. <..... Mars
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carbuncles ............................. ...... Venus chain .................................... .......Moon
cardinal.................................. ...... Aries chakra, crown ......................... .......Sun
cards..................................... ...... 5th house chakras ................................. .......8th house
care for ones body .................. ...... Venus challenge ............................... .......Sagittarius
career in real estate................. ...... Saturn challenges, daily, ability to cope .......3rd house
career of teaching ................... ...... Jupiter chances and life in foreign place .......6th house
career, source of..................... ...... 4th house changability............................ .......Cancer
careers, laborious.................... ...... Saturn change .................................. .......3rd house
careers, too low for one ............ ...... Ketu change .................................. .......Capricorn
careful ................................... ...... Mercury change of residence ................ .......3rd house
careful of details ..................... ...... Mercury change of residence ................ .......7th house
careless................................. <..... Jupiter change, radical ....................... .......Sagittarius
carmine ................................. ...... Mars change, ready for.................... .......Libra
carols .................................... ...... 3rd house changeability .......................... < .....Moon
carpenters.............................. ...... Gemini changeable ............................ .......Cancer
carries messages of gods to men .... Mercury changeable according to position.......Moon
carrying tales.......................... ...... 3rd house channel for creative energy ...... .......Ketu
cars lost by crash ................... <..... Venus channels the solar radiance ...... .......Mercury
cars, high class ones............... ...... 11th house chaos ................................... .......Scorpio
casinos.................................. ...... Virgo character, good ...................... .......Venus
caste, brahmin........................ ...... Jupiter character, of infamy ................ .......Rahu
castles .................................. ...... 4th house chariots ................................. .......Sagittarius
casual acquaintances ............. ...... 3rd house charitable............................... .......9th house
cataclysm .............................. ...... Ketu charitable............................... .......Jupiter
catalytic agent ........................ ...... Ketu charitable endeavors ............... .......Jupiter
catarrh................................... ...... Jupiter charities ................................ .......12th house
catarrh................................... <..... Moon charity................................... .......12th house
catastrophes .......................... ...... Mars charity................................... .......9th house
cats, troubles through .............. ...... Ketu charity................................... .......Jupiter
cattle..................................... ...... 12th house charming ............................... .......Venus
cattle..................................... ...... 6th house charming eyes........................ .......Moon
cattle sheds ........................... ...... Aries charming eyes........................ .......Moon
causal (bija )........................... ...... Cancer charming eyes........................ .......Venus
causing considerable suffering . . ...... Aquarius charming speech .................... .......Venus
caution .................................. ...... Mars charms.................................. .......Ketu
caution .................................. ...... Moon chaste .................................. .......Saturn
cautious................................. ...... Saturn cheat .................................... < .....Mars
cavalry .................................. ...... Sagittarius cheating ................................ .......Ketu
caves .................................... ...... Aquarius cheating ................................ .......Rahu
caves .................................... ...... Aries cheeks .................................. .......2nd house
caves .................................... ...... Capricorn cheeks ................................. .......Venus
caves .................................... ...... Leo cheerful temperament.............. .......Mercury
caves .................................... ...... Scorpio chemical laboratories............... .......Leo
cavity .................................... ...... Scorpio chemical laboratories............... .......Mars
celestial phenomena ................ ...... 10th house chemistry .............................. .......Mars
centaur .................................. ...... Sagittarius chemists ............................... .......Mars
centered on the self................. ...... Leo chemists ............................... .......Sun
centipedes ............................ ...... Mercury chest .................................... .......3rd house
cereals .................................. ...... Saturn chest .................................... .......4th house
cerebral congestion ................. <..... Jupiter chest .................................... .......Sun
cessation of activities .............. ...... 12th house chest and head....................... .......Sun
cessation of all efforts ............. ...... Pisces chest diseases ....................... .......4th house
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chest of kalapurusha ....................... Cancer clear speaker .......................... ...... Jupiter
chicken pox.............................< ..... Mars clerks .................................... ...... 3rd house
child, afraid of it's death ..................Moon clever .................................... ...... Mercury
child, interested in ..........................Moon clever in worldly matters in 3rd . . ...... Saturn
child, second one ........................... 7th house cleverly deceitful ..................... <..... Mercury
childbirth ....................................... Moon cleverness ............................. <..... Mercury
childhood....................................... 2nd house close of all mundane activities . . ...... 12th house
childhood courage........................... Mercury close to the birthplace, desires. . ...... Taurus
children ......................................... 2nd house cloth...................................... ...... Moon
children ......................................... 5th house clothes .................................. ...... 4th house
children ......................................... Jupiter clothes .................................. ...... Moon
children ......................................... Venus clothes .................................. ...... Venus
children of enemies.........................11th house clothes, beautiful, getting ......... ...... 7th house
children of religious folks..................1st house clothes, ordinary ..................... ...... Jupiter
children of secret enemies ............... 4th house clothing.................................. ...... 6th house
children of servants ........................10th house cloudy head............................ <..... Mercury
children of the brothers.................... 7th house clubs ..................................... ...... Venus
children's health .............................5th house clubs and social gatherings....... ...... 11th house
children's spouses ..........................11th house clumsy .................................. <..... Mercury
children, birth of to old. bro./sis. 3rd house coal ...................................... ...... Saturn
children, blocks if in fifth ..................Jupiter coarse hair ............................. ...... Saturn
children, first, their wealth ................ 6th house coarse thick clothes................. ...... Sun
children, their mother ...................... 8th house coconut trees ......................... ...... Jupiter
children, third one ........................... 9th house cohabitation............................ ...... 7th house
chin .............................................. 2nd house cohabitation troubles................ ...... Venus
chin .............................................. Venus cold....................................... <..... Moon
chitra , governs ..............................Mars cold wave .............................. ...... Saturn
chivalrous, when well posited ............ Mars colic ...................................... <..... Moon
chivalry ......................................... Mars collar bone ............................. ...... 3rd house
choosy in social relationships ........... Leo collateral's.............................. ...... 3rd house
christians .....................................Rahu colleagues.............................. ...... 3rd house
chronic skin troubles ....................... Jupiter college................................... ...... 9th house
chronicity of disease ....................... Jupiter colon ..................................... ...... Mars
chubbyness ................................... Jupiter colon problems ....................... ...... Saturn
church yards.................................. Capricorn color...................................... ...... 1st house
churches ....................................... 3rd house color dark blue or black............. ...... Saturn
churches ....................................... 9th house color green ............................. ...... Mercury
churches ....................................... Sun color yellow............................. ...... Jupiter
churches / places of worship ............ Jupiter color, red ............................... ...... Mars
churches, presence at.....................Jupiter color, variegated ..................... ...... Venus
churning ........................................ Rahu colored dress.......................... ...... Mercury
churning of the ocean...................... Rahu colorless ................................ ...... Cancer
churning power ..............................Scorpio colors green and purple ............ ...... Jupiter
cinema.......................................... 5th house coma, death after/during .......... ...... 8th house
cinemas ........................................ Gemini combativeness ....................... ...... Mars
circulation of blood .........................Mars comfort.................................. ...... Pisces
circulation, weak ............................. Sun comfort, not ........................... ...... Sagittarius
cities ............................................ 4th house comfort-loving......................... ...... Taurus
cities of large manufacturing ............ Virgo comforts ................................ ...... Taurus
clairvoyance-if well placed ................ Ketu comforts ................................ ...... Venus
clarity obscured..............................Saturn comforts sacrificed.................. ...... Aquarius
class, low ...................................... Capricorn command............................... ...... 10th house
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commander-in-chief ................. ...... Mars confrontation .......................... .......Sagittarius
commanding power .................. ...... Sun confusion............................... < .....Mercury
commendable, not................... ...... Scorpio conjugal happiness.................. .......Venus
commerce.............................. ...... 10th house conjugal life............................ .......7th house
commerce.............................. ...... Mercury conjunction ............................ .......Gemini
commercial places .................. ...... Libra connected with creativity .......... .......Jupiter
commercial traveling................ ...... Jupiter conquer the world, in 10th......... .......Rahu
commodities........................... ...... Moon conquers rather than melts....... .......Mars
common ................................ ...... 12th house conscience, arouses ............... .......Virgo
common ................................ ...... 3rd house consciousness ....................... .......Moon
common ................................ ...... 6th house consciousness ....................... .......Sun
common ................................ ...... 9th house consciousness in bondage ....... .......Virgo
common ................................ ...... Pisces consciousness is happy here.... .......Taurus
common sign.......................... ...... Gemini consciousness, 4 states of ...... .......Cancer
common sign.......................... ...... Sagittarius consciousness, higher ............. .......Ketu
common sign.......................... ...... Virgo consciousness, wakeful ........... .......Cancer
communications...................... ...... 3rd house conservatives......................... .......Saturn
communications w/ spirits......... ...... 9th house considerate ............................ .......Saturn
companies in foreign lands ....... ...... Jupiter constipation .......................... .......Saturn
comparison ............................ ...... Jupiter constitution ............................ .......1st house
compassion............................ ...... Jupiter constructive, when well placed... .......Mars
compassion for all ................... ...... Moon consumption .......................... .......3rd house
competition ............................ ...... 6th house consumption .......................... < .....Saturn
competitive ............................ ...... Mars contact with evolved souls ....... .......Ketu
competitive activities .............. ...... 5th house contact with foreigners ............. .......Jupiter
competitors ............................ ...... 7th house contact with gurus ................... .......9th house
complexion ............................. ...... 1st house contacts with strangers ............ .......5th house
complexion reddish .................. ...... Mars contemplating......................... .......Pisces
compositions, literary............... ...... 5th house contemplation......................... .......Ketu
comprehends the words of others ..... Mercury contemplative......................... .......Saturn
comprehension ...................... ...... Mercury content.................................. .......Taurus
concealed powers revealed ....... ...... Mars contentions ............................ .......7th house
concealed wealth ..................... ...... 8th house contentions ............................ < .....Mercury
conceit .................................. <..... Mercury contentions of power................ .......Mars
conceited showy person ........... <..... Mercury contentment........................... .......Jupiter
concentration.......................... ...... Moon contentment, not .................... .......Gemini
conception ............................. ...... Moon contingencies ......................... .......11th house
concerned with welfare of society ...... Moon contracts ............................... .......7th house
conch .................................... ...... Moon contracts with foreigners .......... .......5th house
conclusion.............................. ...... 4th house contracts with friends............... .......11th house
concrete results, not................ ...... Gemini contracts, signing of................ .......3rd house
conditioned by any other factors Moon contradiction where it influences Aries
conditions of life- old age.......... ...... 4th house contradiction, none.................. .......Pisces
conditions of the servants ........ ...... 6th house contradictory characteristics..... .......Mercury
confidence ............................. ...... Venus contrariences ........................ .......7th house
confident in self ...................... ...... Mars control of lustful people............ .......7th house
confinement ........................... ...... 12th house control over ........................... .......Mars
conflict .................................. ...... Gemini control over others, mars in 6 ... .......Mars
conflict .................................. ...... Scorpio controlled, very....................... .......Capricorn
conflict arise........................... ...... Aries convenience........................... .......Aquarius
conflict w/ authorities (by sun) . . <..... Moon convert anger to pleasure......... .......Venus
conflict, none.......................... ...... Pisces convertible ............................. .......Mercury
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convertible according to position Moon craziness ............................... ...... Saturn
conveyance ................................... Venus creates duality ........................ ...... Gemini
conveyance of partners ................... 10th house creates turmoil........................ ...... Sagittarius
conveyance of spouse .................... 10th house creative activities .................... ...... 11th house
conveyances ................................. Moon creative potential..................... ...... 2nd house
conveyances ................................. Venus creative process ..................... ...... Gemini
cookrooms.....................................Mars creative urge .......................... ...... 1st house
cooled by the moon ........................Mars creative urge .......................... ...... Taurus
cools mars, jupiter does ..................Mars creative urge .......................... ...... Taurus
cope, ability to ...............................3rd house creativity................................ ...... 5th house
copper .......................................... Mars creativity................................ ...... Leo
copper .......................................... Sun creativity................................ ...... Venus
copper .......................................... Sun creativity improved, in 9th ........ ...... Jupiter
coral ............................................ Mars creativity, connected with ......... ...... Jupiter
coronation chambers....................... Sun creativity, inner ....................... ...... 5th house
corpulence.....................................Jupiter creativity, when well placed ....... ...... Mars
correspondence..............................3rd house creatures having many legs ...... ...... Mercury
corruption ...................................... 8th house credit..................................... ...... 10th house
corruption ...................................... Rahu credit..................................... ...... 2nd house
cosmic law.....................................Rahu credit for good works ................ ...... 10th house
cosmic mother ........................< ..... Moon creeks ................................... ...... Cancer
cosmic passion ..............................Venus crevices................................. ...... 4th house
costly jewelry ................................. 11th house crevices................................. ...... Rahu
costly ornaments............................11th house crevices, natural ..................... ...... Scorpio
couch ........................................... Venus critic...................................... ...... Mercury
cough ........................................... 3rd house crocodiles homelands .............. ...... Capricorn
councilors...................................... Jupiter crops..................................... ...... 4th house
counselor of the planets ..................Venus cross..................................... ...... Sagittarius
countries ....................................... Gemini crossing of rivers .................... ...... 8th house
countries, other, reputation .............. 7th house crosswords ............................ ...... 5th house
coupe's (power struggles)................. Mars crown chakra........................... ...... Sun
courage......................................... 1st house cruel...................................... ...... Mars
courage......................................... 3rd house cruel ..................................... ...... Saturn
courage......................................... Mars cruel and................................ ...... Sun
courage......................................... Rahu cruel by nature........................ ...... Ketu
courage......................................... Rahu cruelty ................................... ...... Mars
courage......................................... Sun cucumber .............................. ...... Moon
courage......................................... Venus cultivated fields....................... ...... Taurus
courage in youth.............................Mercury cultivation .............................. ...... 12th house
courage to enduring injustices in 3rd. . Rahu cultivation .............................. ...... Moon
courage, when well posited ............... Mars cultural roots .......................... ...... 2nd house
courageous, when well posited .......... Mars cultured ................................. ...... Venus
courtship ....................................... 5th house cunning.................................. <..... Moon
courtship, acceptable types ............. 5th house cunning (bad).......................... <..... Mercury
cousins ......................................... 3rd house cunning (good) ........................ ...... Mercury
covered with veins ..........................Saturn cunningness ........................... <..... Mercury
covetousness brought to an end Saturn cunningness ........................... ...... Saturn
cow............................................... 4th house curiosity to master occult sciences... Mercury
cows ............................................. Venus curious .................................. ...... 4th house
cracks........................................... Rahu cut off from material attachments..... Ketu
crafts and arts ...............................5th house cuts ...................................... ...... Mars
crawling insects ..............................Rahu cuts through weapons .............. ...... Mars
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cycle of evolution in blood of..... ...... Taurus death .................................... .......3rd house
cynical................................... <..... Mercury death .................................... .......8th house
dacoity .................................. ...... Ketu death .................................... .......Saturn
daily challenges, ability to cope . ...... 3rd house death by drowning ................... .......8th house
dal beans ............................... ...... Mars death by drowning (watery sign) . 8th house
damage ................................. ...... 2nd house death by electric shock ........... .......8th house
dams (reservoirs) .................... ...... Cancer death by gas (watery sign)........ .......8th house
dance .................................... ...... 5th house death by hanging .................... .......Rahu
dance .................................... ...... Venus death by lightning.................... .......8th house
dance halls............................. ...... Gemini death by overdose of drugs...... .......8th house
dancing.................................. ...... Venus death by poison (watery sign).... .......8th house
danger from aquatic animals ..... <..... Moon death caused by explosion ....... .......8th house
danger from dogs .................... ...... Mars death due to incurable diseases ....... 8th
danger from horned animals...... <..... Moon house
danger from poison.................. ...... Rahu death of enemies .................... .......7th house
danger from thieves ................ ...... Saturn death of friends ..................... .......6th house
danger from wild animals .......... ...... Mars death of husband.................... < .....Venus
danger of death by fever .......... <..... Jupiter death of kings......................... .......5th house
danger to father ...................... ...... 4th house death of mother ...................... .......11th house
danger to life .......................... ...... 7th house death of parents ..................... .......3rd house
danger to longevity .................. ...... 7th house death of private enemies.......... .......7th house
danger to younger brother......... ...... 10th house death of religious persons ........ .......4th house
danger to younger sister........... ...... 10th house death of servants.................... .......1st house
dangerous ............................. ...... Scorpio death of younger sibling ........... .......10th house
dangerous tendencies .............. <..... Sun death period ........................... .......2nd house
dangers ................................. ...... Saturn death, house of ...................... .......7th house
daring acts ............................ ...... Mars death, mode of ....................... .......8th house
dark....................................... ...... Saturn death-like maladies.................. .......Moon
dark blue ................................ ...... Saturn debating, good at .................... .......Mercury
dark brown ............................. ...... Saturn debauchees, their meetings...... .......Aquarius
dark in form ............................ ...... Saturn debauchees, where they loiter ... .......Gemini
dark retreats ........................... ...... Scorpio debauchery ............................ .......5th house
dark-red ................................. ...... Sun debauchery ............................ < .....Venus
dasa period 20 years ............... ...... Venus debilitated in cancer 28°........... .......Mars
dasa period is 10 years ........... ...... Moon debilitated in libra, 10° ............. .......Sun
dasa period is 16 years ............ ...... Jupiter debilitated in pisces 15° ........... .......Mercury
dasa period is 17 years ............ ...... Mercury debilitated in scorpio................ .......Moon
dasa period is 19 years ............ ...... Saturn debilitated jupiter..................... .......Capricorn
dasa period is 7 years.............. ...... Mars debilitated, sun is here............. .......Libra
dasha period for sun is 6 years . ...... Sun debilitated, venus.................... .......Virgo
dashing.................................. ...... Mars debits.................................... .......6th house
daughter in law ........................ ...... 11th house debt, discharge of ................... .......12th house
dawning of spirituality ............... ...... Libra debts .................................... .......6th house
day-to-day short-distance travel ...... Mercury debts of children ..................... .......10th house
dead men's goods ................... ...... 4th house debts of past lives .................. .......Rahu
dead person, what befalls ......... ...... 4th house debts of the spouse ................ .......12th house
deafness................................ <..... Mercury debts overcome, in 6th ............ .......Rahu
deal with it ability ..................... ...... 3rd house debts, repaying....................... .......12th house
dealings, financial.................... ...... Jupiter deceitful ................................ < .....Moon
deals, public ........................... ...... 7th house deceitful ................................ < .....Saturn
death..................................... ...... 12th house deceived................................ .......Saturn
death..................................... ...... 2nd house deceivers............................... .......12th house
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deception ...................................... 12th house depth..................................... ...... 2nd house
deception ...................................... Ketu depth..................................... ...... Scorpio
deception ...................................... Rahu derangement's ........................ <..... Moon
deception ..............................< ..... Mercury deserts .................................. ...... Mars
decisive ....................................... Saturn designers, good ones............... ...... Mars
decisive, it's action is so ................. Cancer desire for more of the house ..... ...... Libra
decorated houses ........................... Mercury desire nature .......................... ...... Venus
decoration .....................................Venus desire to dominate................... ...... Aries
decorations....................................7th house desire to know ......................... ...... Ketu
decrepit old man.............................Saturn desire to love and be loved ....... ...... Venus
deeds .......................................... Rahu desire to multiply..................... ...... Aries
deeds of heroism............................Mars desire to unite......................... ...... Venus
deep acting....................................Aquarius desires .................................. ...... 11th house
deep feelings ................................Moon desires .................................. ...... Mars
deep forests .................................. Leo desires fulfilled, in 11th ............ ...... Rahu
deep learning ................................. 5th house desires, fulfillment of ............... ...... 11th house
deep meditation..............................Cancer desires, impulsive ................... <..... Mars
deep set eyes ...............................Saturn desperate, often becomes ........ ...... Aries
deep sleep.....................................Cancer despondency .......................... ...... Saturn
deep thinking.................................. Ketu despondent, often becomes...... ...... Aries
deeper mysteries of nature .............. Ketu despotism .............................. ...... Sun
deeply active ................................Saturn destiny .................................. ...... 9th house
defeat ........................................... 8th house destiny .................................. ...... Rahu
defects ......................................... Saturn destiny ................................. ...... Capricorn
defense endeavors .........................Mars destiny of pleasure/pain ........... ...... 1st house
defense, places of ..........................Sagittarius destroyer (of false ideals) ......... ...... Saturn
deformed body, liable to ..................8th house destroys all impediments.......... ...... Mars
deformity................................< ..... Mars destroys the past .................... ...... Rahu
degree of achievements ..................5th house destroys the person................. <..... Mars
deham .......................................... 1st house destroys traditional moorings .... ...... Aquarius
deities........................................... 11th house destruction ............................. ...... Saturn
dejection ....................................... Saturn destruction ............................ ...... Scorpio
dejection at first .............................Saturn destruction of traditional values . ...... Capricorn
delays ...................................< ..... Moon destructive possibilities ............ ...... Scorpio
delightful ....................................... Venus detached objectivity ................ ...... Saturn
delves deep into realities of life. ........ Ketu detachment ............................ ...... Moon
demeanor regal .............................. Sun detachment from life................ ...... Saturn
demons, guru of .............................Venus detachment from property ........ ...... Ketu
demons, possession by................... Ketu detachment, does not create it. . ...... Jupiter
demoralization ................................Saturn determination.......................... ...... 1st house
denial............................................ Saturn determination.......................... ...... Jupiter
denies marriage .............................Mars determination.......................... ...... Mars
dens ............................................. Scorpio determination.......................... ...... Sun
dens ............................................ Venus determination ......................... ...... Scorpio
dentists......................................... Mars determined ............................. ...... Mars
dependents....................................6th house determined ............................. ...... Sun
depots of munitions ........................Sagittarius deterrent ............................... ...... Saturn
depraved feelings, hates them.......... Mars detriment to libra ..................... ...... Mars
depression.....................................7th house detriment to taurus .................. ...... Mars
depression.....................................Gemini development of psychology ...... ...... Mercury
depressive (opposite of mars) .......... Saturn development, essential for........ ...... Moon
depressive feeling, when with moon ... Saturn devils .................................... ...... Ketu
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devils .................................... ...... Rahu dignity ................................... .......1st house
devitalizes, with the sun............ ...... Moon dignity ................................... .......Sun
devoid of real learning .............. <..... Mercury dignity and honor of friends ...... .......8th house
devoted, very ......................... ...... Cancer dignity of mother..................... .......1st house
devotion................................. ...... Jupiter dimensions, changeable........... .......Cancer
devotion to god ....................... ...... 9th house diplomacy .............................. .......Jupiter
devotion to god ...................... ...... 11th house diplomacy .............................. .......Mercury
devotion to guru/gods .............. ...... Jupiter diplomatic .............................. .......Mars
devotion, averse to.................. ...... Mercury directed ................................. .......Sagittarius
devotion, free from .................. ...... Mercury direction north ........................ .......Moon
devotion, not permitted to grow. . ...... Saturn direction north east ................. .......Mars
devotion, when well posited ....... ...... Mars direction south........................ .......2nd house
devourer of the moon .............. ...... Rahu direction south west................. .......Mercury
devours the victim................... ...... Scorpio direction west ......................... .......Saturn
dexterity................................. ...... Mercury direction, has it's own .............. .......Aquarius
dhanishta , governs ................. ...... Mars direction, northern ................... .......Mercury
dhanus .................................. ...... Sagittarius direction, south east................ .......Venus
dharma .................................. ...... 9th house direction, south west................ .......Saturn
dharma of the cosmic deity ...... ...... Sagittarius direction, southern .................. .......Mars
diabetes................................. ...... Jupiter direction: south-west................ .......Rahu
diabetes................................. ...... Venus directness in achieving ............ .......Scorpio
diabetics ................................ ...... 6th house disagreements........................ < .....Jupiter
diabolical deeds ...................... ...... 6th house disappointments ..................... .......8th house
diagnosis, diseases defy .......... ...... 8th house disappointments .................... < .....Venus
diamond stone ........................ ...... Venus discharge from hospital............ .......11th house
diaphragm .............................. ...... 4th house discharge of debt .................... .......12th house
diarrhea ................................. <..... Moon discharge of semen................. .......Venus
diarrhea ................................. ...... Sun discipleship ........................... .......9th house
dictator, may become .............. ...... Aries discipline ............................... .......Saturn
dictatorial. .............................. ...... Sun discoverers ............................ .......Saturn
dictators, averse to ................. ...... Mars discretion............................... .......Mercury
dieing after coma .................... ...... 8th house discrimination ......................... .......Mercury
dieing after state of shock ........ ...... 8th house discussion, power of ................ .......Jupiter
different from the worldly .......... ...... Ketu disease of anus ...................... .......8th house
difficult situations, protection from .... Jupiter disease of the heart ................ .......Sun
difficult to comprehend............. ...... Scorpio disease to father..................... .......2nd house
difficulties .............................. ...... 6th house disease, duration of................. .......6th house
difficulties .............................. ...... Capricorn diseases................................ .......6th house
difficulties .............................. <..... Moon diseases................................ .......Mars
difficulties .............................. ...... Saturn diseases................................ .......Rahu
difficulties (when aff. by saturn) . ...... Moon diseases caused by past sins... .......Ketu
difficulties and obstacles .......... <..... Sun diseases caused by weapons.... .......Mars
difficulties arise....................... ...... Aquarius diseases caused by women ...... < .....Moon
difficulties in day to day ........... ...... 3rd house diseases from brahmins curses < .....Mercury
difficulties of journey................ ...... 8th house diseases from vaisnava curses. < .....Mercury
difficulty through finances......... <..... Venus diseases may defy diagnosis.... .......8th house
difficulty with friends ............... <..... Venus diseases of bile ...................... .......Sun
difficulty with inaction ............... ...... Cancer diseases of intestines ............. < .....Mercury
digestive trouble...................... ...... Venus diseases of ovaries ................. .......Venus
digestive troubles .................... <..... Moon diseases of the chest .............. .......4th house
dignified ................................ ...... Jupiter diseases of the head ............... .......Sun
dignity ................................... ...... 10th house diseases of the joints .............. .......Saturn
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diseases of the reproductive system . Venus dominating nature.................... <..... Sun
diseases of the skin ........................Ketu domineering disposition ............ ...... Mercury
diseases of the stomach .........< ..... Mercury donations ............................... ...... 12th house
diseases of uterus ...................< .....Moon downfall.................................. <..... Venus
diseases overcome in 6th ................ Rahu downpour................................ ...... Rahu
diseases, externalizes .....................Mars downward................................ ...... Taurus
diseases, incurable, death by ........... 8th house downward looks........................ ...... Saturn
disenchantment with matter.............. Rahu dowry..................................... ...... 7th house
disenchantment, fueled by ............... Ketu dowry of wife ........................... ...... 8th house
disgrace ........................................ 12th house drama.................................... ...... 5th house
disgrace .................................< ..... Venus dramatist ............................... ...... Mercury
disharmony /sep. from partner.......... 6th house draws us toward our future ........ ...... 10th house
dishonor .................................< ..... Venus dreadful terms ........................ ...... Saturn
disillusionment ...............................Capricorn dream experiences .................. ...... 12th house
disillusionment ...............................Saturn dream state............................ ...... Cancer
disobedience.................................. 12th house dream-like consciousness......... ...... Aries
displacement, better than nothing ..... Cancer dreams .................................. ...... 3rd house
displays sympathetic consideration ... Jupiter dreams .................................. ...... 9th house
disposition tyrannical................< ..... Sun dreams, desire to realize .......... ...... Aries
disposition, generous ...................... Jupiter dress..................................... ...... 6th house
disposition, harmonious ................... Mars dress..................................... ...... Venus
dispositions, natural ........................1st house drinks .................................... ...... Moon
disputes ........................................ 12th house drinks, intoxicating ................... ...... Aquarius
disputes .................................< ..... Jupiter dropsy ................................... <..... Jupiter
disputes ........................................ Saturn dropsy ................................... <..... Moon
disruptive, usually........................... Scorpio drowning................................. ...... 8th house
dissatisfaction................................Capricorn drowning , death by (watery sign) ...... 8th house
dissatisfaction................................Ketu drudgery ................................ ...... 12th house
dissatisfaction, underneath .............. Libra drug addict ............................. <..... Mars
dissimulation.................................. Ketu druggists................................ ...... Mars
dissipation of seminal fluid ............... 7th house druggists................................ ...... Sun
distant travels ................................9th house drugs, overdose ...................... ...... 8th house
disturbances of blood circulation Sun drunkard................................. <..... Mars
disturbed mind ...............................12th house drunkard localities.................... ...... Aquarius
divine beauty ................................. Venus drunkenness ........................... ...... Saturn
divine benediction ........................... Jupiter dual....................................... ...... 6th house
divine creative activity.....................Gemini duality ................................... ...... Mercury
divine plan revealed ........................Rahu duality ceases ....................... ...... Pisces
divine push-material reactions .......... Aquarius duality, creates it .................... ...... Gemini
divine worship................................. 9th house duelist planet ......................... ...... Mercury
divine worships ...............................9th house dull ....................................... ...... Saturn
divorce.......................................... 7th house duplicity ................................. ...... Rahu
divorce...................................< ..... Venus duration ................................. ...... Saturn
doctoring capacity .......................... Sun duration of disease .................. ...... 6th house
doctors ......................................... 8th house durga, worship of ..................... ...... Rahu
documents ....................................2nd house dutiful .................................... ...... Jupiter
doesn't like religion..........................Capricorn dwajah ................................... ...... Ketu
domestic environments ................... 4th house dyspepsia .............................. ...... Jupiter
domestic happiness ........................7th house dyspepsia .............................. <..... Moon
domestic happiness ........................Venus dyuta (gambling) ..................... ...... 7th house
domestic life, unsatisfactory .....< ..... Venus eager to act ........................... ...... Gemini
domestic worries......................< ..... Venus eager to attain the highest ........ ...... Aries
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eager to explore new lands ........ ...... Aries eight rays .............................. .......Venus
eagerness to understand ......... ...... Mercury eight year old girls................... .......Sun
ear ........................................ ...... Mars eight yojanas.......................... .......Saturn
ear diseases........................... <..... Mars eight yojanas high ................... .......Mercury
ear rings ................................ ...... Sun ejaculation ............................. .......Leo
ear trouble.............................. <..... Jupiter elasticity................................ .......Cancer
ear, left.................................. ...... Mars elbow joints ............................ .......4th house
early age................................ ...... 2nd house elder brothers ......................... .......11th house
earnings through partner........... ...... Venus elder brothers high education .... .......7th house
earth, openings in.................... ...... Scorpio elder brothers religion .............. .......7th house
earth-ward movement.............. ...... Taurus elder sisters ........................... .......11th house
earthiness ............................. ...... Taurus elders, devotion to .................. .......9th house
earthly ties ............................. ...... 7th house elders, how much one respects . .......Jupiter
earthquakes............................ ...... Mars elders, respect for................... .......Sun
earthy.................................... ...... 2nd house election, rivals ........................ .......7th house
earthy.................................... ...... 6th house elections, public enemies of ..... .......10th house
earthy.................................... ...... Capricorn electrical vitality...................... .......Sun
earthy.................................... ...... Taurus electrocution .......................... .......8th house
earthy ................................... ...... Virgo elegance................................ .......Mercury
ease...................................... ...... Taurus elliptical shape........................ .......Jupiter
easily pleased......................... ...... Jupiter eloquence .............................. .......Mercury
east ...................................... ...... 1st house elusive .................................. .......Gemini
east ...................................... ...... 5th house elusive impact ........................ .......Rahu
east ...................................... ...... 9th house elusive in nature .................... .......Rahu
east ...................................... ...... Sun emancipation.......................... .......12th house
east/north direction.................. ...... Mars emancipation, final .................. .......Ketu
eastern horizon ....................... ...... 1st house emblem ................................. .......Ketu
eats the moon ........................ ...... Rahu embryo.................................. .......Moon
eccentric................................ <..... Mercury emerald ................................. .......Mercury
eclipses ................................. ...... Rahu eminence............................... .......10th house
economical............................. ...... 2nd house eminent in its class ................. .......Taurus
economically reserved ............. ...... Saturn eminent person....................... .......Ketu
eczema.................................. ...... Venus emotion ................................. .......4th house
editing ................................... ...... 11th house emotion ................................. .......Cancer
editing ................................... ...... Mercury emotion ................................. .......Taurus
education ............................... ...... 2nd house emotional............................... .......Saturn
education ............................... ...... 5th house emotional attachments ............ .......11th house
education ............................... ...... Moon emotional nature ..................... .......4th house
education .............................. ...... Mercury emotional responses .............. .......Moon
education, higher..................... ...... 3rd house emotionally involved ................ .......Ketu
education, higher..................... ...... 9th house emotions ............................... .......Moon
educational institutions............. ...... Jupiter emotions nourished by............. .......Moon
educational interest ................. ...... Jupiter employed by self .................... .......Mars
eels....................................... ...... Ketu employees ............................. .......6th house
effect is permanent ................. ...... Aquarius employer, not employee........... .......Mars
effective ................................ ...... Aquarius empty ................................... .......Rahu
effective ................................ ...... Sagittarius enables individual to fight ......... .......Mars
effective, not .......................... ...... Gemini enables righteous living here..... .......Jupiter
efforts, encouragement to ........ ...... 9th house enaunch ................................ .......Saturn
eggplant................................. ...... Sun encounter with thieves ............. .......7th house
ego smashed.......................... ...... Rahu encourage surrender................ .......Aquarius
egotism ................................ ...... Venus encouragement to one's efforts .......9th house
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encourages the growth of others ...... Moon enigmatic ............................... ...... Moon
end .............................................. Saturn enjoyable, cannot be................ ...... Libra
end of the journey........................... 12th house enjoyment .............................. ...... 12th house
end of undertakings.........................4th house enjoyment .............................. ...... Taurus
end, the ........................................ Pisces enjoyment denied by................ ...... Saturn
ending........................................... 7th house enjoyment of food ................... ...... 7th house
endings ......................................... 12th house enjoyment, not........................ ...... Virgo
endless ........................................ Saturn enjoyments ............................ ...... Mercury
endurance .....................................Mars enjoyments ............................ ...... Venus
endurance .....................................Saturn enlargement of stomach........... <..... Jupiter
enemies ........................................ 6th house enlightened souls, contact with . . ...... 9th house
enemies ....................................... Mars enlightening results.................. ...... Ketu
enemies conquered, mars in 6.......... Mars enmity ................................... ...... 6th house
enemies debts ...............................11th house enmity ................................... ...... 7th house
enemies during elections ................. 10th house enormous riches ..................... ...... 5th house
enemies during litigation's ................ 10th house enormous strength .................. ...... 3rd house
enemies of brethren ........................9th house enterprise............................... ...... Jupiter
enemies of enemies........................6th house enterprises, large and popular ... ...... Jupiter
enemies of friends ..........................5th house enterprising ............................ ...... Mercury
enemies of religious persons ........... 3rd house entertainment halls ................. ...... Gemini
enemies to elder brother ..................4th house enthusiasm ............................ ...... 3rd house
enemies to mars, saturn, jupiter ....... Mercury enthusiasm ............................ ...... Mars
enemies to sun and moon................ Venus enthusiasm, doesn't give.......... ...... Jupiter
enemies, death of........................... 7th house enthusiasm, when with jupiter .... ...... Moon
enemies, hidden, friends..................2nd house entrepreneurial ........................ ...... Mars
enemies, non hidden ....................... 2nd house entry into heaven .................... ...... 12th house
enemies, private, fathers of ............. 3rd house envious.................................. ...... Saturn
enemies, private, friends of.............. 10th house environment, beauty within........ ...... Venus
enemies, private, their religion .......... 8th house environments.......................... ...... Venus
enemies, public, their strength.......... 8th house epidemics .............................. ...... Rahu
enemies, secret .............................6th house epilepsy ................................. <..... Mars
enemies, trouble through ................. Ketu epilepsy ................................. ...... Rahu
enemy of saturn, venus................... Mars epilepsy ................................. ...... Sun
enemy of sun, moon, mars .............. Saturn epistles.................................. ...... 3rd house
energetic ....................................... Mars equilibrium.............................. ...... Pisces
energetic, mars in 1st .....................Mars erudite, respect from ............... ...... Mercury
energetically participating................. 1st house erudition, venus in ascendant.... ...... Venus
energy .......................................... Mars eruptions, volcanic .................. ...... Mars
energy .......................................... Sun esophagus ............................. ...... Moon
energy ......................................... 3rd house esoterically............................. ...... Aquarius
energy for manifestation ..................Aries essential for growth ................. ...... Moon
energy to procreate.........................Taurus essential heat ......................... ...... Mars
energy to sustain all life................... Cancer essential things....................... ...... 10th house
energy wasted .........................< ..... Mars estates .................................. ...... 4th house
energy, hates having none ............... Cancer etc. ....................................... ...... 2nd house
energy, likes to have it .................... Capricorn ethnicity's .............................. ...... 2nd house
energy, outgoing.............................1st house events of journeys................... ...... 1st house
engaged, desires to be .................... Cancer everglades ............................. ...... Cancer
engineering ....................................Mercury evil........................................ ...... 6th house
engineers ...................................... Mars evil ....................................... ...... Saturn
engines ......................................... Mars evil house .............................. ...... 8th house
enigmatic ...................................... Libra evil nature .............................. ...... Saturn
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evil or good by associations...... ...... Moon external genitalia ..................... .......8th house
evil purposes .......................... ...... Saturn external issues, expansion of.... .......Jupiter
evil, overcomes ...................... ...... Jupiter external religion....................... .......Jupiter
evolutionary movement ............ ...... Taurus external sex organs ................. .......Mars
exacting ................................. <..... Saturn external to the internal ............. .......Jupiter
exalt/debil for no planet ............ ...... Aquarius externalization......................... .......Mars
exaltation, mercury .................. ...... Virgo externalization of the fourth....... .......10th house
exalted in capricorn 28° ............ ...... Mars externalization process............. .......10th house
exalted in libra 20° ................... ...... Saturn externalization process ............ .......Mars
exalted in pisces 27°................ ...... Venus externalize itself, desire to ........ .......Aries
exalted in virgo 15° .................. ...... Mercury extra-marital relationships......... .......11th house
exalted taurus 3° ..................... ...... Moon extravagance.......................... .......Mars
exalted, jupiter ........................ ...... Cancer extravagance.......................... < .....Moon
exalted, mars is here ............... ...... Capricorn extravagance.......................... < .....Sun
exalted, none .......................... ...... Scorpio extravagant ............................ .......2nd house
exalted, saturn is here.............. ...... Libra extravagant ............................ < .....Jupiter
exceedingly intelligent .............. ...... Jupiter extravagant ............................ < .....Mars
excellent hosts........................ ...... Venus extreme liberty (well asp. by mars) ....Moon
excellent in debates ................. ...... Mercury extremist ............................... < .....Jupiter
excessive speech.................... ...... Rahu extremists.............................. .......Mars
excessive sweating .................. <..... Mercury eye ....................................... .......12th house
exchange places ..................... ...... Virgo eye discharge......................... .......Venus
exchanges.............................. ...... Libra eye sight ............................... .......2nd house
excitement ............................. ...... Gemini eye troubles ........................... .......Venus
excitement, none..................... ...... Pisces eye, left one, on men .............. .......Moon
excitement, too much .............. <..... Jupiter eye, right ............................... .......2nd house
excruciating pain ..................... ...... Capricorn eye, right, of female ................ .......Moon
execution ............................... ...... Rahu eye- troubles .......................... .......Sun
executive ............................... ...... Saturn eyes ..................................... .......2nd house
exiles..................................... ...... Rahu eyes ..................................... < .....Mercury
expand................................... ...... Aries eyes ..................................... .......Moon
expand, desires to ................... ...... Cancer eyes ..................................... .......Venus
expansion............................... ...... Jupiter eyes afflictions ....................... .......Venus
expansion of external issues ..... ...... Jupiter eyes are honey-colored............ .......Jupiter
expansion, likes it .................... ...... Cancer eyes are very beautiful ............ .......Moon
expansive............................... ...... Jupiter eyes honey color .................... .......Sun
expenditures ........................... ...... 12th house eyes lovely and fine ................ .......Venus
expenses ............................... ...... 12th house eyes round............................. .......Mars
expenses, to institutions........... ...... 12th house eyes set deep ........................ .......Saturn
experience.............................. ...... Gemini eyes, reddish and long............. .......Mercury
experience, storehouse of......... ...... 1st house eyesight, weak ........................ .......Sun
experiences in dreams ............. ...... 12th house face ...................................... .......1st house
explorers ................................ ...... Saturn face ...................................... .......2nd house
explosion, death by.................. ...... 8th house face ...................................... .......Mars
explosives .............................. ...... Leo face, attractiveness ................ .......1st house
exports & imports .................... ...... Mercury face, large and round in querist . .......Sun
express.................................. ...... Mars faculties of proportion .............. .......Jupiter
expresses what it hears ............ ...... Mercury faculty to argue ...................... .......Mars
expression of bodily urges ........ ...... 7th house fairness ................................. .......Jupiter
expression of new ideas............ ...... 5th house faith ...................................... .......9th house
expressions from past karma .... ...... 5th house faith ...................................... .......Jupiter
extensions.............................. ...... Leo faith ...................................... .......Sun
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faith in sacred traditions ..................2nd house fear of death........................... ...... 6th house
faith, absence of ............................Ketu fearful.................................... <..... Saturn
faithfulness of the servants.............. 6th house fearless, when well posited ........ ...... Mars
fall from position.............................12th house feeling of helplessness............. ...... Ketu
false allegation ...............................4th house feelings hidden........................ ...... Saturn
falsehood ...................................... Saturn feelings of religion ................... ...... Jupiter
falsification of accounts............< ..... Venus feelings, has none ................... ...... Capricorn
fame............................................. 10th house feels small ............................. ...... Ketu
fame............................................. Jupiter feet ....................................... ...... 12th house
fame............................................. Moon feet ....................................... ...... Jupiter
fame............................................. Sun feet ....................................... ...... Saturn
fame............................................. Venus feet of kalapurusha .................. ...... Pisces
fame, in 11th ................................. Rahu female ................................... ...... Mercury
family ........................................... 2nd house female ................................... ...... Moon
family bliss ....................................Venus female ................................... ...... Venus
family life ...................................... Moon female arteries........................ ...... 9th house
family members .............................2nd house female generative principle ....... ...... Moon
family relations...............................2nd house female maiden, not married ...... ...... Virgo
family support one gets ................... 4th house female power (shakti) ............... ...... Virgo
family, gains through....................... Jupiter female role in creation.............. ...... Taurus
family, understandings .................... 2nd house female servants ...................... ...... 3rd house
fanatic ...................................< ..... Mars female, treated as ................... ...... Saturn
fare (justice) .................................. Jupiter females ................................. ...... Moon
farmers ......................................... Saturn females right eye .................... ...... Moon
fat ................................................Jupiter feminine................................. ...... 2nd house
fat in body .....................................Jupiter feminine................................. ...... 6th house
fate .............................................. Capricorn feminine................................. ...... 8th house
fate .............................................. Rahu feminine................................. ...... Cancer
fate of hazardous enterprises ........... 1st house feminine................................. ...... Capricorn
father............................................ 10th house feminine................................. ...... Moon
father............................................ 9th house feminine................................. ...... Pisces
father............................................ Sun feminine................................. ...... Scorpio
father (south India) ........................9th house feminine................................. ...... Taurus
father's permanent possessions ....... 12th house feminine................................. ...... Venus
father, diseases to..........................2nd house feminine................................. ...... Virgo
fathers friends................................2nd house feminine grace ........................ ...... Venus
fathers high study........................... 5th house feminine house ....................... ...... 12th house
fathers of friends ............................2nd house feminine planet ....................... ...... Venus
fathers of private enemies ............... 3rd house feminine qualities .................... ...... Moon
fathers of servants .........................9th house feminine tendencies................. ...... Moon
fatness ......................................... Jupiter fermentation ........................... ...... Mercury
faultfinder ...................................... Rahu ferocious................................ ...... Mars
favor from government .................... Jupiter ferocious beasts ..................... ...... Leo
favor from government .................... Jupiter fertile imagination .................... ...... Moon
favor from kings .............................Moon fertile imagination .................... ...... Venus
favor from superiors (asp. by sun) .... Moon festival occasions ................... ...... 5th house
favorites........................................ 11th house festivities ............................... ...... Venus
fear .............................................. 6th house fever ..................................... <..... Jupiter
fear .............................................. Rahu fever, death by ....................... <..... Jupiter
fear .............................................. Saturn fevers.................................... <..... Mars
fear complex ..........................< ..... Moon fevers.................................... ...... Rahu
fear from thieves ............................6th house fevers.................................... ...... Sun
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fevers, acute .......................... ...... Mars first conception....................... .......5th house
fickle-minded ......................... ...... Mars first sign ............................... .......Aries
field of experience ................... ...... 7th house fish ....................................... .......Moon
field of one's experience ........... ...... 7th house fish (mina) ............................. .......Pisces
fields ..................................... ...... 4th house fishermen .............................. .......Moon
fields of wet cultivation............. ...... Cancer fistula.................................... .......Sun
fierce in action ........................ ...... Leo five rays ................................ .......Mars
fierce look .............................. ...... Ketu fixed...................................... .......11th house
fiery ...................................... ...... 1st house fixed...................................... .......2nd house
fiery ...................................... ...... 3rd house fixed...................................... .......5th house
fiery ...................................... ...... 5th house fixed...................................... .......8th house
fiery ...................................... ...... 9th house fixed...................................... .......Aquarius
fiery ...................................... ...... Aries fixed...................................... .......Leo
fiery ...................................... ...... Jupiter fixed...................................... .......Scorpio
fiery ...................................... ...... Leo fixed ..................................... .......Taurus
fiery ...................................... ...... Mars fixed and movable properties .... .......Sagittarius
fiery ...................................... ...... Sagittarius fixed and movable, common ..... .......Gemini
fiery men, mars in 10............... ...... Mars flag ....................................... .......Ketu
fiery speech ........................... ...... Mars flag of higher force .................. .......Ketu
fifth house, good place for ........ ...... Jupiter flatterers................................ .......11th house
fifth sign ................................ ...... Leo flatulence............................... < .....Jupiter
fight to the death..................... ...... Scorpio flawless pearl.......................... .......Moon
fights his adversaries............... ...... Mars flesh ..................................... .......Jupiter
fights only with a reason ........... ...... Mars flexibility rather than originality . . .......Mercury
fights without reason ................ <..... Mars flexible mind ........................... .......Jupiter
final boundary ......................... ...... Saturn flow of blood ........................... .......Mars
finality ................................... ...... Pisces flowers................................... .......Venus
finance .................................. ...... Jupiter flowers and perfumes............... .......7th house
finances, success in................ ...... Mars flowers, fine............................ .......Jupiter
financial dealings..................... ...... Jupiter flowing water .......................... .......Aquarius
financial gain from occupation ... ...... 11th house fluctuations ............................ .......Gemini
financial loss .......................... <..... Venus fluid ...................................... .......Cancer
fine arts ................................. ...... Venus flying vehicles ........................ .......Gemini
fine arts, skill in....................... ...... Mercury follower of tradition .................. .......Venus
fine clothes ............................ ...... Venus fond of fun ............................. .......Mercury
fine flowers ............................. ...... Jupiter food ...................................... .......2nd house
finer forces in nature................ ...... Venus food ..................................... .......6th house
fines...................................... ...... 7th house food ..................................... .......Virgo
fines...................................... ...... 7th house food problems overcome, in 6th Rahu
fire ........................................ ...... Mars fool-hardy .............................. < .....Mars
fire ........................................ ...... Virgo force of character ................... .......Mars
fire ....................................... ...... 8th house force, to sustain life ................ .......Cancer
fire accidents.......................... ...... Ketu forehead ................................ .......Mars
fire accidents.......................... ...... Mars foreign affairs ......................... .......Jupiter
fire burning within..................... ...... Aries foreign languages.................... .......Rahu
fire places .............................. ...... Mars foreign languages, proficiency... .......Ketu
fire, accidents by .................... ...... Ketu foreign life changes ................. .......6th house
fire, internal, that which has ...... ...... Aries foreign residence .................... .......12th house
firemen .................................. ...... Mars foreign travel. ......................... .......9th house
fires ...................................... ...... Sun foreigners .............................. .......Rahu
firm grip ................................. ...... Cancer foreigners, contact with ............ .......Jupiter
firmness ................................ ...... 3rd house foreigners, contracts with ......... .......5th house
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foreigners, religious contact with Mars friends of religious persons...... ...... 7th house
foresight........................................ 9th house friends and servants ................ ...... 2nd house
foresight........................................ Saturn friends are jupiter, moon, sun.... ...... Mars
foresight........................................ Venus friends fathers & grandsons ...... ...... 2nd house
forests .......................................... Aries friends of brothers ................... ...... 7th house
forests .......................................... Capricorn friends of children.................... ...... 3rd house
forests .......................................... Libra friends of elder brothers .......... ...... 9th house
forests .......................................... Mars friends of father ...................... ...... 2nd house
forests .......................................... Saturn friends of merc/saturn.............. ...... Venus
forests, roaming in..........................Mars friends of private enemies ........ ...... 10th house
forests, where beasts live ................ Leo friends of servants .................. ...... 4th house
forethought ....................................9th house friends of the querents enemies ...... 5th house
forethought's.................................. 9th house friends to the brothers of querist 1st house
forgiving ........................................ Aries friends, casual ........................ ...... 3rd house
form ............................................. 1st house friends, high education of ......... ...... 7th house
form, adopts to ..............................Cancer friends, honest ones ................ ...... Mars
formless, like water .........................Cancer friends, long journeys of ........... ...... 7th house
fortifications................................... Leo friends, losses to .................... ...... 10th house
fortifications................................... Mars friends, low class ones ............. <..... Saturn
fortifications, strategic.....................Scorpio friends, private enemies of ....... ...... 10th house
forts ............................................. Leo friends, religion of.................... ...... 7th house
forts ............................................. Mars friends, their death .................. ...... 6th house
fortunate tendencies ....................... Mercury friends, their honor .................. ...... 8th house
fortune .......................................... 2nd house friendship ............................... ...... 11th house
fortune .......................................... 9th house friendship ............................... ...... Venus
fortune .......................................... Venus friendship with low people .......... ...... Rahu
fortune of religious persons .............. 7th house friendship with wicked ............... <..... Saturn
fortune, the greater .........................Jupiter friendship, steadfastness ......... ...... 11th house
fortunes of servants........................4th house frivolous contentions................ <..... Jupiter
fortunes, good................................Jupiter frontal attack .......................... ...... Leo
fountains ....................................... Pisces fruit trees that are short ........... ...... Sun
four years of age ............................Mars fruit-bearing trees .................... ...... Sun
fourth house's externalization............ 10th house fruitful.................................... ...... 12th house
frank nature .................................. Moon fruitful.................................... ...... 4th house
frankness ...................................... Mars fruitful.................................... ...... 7th house
fraud............................................. 12th house fruitful.................................... ...... 8th house
fraud......................................< ..... Mercury fruitful.................................... ...... Jupiter
free from pride ...............................Mercury fruitful ................................... ...... Moon
freedom from misery....................... 11th house fruits having seeds .................. ...... Mercury
freeways........................................ Libra fruits of success ..................... ...... 9th house
frequent journeys............................Moon fruits with seeds inside ............. ...... Mercury
fresh water.....................................Moon fruits with thick skin.................. ...... Saturn
freshly cut grain .............................Virgo frustrated .............................. ...... Saturn
friday ............................................ Venus frustrates all efforts to expand . . ...... Saturn
friend of friends .............................9th house frustrating .............................. ...... Saturn
friend of sun, venus ........................Mercury frustrating results, externally ..... ...... Aquarius
friendly planets are sun, mercury ..... Moon frustration .............................. ...... Saturn
friendly with others ..........................Moon frustration, with rahu/ketu.......... ...... Moon
friends .......................................... 11th house fueled by disenchantment......... ...... Ketu
friends .......................................... 8th house fulfillment of desires ................ ...... 11th house
friends .......................................... Ketu full of desire ........................... ...... Taurus
friends .......................................... Mercury fullness remains...................... ...... Pisces
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fullness, but not satisfying........ ...... Libra general appearance ................. .......1st house
fun ....................................... ...... Mercury general lassitude..................... .......Jupiter
fun, fond of ............................ ...... Mercury general state of health ............. .......1st house
functions on the mental plane ... ...... Ketu general structure of life ............ .......1st house
fundamentally necessary.......... ...... Moon general success ..................... .......Mercury
funky ..................................... <..... Moon general well being .................... .......1st house
future possibilities of creative energy Aries general, the............................ .......Sun
future, draws us towards ........... ...... 10th house generative organ-carries seed ... .......Ketu
gain....................................... ...... 10th house generative system .................. .......Venus
gain....................................... ...... 2nd house generosity.............................. .......9th house
gain from father ...................... ...... 11th house generosity.............................. .......Jupiter
gain from men in position ......... ...... 11th house generosity.............................. .......Moon
gain in business...................... ...... Jupiter generosity.............................. .......Sun
gain or loss ............................ ...... 2nd house generosity of disposition .......... .......Jupiter
gain through correspondence .... ...... 11th house generosity, increases .............. .......Mars
gain through families and public. ...... Jupiter generous ............................... .......Jupiter
gain through legacies ............... ...... Jupiter generous ............................... .......Mars
gain through public affairs......... ...... Venus genital of kalapurusha .............. .......Scorpio
gain, prop, elder bro................. ...... 2nd house genitals ................................. .......Mars
gain, vehicle, elder bro. ............ ...... 2nd house genitals ................................ .......Scorpio
gain/loss-market fluctuations..... ...... 8th house genitals, external..................... .......8th house
gains ..................................... ...... 11th house genitals, internal ..................... .......Venus
gains, to younger brother.......... ...... 1st house geniuses, literary .................... .......Ketu
gains, young. bro. friends ......... ...... 1st house get away from, very hard to ...... .......Cancer
gait, rolling ............................. ...... Moon get rid of evil .......................... .......Jupiter
gall bladder............................. ...... 5th house getting beautiful clothes ........... .......7th house
gall bladder............................. ...... Mars ghosts, trouble from ................ .......Rahu
gambler ................................. <..... Mercury giddiness ............................... < .....Jupiter
gambling ................................ ...... 5th house girls aged eight years .............. .......Sun
gambling ................................ <..... Jupiter girls at age eight ..................... .......Sun
gambling ................................ ...... Saturn girls, beautiful, where they live . . .......Gemini
gambling centers..................... ...... Libra give and take.......................... .......Cancer
gambling dens ........................ ...... Aquarius giving happiness ..................... .......Venus
gambling houses ..................... ...... Gemini giving joy ............................... .......Venus
gambling rendezvous ............... ...... Virgo giving up the bed .................... .......12th house
games ................................... ...... 5th house glands, thyroid........................ .......3rd house
games of chance .................... ...... 5th house glandular disease .................... < .....Saturn
ganesh, worship of................... ...... Ketu glandular system .................... .......Moon
gardens ................................. ...... 4th house glass bangles ......................... .......Mercury
garlands made of flowers .......... ...... Venus glass factories........................ .......Leo
gas, death by (watery sign) ....... ...... 8th house glory ..................................... .......10th house
gases, poisonous .................... ...... Mars glory ..................................... .......Pisces
gastric catarrh ........................ <..... Moon glow ...................................... .......Leo
gaze is directed upwards........... ...... Sun goal-oriented .......................... .......Aries
gaze is fierce ......................... ...... Mars goats .................................... .......6th house
gem pearl .............................. ...... Moon goats, their homes .................. .......Aries
gemini ................................... ...... 3rd house goblins .................................. .......Saturn
gemini ruled by ....................... ...... Mercury goblins ................................. .......Rahu
gems..................................... ...... 2nd house god brothers........................... .......11th house
gems..................................... ...... Moon god of agriculture (to romans) ... .......Saturn
gems..................................... ...... Venus god of death........................... .......Saturn
general .................................. ...... Mars god sisters............................. .......11th house
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god's grace....................................9th house govt. loan............................... ...... 11th house
god's grace flows from.....................Sagittarius grace..................................... ...... Leo
god's grace in this world................... Jupiter grace..................................... ...... Sun
god, surrender to ............................Saturn grace and............................... ...... Sun
godliness....................................... Sun grain...................................... ...... Virgo
gods, believes in personal................ Jupiter grain: bengal gram................... ...... Jupiter
gold .............................................. Jupiter grain: black gram..................... ...... Rahu
gold .............................................. Mars grain: cowgram........................ ...... Venus
gold .............................................. Mercury grain: dal and red grains ........... ...... Mars
gold .............................................. Sun grain: green gram .................... ...... Mercury
gold ............................................. 1st house grain: horse gram ................... ...... Ketu
gold ............................................. Venus grain: rice............................... ...... Moon
goldsmiths.....................................Rahu grains, inferior quality............... ...... Aquarius
goldsmiths..................................... Sun gram, bengal .......................... ...... Jupiter
gonorrhea .....................................Venus gram, green............................ ...... Mercury
good ............................................. Venus granaries................................ ...... Gemini
good (righteous) behavior................. Jupiter grandchildren .......................... ...... 9th house
good conduct ................................. 9th house grandfather............................. ...... 2nd house
good conduct ................................. Jupiter grandfather, maternal............... ...... Ketu
good deeds....................................11th house grandmother ........................... ...... 2nd house
good deeds of past birth..................5th house grandsons of friends ................ ...... 2nd house
good designers...............................Mars grantor of god's benediction ...... ...... Jupiter
good financier ................................Venus grasp is strong, it's is .............. ...... Cancer
good fortune .................................. Jupiter grasp the inner reality .............. ...... Mercury
good in fifth house ..........................Jupiter grasps things quickly ............... ...... Mercury
good judgment ...............................Mercury grass, animals that eat it.......... ...... Sun
good karma....................................Jupiter grassy plains .......................... ...... Virgo
good life, the.................................. Jupiter gratuity .................................. ...... 8th house
good luck if well placed .................... Jupiter great by itself ......................... ...... Leo
good martial order........................... Jupiter great expansive capacity .......... ...... Cancer
good morals................................... 5th house great malefic .......................... ...... Saturn
good nature ................................... Venus greater fortune ........................ ...... Jupiter
good or evil by associations ............. Moon greed brought to an end ........... ...... Saturn
good qualities of character ............... Venus green..................................... ...... Jupiter
good reasoning powers .................... Mercury green..................................... ...... Mercury
good results through trouble............. Rahu green dress ............................ ...... Mercury
good sportsman .............................Venus grief ...................................... ...... 12th house
good temperament.......................... Sun grinds slowly .......................... ...... Saturn
good, in 4th house ..........................Moon grip, a firm one ....................... ...... Cancer
good, obtained through turmoil.......... Rahu groceries................................ ...... Moon
gossiper ........................................ Rahu groin...................................... ...... 7th house
gout.............................................. Venus groins .................................... ...... Mars
government ................................... 10th house gross materiality ..................... ...... 7th house
government institutions ................... Leo grounding help required ............ ...... Moon
government service ........................10th house growth improper....................... <..... Moon
governmental activities.................... 10th house growth of plants....................... ...... Moon
governor of production / expansion .... Jupiter growth, it's aspect causes ........ ...... Jupiter
governs expansion ..........................Jupiter guardianships ......................... ...... Jupiter
governs the blood ........................... Jupiter guidance cut with jupiter ........... ...... Rahu
governs the west ............................Saturn guidance disappears ............... ...... Rahu
govt. favor.....................................Jupiter guidance, averse to ................. ...... Capricorn
govt. favor, acquisition of ................ 7th house guidance, good kind, likes it ...... ...... Mars
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guidance, loves to have ........... ...... Cancer head ..................................... .......1st house
guide .................................... ...... Rahu head ..................................... .......Mars
guides us on the path .............. ...... Jupiter head ..................................... .......Sun
guna satwa ............................. ...... Moon head and chest....................... .......Sun
guna satwa ............................. ...... Sun head diseases ........................ .......Sun
guna, rajasic........................... ...... Mercury head is square........................ .......Mars
gunas, the three...................... ...... Gemini head of kalapurusha ............... .......Aries
guru ...................................... ...... 9th house headache............................... .......Sun
guru ...................................... ...... Jupiter health.................................... .......10th house
guru regulates him................... ...... Mars health.................................... .......Jupiter
guru, contact with .................... ...... 9th house health.................................... .......Sun
guru, loves ............................ ...... Cancer health.................................... .......Venus
guru, needs it badly ................. ...... Capricorn health affected by greatly......... .......Jupiter
guru, respect for ..................... ...... Jupiter health improved, in 9th ............ .......Jupiter
habits, sinful........................... ...... Ketu health irritations ...................... < .....Mars
habits, upset .......................... ...... Sagittarius health of mother ..................... .......4th house
hair ....................................... ...... Saturn health of younger brother ......... .......3rd house
hair ...................................... ...... Mercury health, general........................ .......1st house
hair and its texture................... ...... 1st house health, ill................................ .......6th house
hair reduced ........................... ...... Sun healthy body, in 1st................. .......Jupiter
hairs...................................... ...... 10th house hearing .................................. .......Saturn
hairs is dark and curly .............. ...... Venus heart ..................................... .......4th house
half-bodied ............................. ...... Rahu heart ..................................... .......Sun
hands .................................... ...... 3rd house heart disease ......................... .......Sun
hands .................................... ...... Rahu heart is good, but orders intense .......Aries
happiness .............................. ...... 1st house heart of kalapurusha ................ .......Leo
happiness .............................. ...... 4th house heart pain .............................. < .....Saturn
happiness .............................. ...... Venus heart palpitations .................... .......Sun
happiness in conjugal life.......... ...... Jupiter heart-breaking misery .............. .......Saturn
happiness, giving .................... ...... Venus heat and cold affect ................ .......Gemini
happy experience, not .............. ...... Aquarius heaven, entry into ................... .......12th house
hard times.............................. ...... Rahu height.................................... .......1st house
hard work, likes........................ ...... Capricorn height is seven yojanas ........... .......Mars
hardening ............................... ...... Capricorn heightens the paranormal sense .......Ketu
hardship................................. ...... Capricorn heir-apparents ........................ .......Mars
harems .................................. ...... Venus helpless feelings .................... .......Ketu
harmed by saturn/rahu ............. ...... Venus helplessness ......................... .......Saturn
harmonious disposition............. ...... Mars hemorrhage............................ .......Mars
harmonious relationships .......... ...... Venus heretic................................... .......Rahu
harmony ................................ ...... Venus hermaphrodite ........................ .......Mercury
harmony in relationships .......... ...... Moon hermitages............................. .......Pisces
harmony, divine ...................... ...... Venus hernia ................................... < .....Jupiter
has its own direction ................ ...... Aquarius hernia ................................... < .....Mars
hasta ruled by......................... ...... Moon heroic deeds .......................... .......Mars
hates having no energy ............ ...... Cancer heroism ................................. .......3rd house
hates inaction ......................... ...... Cancer heroism ................................. .......Mars
hates inhibitions/restrictions...... ...... Mars hi ways .................................. .......Libra
hates opposition...................... ...... Mars hick-ups ................................ .......Rahu
hates restrictions/lack .............. ...... Leo hidden aspects of life .............. .......Scorpio
haughtiness............................ ...... Ketu hidden matters ....................... .......8th house
haughty ................................. <..... Sun hidden organs......................... .......8th house
haughty nature, ...................... <..... Sun hidden secrets........................ .......Mercury
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hidden things ................................. 4th house horse riding ............................ ...... 10th house
hidden treasure ..............................4th house horse-like beast....................... ...... Sagittarius
hiding places.................................. Scorpio hospital.................................. ...... 12th house
high blood pressure..................< ..... Mars hospitalization......................... ...... 12th house
high fever ...................................... Sun hot ........................................ ...... Mars
high learning and wisdom ................. 5th house hot ........................................ ...... Sun
high level intelligence ...................... 11th house hot and pungent tastes ............ ...... Sun
high status ....................................Venus hotels .................................... ...... Jupiter
high status as advisor .....................Jupiter house .................................... ...... Moon
high status, sometimes from............ Saturn house .................................... ...... Venus
high strung nerves ..................< ..... Mercury house (immovable) .................. ...... 4th house
high study of father.........................5th house house of amusements ............. ...... 5th house
high-class conveyances ..................11th house house on fire .......................... ...... Mars
higher consciousness...................... Ketu house situated in the east ........ ...... Ketu
higher education .............................9th house house, change of .................... ...... 7th house
higher education .............................Jupiter house, thatched ...................... ...... Sun
higher education ............................3rd house houses .................................. ...... Mars
higher spiritual authority................... Ketu houses .................................. ...... Saturn
highly intelligent..............................Mercury houses of infamy .................... ...... Aquarius
hillocks.......................................... Saturn houses that are strong ............. ...... Moon
hills .............................................. 3rd house houses with much artistic beauty ...... Venus
hips .............................................. 9th house houses, best for are 1, 6, 10..... ...... Mars
hit by wood/stone............................Saturn houses, change of................... ...... 3rd house
hoarder ..................................< ..... Mars however ................................. ...... 6th house
hold, it's is invincible ....................... Cancer huge body .............................. ...... Moon
holding a bow ................................. Sagittarius huge body .............................. ...... Rahu
holes, water ................................... Cancer human fancies ........................ ...... Moon
holy places ....................................Cancer human impetuosity .................. ...... Mars
holy shrines ................................... Pisces human miseries ...................... ...... Saturn
home ............................................ 4th house human responsibilities.............. ...... Moon
home ............................................ Moon human upper part ................... ...... Sagittarius
home life, unsatisfactory ..........< ..... Venus human welfare......................... ...... Jupiter
homes for the aged.........................12th house humbler ................................. ...... Saturn
homosexual ............................< ..... Mars humiliating.............................. ...... Saturn
honest .......................................... Venus humiliation.............................. ...... Saturn
honest friends ................................Mars humility.................................. ...... Ketu
honesty......................................... Jupiter humor.................................... ...... Mercury
honey colored eyes......................... Sun humorous taste....................... ...... Venus
honey-colored eyes......................... Sun hunters .................................. ...... Rahu
honor ............................................ 10th house hunting places ........................ ...... Leo
honor ............................................ 1st house hurt by nodes ......................... ...... Jupiter
honor ............................................ Jupiter hurt feelings softened .............. ...... Venus
honor ........................................... Moon husband................................. ...... 7th house
honor and credit of govt...................7th house husband................................. ...... Venus
honor for good works ....................... 10th house husband, death of ................... <..... Venus
honor of children.............................2nd house husband, loss of ..................... ...... 12th house
honorable in friendship .................... 11th house hydrocele ............................... ...... Mars
honors .......................................... Jupiter hymns ................................... ...... 5th house
hope ............................................. Jupiter hypercritical............................ <..... Mercury
hopes ........................................... 11th house hysteria ................................. ...... Rahu
horse gram grain ............................Ketu idealism, averse to .................. ...... Mercury
horse racing cards ..........................5th house ideals not yet achieved ............ ...... Aries
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ideals, wants them realized ....... ...... Aries impotency.............................. < .....Mercury
ideas into ideals ...................... ...... Sagittarius impotent ................................ < .....Saturn
identity .................................. ...... 1st house impregnation .......................... .......Moon
idiocy .................................... <..... Saturn impressions ........................... .......Mercury
idiosyncrasies......................... ...... Saturn imprisonment ......................... .......12th house
idle ....................................... ...... Saturn imprisonment ......................... .......Ketu
idle, doesn't like it.................... ...... Libra imprisonment ......................... .......Rahu
idleness is inimical to him......... ...... Mars imprisonment ......................... .......Rahu
ignorance ............................... ...... Mars imprisonment ......................... .......Saturn
ill favor from authorities............ <..... Moon imprisonment's ....................... .......8th house
ill favor from govt .................... <..... Moon improvidence.......................... < .....Jupiter
ill health ................................. ...... 6th house impulse of inquiry.................... .......Ketu
ill judgment (aff. by sat.) .......... <..... Moon impulsive ............................... .......Mars
ill reputation............................ ...... 8th house impulsive ............................... < .....Moon
ill reputation............................ <..... Moon impulsive ............................... < .....Moon
ill reputation............................ <..... Venus impulsive desires .................... < .....Mars
illegal relations ........................ ...... 5th house impurity of blood ..................... < .....Moon
illegal unions........................... ...... 5th house in the tenth ............................ .......Mars
illicit relations with others .......... <..... Venus inaccessible peaks/rocks.......... .......Leo
illness.................................... ...... Moon inaccurate ............................. < .....Mercury
illness, length of...................... ...... 6th house inaction is hard for it................ .......Cancer
illumination cut with jupiter ........ ...... Rahu inactive, not ........................... .......Cancer
illumination of spirit.................. ...... Ketu inauspicious, externally ............ .......Aquarius
illusion ................................... ...... Venus inclination to study .................. .......3rd house
illusion is destroyed ................. ...... Saturn inclination to study .................. .......4th house
imagination............................. ...... 2nd house inclinations............................. .......5th house
imagination ............................ ...... Moon incoherence in speech............. < .....Moon
imagination, initial.................... ...... 1st house incoherence in thought ............ < .....Moon
immense pain ......................... ...... Rahu income .................................. .......11th house
immensely powerful ................. ...... Rahu incompetent ........................... < .....Saturn
immoral pleasures ................... <..... Moon inconsistency in love .............. < .....Moon
immortal ................................ ...... Rahu inconsistent ........................... < .....Mercury
immortality, secret of............... ...... Venus increases generosity ............... .......Mars
immovable property ................. ...... 4th house independent ........................... .......Mars
immovable property ................. ...... Mars independent ........................... .......Moon
immovable property, mothers.... ...... 7th house independent spirit.................... .......Mars
impact of ones personality........ ...... Sun indifferent .............................. < .....Saturn
impact of the personality .......... ...... 1st house indigestion ............................. < .....Mercury
imparting knowledge and wisdom Jupiter indigestion ............................. < .....Moon
impediment is felt.................... ...... Aries indigestion ............................. .......Rahu
impediments........................... ...... 12th house indigestion ............................. .......Sun
impediments........................... ...... 8th house indigo .................................... .......Saturn
impediments........................... ...... Saturn individual's impact................... .......Sun
impediments........................... ...... Saturn individualistic life..................... .......Scorpio
impediments of speech ............ <..... Mercury individualization of man ............ .......Leo
impervious, when well posited .... ...... Mars indolence ............................... .......Venus
impetuosity ............................ ...... Mars indulgence ............................. .......Gemini
impetuosity ............................ ...... Saturn industries............................... .......Mercury
impetuosity ............................ ...... Scorpio industries............................... .......Virgo
imports & exports .................... ...... Mercury industrious ............................. .......Saturn
impossible to appease ............. ...... Saturn inert ...................................... .......Saturn
impossible to escape ............... ...... Rahu inevitable influences of God ..... .......Saturn
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inevitable law.................................. Rahu inspire confidence ................... ...... Jupiter
infamous character .........................Rahu instability .............................. ...... Gemini
infamous houses ............................Aquarius institutional expenditure ............ ...... 12th house
infant stage ................................... Moon institutions, governmental......... ...... Leo
infantry ......................................... Sagittarius institutions, mental, relations to. ...... 12th house
infants .......................................... Moon institutions, religious ................ ...... 9th house
infants influenced by ....................... Moon institutions, religious ................ ...... Jupiter
infatuation .....................................Venus instruments ............................ ...... Mars
inferior grains ................................. Aquarius insult ..................................... ...... 8th house
inferior or base metals.....................Mercury insurance ............................... ...... 8th house
inferior orders................................. Saturn insurance ............................... ...... Jupiter
inflammable gases..........................Rahu intellect.................................. ...... 3rd house
inflexible ........................................ Mars intellect.................................. ...... 5th house
inflexible ........................................ Sun intellect.................................. ...... Jupiter
influence ....................................... Sun intellect, well posited ................ ...... Mercury
influence in other countries .............. 7th house intellectual ............................. ...... Mercury
influences infants ........................... Moon intellectual activity................... ...... Virgo
ingenious ...................................... Mercury intellectual capabilities ............. ...... Moon
ingenuity ....................................... Mercury intellectual planet .................... ...... Mercury
ingratitude ..............................< ..... Jupiter intellectualism, birth of ............. ...... Gemini
inhales smoke ................................Ketu intellectualization, not here........ ...... Pisces
inheritance.....................................2nd house intelligence ............................. ...... 3rd house
inheritance.....................................2nd house intelligence ............................. ...... 4th house
inheritance.....................................4th house intelligence ............................. ...... 5th house
inheritance.....................................8th house intelligence ............................. ...... Mercury
inheritance.....................................Jupiter intelligence ............................. ...... Moon
inheritance of dead .........................8th house intelligent ............................... ...... Mercury
inhibited by saturn ..........................Mars intelligent person..................... ...... Sun
inimical to idleness .........................Mars intelligent, exceptionally............ ...... Jupiter
initial imagination ............................1st house intense anguish....................... ...... 6th house
initiation itself................................. Rahu intercedes with gods for men..... ...... Jupiter
initiation, spiritual............................Ketu interested in her child............... ...... Moon
initiative, not permitted to grow . ........ Saturn internal fire, places that have .... ...... Aries
initiator.......................................... Rahu internal generative ................... ...... Venus
initiator in spiritual wisdom................ Saturn internal generative organs ........ ...... Venus
injuries .......................................... Saturn internally insecure ................... ...... Cancer
inner creativity ...............................5th house interpreter .............................. ...... Mercury
inner fire........................................ 1st house intestinal troubles .................... <..... Jupiter
inner quest ....................................Libra intestines ............................... ...... 5th house
inner reality grasped........................Mercury intestines ............................... ...... Moon
input, how reacts to.........................Mercury intolerable, rahu with mars ........ ...... Rahu
inquiry, impulse of ..........................Ketu intoxicating drinks .................... ...... Aquarius
insanity ......................................... 6th house intoxicating drinks .................... ...... Venus
insanity ..................................< ..... Moon intrigues................................. ...... Ketu
insanity ......................................... Rahu introspection .......................... ...... Saturn
insanity ..................................< ..... Saturn introverted.............................. ...... Saturn
insect having poison tails................. Ketu intuition.................................. ...... 9th house
insects, crawling .............................Rahu intuition.................................. ...... Mercury
insecure internally........................... Cancer intuitional flashes .................... ...... Venus
insight into natural forces................. 9th house intuitive.................................. ...... Gemini
insincerity...............................< ..... Mercury intuitive openness .................. ...... Pisces
inspiration...................................... 1st house intuitive perception of the future ...... 5th house
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inventive ................................ ...... Mars journeys, short ....................... .......3rd house
inventive mind ........................ ...... Moon jovial ..................................... .......Jupiter
inventors................................ ...... Rahu joy, doesn't give ..................... .......Jupiter
inventors................................ ...... Saturn joy, giving to others................. .......Venus
investment of partners ............. ...... 6th house joyousness ........................... .......Venus
invigorates the body ................ ...... Mars jubilation ................................ .......Jupiter
invincible power ....................... ...... Mars judges ................................... .......10th house
invincible, it's hold is................ ...... Cancer judges ................................... .......Jupiter
invincible, when well posited ...... ...... Mars judgment, sound ..................... .......Jupiter
inwardly insecure ..................... ...... Cancer judgment, sound/good ............. .......Mercury
inwardly satisfying ................... ...... Capricorn judgment. .............................. .......10th house
iron ....................................... ...... Mars judicious ................................ .......Mercury
iron ....................................... ...... Saturn jugglery ................................. .......Rahu
iron ...................................... ...... Mars juicy articles........................... .......Moon
irresistible lust, when with venus Mars junction ................................. .......Gemini
irritable .................................. <..... Sun jungles .................................. .......Aries
irritation ................................. <..... Mars jungles .................................. .......Capricorn
itches .................................... ...... Ketu jungles .................................. .......Leo
its action is decisive ................ ...... Cancer jungles abounding in elephants. . .......Taurus
its hold invincible..................... ...... Cancer junk dealers ........................... .......Saturn
jagrata (wakeful consciousness). ...... Cancer jupiter.................................... .......9th house
jail......................................... ...... Saturn jupiter.................................... .......Jupiter
jail, going to............................ ...... 12th house jupiter has ownership ............... .......Sagittarius
jails ....................................... ...... 12th house jupiter is debilitated ................ .......Capricorn
jasmine.................................. ...... Venus jupiter is exalted here............... .......Cancer
jaundice ................................. ...... Jupiter jupiter is neutral ...................... .......Saturn
jaundice ................................. <..... Moon jupiter is strengthening to ......... .......Mars
jealous................................... <..... Sun jupiter makes one law abiding .... .......Jupiter
jealously ................................ <..... Venus jupiter owns the sign ................ .......Pisces
jewelry ................................... ...... 2nd house jupiter, likes it ......................... .......Moon
jewelry, love of ........................ ...... 11th house jupiter, mars, neutral to............ .......Venus
jewels .................................... ...... 2nd house jupiter, mars, saturn, enemies of.......
jewels .................................... ...... Moon ............................................ Mercury
jewels .................................... ...... Venus jupiter, moon, sun, friends to .... .......Mars
jewels ................................... ...... Rahu jupiter, sun's friend.................. .......Sun
jewels worn on the ear .............. ...... Sun jupiterian spirituality................. .......Pisces
jnanakaraka ............................ ...... Ketu justice ................................... .......Jupiter
jobs, termination of.................. ...... 12th house jyeshta , governed by .............. .......Mercury
jobs, too low for one................. ...... Ketu kalapurusha, it's head .............. .......Aries
joints ..................................... ...... 10th house kalathra karaka........................ .......Venus
joints diseases........................ ...... Saturn kalatra sthanam ...................... .......7th house
journalist ................................ ...... 3rd house kama (desire and passion)........ .......7th house
journalists .............................. ...... Mercury kama rupa.............................. .......Venus
journey .................................. ...... 1st house kanya ................................... .......Virgo
journey .................................. ...... Mercury kapha .................................... .......Jupiter
journey, difficulties in ............... ...... 8th house karkata ................................. .......Cancer
journeys end........................... ...... 12th house karma of the soul .................... .......10th house
journeys of the private enemies. ...... 8th house karma, good ........................... .......Jupiter
journeys over water.................. ...... Moon karma, law of .......................... .......Rahu
journeys to the mother ............ ...... 6th house karma, present incarnation ....... .......10th house
journeys, frequent ................... ...... Moon karma, previous good .............. .......5th house
journeys, long, of the religious... ...... 5th house karmas finished ...................... .......Pisces
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karmic past....................................4th house lagnesh.................................. ...... 1st house
kartikeya........................................ Mars lake and river .......................... ...... 3rd house
keeping secrets ..............................8th house lakes ..................................... ...... 9th house
kendra .......................................... 1st house lakes ..................................... ...... Capricorn
kendra house ................................. 7th house lakes ..................................... ...... Venus
ketu harms jupiter's good................. Jupiter lakes .................................... ...... Moon
ketu is the spiritual half.................... Rahu lameness caused by fire ......... ...... Mars
ketu, works in unison with ................. Rahu lameness caused by injuries ..... ...... Mars
kidnap ........................................... 5th house lamenting ............................... ...... 12th house
kidney ........................................... 6th house land....................................... ...... 4th house
kidney ........................................... Jupiter land....................................... ...... Saturn
kidney ........................................... Mars landed property ....................... ...... 4th house
kidney ........................................... Venus landed property ....................... ...... Mars
kidney stones................................. Venus lands ..................................... ...... Mars
kind hearted ................................... Sun lands frequented by cattle ....... ...... Taurus
kindness........................................ Venus lands of sheep and goats ......... ...... Aries
king .............................................. Sun lands, watery .......................... ...... Cancer
king of the golden age .................... Saturn landscape, part of ................... ...... Taurus
king's sons ....................................2nd house languages, foreign ................... ...... Rahu
king, death of ................................. 5th house languages, proficiency in .......... ...... Mercury
kitchens ........................................ Mars large intestines ....................... ...... 6th house
kitchens ........................................ Scorpio large manufacturing cities......... ...... Virgo
knee joints .....................................10th house large nails .............................. ...... Saturn
knees............................................ Saturn large popular enterprises .......... ...... Jupiter
knees ........................................... 9th house lassitude, general .................... ...... Jupiter
know, desire to ..............................Ketu last rites to parents ................. ...... 10th house
knower of the field ........................... 1st house lasts long, the effects of .......... ...... Aquarius
knowledge ...................................... Jupiter latent faculties ....................... ...... Rahu
knowledge .....................................Ketu lavish .................................... <..... Jupiter
knowledge of deep nature ................. 8th house lavish .................................... <..... Mars
knowledge of the occult.................... 5th house law ........................................ ...... 9th house
knowledge, imparts..........................Jupiter law ........................................ ...... Jupiter
knowledge, only pretending ........< ..... Mercury law abiding.............................. ...... Jupiter
krittika ........................................... Sun law abiding.............................. ...... Venus
kriya -motion / activity .....................Aries law of karma ........................... ...... Rahu
kshetrjan ....................................... 1st house law suits................................. ...... 2nd house
kumbha, pitcher..............................Aquarius law suits................................. ...... 7th house
kumbhaka, yogic breath-holding ........ Aquarius law suits................................. <..... Jupiter
kundalini ........................................ Scorpio law, supreme or cosmic............ ...... Rahu
kundalini shakti ...............................8th house lawful, makes one .................... ...... Jupiter
kundalini shakti ...............................Mars laws....................................... ...... 7th house
labh-sthan .....................................11th house laws, perpetuation of ................ ...... Jupiter
labor ............................................. 8th house laws, traditional ....................... ...... 5th house
laboratories, chemical ..................... Leo lawsuits.................................. ...... Mars
laborious ................................< ..... Saturn lawyers .................................. ...... Jupiter
laborious employment .....................Saturn lawyers profession, suitable for. . ...... Mercury
lack of energy, hates it .................... Cancer lawyers, related to ................... ...... Jupiter
lack of mental balance..............< ..... Moon laziness ................................. ...... Jupiter
lacks guidance ...............................Capricorn laziness ................................. <..... Moon
ladies breast .................................. Moon laziness, doesn't like it (saturn). . ...... Moon
lady love ....................................... 5th house lead....................................... ...... Sun
lagna ............................................ 1st house lead ...................................... ...... Saturn
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leadership .............................. ...... 10th house leucoderma ........................... < .....Moon
leadership in all pursuits ........... ...... Mars liable to bodily deformities ........ .......8th house
leadership, must have.............. ...... Leo liar ........................................ < .....Mercury
leads followers ........................ ...... Leo liar ........................................ < .....Moon
leads to frustration .................. ...... Rahu liar ........................................ .......Rahu
lean....................................... ...... Mars liberal .................................... < .....Jupiter
lean....................................... ...... Mercury liberal .................................... .......Mercury
lean ...................................... ...... Saturn liberating................................ .......Ketu
learned .................................. ...... Mercury liberation................................ .......12th house
learning.................................. ...... 4th house liberation................................ .......Ketu
learning.................................. ...... Mercury liberation, not causing-see ketu . .......Jupiter
learning.................................. ...... Venus libra ...................................... .......7th house
learning's ............................... ...... 9th house libra ..................................... .......Venus
learning, ability to.................... ...... 9th house libra 20° exaltation................... .......Saturn
learning, deep ......................... ...... 5th house libra, 10° debilitated................. .......Sun
learning, real, devoid of ............ <..... Mercury libra, harmed by...................... .......Mars
lease ..................................... ...... 4th house libraries ................................. .......Gemini
lecturers ................................ ...... Rahu library.................................... .......3rd house
left ear................................... ...... 11th house life becomes a spiritual quest ... .......Sagittarius
left ear................................... ...... Mars life force flowing out................. .......Aquarius
left eye .................................. ...... 12th house life in a hostel during study....... .......1st house
left eye .................................. ...... Moon life in general.......................... .......Moon
left eye of the male ................ ...... Moon life's general structure ............. .......1st house
legacies ................................. ...... 8th house life's start .............................. .......1st house
legacies ................................. ...... 8th house life, a positive approach ........... .......Jupiter
legacies, illegal ....................... ...... 5th house life, danger to ......................... .......7th house
legal arbitration ....................... ...... 9th house life, length, danger to............... .......7th house
legal bondage ......................... ...... 7th house life, new ................................. .......5th house
legal matters .......................... ...... Jupiter life, sustains it........................ .......Cancer
legal or illegal amusements....... ...... 5th house life-sustaining force ................. .......Cancer
legal suits .............................. ...... Mars lightning, death by................... .......8th house
legal trouble............................ <..... Venus likes expanding ....................... .......Cancer
legal troubles .......................... ...... 2nd house likes hard work ........................ .......Capricorn
legal troubles .......................... <..... Mercury likes jupiters effect .................. .......Mars
legal union.............................. ...... 7th house likes priests/teachers............... .......Cancer
legs....................................... ...... 11th house likes the sun........................... .......Mars
legs ...................................... ...... 12th house likes to act ............................. .......Mars
legs, creatures that have many . ...... Mercury likes to get going..................... .......Mars
lemon .................................... ...... Venus likes travel ............................. .......Moon
lenders of money .................... ...... Sun lilies ...................................... .......Moon
leo ........................................ ...... 5th house limb injury .............................. < .....Saturn
leo, 20º moolatrikona................ ...... Sun limbs are covered with wounds . . .......Ketu
leprosy .................................. ...... Ketu limbs, mutilation of.................. .......12th house
leprosy .................................. ...... Rahu limestone............................... .......Mercury
leprosy ................................. <..... Mercury limitation ............................... .......Saturn
less beauty ............................ <..... Venus limitation is felt here ................ .......Aries
lessons.................................. ...... Rahu limitations .............................. .......12th house
lessons learned here................ ...... 3rd house limitations, break through them . .......Ketu
lethargy, doesn't like it (saturn). . ...... Moon limitless expansion .................. .......Jupiter
leucoderma ............................ <..... Mercury linking.................................... .......Gemini
leucoderma ............................ <..... Mercury linking matter with inner reality... .......Ketu
leucoderma ............................ ...... Venus links ...................................... .......Libra
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lion, symbolized by ......................... Leo longevity ................................ ...... 8th house
lioness mother ...............................Rahu longevity ................................ ...... Saturn
liquids ........................................... Moon longevity ................................ ...... Saturn
literary compositions ....................... 5th house longevity, danger to ................. ...... 7th house
literary geniuses .............................Ketu looks downward........................ ...... Saturn
literature........................................ Venus looks out from within the veil ..... ...... Ketu
literature........................................ Virgo looks upward ........................... ...... Mars
litigation ........................................ 6th house lord of the moon...................... ...... 10th house
litigation ........................................ Mars lose temper quickly.................. <..... Mars
litigation ........................................ Rahu losing semen .......................... ...... 7th house
litigation's ...................................... 6th house loss....................................... ...... 12th house
litigation's ...................................... 7th house loss....................................... ...... 2nd house
litigation's overcome, in 6th.............. Rahu loss and fall of position ............ ...... 12th house
litigation's, public enemies of............ 10th house loss by marriage ..................... ...... 12th house
litigation's, signing ..........................3rd house loss of conveyance ................. <..... Venus
litigations................................< ..... Venus loss of one's dwelling ............... ...... 4th house
livelihood ....................................... 10th house loss of one's wife..................... ...... 12th house
lively tracts....................................Taurus loss of spouse ........................ ...... 6th house
liver .............................................. 5th house loss through partners ............... ...... 12th house
liver ............................................. Jupiter loss to children ....................... ...... 4th house
liver complaints .......................< ..... Jupiter loss to elder brother................. ...... 10th house
liver-enlargement ............................Saturn loss to partner ........................ ...... 6th house
living overseas ...............................12th house loss to younger brother ............ ...... 2nd house
loan .............................................. 2nd house loss/gain-market fluctuations..... ...... 8th house
loan officers................................... Sun losses to dear friends .............. ...... 10th house
localities frequented by sadhus. ........ Pisces losses to partners ................... ...... 6th house
location ......................................... Jupiter losses to spouse..................... ...... 6th house
location in chart changes her............ Moon lost goods .............................. ...... 12th house
logic ............................................. Mercury lotteries ................................. ...... 8th house
logic, not here................................Pisces lottery.................................... ...... 5th house
logical mind ................................... Jupiter love....................................... ...... Moon
logician ......................................... Mercury love....................................... ...... Moon
loins ............................................. 7th house love....................................... ...... Venus
loka (world).....................................7th house love affairs ............................. ...... 11th house
lone troubles .................................. Rahu love affairs ............................. ...... 5th house
long ascension ...............................5th house love affairs ............................. ...... Venus
long ascension ...............................6th house love affairs ............................ ...... 5th house
long journey of the religious ............. 5th house love for pleasure ..................... ...... Moon
long journey to mother.....................12th house love for work ........................... ...... Mars
long journey to uncle ....................... 2nd house love is pure here ..................... ...... Pisces
long journeys ................................. 6th house love life.................................. ...... 7th house
long journeys ................................. 9th house love of ornaments and pearls.... ...... 11th house
long journeys ................................. 9th house love, desire to give it ............... ...... Venus
long journeys ................................. Mercury love, real................................ ...... Sun
long journeys ................................Jupiter love-making ............................ ...... Venus
long journeys by father .................... 5th house loved, desire to be................... ...... Venus
long journeys of elder brothers.......... 7th house loves priests/teachers.............. ...... Cancer
long journeys of friends ................... 7th house low and mean acts................... ...... Ketu
long lasting effects .........................Aquarius low careers, too low for querent. . Ketu
long life, danger to ..........................7th house low class ................................ ...... Capricorn
long reddish eyes ........................... Mercury low jobs, too low for querent ...... ...... Ketu
longevity ....................................... 1st house low occupations....................... ...... Rahu
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low people .............................. ...... Ketu manifestation ......................... .......Gemini
low people .............................. ...... Saturn manifestation, it's cause .......... .......Aries
low people, friendship with ......... ...... Rahu manipulative .......................... < .....Moon
low stamina, when with sun........ ...... Saturn manliness .............................. .......Jupiter
loyalty, not permitted to grow .... ...... Saturn manliness .............................. .......Mars
lucaria ................................... ...... Sun manners ................................ .......Moon
luck ....................................... ...... 9th house manomaya kosha.................... .......Venus
lucky ..................................... ...... Jupiter mans left eye ......................... .......Moon
lumber ................................... ...... 7th house mantras................................. .......5th house
lung disease........................... <..... Mars mantras and hymns. .............. .......10th house
lungs ..................................... ...... 4th house manufacturers of vice.............. .......Gemini
lungs ..................................... ...... Mercury manufacturing cities ................ .......Virgo
lungs ..................................... ...... Sun manufacturing places .............. .......Leo
lust ....................................... <..... Venus maraka sthana........................ .......2nd house
lust is gone ............................ ...... Pisces marakasthana (house of death) . .......7th house
lust, venus with mars ............... ...... Mars marga (way the path) ............... .......7th house
luster in the eyes .................... ...... Venus margosa trees ....................... .......Saturn
luxury .................................... ...... Venus marital relations ...................... .......7th house
lymphatic gland....................... ...... Moon marital relationship .................. .......7th house
ma1e..................................... ...... Sun market fluctuations, gain / loss by .....8th house
machinery for aeronautics ........ ...... Aquarius markets ................................. .......Libra
mada (pride) ........................... ...... 7th house marriage ................................ .......Moon
magazines.............................. ...... Sagittarius marriage ................................ .......Venus
magic .................................... ...... 6th house marriage of elder brother .......... .......5th house
magical abilities ...................... ...... Ketu marriage, losses through.......... .......12th house
magistery or dignity of absent ... ...... 5th house marrow of the bone.................. .......Mars
magnanimity of heart ............... ...... Jupiter marrows................................. .......Saturn
magnetism, personal ............... ...... Sun mars ..................................... .......1st house
mahat principle ....................... ...... Gemini mars ..................................... .......8th house
maiden .................................. ...... Virgo mars accentuates ................... .......Rahu
maiden, not married female ...... ...... Virgo mars is debilitated................... .......Cancer
major arteries and .................. ...... 4th house mars is exalted here ................ .......Capricorn
makara .................................. ...... Capricorn mars is lord............................ .......Aries
makara means crocodile........... ...... Capricorn mars owns this sign................. .......Scorpio
makers of vice-related items ..... ...... Gemini mars with venus-attraction/attractive. .Venus
makes ideas understandable ..... ...... Mercury mars, doesn't like him.............. .......Saturn
male animal............................ ...... Taurus mars, jupiter neutral to............. .......Venus
malefic .................................. ...... 11th house mars, saturn, jupiter, enemies of.......
malefic .................................. ...... 3rd house ............................................ Mercury
malefic .................................. ...... 9th house mars, saturn, jupiter, enemies of.......
malefic .................................. ...... Mars ............................................ Mercury
malefic .................................. ...... Saturn mars, sun's friend ................... .......Sun
malefic .................................. ...... Sun mars, sun, moon is enemy....... .......Saturn
malefic ................................. ...... 5th house mars- Saturn's opposite ........... .......Saturn
malefic or benefic.................... ...... Saturn mars/sun good with jupiter ........ .......Jupiter
malefic when aspected such ..... ...... Mercury marshes ................................ .......Cancer
maleness ............................... ...... Taurus marshy places........................ .......Aquarius
malice ................................... ...... 12th house marshy places........................ .......Capricorn
malls ..................................... ...... Libra marshy places........................ .......Moon
man's vital fluid....................... ...... Venus martial order, good .................. .......Jupiter
man, old, with sickle in hand...... ...... Saturn martyrdom ............................. .......Virgo
management ability ................ ...... 5th house martyrs ................................. .......Saturn
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mascu1ine.....................................1st house medicine ................................ ...... Jupiter
masculine...................................... 11th house medicine, wrong causing death . . ...... 8th house
masculine...................................... 3rd house medicines ............................. ...... 4th house
masculine...................................... 5th house meditation .............................. ...... 9th house
masculine...................................... 7th house meditation ............................. ...... Pisces
masculine...................................... 9th house meditation, deep .................... ...... Cancer
masculine...................................... Aquarius meditation, skill in.................... ...... Mercury
masculine...................................... Aries meek ..................................... ...... Moon
masculine...................................... Jupiter meetings between adulterers ..... ...... Aquarius
masculine...................................... Leo melancholic ............................ <..... Saturn
masculine...................................... Libra memory ................................. ...... 2nd house
masculine...................................... Mars memory ................................. ...... 3rd house
masculine .....................................Sagittarius memory ................................. ...... Mercury
masculine fire ................................Sagittarius memory, good ........................ ...... Mercury
masculine sign ...............................Gemini mendicancy............................ ...... Ketu
masonry........................................ Saturn mendicant .............................. ...... Ketu
mastery of occult sciences .............. Mercury menstrual disorders ................. <..... Moon
material comfort, abnegated............. Saturn menstrual flow in women ........... ...... Mars
material connections absent............. Pisces menstrual troubles .................. ...... Venus
material forms of existence ............. Rahu menstruation .......................... ...... Moon
material immersion .........................Libra mental aberrations................... ...... Saturn
material riches ...............................Libra mental abrasion ..................... <..... Moon
materialistic ................................... Gemini mental activity is quick............. ...... Mars
materialists, misery for.................... Saturn mental afflictions..................... <..... Moon
materiality .....................................Taurus mental agitation ...................... ...... 12th house
materiality is burnt away ..................Sagittarius mental anguish ....................... ...... 12th house
materially operative.........................Libra mental caliber ......................... ...... Jupiter
maternal grand-father ...................... Ketu mental creation ....................... ...... 5th house
maternal uncle ...............................6th house mental diseases...................... <..... Mercury
maternal uncle ...............................Mercury mental happiness .................... ...... Moon
maternal uncle, journeys..................2nd house mental inclination .................... ...... 3rd house
maternal uncle, position of ............... 3rd house mental institutions, relations to. . ...... 12th house
math, good at ................................Mercury mental nervousness ................ <..... Mercury
mathematical ................................. Saturn mental pain ............................ ...... 8th house
mathematicians..............................Mercury mental perception ................... ...... Mercury
mathematics.................................. 3rd house mental plane, functions there .... ...... Ketu
mathematics.................................. Mercury mental power .......................... ...... Mars
mating capacity..............................Taurus mental strength....................... ...... 3rd house
matter attachments, ended .............. Ketu mental strength....................... ...... Moon
matter-of-fact................................. Sun mental sufferings ................... ...... 8th house
matters related to lawyers ................ Jupiter mental toils, secret.................. ...... 12th house
may die due to wrong treatment ........ 8th house mental torture ......................... ...... Capricorn
meadows ....................................... Virgo mental trouble......................... ...... Saturn
mean acts .....................................Saturn mental turmoil, when with moon . ...... Saturn
meanings of ritual ........................... Mercury mental worry ........................... ...... 6th house
means earnings..............................Jupiter mentality, which type ............... ...... Mercury
measles ........................................ Ketu mentally operative ................... ...... Libra
meat eating, likes it.........................Capricorn mercantile activity ................... ...... Mercury
meats ........................................... Venus merchants.............................. ...... Jupiter
mechanical ....................................Mars merchants.............................. ...... Libra
medical officers..............................8th house mercurial stuff bad here ........... ...... Pisces
medicine ....................................... Jupiter mercurian is highly intelligent .... ...... Mercury
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mercury ................................. ...... 3rd house ministers ............................... .......Jupiter
mercury ................................. ...... 6th house miscalculations....................... < .....Mercury
mercury is debilitated............... ...... Pisces mischief monger ..................... < .....Mercury
mercury rules ......................... ...... Gemini mischievous........................... < .....Mercury
mercury strengthened by.......... ...... Mars miserable............................... .......Saturn
mercury, neutral to .................. ...... Mars miserable persons................... .......8th house
mercury, neutral to sun ............ ...... Sun miserable, often becomes ........ .......Aries
mercury, owned by .................. ...... Virgo miserable, with saturn .............. .......Rahu
mercury, saturn, friends of ...... ...... Venus miserliness ............................ .......6th house
mercury, venus, friends of........ ...... Saturn miserliness ............................ .......8th house
merging ................................. ...... Pisces miserliness ............................ .......Ketu
meritorious deeds.................... ...... 10th house misery................................... .......12th house
meritorious karma, if in 9th ....... ...... Jupiter misery................................... .......Saturn
merriment, not much ............... ...... Virgo misfortune ............................. .......12th house
mesha .................................. ...... Aries misfortune ............................. .......2nd house
mesmerism ............................ ...... Moon misfortune ............................. < .....Jupiter
messages .............................. ...... 3rd house misfortune ............................. < .....Venus
messenger ............................. ...... Mercury misfortune, all varieties............ .......12th house
metal gold .............................. ...... Jupiter misfortunes............................ .......Saturn
metal silver ............................ ...... Moon misjudgment .......................... < .....Jupiter
metals ................................... ...... 2nd house misrepresentation ................... < .....Venus
metals are copper, gold............ ...... Mars missing persons ..................... .......7th house
metals iron ............................ ...... Saturn missionary zeal....................... .......Mars
metals, inferior kinds................ ...... Mercury misunderstanding.................... < .....Mars
metaphysical students ............. ...... Rahu mithuna ................................. .......Gemini
methodica1 ............................ ...... Moon mixing in society ..................... .......7th house
methodical approach................ ...... Mercury mixture of red and indigo .......... .......Jupiter
mid heaven ............................ ...... 10th house mode of death ........................ .......8th house
mid-september to mid-november ...... Mercury mode of expression ................. .......1st house
mild ...................................... ...... Moon mode of goodness .................. .......Moon
military .................................. ...... Mars mode of ignorance .................. .......Mars
military operations ................... ...... Mars mode of ignorance .................. .......Rahu
military retreats....................... ...... Sagittarius mode of ignorance .................. .......Saturn
military stores......................... ...... Sagittarius mode of ignorance .................. .......Saturn
milk ....................................... ...... 4th house mode of passion ..................... .......Mars
milk ....................................... ...... Moon mode of passion ..................... .......Mercury
mill grinding ............................ ...... Saturn modesty ................................ .......Venus
mina...................................... ...... Pisces mohammedans....................... .......Rahu
mind...................................... ...... 3rd house moist .................................... .......Moon
mind...................................... ...... Moon moksha ................................. .......12th house
mind , not free to function logically . . Saturn moksha ................................. .......Ketu
mind is quick .......................... ...... Mars mole-hills ............................... .......Rahu
mind, flexible .......................... ...... Jupiter molehills ................................ .......Scorpio
mind, intelligent, quick.............. ...... Jupiter monday ................................. .......Moon
mind, obscured by................... ...... Rahu money comes in when in 11th ... .......Saturn
mind, religious side of .............. ...... 5th house money matters ....................... .......2nd house
minerals................................. <..... Sun money of elder brothers .......... .......12th house
miners ................................... ...... Saturn money of friends .................... .......12th house
mines .................................... ...... 4th house money of public enemies ......... .......8th house
mines .................................... ...... Aquarius money of religious person ........ .......10th house
mines .................................... ...... Aries money-lenders........................ .......Sun
mines .................................... ...... Saturn monuments............................ .......4th house
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moody .......................................... Mercury movable and fixed .................. ...... Gemini
moolatrikona aries - 2°.....................Mars movable and fixed properties..... ...... Sagittarius
moolatrikona cancer ........................Moon movable or fixed...................... ...... Pisces
moolatrikona in aquarius 20°............. Saturn movement, none ..................... ...... Pisces
moolatrikona in virgo 1 6° to 20° Mercury moving always ........................ ...... Cancer
moon cools him..............................Mars moving around, not so much..... ...... Taurus
moon eaten by ...............................Rahu moving forward........................ ...... Capricorn
moon goes well with.........................Mars moving residences .................. ...... 12th house
moon is benefic in 4th house............ Moon mrigasira, governs................... ...... Mars
moon is debilitated here ..................Scorpio much excitement..................... <..... Jupiter
moon is exalted here ...................... Taurus mud ...................................... ...... Rahu
moon owns this sign........................Cancer muddle headed ....................... <..... Mercury
moon, doesn't like it ........................Mercury muddle headed ....................... <..... Moon
moon, harmed by ........................... Saturn mulatrikona leo 20° .................. ...... Sun
moon, neutral of .............................Mercury mundane existence.................. ...... Capricorn
moon, stronger than........................Rahu mundane life, close of.............. ...... 12th house
moon, sun's friend .......................... Sun murder................................... ...... Ketu
moon, sun, enemies to.................... Venus muscles................................. ...... Mars
moon, sun, jupiter, friends to............ Mars muscles, strong ...................... ...... Mars
moon, sun, mars is enemy .............. Saturn muscular................................ ...... Mars
moral acts .....................................Moon muscular strength ................... ...... Mars
moral courage ................................Saturn muscular system .................... ...... Mars
moral responsibilities....................... 10th house muscular tissues..................... ...... Mars
morality......................................... Jupiter muscular tissues..................... ...... Mercury
morals .......................................... Jupiter music .................................... ...... 2nd house
morph-able ....................................Cancer music .................................... ...... 5th house
mosquitoes....................................Mars music .................................... ...... Moon
mother .......................................... 4th house music .................................... ...... Venus
mother .......................................... Moon musical halls .......................... ...... Gemini
mother (if born during daytime) . ........ Venus musical instruments ............... ...... 5th house
mother of children........................... 8th house musicians .............................. ...... Venus
mother principle..............................Moon mutations............................... ...... 3rd house
mother's immovable property ........... 7th house mutilation of a limb .................. ...... 12th house
mother's opponents ........................10th house mysterious depths, exploring..... ...... Mercury
motherly, not at all..........................Scorpio mysterious sign ...................... ...... Scorpio
mothers long journey....................... 12th house mystic inquiring nature's secrets ...... Ketu
mothers wealth ...............................5th house mystic potential ...................... ...... Gemini
motion, lacking ...............................Taurus naga...................................... ...... Scorpio
mountain tops ................................ Leo nails ...................................... ...... 10th house
mountains .....................................3rd house nails ...................................... ...... 2nd house
mountains ..................................... Leo nails ..................................... ...... Saturn
mountains .....................................Mars name fame............................. ...... 6th house
mountains .....................................Taurus narrow waist ............................ ...... Mars
mountains ....................................Saturn nasal disorder ......................... <..... Mercury
mouth ........................................... Mercury natural crevices ...................... ...... Scorpio
movability...................................... Cancer natural force ........................... ...... Leo
movable ........................................ 1st house natural forces, insight into ........ ...... 9th house
movable ........................................ 7th house natural leader, mars in 10 ......... ...... Mars
movable ........................................ Cancer natural peacemakers................ ...... Venus
movable ........................................ Capricorn nature.................................... ...... 1st house
movable ........................................ Libra nature of individual, not activity . ...... Taurus
movable ....................................... Aries nature of querist...................... ...... 2nd house
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nature of the person ................ ...... 1st house noble by nature....................... .......Jupiter
nature satwic .......................... ...... Sun noble cause, suffering for......... .......Virgo
nature, dominating................... <..... Sun nocturnal ............................... .......Moon
nature, hidden laws, knowledge of...... 8th house north ..................................... .......12th house
natures mysteries, deep........... ...... Ketu north ..................................... .......8th house
navel of kalapurusha ................ ...... Libra north ..................................... .......Mercury
navigation .............................. ...... Moon north ..................................... .......Moon
navigators .............................. ...... Moon north east .............................. .......Jupiter
necessity ............................... ...... Saturn north east .............................. .......Moon
necessity has ended................ ...... Pisces north east direction ................. .......Mars
neck of the kalapurusha............ ...... Taurus north-eastern direction ............. .......Jupiter
nectar ................................... ...... Rahu northern direction .................... .......Mercury
needs concrete help to harness itself Moon nose ..................................... .......2nd house
needs guidance....................... ...... Capricorn nose ..................................... .......Mars
needs, satisfaction of .............. ...... 11th house nose ..................................... .......Sun
neelotpala flowers .................... ...... Mercury nose diseases ........................ < .....Mars
negative................................. ...... 12th house not rigid ................................. .......Cancer
negative................................. ...... 2nd house nothing further ........................ .......Pisces
negative................................. ...... 6th house nourishing .............................. .......Moon
negative ................................ ...... 8th house nourishment ........................... .......9th house
negroes ................................. ...... Saturn nuptials ................................. .......7th house
neighbors ............................... ...... 3rd house nurseries .............................. .......Virgo
nervous ................................. <..... Mercury nursing .................................. .......6th house
nervous ................................. ...... Saturn nursing .................................. .......6th house
nervous break down ................ <..... Mercury nursing .................................. .......Moon
nervous center........................ ...... Mercury nursing babies ........................ .......Moon
nervous disorders.................... <..... Mercury nursing homes........................ .......12th house
nervous system ...................... ...... 3rd house nurturing, not at all.................. .......Scorpio
nervous system ...................... ...... Mercury nuts ..................................... .......Mercury
nervous system ...................... ...... Moon objective manifestation ............ .......Taurus
nervousness........................... <..... Moon obscure ................................ .......Rahu
neuralgia ................................ <..... Mercury obscurity ............................... < .....Mercury
neutral ................................... ...... Mercury observational power ................. .......2nd house
neutral to jupiter ...................... ...... Saturn obstacles............................... .......12th house
neutral to mars and jupiter ....... ...... Venus obstacles............................... .......8th house
neutral to mercury ................... ...... Mars obstacles............................... < .....Moon
neutral to moon....................... ...... Mercury obstacles and difficulties.......... < .....Sun
neutral to, all except sun/merc . . ...... Moon obstacles in undertakings ......... .......6th house
new alignment of forces............ ...... Capricorn obstructions ........................... .......Saturn
new clothes ........................... ...... Moon obstructions in day to day ........ .......3rd house
new life .................................. ...... 5th house occult.................................... .......Scorpio
new powers ............................ ...... Rahu occult knowledge ..................... .......5th house
new understanding ................... ...... Ketu occult science ........................ .......Jupiter
new way of life is achieved ........ ...... Ketu occult science........................ .......Mars
newness where it influences ...... ...... Aries occult science ........................ .......Mercury
ninth house, at it's best............ ...... Jupiter occult sciences ...................... .......Moon
nirvana .................................. ...... Pisces occult studies......................... .......12th house
nirvana (deep meditation) ......... ...... Cancer occultists............................... .......Ketu
no satiety and stasis ............... ...... Taurus occupation ............................. .......10th house
nobility................................... ...... Sun occupations too low for one's caste ...Ketu
noble ..................................... ...... Jupiter ocean.................................... .......Moon
noble attempts........................ ...... Aries oceanic surface ...................... .......Virgo
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oceans.......................................... Pisces optimistic ............................... ...... Jupiter
odorless ........................................ Cancer optimistic, overly..................... <..... Jupiter
offended by religion.........................Capricorn opulence ................................ ...... Jupiter
offenders, likes to pardon................. Aries orange ................................... ...... Sun
offense ......................................... Mars orator .................................... ...... Mercury
offense, places of........................... Sagittarius orators................................... ...... Mercury
offers mental courage .....................Saturn orchards ................................ ...... 4th house
officers ......................................... Mars orchards ................................ ...... Scorpio
officers, medical.............................8th house ordinary clothes ...................... ...... Jupiter
offspring (especially male) ............... Jupiter organizations, secret................ ...... Virgo
offspring of the earth....................... Mars organizing ability...................... ...... Mars
oils ............................................... Saturn organs of reproduction ............. ...... Mars
old age.......................................... Saturn organs, hidden ........................ ...... 8th house
old age homes ...............................12th house orgies .................................... <..... Venus
old dilapidated houses .....................Saturn orients one towards spirit .......... ...... Aquarius
old man with a sickle in his hand Saturn ornamentation, too much.......... <..... Moon
older brothers marriage.................... 5th house ornaments.............................. ...... 4th house
older sisters marriage...................... 5th house ornaments.............................. ...... Venus
om ............................................... 2nd house ornaments.............................. ...... Venus
one............................................... 2nd house ornaments ............................. ...... 10th house
one yojana high ..............................Moon ornaments worn by youngsters . . ...... Moon
one's approach to life ...................... 9th house ornaments worn on head .......... ...... Moon
one's attachments ..........................7th house ornaments, love of .................. ...... 11th house
one's home....................................4th house others growth, concerned with.... ...... Moon
one's knowledge..............................Jupiter outer crust is destroyed ........... ...... Ketu
one's life partner.............................7th house outgoing energy ...................... ...... 1st house
oneness ....................................... Moon outlaws .................................. ...... 7th house
ones disposition .............................1st house outlook, broad one ................... ...... Jupiter
ones tendencies .............................1st house outward motion........................ ...... Mars
onlooker, silent one .........................Cancer outwardly showy, not ................ ...... Libra
ontological tendencies .....................3rd house ovarian diseases ..................... ...... Venus
open or public enemies.................... 2nd house ovaries .................................. ...... Moon
openings in the earth....................... Scorpio ovaries .................................. ...... Venus
operation ....................................... Mars over ...................................... ...... Pisces
opinionated, self ......................< ..... Sun over ambitious ........................ <..... Sun
opinions profound ........................... Saturn over optimistic ........................ <..... Jupiter
opponents .....................................6th house over ornamentation.................. <..... Moon
opportunities, good .........................Jupiter over pleasure ......................... <..... Moon
opposed to religion..........................Capricorn overdose of drugs ................... ...... 8th house
opposing force ...............................6th house overseas reputation ................. ...... 7th house
opposite polarity to the self ............. 7th house overwhelmed by passion often... ...... Mercury
opposites ...................................... 7th house owned by mercury ................... ...... Virgo
opposites-mars and saturn............... Saturn owned by saturn ...................... ...... Capricorn
opposition...................................... Aquarius oyster (pearl)-shell................... ...... Mercury
opposition of various kinds ............... 6th house paddies, rice (wet lands) ........... ...... Cancer
opposition, public.....................< ..... Sun pain, freedom from .................. ...... 11th house
oppositional forces..........................Libra painting.................................. ...... Moon
oppositions ....................................7th house pair ....................................... ...... Gemini
oppression, averse to...................... Mars palaces.................................. ...... Leo
oppressor ...................................... Saturn palanquin ............................... ...... Venus
optimism ....................................... Moon pale yellowish opal .................. ...... Moon
optimism ....................................... Sun palmyra trees ......................... ...... Saturn
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palpitation .............................. <..... Mercury peace ................................... .......Pisces
palpitations of the heart............ ...... Sun peace of mind. ....................... .......4th house
pandu-roga ............................. ...... Venus peaceful ................................ .......Mars
papers ................................... ...... 3rd house peaceful process, not such a.... .......Sagittarius
parabrahman, 4 states of ......... ...... Cancer peacemakers, natural .............. .......Venus
paralysis ................................ <..... Saturn peaks inaccessible ................. .......Leo
paralysis, aspects w/ mars/saturn..... Saturn pearls.................................... .......Cancer
paranormal faculties ................ ...... Ketu pearls.................................... .......Mercury
pardoning ............................... ...... Aries pearls.................................... .......Moon
parental wealth ........................ ...... 12th house pearls.................................... .......Venus
parks ..................................... ...... Gemini pelvic .................................... .......8th house
partition of property ................. ...... 3rd house penetrative............................. .......Aries
partner................................... ...... 7th house pension ................................. .......8th house
partner in business .................. ...... Venus perception of future, intuitive .... .......5th house
partner in business ................. ...... 7th house perceptive.............................. .......Mercury
partners, earnings through........ ...... Venus perform rituals ........................ .......Jupiter
partners, their losses ............... ...... 6th house performance of sacrifices ........ .......Jupiter
partners. ............................... ...... 7th house perfumes ............................... .......Venus
partnerships, illegal.................. ...... 5th house perfumes and flowers............... .......7th house
passing semen ....................... ...... 7th house period of dasha is 7 years ........ .......Mars
passion.................................. ...... 7th house period, menstruation................ .......Mars
passion.................................. ...... Mars permanency in work ................. .......10th house
passion.................................. ...... Moon permanent effects................... .......Aquarius
passion, when with mars ........... ...... Venus permanent part of its landscape .......Taurus
passion, when with venus.......... ...... Mars permanent position.................. .......10th house
passionate ............................. ...... Mars permanent possessions ........... .......4th house
passionate ............................. <..... Moon permanent rank....................... .......Sun
passionate by nature ............... ...... Venus permanent scenery, wants it ..... .......Taurus
passionate nature.................... ...... Taurus permission for other qualities .... .......1st house
passions ................................ ...... Venus perpetuation of established codes .....Jupiter
passive.................................. ...... Moon persecution ............................ .......12th house
passive.................................. ...... Taurus perseverance ......................... .......Mars
past karma ............................. ...... 4th house perseverance ......................... .......Venus
past karmas ........................... ...... 9th house persistence ............................ .......Moon
past life, good karma of............ ...... 5th house persistent .............................. .......Saturn
past lives debts ...................... ...... Rahu personal affairs....................... .......Moon
pastoral fields ......................... ...... Taurus personal magnetism ................ .......Sun
pastures ................................ ...... 4th house personal needs, satisfaction of . .......11th house
paternal grand-father................ ...... Rahu personal pleasure, not ............. .......Virgo
paternal relations..................... ...... Mars personal pleasures .................. .......11th house
paternal uncle ......................... ...... 11th house personality ............................. .......1st house
paternal wealth ........................ ...... 9th house personality ............................. .......Sun
patience................................. ...... Saturn personality impact................... .......1st house
patience of mind ..................... ...... 2nd house personality, impact of .............. .......Sun
patient ................................... ...... Moon personality, when well posited.... .......Mars
patient, treatment of ................ ...... 6th house persons nature ....................... .......1st house
patrimony............................... ...... Sun persons sum total qualities....... .......1st house
patriotism............................... ...... 3rd house persons wretched and miserable 8th house
pavilion .................................. ...... 4th house persons, missing .................... .......7th house
peace .................................... ...... Jupiter perspective lost ...................... .......Rahu
peace .................................... ...... Jupiter perversity, with venus .............. .......Ketu
peace ................................... ...... Moon perverted ............................... < .....Mercury
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perverted, sexually...................< .....Mars places abounded by serpents.... ...... Scorpio
pessimistic .............................< ..... Moon places of beautiful girls ............ ...... Gemini
pessimistic .............................< ..... Saturn places of defense.................... ...... Sagittarius
pet animals....................................6th house places of entertainment's ......... ...... 5th house
petalae.......................................... 10th house places of exchange.................. ...... Virgo
philanthropic endeavors ................... Jupiter places of hunting..................... ...... Leo
philanthropists................................Jupiter places of manufacture ............. ...... Leo
philosophers .................................. Ketu places of offense .................... ...... Sagittarius
philosophers .................................. Saturn places of recreation ................. ...... Mercury
philosophic nature........................... Jupiter places of sacrifice ................... ...... Sagittarius
philosophical .................................. Mercury places of worship..................... ...... 9th house
philosophical tendencies ..................3rd house places of worship..................... ...... Sun
philosophical wisdom ....................... Jupiter places watery.......................... ...... Moon
philosophy .....................................9th house places where vice is found ........ ...... Gemini
philosophy .....................................Jupiter places with internal fire ............. ...... Aries
philosophy, doesn't like it ................. Capricorn places, commercial ................. ...... Libra
phlegm.......................................... Jupiter places, holy............................ ...... Cancer
phlegm...................................< ..... Saturn places, sandy ......................... ...... Cancer
phlegmatic ....................................Moon places, watery......................... ...... Cancer
phlegmatic afflictions ..............< ..... Moon plains, grassy ......................... ...... Virgo
phlegmatic disorders ................< ..... Jupiter planes ................................... ...... Libra
phlegmatic disposition .....................Jupiter plantain trees.......................... ...... Moon
physical (sthula) ............................Cancer plants growth .......................... ...... Moon
physical action, averse to ................ Mercury platinum................................. ...... Jupiter
physical body................................. 1st house platinum................................. ...... Venus
physical body - compared to pitcher . . Aquarius pleas ..................................... ...... 7th house
physical growth...............................Jupiter pleasant environment, in ascendant . . Venus
physical stature..............................1st house pleasant voice ........................ ...... Venus
physical strength ............................Mars pleased easily......................... ...... Jupiter
physical vehicle..............................1st house pleasing ................................. ...... Venus
physical welfare ..............................Jupiter pleasurable pursuits................. ...... 11th house
physically powerful ..........................Taurus pleasurable pursuits................. ...... Venus
physicians .....................................Jupiter pleasure................................. ...... Aquarius
pickpockets....................................7th house pleasure from anger................. ...... Venus
picturesque localities ...................... Cancer pleasure of beds ..................... ...... Venus
piles ............................................. Jupiter pleasure of sex ....................... ...... 12th house
piles ......................................< ..... Mercury pleasure, promoter of............... ...... Venus
pilgrimage...................................... 5th house pleasure-loving........................ ...... Venus
pilgrimage...................................... 9th house pleasure/pain destined ............. ...... 1st house
pilgrimage...................................... Jupiter pleasures ............................... ...... 1st house
pilgrimages ....................................9th house pleasures ............................... ...... Venus
piloting airplanes.............................Rahu pleasures of life ...................... ...... Taurus
pimples ..................................< ..... Mars pleasures of life ..................... ...... 5th house
pineal glands.................................. 7th house pleasures of the bed................ ...... 12th house
pink ............................................. Venus pleasures, immoral .................. <..... Moon
pisces 15º is debilitation of............... Mercury pleasures, legal/illegal .............. ...... 5th house
pisces 27° exalted ..........................Venus pleasures, too much ................ <..... Moon
pit ................................................ Scorpio pleurisy.................................. <..... Moon
pitcher .......................................... Aquarius pliability, provides.................... ...... Cancer
pitiless .......................................... Saturn pliable.................................... ...... Mercury
place of thief.................................. 7th house plumbing ............................... ...... Saturn
place of wife................................... 7th house plumpy ................................. ...... Moon
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plurality in sexual relations ........ <..... Venus positive ................................. .......5th house
poetic in sensibility .................. ...... Venus positive ................................. .......7th house
poetical faculty ....................... ...... Venus positive ................................. .......9th house
poetry.................................... ...... Venus positive ................................. .......Jupiter
poetry and the fine arts ............ ...... Venus positive ................................. .......Libra
poets..................................... ...... Mercury positive ................................. .......Sun
poets..................................... ...... Moon positive and negative together . . .......Pisces
point where the sun sets........... ...... 7th house positive approach to life ........... .......Jupiter
poison ................................... ...... Rahu possession by demons and spirits.....Ketu
poison , death by (watery sign) . . ...... 8th house possession of the sacred wisdom ......Jupiter
poisonous gases ..................... ...... Mars possession of value ................ .......2nd house
poisonous plants ..................... ...... Moon possessions........................... .......2nd house
poisonous snakes.................... ...... Rahu possibility of his achieving........ .......1st house
poisonous speech ................... ...... Ketu post office ............................. .......3rd house
poisonous tails........................ ...... Ketu posts ................................... .......3rd house
polarization ............................. ...... Gemini potential ................................ .......1st house
polarization ............................. ...... Mercury potential feels constrained........ .......Aries
polarization, its central quality ... ...... Mercury potential, uncertain of own ........ .......Cancer
policemen .............................. ...... Mars pots ...................................... .......Saturn
polished nature ....................... ...... Venus pottery .................................. .......Saturn
politeness .............................. ...... Moon poverty.................................. .......12th house
political brain, well posited......... ...... Mercury poverty.................................. .......2nd house
political plots ......................... ...... Rahu poverty.................................. < .....Jupiter
political power ......................... ...... Jupiter poverty.................................. .......Saturn
political power ......................... ...... Sun powder................................... .......Mars
politician ................................ ...... Sun power .................................... .......Jupiter
pomp..................................... ...... Sun power .................................... .......Sun
pomp and show ....................... ...... Mars power and resources................ .......2nd house
pomps, vain ........................... <..... Jupiter power contentions ................... .......Mars
pondering, causes ................... ...... Saturn power for austerity................... .......Saturn
ponds .................................... ...... Pisces power in biz/social circles ......... .......Jupiter
poohva bhadra ........................ ...... Jupiter power of discussion ................. .......Jupiter
pools ..................................... ...... Cancer power of judgment ................... .......Mercury
poor abilities ........................... <..... Moon power of observation................ .......2nd house
poor ability ............................. <..... Mercury power, capturing...................... .......Sun
poor judgment......................... <..... Mercury power, mental ......................... .......Mars
poorva phalguni....................... ...... Venus power, political ........................ .......Sun
poorvapunya .......................... ...... 9th house power, uncertain of own ............ .......Cancer
poorvashada. ......................... ...... Venus power. ................................... .......Sun
popital fossa........................... ...... 10th house powerful physically .................. .......Taurus
popular .................................. ...... Jupiter powerful, immensely ................ .......Rahu
popularity ............................... ...... 10th house powers latent within.................. .......Rahu
popularity .............................. ...... Moon powers of intuition ................... .......9th house
popularity, not......................... <..... Jupiter practical execution .................. .......Mars
portentous evils ...................... ...... Rahu practical nature....................... .......Mars
position.................................. ...... 10th house practices, spiritual................... .......5th house
position, permanence............... ...... 10th house pragmatism............................ .......Mars
positions of authority ............... ...... Sun pranava ................................. .......2nd house
positions, fall from................... ...... 12th house pranayama............................. .......3rd house
positive.................................. ...... 11th house preaching............................... .......3rd house
positive.................................. ...... 1st house preceptor ............................... .......9th house
positive.................................. ...... 3rd house preceptor of the asuras............ .......Venus
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preceptor of the devas .................... Jupiter procreates.............................. ...... Venus
preceptors .....................................Jupiter procreation ............................. ...... 5th house
precious stones..............................2nd house procreation ............................. ...... Leo
precise.......................................... Saturn procreation affected by ............ ...... Moon
precision ....................................... Mars procreative energy................... ...... Taurus
pregnancy .....................................5th house prodigality .............................. <..... Mars
prejudice, free from.........................Mercury prodigality ............................. <..... Moon
prejudiced ..............................< ..... Mercury produce of agriculture .............. ...... 4th house
preoccupation with a goal ................. Aries production of religious feelings . . ...... Jupiter
presence at temples ....................... Jupiter productions, expansions ........... ...... Jupiter
presence of everything .................... 1st house productive .............................. ...... Cancer
present karma ................................10th house profession .............................. ...... 10th house
preservation .................................. Pisces profession .............................. ...... Moon
preserves life ................................. Pisces profession .............................. ...... Saturn
preserving .....................................Saturn profession of children............... ...... 2nd house
presidency, capturing ...................... Sun profession of partner................ ...... 4th house
prestige, social...............................Jupiter profession of teaching.............. ...... Jupiter
pretend he knows everything......< ..... Mercury profession, source of ............... ...... 4th house
previous karma's ............................9th house professional advancement ........ ...... 7th house
previous lives wisdom...................... 1st house proficiency in arts and sciences ...... Jupiter
prey for large birds..........................Cancer proficiency in foreign languages. ...... Ketu
prey, birds of ................................. Leo proficiency in languages ........... ...... Mercury
pride ............................................. Ketu proficiency in research ............. ...... Mercury
pride, free from ..............................Mercury profit ..................................... ...... 2nd house
priests, blessings of........................Jupiter profit ..................................... ...... 2nd house
priests, loves................................. Cancer profits.................................... ...... 10th house
prince of the planets ....................... Mercury profits.................................... ...... 11th house
princes.......................................... Mars profits to opponents................. ...... 5th house
principles come easily .....................Moon profits, yngr. bro./& his friends . . ...... 1st house
principles, sectarian ........................Ketu profound in opinion .................. ...... Saturn
prior and after marriage romances..... 5th house progeny ................................. ...... 5th house
prithivi........................................... Virgo progeny ................................. ...... Jupiter
private affairs................................. 4th house progeny ................................. ...... Moon
private affairs................................. Moon progeny ................................. ...... Taurus
private dealings of the absent........... 7th house progeny, not conducive to in fifth...... Jupiter
private dealings of the enemies ........ 7th house progress ................................ ...... Moon
private enemies..............................12th house progress ................................ ...... Pisces
private enemies..............................6th house projecting rocks....................... ...... Taurus
private enemies of bros. ..................2nd house promoter of pleasure................ ...... Venus
private enemies of children .............. 4th house promotion............................... ...... 10th house
private enemies of friends................ 10th house promotion through sympathy..... ...... Jupiter
private enemies of kings or govt. ...... 9th house property ................................. ...... Jupiter
private enemies of religious person . . 8th house property ................................. ...... Saturn
private enemies of servants ............ 5th house property owners....................... ...... Saturn
private enemies of the mother .......... 3rd house property, immovable ................ ...... 4th house
private enemies, fathers of .............. 3rd house property, landed/immovable ...... ...... Mars
private life .....................................4th house property, mothers immovable.... ...... 7th house
private parts .................................. 7th house property, partitioning ................ ...... 3rd house
privation ........................................ 8th house property, recovery of lost/stolen 7th house
privations ...................................... Saturn proportioned limbs etc............. ...... Venus
problems with bile ........................... Sun proportions, changeable ........... ...... Cancer
process, peaceful, not one............... Sagittarius propound new theories.............. ...... Aries
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pros ...................................... ...... 1st house public deals............................ .......7th house
prosperity............................... ...... 11th house public enemies ....................... .......2nd house
prosperity............................... ...... 9th house public enemies in litigation's ..... .......10th house
prosperity............................... ...... Jupiter public enemies, their money ..... .......8th house
prosperity............................... ...... Mars public esteem......................... .......10th house
prosperity............................... ...... Venus public opposition ..................... < .....Sun
prosperity of humans, concerned ..... Moon public speakers....................... .......Mercury
prostitute houses .................... ...... Virgo public standing, source of ........ .......4th house
prostitutes.............................. ...... Aquarius public, gains through ............... .......Jupiter
prostitutes.............................. ...... Venus publications............................ .......3rd house
prostrate glands ...................... ...... Mars publishers .............................. .......Mercury
prostrate glands ..................... ...... 7th house publishing .............................. .......11th house
protection against bad things .... ...... Jupiter publishing of books.................. .......Jupiter
protection to persue spirituality. . ...... Jupiter publishing, books .................... .......9th house
protection, loves to have .......... ...... Cancer pumps................................... .......Pisces
protective............................... ...... Moon pumps................................... .......Rahu
protective............................... ...... Pisces punarvasu.............................. .......Jupiter
protective quality..................... ...... Cancer pungent and hot tastes ............ .......Sun
protective, when well posited ..... ...... Mars pungent articles ...................... .......Sun
protector of its followers ........... ...... Leo pupils ................................... .......Mercury
protects us against wicked ........ ...... Jupiter purchase/sales of vehicles ....... .......6th house
proud..................................... <..... Sun purchases by partners ............. .......6th house
provident................................ ...... Saturn pure ...................................... .......Moon
providential help ...................... ...... 9th house pure action, when well posited ... .......Mars
providential help ...................... ...... Jupiter pure mind (distinct from intellect) .....Moon
provides pliability..................... ...... Cancer pure speaker .......................... .......Jupiter
prowess ................................. ...... Mars purifying by outward motion ...... .......Mars
prowess ................................ ...... 3rd house purity of its nature................... .......Moon
prudence................................ ...... Mercury purity of mind ......................... .......9th house
prudent .................................. ...... Saturn purple.................................... .......Jupiter
prudent, when well posited......... ...... Mars purposeful.............................. .......Sagittarius
psyche .................................. ...... Ketu purposive............................... .......Aquarius
psychic awareness ................. ...... Moon pursues the moon ................... .......Rahu
psychic consciousness ............ ...... Virgo pursues the sun ..................... .......Rahu
psychic development ............... ...... Sun pursuits ................................. .......11th house
psychic impact ....................... ...... Rahu push forward........................... .......Leo
psychic intuition, abnegated...... ...... Saturn pushya, ruled by ..................... .......Saturn
psychic phenomena ................ ...... 12th house putrefied things....................... .......Mercury
psychic power ......................... ...... Scorpio quality of leadership ................ .......10th house
psycho abnormality, with venus . Ketu quarrels ................................. .......Ketu
psycho-physical ...................... ...... Moon quarrels ................................. .......Rahu
psycho-physiological ............... ...... Moon quarrelsome ........................... < .....Mars
psycho-physiological influence . . ...... Moon queen of the sun..................... .......Moon
psychological afflictions .......... ...... 8th house querents state of wealth at death.......8th house
psychological development ....... ...... Mercury querist................................... .......1st house
psychological explosion ............ ...... Ketu querists traits ......................... .......2nd house
psychological impact ............... ...... Rahu quest for a better life ............... .......Jupiter
psychological orientation .......... ...... Jupiter quest, inner............................ .......Libra
psychological plane, works there Aquarius quest, spiritual, life becomes .... .......Sagittarius
psychological reorientation........ ...... Saturn questionable conduct............... < .....Venus
psychologists ......................... ...... Rahu quick mental activity................ .......Mars
psychology, operates in ........... ...... Libra quick to hit the mark ................ .......Jupiter
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quick wit ........................................ Jupiter real love................................. ...... Sun
quicksilver .....................................Gemini reality, inner, linked with outer.... ...... Ketu
quiet on the surface ........................Libra realize the essence ................. ...... Rahu
rabble rouser...........................< ..... Mercury realizing desires ...................... ...... 11th house
racing cards................................... 5th house reap the good, if in 9th ............. ...... Jupiter
racing grounds ...............................Libra reason ................................... ...... Jupiter
racing grounds ...............................Sagittarius reason , not liked here.............. ...... Pisces
radiance is obstructed .....................Saturn reasoning powers, good ............ ...... Mercury
radiates the life-force ...................... Mars rebellions ............................... ...... Mars
radical change................................Sagittarius rebirth has ended .................... ...... Pisces
radical transformation in mind........... Rahu receipt of material wealth .......... ...... 11th house
radio ............................................. 3rd house receipts ................................. ...... 11th house
radio ............................................. Rahu receptive ............................... ...... Pisces
rags.............................................. Saturn reclusion ................................ ...... Saturn
rahu destroys planet it conjoins ........ Rahu recovery of lost property .......... ...... 7th house
rahu harms jupiter's good................. Jupiter recovery of stolen property ....... ...... 7th house
rahu in 3, 6, 10, 11, better ............... Rahu recreation............................... ...... 5th house
rahu is good with no planet ............... Rahu recreation grounds................... ...... Mercury
rahu with mars, unbearable............... Rahu recreations ............................. ...... 5th house
rahu/ketu inflict karmic impediments . Moon rectum................................... ...... 8th house
rahu/saturn harm it by association .... Venus rectum................................... ...... Mars
rail................................................3rd house red beans............................... ...... Mars
railways ......................................... 3rd house red stones.............................. ...... Mars
rainfall........................................... 10th house red things............................... ...... Mars
rains ............................................. Venus reddish complexion .................. ...... Mars
rainy season .................................. Moon reddish eyes........................... ...... Ketu
raja guna ....................................... Mercury reddish tinge to white skin ......... ...... Mars
rajas (activity) ................................Venus redeemer of good things........... ...... Saturn
rajasa guna....................................Mars refined ................................... ...... Venus
rajasic........................................... Mercury refined .................................. ...... Venus
rajasic by nature.............................Mercury refined taste ........................... ...... Mercury
rajasic propensities .........................1st house refined, when with venus ........... ...... Moon
ram .............................................. Aries refinement.............................. ...... Mercury
rank .............................................. 10th house reflection................................ ...... Pisces
rank .............................................. Jupiter reflections .............................. ...... 7th house
rank that is permanent..................... Sun reflects the souls position......... ...... Moon
rape ............................................. 5th house reflects the sun in a chart......... ...... Moon
rash.......................................< ..... Venus regal demeanor ....................... ...... Sun
rashness ................................< ..... Mars regulated by jupiter .................. ...... Mars
rats, troubles through ...................... Ketu rejuvenation............................ ...... Saturn
rays are five .................................. Mars relations good, venus, in 2........ ...... Venus
rays are six....................................Mercury relations with mental institutes... ...... 12th house
rays, 21 ........................................ Moon relations, illegal....................... ...... 5th house
rays, five....................................... Saturn relations, marital ..................... ...... 7th house
rays, has seven .............................Jupiter relations, paternal.................... ...... Mars
rays: eight ....................................Venus relationship with environment..... ...... Taurus
re-birth .......................................... Capricorn relationships with opposite sex... ...... Venus
re-creation .....................................Capricorn relationships, social ................. ...... Mercury
reaches its goal..............................Mars relationships, traditional............ ...... Jupiter
reaction......................................... Aquarius relatives................................. ...... Mercury
reaction to one's senses..................Mercury releases karmic forces ............. ...... Saturn
real estate .....................................Saturn reliable................................... ...... Mercury
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reliable................................... ...... Sun renown, sometimes bestowed by Saturn
reliance on self ....................... ...... Sun renunciation ........................... .......12th house
religion................................... ...... 5th house renunciation ........................... .......Rahu
religion................................... ...... 9th house renunciation of world ................ .......10th house
religion................................... ...... Jupiter repayments of debts ............... .......12th house
religion................................... ...... Ketu reporters................................ .......Mercury
religion of elder brothers ........... ...... 7th house reproach ................................ .......Saturn
religion of the absent ............... ...... 4th house reproduction affected by .......... .......Moon
religion of the private enemies... ...... 8th house reproductive ability .................. .......Mercury
religion of the servants............. ...... 10th house reproductive organs................. .......Mars
religion, doesn't like it............... ...... Capricorn reptiles .................................. .......Scorpio
religion, external ...................... ...... Jupiter reptiles, venomous.................. .......Rahu
religion, of private enemies ....... ...... 8th house reputation .............................. .......10th house
religion, repulsed by estblshd in 9th . . Saturn reputation .............................. .......Jupiter
religious ................................. ...... Sagittarius reputation .............................. .......Sun
religious ................................ ...... 9th house reputation good, in 10th ........... .......Jupiter
religious acts .......................... ...... Moon reputation in other countries ..... .......7th house
religious advisor ...................... ...... Jupiter reputation overseas................. .......7th house
religious attitudes, in 9th .......... ...... Jupiter reputation, bad ....................... .......8th house
religious brothers..................... ...... 11th house research ................................ .......3rd house
religious contact with foreigners . ...... Mars research ................................ .......Mercury
religious endeavors.................. ...... Jupiter research, skill in...................... .......Mercury
religious faith, absence of......... ...... Ketu reserve.................................. .......Mercury
religious functions ................... ...... 10th house reservoirs .............................. .......Cancer
religious institutions ................. ...... 9th house residence............................... .......4th house
religious institutions ................. ...... Jupiter residence in foreign land ......... .......Jupiter
religious leaders ...................... ...... Saturn residence, change of ............... .......7th house
religious merits ....................... ...... 10th house residence, changing ................ .......12th house
religious mind, in 1st................ ...... Jupiter residence, foreign ................... .......12th house
religious mindedness ............... ...... 5th house residences, change of ............. .......3rd house
religious person, private enemies of . . 8th house resignation, religious................ .......Ketu
religious persons death ............ ...... 4th house resin ..................................... .......1st house
religious persons long journeys. . ...... 5th house resistance.............................. .......6th house
religious persons, association with .... 9th house resolute ................................. .......Saturn
religious persons, fortunes of .... ...... 7th house resourceful............................. .......Mars
religious persons, friends of ...... ...... 7th house resourceful............................. .......Mars
religious places ....................... ...... 9th house resources and power................ .......2nd house
religious resignation ................. ...... Ketu respect.................................. .......10th house
religious rituals, understanding of...... Mercury respect.................................. .......Jupiter
religious scriptures .................. ...... Jupiter respect for elders.................... .......Sun
religious show ......................... ...... Ketu respect for elders/guru............. .......Jupiter
religious transformation ............ ...... Jupiter respect for sastra ................... .......Jupiter
religious troubles ..................... <..... Mercury respect from the erudite........... .......Mercury
religious vehicles..................... ...... 12th house respect the elders, how much ... .......Jupiter
religious vocations................... ...... Jupiter respected by others, if in 10th . . .......Jupiter
religious, very ......................... ...... Cancer respected place ...................... .......Taurus
religiousness .......................... ...... Jupiter respiratory system .................. .......Mercury
remedies for restoring life ......... ...... Saturn responsibilities........................ .......10th house
rendezvous of debauchees ....... ...... Aquarius responsibilities of humans ........ .......Moon
renouncing one's couch............ ...... 12th house responsibilities, venus in ascendant...Venus
renown ................................... ...... 10th house responsible ............................ .......Saturn
renown, in 11th........................ ...... Rahu restaurants ............................ .......Jupiter
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restless......................................... Aries robbery .................................. ...... Rahu
restricted....................................... Saturn robust health .......................... ...... Mars
restricting or granting ...................... Rahu rocks inaccessible .................. ...... Leo
restrictions ....................................Saturn rohini ruled by ......................... ...... Moon
restrictions are felt..........................Aries rolling gait .............................. ...... Moon
restrictions, hates them................... Leo romance ................................ ...... 5th house
restrictions, not liked by................... Mars romance ................................ ...... Moon
results .......................................... 6th house romance, before/after marriage . ...... 5th house
results, works untiringly for ............... Taurus romances............................... ...... Moon
retentive power ..............................Mercury rope ...................................... ...... Moon
retreats which are dark.....................Scorpio rotten things ........................... ...... Mercury
retreats, military, regimented............ Sagittarius round..................................... ...... Moon
revati, governed by .........................Mercury round eyes ............................. ...... Mars
reveals ......................................... Mercury round face.............................. ...... Venus
reveals the past .............................4th house royal citadel............................ ...... 7th house
revelation ...................................... Rahu royal favor.............................. ...... 7th house
reverence and devotion ................... 9th house royal favor.............................. ...... Jupiter
reversal..................................< ..... Venus royal favor, acquisition of ......... ...... 7th house
rheumatism ............................< ..... Saturn royal patronage ....................... ...... 10th house
ribs............................................... Saturn royalty ................................... ...... Sun
ribs .............................................. 4th house rubbish heaps ......................... ...... Saturn
ribs, upper .....................................3rd house ruby ...................................... ...... Sun
rice .............................................. Moon rules aries .............................. ...... Mars
rice paddies ................................... Cancer rules over vedas ..................... ...... Jupiter
riches ........................................... 2nd house rules scorpio .......................... ...... Mars
riches ........................................... 5th house rules, not attached to............... ...... Cancer
riding a horse ................................. 10th house ruling power ............................ ...... 2nd house
right ear ........................................ 3rd house rumor monger ......................... <..... Moon
right ear ........................................ Jupiter rumors................................... ...... 3rd house
right ear ....................................... Saturn rupam.................................... ...... 1st house
right eye........................................ 2nd house ruthless ................................ ...... Mars
right eye of the female .................... Moon s means ................................ ...... 8th house
rigid .............................................. Sun sacred pagodas ...................... ...... Pisces
rigid, not........................................ Cancer sacred places ........................ ...... Pisces
ripe .............................................. Saturn sacred teachings, holds, tries to give Jupiter
risks ............................................. Saturn sacrifice................................. ...... 10th house
rites, religious ................................Jupiter sacrifice of personal comfort..... ...... Aquarius
rituals ........................................... Jupiter sacrifices ............................... ...... 9th house
rituals, doesn't like them ..................Capricorn sacrificial places ..................... ...... Sagittarius
rituals, performance of .................... Jupiter sacrificial places ..................... ...... Sun
rituals, religious, understanding of ..... Mercury sacrificing .............................. ...... Venus
rivalry ....................................< ..... Venus sacrificing for others ................ ...... Aquarius
rivals in election .............................7th house sadhana................................. ...... 5th house
rivers ............................................ 4th house sadhus, contact with ................ ...... Ketu
rivers ............................................ Cancer sagittarius .............................. ...... 9th house
rivers ............................................ Capricorn sagittarius .............................. ...... Sagittarius
rivers ............................................ Moon sahasrara chakra..................... ...... Sun
rivers ............................................ Pisces sailing.................................... ...... Moon
rivers, crossing ..............................8th house saints, where they hang out ...... ...... Pisces
roads ............................................ Libra sakshi (the silent watcher)......... ...... Cancer
roaming in forests........................... Mars saliva .................................... ...... Moon
robbery ......................................... 8th house salt ....................................... ...... Moon
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salt ....................................... ...... Moon scars ................................... .......Rahu
salty flavors ........................... ...... Moon scenery, wants to belong to ...... .......Taurus
salvation ................................ ...... 12th house scenic places ......................... .......Cancer
salvation ................................ ...... Ketu scents, fond of ....................... .......Venus
samadhi (deep meditation)........ ...... Cancer scholar .................................. .......Mercury
sambanda gyan ...................... ...... 9th house science ................................. .......9th house
sanchita karma ....................... ...... 4th house science ................................ .......Jupiter
sandy places .......................... ...... Cancer science, occult ....................... .......Jupiter
sanitarium .............................. ...... 12th house science, occult ....................... .......Mars
sanitation ............................... ...... 6th house science, occult ....................... .......Mercury
sannyasi ................................ ...... Ketu science, proficiency in ............. .......Jupiter
sanyas .................................. ...... 10th house sciences................................ .......Virgo
sanyas .................................. ...... 2nd house scientists............................... .......Rahu
sapphire................................. ...... Mars scientists............................... .......Saturn
sarat season (part of autumn) ... ...... Mercury scolds ................................... .......Mars
sarvana ruled by ..................... ...... Moon scooter.................................. .......4th house
satiated, not ........................... ...... Taurus scorpio .................................. .......8th house
satisfaction of personal needs... ...... 11th house scorpio , detrimental to ............ .......Venus
satisfaction, not ...................... ...... Gemini scorpio debilitation of............... .......Moon
satisfying, not......................... ...... Libra scorpio, lord of ....................... .......Mars
sattvic ................................... ...... Jupiter scorpion ................................ .......Scorpio
saturday ................................ ...... Saturn scorpions............................... .......Ketu
saturday ................................ ...... Saturn scoundral............................... < .....Mars
saturn harms jupiter's good....... ...... Jupiter scriptures .............................. .......Jupiter
saturn has five rays................. ...... Saturn scriptures, reading of............... .......Jupiter
saturn is exalted...................... ...... Libra scrotum................................. .......8th house
saturn is friend of venus, mercury .... Saturn sea voyages .......................... .......9th house
saturn owns it ......................... ...... Capricorn seamen ................................. .......Moon
saturn weak here ..................... ...... Aries seat of power, capturing ........... .......Sun
saturn's restrictions, not liked by ...... Mars seated in a boat...................... .......Virgo
saturn, 3rd/11th not as bad....... ...... Saturn secluded................................ .......Saturn
saturn, enemy to sun............... ...... Sun second child........................... .......7th house
saturn, jupiter, mars, enemies of ...... second marriage ..................... .......2nd house
............................................Mercury second sign of the zodiac......... .......Taurus
saturn, mercury, friends of ...... ...... Venus secrecy ................................. .......8th house
saturn, owner of ...................... ...... Aquarius secrecy ................................. .......Scorpio
saturn, similar to ..................... ...... Rahu secret ................................... .......Saturn
saturn, venus, enemies to ........ ...... Mars secret association................... .......Ketu
saturn/rahu harm it by association .... Venus secret attacks on elder brother. . .......10th house
satva..................................... ...... Jupiter secret enemies....................... .......12th house
satwa guna ............................. ...... Jupiter secret enemies....................... .......6th house
satwa guna ............................. ...... Moon secret enemies cohorts ........... .......2nd house
satwa guna ............................. ...... Sun secret intrigues....................... .......Ketu
satwic nature .......................... ...... Moon secret life .............................. .......4th house
satwic nature .......................... ...... Sun secret mental toils .................. .......12th house
scales of balance .................... ...... Libra secret of immortality ............... .......Venus
scandal.................................. ...... 8th house secret organizations ................ .......Virgo
scandal.................................. <..... Venus secret sorrows ........................ .......12th house
scandal-mongering .................. ...... Ketu secret wisdom ........................ .......Rahu
scapula.................................. ...... 3rd house secretive ............................... < .....Moon
scarlet ................................... ...... Mars secretive ............................... < .....Saturn
scars..................................... ...... Mars secretive system .................... .......Saturn
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secrets ......................................... 4th house sensitivity .............................. ...... Venus
secrets of life................................. Saturn sensitivity .............................. ...... Virgo
secrets, inquiry into ........................Ketu sensitivity ............................. ...... Pisces
sectarian principles .........................Ketu sensitivity is here .................... ...... Taurus
sects ............................................3rd house sensuous nature .................... ...... Venus
securities and shares ...................... 2nd house sentinels of karma ................... ...... Rahu
security......................................... Taurus separation .............................. <..... Venus
sediments of liquor .........................Rahu separations ............................ ...... 12th house
sedition ......................................... 12th house september mid to nov. mid (sarat) .... Mercury
see various viewpoints.....................Mercury sepulchers ............................. ...... Capricorn
seeds ........................................... Saturn sepulchers ............................. ...... Rahu
seeds in fruits ................................Mercury serious .................................. ...... Saturn
seeds of other things ...................... 1st house serious diseases ..................... ...... 8th house
self............................................... 1st house serpent .................................. ...... Ketu
self............................................... Sun serpent wisdom ....................... ...... Saturn
self acquisitions .............................10th house serpents ................................ ...... Rahu
self completely vanishes ................. Rahu serpents dens......................... ...... Scorpio
self confidence...............................Jupiter servants ................................ ...... 3rd house
self confidence...............................Mars servants ................................ ...... 6th house
self earned wealth ........................... 2nd house servants ................................ ...... Saturn
self made person............................Mars servants and friends ................ ...... 2nd house
self opinionated .......................< ..... Sun servants spouses.................... ...... 12th house
self possession ..............................Jupiter servants, conditions of............. ...... 6th house
self starter.....................................Mars servants, faithfulness of........... ...... 6th house
self, insecure about ........................Cancer servants, their brethren ............ ...... 8th house
self-centered.................................. Leo serves god by helping others .... ...... Jupiter
self-confidence...............................Mars service .................................. ...... 10th house
self-employed ................................Mars service .................................. ...... 6th house
self-illumination ..............................Moon service conditions ................... ...... Rahu
self-reliance ................................... Sun servitude................................ ...... 6th house
self-undoing ................................... 12th house servitude................................ ...... 6th house
selfishness ....................................Ketu servitude................................ ...... Saturn
selfishness ....................................Scorpio setbacks ............................... ...... Saturn
selling and buying ........................... 7th house settles things with force ........... <..... Mars
semen .......................................... Venus seven rays ............................. ...... Jupiter
semen of shiva .............................Mars seventh sign........................... ...... Libra
semen, discharged .........................Venus sex........................................ ...... Venus
semen, losing ................................7th house sex drive affected by ............... ...... Moon
semifruitful ....................................2nd house sex eager to express................ ...... Aries
semifruitful ....................................9th house sex life................................... ...... Scorpio
semifruitful house ........................... 6th house sex life, happiness in ............... ...... Jupiter
seminal vesicles.............................8th house sex organ weakness ................. ...... Venus
sense of justice..............................Jupiter sex organs ............................ ...... Mars
sense of taste................................Mars sex pervert ............................. <..... Mars
sense of touch ...............................Venus sex pleasures ......................... ...... 12th house
senses.......................................... Mercury sex, abnegated ....................... ...... Saturn
senses, how one reacts to ............... Mercury sex, attraction to ..................... ...... Venus
sensitive ....................................... Saturn sex, calculating in.................... ...... Leo
sensitive to heat ............................Scorpio sex, relations with opposite ....... ...... Venus
sensitive, perhaps ..........................Scorpio sexless .................................. ...... Mercury
sensitiveness..........................< ..... Mercury sexual abnormality, with venus . . ...... Ketu
sensitiveness................................. Venus sexual activity ........................ ...... Taurus
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sexual capacity ....................... ...... Taurus showiness .............................. < .....Jupiter
sexual enjoyment .................... ...... 7th house showy.................................... < .....Sun
sexual enjoyment .................... ...... Venus shrewd................................... .......Mercury
sexual intercourse ................... ...... Mercury shrewdness ............................ .......Mercury
sexual intercourse ................... ...... Venus shrines .................................. .......Jupiter
sexual life............................... ...... 7th house shrines, holy .......................... .......Pisces
sexual organ of kalapurusha ...... ...... Scorpio shrinks the life ........................ .......Saturn
sexual pleasures ..................... ...... Venus shukra means semen .............. .......Venus
sexual union ........................... ...... Gemini shukracharya.......................... .......Venus
sexualist, worst type ................ <..... Mars sibling, younger, death of ......... .......10th house
sexuality is secret ................... ...... Scorpio siblings.................................. .......3rd house
sexuality, tremendous .............. ...... Taurus sickness ................................ .......6th house
sexually eunuch ...................... ...... Mercury sickness of bro/sis .................. .......8th house
sexy ...................................... <..... Venus sickness of friends .................. .......4th house
shadow .................................. ...... Saturn sickness of kings ................... .......3rd house
shakti, female power ................ ...... Virgo sickness of mother.................. .......9th house
shaky, about itself ................... ...... Cancer sickness of private enemies ..... .......5th house
shanishcharacharya ................ ...... Saturn sickness of servants .............. .......11th house
shape .................................... ...... 1st house sickness of spouse ................. .......12th house
shape, can change .................. ...... Cancer siddhis, good for attaining ........ .......Virgo
shares ................................... ...... 5th house sight ..................................... .......2nd house
shares and securities............... ...... 2nd house signing contracts or agreements .......3rd house
sharp wit ................................ ...... Mars silent watcher (sakshi)............. .......Cancer
sheep .................................... ...... Aries silver..................................... .......Jupiter
sheep .................................... ...... Mars silver..................................... .......Moon
sheep ................................... ...... 6th house silver..................................... .......Venus
sheep, their homes.................. ...... Aries silver .................................... .......Mercury
shipping business.................... ...... Jupiter silver shade ........................... .......Moon
shiva, child of ......................... ...... Mars simha ................................... .......Leo
shock, death after/during .......... ...... 8th house sin ........................................ .......12th house
shooting................................. ...... Sagittarius sin ........................................ .......Mars
shooting an arrow ................... ...... Sagittarius sincere ................................. .......Jupiter
shopping centers..................... ...... Libra sincere and dutiful................... .......Jupiter
shops .................................... ...... 3rd house sincerity ................................ .......Venus
shops, toddy ones................... ...... Aquarius sincerity missing..................... < .....Mercury
short air travels....................... ...... 3rd house sinful..................................... .......Capricorn
short ascension ...................... ...... 1st house sinful acts.............................. .......Ketu
short ascension ...................... ...... 2nd house sinful habits ........................... .......Ketu
short ascension ..................... ...... 12th house singers .................................. .......Venus
short distance day to day travel ...... Mercury singular in thinking................... .......Saturn
short in stature ....................... ...... Sun sinners .................................. .......Saturn
short journeys......................... ...... 3rd house sins ...................................... .......Saturn
short journeys......................... ...... 3rd house sinus fibre.............................. .......Mars
short road travels .................... ...... 3rd house sister, older, her marriage ........ .......5th house
short stature........................... ...... Moon sisters................................... .......2nd house
short travel of spouse/partners. . ...... 9th house sisters................................... .......Mars
short travels ........................... ...... 3rd house sisters in religion..................... .......11th house
short travels .......................... ...... Mercury sisters of brothers................... .......7th house
short trees bearing fruits .......... ...... Sun sisters, younger...................... .......3rd house
shoulders ............................... ...... 3rd house six rays ................................. .......Mercury
shoulders of kalapurusha .......... ...... Gemini sixteen years of age................ .......Venus
show and pomp ....................... ...... Mars sixth house, good for mars ....... .......Mars
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sixth sign of the zodiac .................... Virgo social position......................... ...... Venus
skeleton in general ..........................10th house social prestige ........................ ...... Jupiter
skeptical.................................< ..... Saturn social reformers ...................... ...... Saturn
skin .............................................. Mercury social relations........................ ...... Moon
skin .............................................. Venus social relationships .................. ...... 7th house
skin diseases ................................. Ketu social relationships .................. ...... Mercury
skin diseases ..........................< ..... Mercury social status, source of............ ...... 4th house
skin diseases ................................. Rahu social success........................ ...... 11th house
skin troubles, chronic ...................... Jupiter socialization, choosy in ............ ...... Leo
skin, white, w/ red tinge .................... Mars socially acceptable courtship .... ...... 5th house
skulls ............................................ Ketu socially unapproved ................ ...... Rahu
sky ............................................... 10th house society .................................. ...... 5th house
slander...................................< ..... Mercury soft ....................................... ...... Venus
slaughter ....................................... 8th house soft and sweet smile ................ ...... Venus
sleep, deep ................................... Cancer soft in his speech.................... ...... Moon
sleeping sickness ........................... Jupiter softens ruffed feelings of friends ......
slender at the waist .........................Mars ............................................Venus
sloth ............................................. Saturn softness ................................ ...... Moon
sloth, doesn't like it (saturn) ............. Moon software bugs ......................... <..... Mercury
slothful.......................................... Saturn solar radiance, channels........... ...... Mercury
slow .............................................. Capricorn solitude.................................. ...... 12th house
slow .......................................< ..... Saturn son of bhrigu .......................... ...... Venus
slow-moving preceptor .....................Saturn son of the sun ........................ ...... Saturn
slowly............................................ Saturn song...................................... ...... Venus
small breasts (aff. by sat.).......< ..... Moon sons of friends........................ ...... 3rd house
small-pox....................................... Ketu sons of friends ....................... ...... 7th house
small-pox....................................... Mars sons of kings .......................... ...... 2nd house
small-pox....................................... Rahu sons of the absent .................. ...... 12th house
smallpox.................................< ..... Mars soodra caste .......................... ...... Saturn
smart............................................ Mercury sorcerers ............................... ...... Moon
smelters........................................ Leo sorrow.................................... ...... 12th house
smoke........................................... Mercury sorrow.................................... ...... 8th house
smoking ........................................ Ketu sorrow.................................... ...... Saturn
smoky color ................................... Ketu sorrow at first.......................... ...... Saturn
smooth life ....................................Venus sorrows .................................. ...... 8th house
smooth sailing, in 6th ...................... Rahu sorrows .................................. ...... Saturn
snake-bite .....................................Rahu soul....................................... ...... Sun
snake-shaped................................. Rahu soul....................................... ...... Sun
snake-shaped................................. Rahu soul must rise out of................ ...... 7th house
snakes ......................................... Rahu soul's karma ........................... ...... 10th house
snakes hiding places ....................... Scorpio souls draw towards goal ............ ...... 10th house
sociability ...................................... Venus sound judgment ...................... ...... Jupiter
sociability, abnegated...................... Saturn sources of life cut with sun/moon...... Rahu
sociable ........................................ Jupiter south..................................... ...... 2nd house
sociable, when with venus ................ Moon south..................................... ...... 6th house
social............................................ Jupiter south west ............................. ...... Saturn
social............................................ Venus south west direction ................. ...... Mercury
social gatherings ............................11th house south-east.............................. ...... Venus
social inclinations ........................... 5th house south-eastern direction............. ...... Venus
social intercourse ........................... 5th house south-west.............................. ...... Venus
social life, good varieties ................. 11th house south-western direction............. ...... Rahu
social position ................................Taurus southern directions .................. ...... Mars
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sparkling quality ..................... ...... Gemini spirituality .............................. .......Pisces
speakers, public ...................... ...... Mercury spiritualization......................... .......Ketu
speaking incoherently............... <..... Moon spiritualization, ready for .......... .......Libra
speaks falsehood ................... ...... Rahu spiritualizes, jupiter does to ...... .......Mars
speaks ill of others .................. ...... Rahu spiritualizing process ............... .......Rahu
special benediction .................. ...... 9th house spiritually operative, not ........... .......Libra
speculation............................. ...... 2nd house spiritually oriented ................... .......Jupiter
speculation............................. ...... Jupiter spiteful .................................. < .....Sun
speculation............................. ...... Jupiter spleen ................................... .......5th house
speculation............................. ...... Venus spleen ................................... .......Saturn
speculations ........................... ...... 5th house splendid entertainers ............... .......Venus
speculations etc...................... ...... 11th house splendor ................................ .......9th house
speculations in business .......... ...... 7th house spoils ................................... .......Saturn
speculations of servants .......... ...... 10th house sports ................................... .......5th house
speech .................................. ...... 2nd house sports ................................... .......Venus
speech .................................. ...... Mercury spotted mixture color ............... .......Mercury
speech impediments................ <..... Mercury spouse .................................. .......7th house
speech is clear and pure .......... ...... Jupiter spouse of the moon ................ .......10th house
speech is venomous................ ...... Ketu spouse, debts of..................... .......12th house
speech sweet, venus, in 2 ........ ...... Venus spouse, loss of....................... .......12th house
speech writer .......................... ...... Mercury spouse, losses through............ .......12th house
speech, charming.................... ...... Venus spouse, sickness of ................ .......12th house
speech, excessive................... ...... Rahu spouse, their short travel ......... .......9th house
speech, soft and pleasing......... ...... Venus spouses dowry........................ .......8th house
spell of life ............................. ...... 8th house spouses of children ................. .......11th house
spies ..................................... ...... Rahu springs .................................. .......Moon
spirit embracing matter ............ ...... Jupiter spying silently ........................ .......Cancer
spirit mediums ........................ ...... Moon square-built body .................... .......Sun
spirit of the being .................... ...... Aries stability, not ........................... .......Gemini
spirit thrives here .................... ...... Pisces stables .................................. .......Sagittarius
spirit, illumination of................. ...... Ketu stagnant pools........................ .......Scorpio
spirit, orients one towards ......... ...... Aquarius stammering............................ < .....Mercury
spirited to act ......................... ...... Mars standstill, not ......................... .......Taurus
spirits, possession by .............. ...... Ketu start in life ............................. .......1st house
spiritual authority..................... ...... Ketu starvation .............................. .......Rahu
spiritual awakening begins ......... ...... Libra state of dreaming.................... .......Cancer
spiritual growth ........................ ...... 9th house stationary, cannot remain......... .......Libra
spiritual half is ketu.................. ...... Rahu stature, physical ..................... .......1st house
spiritual impulse ..................... ...... Capricorn status ................................... .......10th house
spiritual initiation ..................... ...... Ketu status ................................... .......1st house
spiritual knowledge ................... ...... Rahu status ................................... .......Jupiter
spiritual life............................. ...... 9th house status, high............................ .......Venus
spiritual path surrender to......... ...... Saturn steadfast .............................. .......Mercury
spiritual practices .................... ...... 5th house steadfast in friendship ............ .......11th house
spiritual quest, life becomes ..... ...... Sagittarius steadiness ............................. .......3rd house
spiritual regeneration................ ...... Ketu steadiness ............................. .......Moon
spiritual side of an individual's life ..... Ketu steady................................... .......Moon
spiritual teachings ................... ...... 3rd house steady growth in undertakings ... .......Mercury
spiritual wanderings.................. ...... Sagittarius stealing ................................. .......Rahu
spiritual, very.......................... ...... Cancer steel ..................................... .......Mars
spiritualists, boon for ............... ...... Saturn steel ..................................... .......Mars
spirituality .............................. ...... Jupiter steel ..................................... .......Saturn
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stewards........................................ 6th house strong during the night ............. ...... Mars
sthula (physical) .............................Cancer strong during the night ............. ...... Moon
stifled by saturn .............................Moon strong houses......................... ...... Moon
stock exchange ..............................5th house strong in dark lunar half ............ ...... Mars
stock market-gain and loss by .......... 8th house strong-headed......................... <..... Mercury
stomach........................................ 4th house strongly desires guidance ......... ...... Capricorn
stomach........................................ 5th house struggle ................................. ...... 6th house
stomach........................................ Sun struggle for life........................ ...... 1st house
stomach enlargement...............< ..... Jupiter struggle is over ...................... ...... Pisces
stomach of kalapurusha................... Virgo struggle-experience.................. ...... 6th house
stone in bladder..............................Venus struggles for power .................. ...... Mars
stones .......................................... Rahu stubbornness.......................... <..... Mars
stones, precious.............................2nd house stubbornness.......................... ...... Moon
stones, red ones ............................Mars stubbornness.......................... ...... Saturn
stoning.......................................... Saturn students of astrology ............... ...... Rahu
store-houses.................................. Gemini study, inclination to ................. ...... 3rd house
storehouse of experience ................. 1st house study, inclination to ................. ...... 4th house
storehouse of procreative energy ...... Taurus studying in a hostel ................. ...... 1st house
stores ........................................... Libra studying the occult .................. ...... 12th house
stores, military ...............................Sagittarius subject seeing objects ............. ...... Gemini
storms .......................................... Saturn subjective .............................. ...... Moon
stoutness .....................................Jupiter subjective ............................. ...... Gemini
straight speaking ............................Mars subjective, compared to objective..... Rahu
strangers, contracts with..................5th house subjective, dwells in the............ ...... Aries
strategic fortifications...................... Scorpio subjectivity objectified.............. ...... Mercury
strategy, mars gets from mercury..... Mars subordinates........................... ...... 6th house
streams ........................................ Cancer substance of brethren .............. ...... 4th house
streets .......................................... Libra substance of children............... ...... 6th house
strength ........................................ Mars substance of servants ............. ...... 7th house
strength ........................................ Mars subtle(sukshma )..................... ...... Cancer
strength and vitality ........................Mars succeedent ............................ ...... 5th house
strength by overcoming depression ... 6th house succeedent house ................... ...... 2nd house
strength of mind .............................Moon succeedent house ................... ...... 8th house
strength of public enemies ............... 8th house success................................. ...... 10th house
strength, enormous.........................3rd house success................................. ...... 8th house
strength, mental .............................3rd house success................................. ...... Mars
strength, mental .............................Jupiter success................................. ...... Sun
strength, muscular..........................Mars success in finances................. ...... Mars
strengthened by mercury ................. Mars success in general .................. ...... Mercury
strengthening her progeny................ Moon success in undertakings ........... ...... 11th house
strengthens others, except sat. ........ Moon success or not........................ ...... 10th house
strengthens the life-force ................ Moon sudden accidents .................... ...... Rahu
strife............................................. 7th house suddenness............................ ...... Leo
strife............................................. 8th house suffering ................................ ...... Capricorn
strifes ........................................... Mars suffering by adjusting............... ...... Saturn
strive for perfection.........................Virgo suffering for a noble cause ....... ...... Virgo
strives to succeed ..........................Mars suffering persons .................... ...... 8th house
strong .......................................... Saturn suffering, mental ..................... ...... 8th house
strong bones.................................. Mars sufferings............................... ...... 12th house
strong bones.................................. Sun sugarcane .............................. ...... Jupiter
strong determination ....................... Mars suicidal tendencies .................. ...... Gemini
strong during the bright lunar half...... Venus suicidal tendencies, with moon . . ...... Saturn
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suicide................................... ...... 12th house sympathetic appreciation ......... .......Cancer
suicide................................... ...... 8th house sympathetic by nature ............. .......Jupiter
suitable for the lawyers' profession.... Mercury sympathetic promotion ............ .......Jupiter
suits, law................................ ...... 7th house sympathy of a mother ............. .......Moon
suits, legal ............................. ...... 2nd house synovial fluid .......................... .......Moon
sukshma (subtle)..................... ...... Cancer syphilis.................................. .......Venus
sulfur..................................... ...... Mars taking the initiative ................. .......1st house
sun is debilitated ..................... ...... Libra talent at doctoring ................... .......Sun
sun is exalted here .................. ...... Aries talents, externalizes ................ .......Mars
sun owns this sign ................... ...... Leo talisman ................................ .......10th house
sun sets here, significant ......... ...... 7th house talkative................................. .......Mercury
sun, harmed by....................... ...... Saturn talkative................................. .......Mercury
sun, liked very much by ........... ...... Mars tall ........................................ .......Mars
sun, mercury are friends to....... ...... Moon tall body ................................ .......Saturn
sun, moon, enemies to ............ ...... Venus tall in stature .......................... .......Rahu
sun, moon, jupiter, friends to .... ...... Mars tama guna ............................. .......Mars
sun, moon, mars is enemy ....... ...... Saturn tamasic ................................. .......Rahu
sun, strong link with ................. ...... Aries tamasic ................................. .......Saturn
sun, stronger than ................... ...... Rahu tamasic in nature .................... .......Saturn
sun, venus, friends of .............. ...... Mercury tambura -musical instrument .... .......Aries
sun/mars good with jupiter ........ ...... Jupiter tanks..................................... .......9th house
sunday .................................. ...... Sun tanks..................................... .......Cancer
supernatural powers ................. ...... Moon tanks..................................... .......Pisces
superstition ............................ ...... 6th house tantra .................................... .......5th house
superstition, free from.............. ...... Mercury target of large birds................. .......Cancer
superstitions, upset ................. ...... Sagittarius taste sensation....................... .......Mars
supreme goal of the female ...... ...... Taurus taste sense............................ .......Mars
surely .................................... ...... Saturn taste, artistic.......................... .......Ketu
surface of the ocean................ ...... Virgo taste, refined.......................... .......Mercury
surfacing of turmoil.................. ...... Mars tastes, bitter .......................... .......Mars
surgeons................................ ...... 8th house tastes, pungent and hot ........... .......Sun
surgeons................................ ...... Mars tauli (weigher) ......................... .......Libra
surgery .................................. ...... Mars taurean will want to belong ........ .......Taurus
surgical operations .................. ...... Mars taurus ................................... .......2nd house
surrender ............................... ...... Pisces taurus .................................. .......Venus
surrender is encouraged ........... ...... Aquarius taurus 3° exalted..................... .......Moon
surrendering oneself to god....... ...... Saturn taurus, harmed by................... .......Mars
surroundings, susceptible to ..... ...... Mercury teacher.................................. .......Jupiter
sushupti (the dream state)........ ...... Cancer teacher of gods ...................... .......Jupiter
suspicion ............................... ...... 12th house teachers, loves....................... .......Cancer
suspicious.............................. <..... Saturn teaches us to go inside............ .......Jupiter
sustaining energy of all life ....... ...... Cancer teaching ................................ .......9th house
sustains ................................ ...... Pisces teaching profession ................. .......Jupiter
sustains life ........................... ...... Moon teeth ..................................... .......11th house
sustenance ............................ ...... Cancer teeth ..................................... .......2nd house
sustenance ............................ ...... Virgo teeth ..................................... .......Saturn
swamps ................................. ...... Cancer teeth large ............................. .......Saturn
sweet substances.................... ...... Moon telegraphs.............................. .......3rd house
swift nature............................. ...... Moon telephone............................... .......3rd house
swiftness of motion.................. ...... Moon television .............................. .......3rd house
sycophancy............................ ...... Venus temper, bad ........................... < .....Mars
symbolized by archer ............... ...... Jupiter temper, loses it quickly ............ < .....Mars
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temperament argumentative......< ..... Sun thighs .................................... ...... 9th house
temperament bilous or windy ............ Sun thighs .................................... ...... Jupiter
temperament, good......................... Sun thin ....................................... ...... Saturn
temperament, wavering.............< ..... Sun things opposed ....................... ...... 7th house
temperamental disposition ............... Venus things that happen................... ...... Rahu
temperate...................................... Jupiter thinker of high order ................. ...... Saturn
temperate...................................... Saturn thinking ................................. ...... Moon
temple .......................................... Capricorn third child ............................... ...... 9th house
temples......................................... 9th house third eyesight.......................... ...... Saturn
temples......................................... Jupiter third sign of the zodiac ............. ...... Gemini
temples......................................... Pisces thirst for achievement .............. ...... Libra
temples......................................... Sun thirst for more......................... ...... Libra
tenacity......................................... Scorpio thirty years of age ................... ...... Jupiter
tenant ........................................... 4th house thorny trees............................ ...... Mars
tenants ......................................... 6th house thorny trees............................ ...... Saturn
tendencies, natural .........................1st house thoroughfares ......................... ...... Libra
tendencies, philosophical ................. 3rd house thought .................................. ...... Mercury
tendency to be dangerous.........< ..... Sun throat .................................... ...... 3rd house
tent .............................................. 4th house throat .................................... ...... Venus
tenth house, good for mars .............. Mars throat disease......................... <..... Mars
tenth-sun....................................... 10th house throat disease......................... ...... Venus
termination ....................................4th house throat troubles ........................ <..... Moon
termination of appointment............... 12th house throne, capturing ..................... ...... Sun
termination's .................................. 12th house thursday ................................ ...... Jupiter
terrible mouthed ............................Rahu thwarting ................................ ...... Saturn
testicles ........................................ 8th house thyroid ................................... ...... Mercury
textiles .......................................... 1st house thyroid glands ......................... ...... 3rd house
thamasa guna ................................Mars ties, earthly ............................ ...... 7th house
thamo guna ................................... Saturn timelessness ......................... ...... Saturn
that is ........................................... Taurus tin ......................................... ...... Jupiter
thatched house .............................. Sun tissues .................................. <..... Mars
the archer...................................... Jupiter toddy shops ........................... ...... Aquarius
the end ......................................... Pisces toilets .................................... ...... Venus
the good life................................... Jupiter tolerate, won't like to ................ ...... Leo
the rectum and its diseases ............. 8th house tombs.................................... ...... Capricorn
theaters ........................................ 5th house tongue ................................... ...... 2nd house
theaters ........................................ Gemini tongue ................................... ...... Mercury
theft ............................................. 6th house tongue diseases...................... <..... Mars
theft ............................................. Rahu topaz ..................................... ...... Jupiter
theft ............................................. Saturn torment.................................. ...... Capricorn
thefts overcome, in 6th ................... Rahu torture ................................... ...... Mars
theologians ....................................Jupiter toward the sky......................... ...... Sagittarius
thick forests................................... Leo tractors.................................. ...... 4th house
thief.............................................. 7th house trade ..................................... ...... 2nd house
thief, place of................................. 7th house trade ..................................... ...... 7th house
thieves.......................................... Mars trade ..................................... ...... Mercury
thieves.......................................... Rahu trade .................................... ...... 10th house
thieves.......................................... Saturn trade of enemies ..................... ...... 4th house
thieves, danger from ....................... Saturn trade of servants..................... ...... 3rd house
thieves, encounter with .................... 7th house trade preferment ..................... ...... 10th house
thieves, fear of...............................6th house trading association ................. ...... Mercury
thievish nature ........................< ..... Mars traditional laws ........................ ...... 5th house
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traditional systems of relationships ... Jupiter troubles, psychological ............ .......8th house
traditional values harmed by ..... ...... Capricorn trust ..................................... .......Jupiter
traits of querist ....................... ...... 2nd house trustworthy ............................. .......Moon
traits, imbibes those of others... ...... Mercury trustworthy, not....................... < .....Mars
tranquility reigns supreme......... ...... Pisces truth is absent ........................ < .....Mercury
tranquillity of mind .................. ...... Moon truthful .................................. .......Jupiter
tranquillity, not ........................ ...... Gemini truthful, directly ...................... .......Mars
transcending the illusory world ... ...... Saturn truthfulness............................ .......Jupiter
transformed into ideas ............ ...... Sagittarius tuberculosis ........................... < .....Moon
transforming effect .................. ...... Sagittarius tuberculosis ........................... .......Rahu
transient nature of existence ..... ...... Ketu tuesday ................................. .......Mars
transition................................ ...... 3rd house tula ....................................... .......Libra
translator .............................. ...... Mercury tula (balance) ......................... .......Libra
transmutation ......................... ...... Sagittarius tumors .................................. .......Jupiter
transport ................................ ...... Mercury tumors .................................. < .....Mars
transport facilities.................... ...... 4th house tumors .................................. < .....Saturn
travelers ................................ ...... 7th house turiya (deep sleep) .................. .......Cancer
travelers ................................ ...... Rahu turmoil................................... .......Ketu
traveling agents ...................... ...... Moon turmoil................................... .......Scorpio
traveling for business............... ...... Jupiter turmoil created by transformation ......Sagittarius
travels ................................... ...... 3rd house turmoil's beginnings................. .......Rahu
travels by air .......................... ...... Jupiter twenty-one rays ...................... .......Moon
travels, short.......................... ...... 3rd house twins ..................................... .......Gemini
travels, short .......................... ...... Mercury two fish.................................. .......Pisces
treasure, hidden ...................... ...... 4th house type of mentality..................... .......Mercury
treasures ............................... ...... 4th house tyrannical disposition .............. < .....Sun
treasures ............................... ...... Mars udyam................................... .......1st house
treasures under ground ............ ...... 4th house ulcers.................................... .......Ketu
treatment of patient ................. ...... 6th house ulcers.................................... .......Mars
treatment, wrong causing death . ...... 8th house umbrella ................................ .......Moon
trees bearing sweet fruits.......... ...... Jupiter unattractive to worldly men ....... .......Saturn
trees full of thorns ................... ...... Saturn unavoidable fate ..................... .......Rahu
trees growing in watery places ... ...... Venus unbearable, when with mars ...... .......Rahu
trees growing in watery places . . ...... Moon unceasingly works ................... .......Taurus
trees having milk in them.......... ...... Moon uncle .................................... .......Mercury
trees that bear fruit.................. ...... Sun uncle, maternal....................... .......6th house
trees, coconut and betel........... ...... Jupiter uncle, maternal, change in pos. .......5th house
trees, short and fruit bearing ..... ...... Sun uncle, maternal, journey........... .......2nd house
tremendous sexuality ............... ...... Taurus uncle, maternal, position of ...... .......3rd house
tremendous zeal...................... ...... Ketu uncles ................................... .......6th house
trials ..................................... ...... Rahu uncomfortable persons ............ .......Mars
tribulations ............................. ...... 12th house underground cells.................... .......Scorpio
tries to guide us on the path ..... ...... Jupiter underground constructions ....... .......Scorpio
troubled eyes.......................... ...... Sun understand, ability to ............... .......9th house
troubles ................................ ...... Rahu understanding of religious rituals Mercury
troubles caused by bhairava ..... ...... Mars understanding with family ......... .......2nd house
troubles caused by sivaganas . . ...... Mars understanding, desires it .......... .......Ketu
troubles endured alone ............. ...... Rahu understanding, new.................. .......Ketu
troubles from brahmins curse.... <..... Jupiter understanding, sympathy ......... .......Cancer
troubles from enemies ............. ...... Ketu undertakings, end of ................ .......4th house
troubles through enemies ......... ...... Ketu undertakings, obstacles in ........ .......6th house
troubles through ghosts............ ...... Rahu undistorted reflection of the sun .......Moon
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undoing the self..............................12th house uttrapada, ruled by .................. ...... Saturn
undue expenditure....................< ..... Moon vacations overseas ................. ...... 12th house
unexpected developments................ Scorpio vahana .................................. ...... Venus
unexpected help .............................9th house vain pomps ............................ <..... Jupiter
unfortunate, externally .....................Aquarius vaisakha ............................... ...... Jupiter
unfruitful........................................ 5th house vaisya caste........................... ...... Mercury
unhappiness ................................. Ketu vaisya caste........................... ...... Mercury
unhappiness, aspecting luminaries.... Saturn vaisyas.................................. ...... Libra
unhappy domestic life ..............< ..... Mars valor...................................... ...... 3rd house
union ............................................ 7th house valor...................................... ...... 3rd house
union ............................................ Moon valorous................................. ...... Mars
union ........................................... Moon values, traditional destroyed ..... ...... Capricorn
union, legal ....................................7th house vanika (merchant).................... ...... Libra
unions........................................... Mercury vanquishing enemies, mars in 6 ...... Mars
unions, illegal ................................. 5th house variable.................................. ...... Mercury
unity ............................................. Venus variegated colors..................... ...... Venus
universal brotherhood ...................... Moon varna, occupations too low for ... ...... Ketu
unmitigated trouble in everyday life ... Ketu vasuki.................................... ...... Scorpio
unorthodox if in 9th .........................Saturn vaults .................................... ...... Scorpio
unpleasant..............................< ..... Mars vedanta ................................. ...... Jupiter
unpleasant ....................................Rahu vedas .................................... ...... Jupiter
unpleasant domestic life ...........< .....Venus vedic sacrifice ........................ ...... 9th house
unpopular ...............................< ..... Jupiter vegetation .............................. ...... Mercury
unprincipled ............................< ..... Mercury vegetation .............................. ...... Moon
unprofitable undertaking ............< ..... Moon vehicle, the physical body ........ ...... 1st house
unreliable ...............................< ..... Saturn vehicles ................................. ...... 4th house
unsatisfactory domestic cond....< ..... Venus vehicles ................................. ...... Venus
unseen to others ............................8th house vehicles of religion................... ...... 12th house
unsettling persons ..........................Mars vehicles, high class ones ......... ...... 11th house
unsmooth life ..........................< ..... Venus vehicles, purchase and sale of . . ...... 6th house
unsteady ................................< ..... Moon veil of illusion which is maya ..... ...... Moon
untrusted................................< ..... Sun veins ..................................... ...... Jupiter
untruthful................................< ..... Mercury veins ..................................... ...... Venus
unyielding ...................................... Sun veins visible ........................... ...... Saturn
upper part of the face...................... 1st house veneration .............................. ...... Jupiter
upper ribs ...................................... 3rd house venereal complaints................. ...... Venus
upset leading to good ...................... Rahu venereal disease ..................... <..... Venus
upsets .......................................... Scorpio venomous reptiles ................... ...... Rahu
upward .......................................... Sagittarius venomous speech ................... ...... Ketu
upward glance ................................Mars ventures, likes all .................... ...... Mars
urge for marriage ............................Mars venus .................................... ...... 2nd house
urge to be creative..........................Taurus Venus.................................... ...... 7th house
urge to unite .................................. Venus venus in 1 gives responsibilities ...... Venus
urges ........................................... Venus venus is debilitated in this sign. . ...... Virgo
urinary diseases .............................Venus venus is exalted here .............. ...... Pisces
urinary diseases .....................< ..... Moon venus owns the sign ................ ...... Libra
uterine diseases ......................< ..... Moon venus owns the sign ................ ...... Taurus
uterus ........................................... 7th house venus with mars produces lust . . ...... Mars
uterus ........................................... Mars venus, enemy to sun ............... ...... Sun
uterus ........................................... Moon venus, mercury friends of......... ...... Saturn
uttara phalguni ............................... Sun venus, saturn, enemies to ........ ...... Mars
uttara-shada .................................. Sun venus, sun, friends of .............. ...... Mercury
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venusian surrender ................. ...... Pisces waist narrow............................ .......Mars
vermin .................................. ...... Scorpio wait, can't .............................. .......Mars
versatile................................. ...... Mercury wakeful consciousness............. .......Cancer
vertebrae ............................... ...... 7th house walks in rolling way................... .......Moon
vertigo ................................... <..... Mercury walls...................................... .......Mars
vertigo .................................. ...... Jupiter wanderer ................................ .......Ketu
vessel, adopts to .................... ...... Cancer want of appetite ...................... .......Rahu
vicious tendencies................... ...... Ketu want of practicality .................. .......Moon
victory over enemies ............... ...... 7th house want's more............................ .......Libra
viewpoints, various, understand . Mercury wants to belong to a scene ....... .......Taurus
vigor...................................... ...... 1st house war........................................ .......7th house
vijnanamaya kosha ................. ...... Venus war........................................ .......Mars
village administration ............... ...... Mercury war implements....................... .......Sagittarius
vindictiveness......................... ...... Scorpio warm body ............................. .......Mars
vineyards ............................... ...... Aquarius warm red blood ...................... .......Mars
vineyards ............................... ...... Scorpio warriors.................................. .......Mars
violence ................................. <..... Mars wars ..................................... .......Mars
violence ................................. ...... Rahu wars, brought to the surface ..... .......Mars
violent .................................. ...... Saturn waste .................................... < .....Sun
violent action .......................... <..... Venus waste of energy ...................... < .....Mars
violet ..................................... ...... Jupiter waste of wealth ....................... .......12th house
virgo...................................... ...... 6th house watcher, silent onlooker ............ .......Cancer
virgo 1 6° to 20° is moolatrikona Mercury water ..................................... .......4th house
virgo 15º exaltation of............... ...... Mercury water ..................................... .......Moon
virgo ruled by.......................... ...... Mercury water ..................................... .......Venus
virility .................................... ...... Mercury water is formless..................... .......Cancer
virtue..................................... ...... 10th house water journeys ........................ .......Moon
virtues ................................... ...... 1st house water reservoirs ...................... .......9th house
virtuous deeds. ....................... ...... 9th house water, fresh ............................ .......Moon
vishnu ................................... ...... Mercury water-bearer .......................... .......Aquarius
vishwa -whole or universe.......... ...... Aries waterholes.............................. .......Cancer
vision .................................... ...... 2nd house watery ................................... .......12th house
vision .................................... ...... Moon watery ................................... .......8th house
visions................................... ...... 9th house watery ................................... .......Cancer
vitality ................................... ...... 1st house watery ................................... .......Scorpio
vitality ................................... ...... Aries watery .................................. .......Pisces
vitality ................................... ...... Sun watery nature.......................... .......Moon
vitality ................................... ...... Taurus watery places ......................... .......Cancer
vitality ................................... ...... Venus watery places ......................... .......Moon
vitality sapped, when with sun.... ...... Saturn watery planet .......................... .......Venus
vitalized, during full moon ......... ...... Moon wavering temperament ............. < .....Sun
vocal organs........................... <..... Mercury weak eyesight ......................... .......Sun
vocation in religion................... ...... Jupiter weakness ............................... .......Sun
volcanic eruptions ................... ...... Mars weakness of sexual organs ....... .......Venus
vomiting................................. ...... Rahu weaknesses, brings to surface . . .......Mars
voyage .................................. ...... 9th house wealth.................................... .......2nd house
voyages................................. ...... 9th house wealth.................................... .......Moon
voyages ................................ ...... 1st house wealth.................................... .......Sun
voyages overseas ................... ...... 12th house wealth.................................... .......Taurus
vrishabha ............................... ...... Taurus wealth.................................... .......Venus
vrishchika............................... ...... Scorpio wealth ................................... .......Jupiter
vulgar folk .............................. ...... Aquarius wealth doesn't satisfy ............. .......Ketu
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


wealth and .....................................2nd house wife, loss of ............................ ...... 12th house
wealth at death of querent ................ 8th house wild animals ............................ ...... Mars
wealth great, venus, in 2 ..................Venus wild flowers ............................. ...... Saturn
wealth of brothers ........................... 4th house wilderness .............................. ...... Taurus
wealth of private enemies................. 1st house wilderness containing anthills..... ...... Scorpio
wealth of servants........................... 7th house wills ....................................... ...... 8th house
wealth, concealed ........................... 8th house wind....................................... <..... Saturn
wealth, parental ..............................12th house windy diseases........................ ...... Saturn
wealth, waste of ..............................12th house windy temperaments ................ ...... Sun
weaned.......................................... Rahu wine, women, etc do not satisfy . ...... Ketu
weapons ........................................ Mars winner in law suits if sun aspects ...... Jupiter
weaving ......................................... Mercury winning................................... ...... 2nd house
wednesday.....................................Mercury wireless.................................. ...... 3rd house
weighing ........................................ Libra wisdom .................................. ...... 1st house
welfare of humanity .........................Jupiter wisdom .................................. ...... 3rd house
welfare of society, concerned with ..... Moon wisdom .................................. ...... 5th house
well aspect-psychic unfoldment. ........ Ketu wisdom .................................. ...... 9th house
well being....................................... 1st house wisdom .................................. ...... Jupiter
well placed in the fifth house............. Jupiter wisdom .................................. ...... Mercury
well wishers of father ....................... 2nd house wisdom of moon tempers him.... ...... Mars
well-shaped body, in ascendant. ........ Venus wisdom, imparts ...................... ...... Jupiter
wells ............................................. 4th house wisdom, likes it........................ ...... Cancer
wells ............................................. 9th house wisdom, needs it badly ............. ...... Capricorn
wells ............................................. Cancer wisdom, philosophical............... ...... Jupiter
wells ............................................. Pisces wisdom, sacred, possesses ...... ...... Jupiter
west.............................................. 11th house wishes ................................... ...... 11th house
west.............................................. 3rd house wit ......................................... ...... Mercury
west.............................................. 7th house wit, quick ................................ ...... Jupiter
west.............................................. Saturn witch- craft ............................. ...... Rahu
western direction.............................Saturn witchcraft ............................... ...... Ketu
wet cultivations...............................Cancer without beginning or end ........... ...... Saturn
wet fields ....................................... Cancer wittiness................................. ...... Mars
whales homelands........................... Capricorn witty ...................................... ...... Jupiter
wheat ............................................ 1st house wives dowry ............................ ...... 8th house
wheat ............................................ Moon womanliness ........................... ...... Moon
wheat ............................................ Sun womb..................................... ...... Moon
whirl-winds .....................................Saturn womb-like ............................... ...... Moon
white ............................................. Moon women ................................... ...... Moon
white color .....................................Venus women ................................... ...... Venus
white complexion ............................Moon wood falling upon ..................... ...... Saturn
white silk........................................ Moon wood work in houses................. ...... Jupiter
white skin, reddish tinge ................... Mars wool....................................... ...... 1st house
white stones................................... Moon woolen fabrics ......................... ...... Saturn
white trees .....................................Moon work unceasingly ..................... ...... Taurus
white umbrellas...............................Moon work, hard, likes it .................... ...... Capricorn
whore houses ................................. Virgo work, loves it........................... ...... Mars
wickedness ....................................Saturn worker class............................ ...... Saturn
widowhood...................................... Rahu working................................... ...... Capricorn
wife............................................... 7th house world-to-be not as-it-is .............. ...... Aries
wife............................................... Venus worldly activities ...................... ...... 10th house
wife's o r enemies brothers............... 9th house worldly attainments.................. ...... 2nd house
wife, death of ..........................< ..... Venus worldly attainments .................. ...... 2nd house
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Item Afflicted Karaka Item Afflicted Karaka


worldly efforts finished.............. ...... Pisces
worldly men not attracted by ..... ...... Saturn
worms.................................... <..... Mercury
worries ................................... ...... 8th house
worries ................................... <..... Venus
worries, mental........................ ...... 8th house
worries, psychological .............. ...... 8th house
worries-anguish-if badly placed . . ...... Ketu
worry ..................................... ...... 6th house
worry ..................................... ...... Saturn
worship .................................. ...... 9th house
worship of durga ...................... ...... Rahu
worship of ganesh.................... ...... Ketu
worship places ........................ ...... 9th house
worst malefic ......................... ...... Saturn
worst type of sexualist.............. <..... Mars
wound .................................... ...... 6th house
wound accident ....................... ...... 12th house
wounds .................................. <..... Mars
wounds, covered with ............... ...... Ketu
wretched persons .................... ...... 8th house
writing ................................... ...... Mercury
writings .................................. ...... 3rd house
writings .................................. ...... 9th house
yama..................................... ...... Saturn
yasha (glory) .......................... ...... Pisces
yellow .................................... ...... Sun
yellow ................................... ...... Venus
yellow color............................. ...... Jupiter
yellow sapphire........................ ...... Jupiter
yin polarity ............................. ...... Moon
yoga, no taste for it ................. ...... Capricorn
yogic meditation, start of.......... ...... 3rd house
younger bros/sis buildings ........ ...... 6th house
younger brother or sisters......... ...... 11th house
younger brother's wife .............. ...... 9th house
younger brother, loss to ........... ...... 2nd house
younger brothers or sisters ....... ...... 3rd house
younger sister's husband.......... ...... 9th house
youthful term .......................... ...... Mars
youthful, energetic, mars in 1st . ...... Mars
yuka (the link) ......................... ...... Libra
yuverajas ............................... ...... Mars
zeal ....................................... ...... Mars
zeal, has it ............................. ...... Ketu
zest for life, not (mars does) ..... ...... Saturn
Karakas 59

1st House

accidents experience, storehouse mascu1ine taking the initiative


activity undertaken of mode of expression tendencies, natural
adi face movable textiles
advantages face, attractiveness nature udyam
all things, the seeds of fate of hazardous nature of the person upper part of the face
amusements enterprises ones disposition vehicle, the physical
angular fiery ones tendencies body
appearance, general form outgoing energy vigor
aries friends to the brothers permission for other virtues
ascendant of querist qualities vitality
aspiration gains, to younger personality voyages
attractiveness of the brother personality impact wealth of private
face gains, young. bro. persons nature enemies
barley friends persons sum total well being
barren general appearance qualities wheat
beginnings general state of health physical body wisdom
beginning of an event general structure of life physical stature wool
being of the person general well being physical vehicle
birth potential gold pleasure/pain destined
body hair and its texture pleasures
brain happiness positive
brothers of friends head possibility of his
capacity to enjoy health, general achieving
children of religious height potential
folks honor presence of everything
color identity previous lives wisdom
complexion imagination, initial profits, yngr. bro./& his
constitution impact of the friends
courage personality pros
creative urge initial imagination querist
death of servants inner fire rajasic propensities
deham inspiration resin
destiny of journey rupam
pleasure/pain kendra seeds of other things
determination knower of the field self
dignity kshetrjan shape
dignity of mother lagna short ascension
dispositions, natural lagnesh start in life
east life in a hostel during stature, physical
eastern horizon study status
energetically life's general structure storehouse of
participating life's start experience
energy, outgoing longevity struggle for life
events of journeys mars studying in a hostel
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2nd House

accumulated wealth family members nature of querist suits, legal


all traits for querist family relations negative taurus
bank position family, understandings nose teeth
benefic father, diseases to observational power tongue
blindness fathers friends om trade
blood-ties fathers of friends one traits of querist
bonds feminine open or public enemies uncle, maternal,
boyhood fixed patience of mind journey
brother, younger, food possession of value understanding with
loss esto fortune possessions family
brothers friends and servants poverty venus
business friends fathers & power and resources vision
bythos grandsons power of observation wealth
cheeks friends of father pranava wealth and
childhood gain precious stones well wishers of father
children gain or loss private enemies of winning
chin gain, prop, elder bro. bros. worldly attainments
creative potential gain, vehicle, elder bro. profession of children worldly attainments
credit gems profit younger brother, loss
cultural roots grandfather profit to
damage grandmother public enemies
death grandsons of friends querists traits
death period honor of children resources and power
depth imagination riches
direction south inheritance right eye
disease to father inheritance ruling power
documents jewelry sanyas
early age jewels second marriage
earthy king's sons secret enemies
economical law suits cohorts
education legal troubles securities and shares
enemies, hidden, loan self earned wealth
friends long journey to uncle semifruitful
enemies, non hidden loss servants and friends
etc. loss to younger bro. shares and securities
ethnicity's maraka sthana short ascension
extravagant maternal uncle, sight
eye sight journeys sisters
eye, right memory sons of kings
eyes metals south
face misfortune speculation
faith in sacred money matters speech
traditions music stones, precious
family nails succeedent house
Karakas 61

3rd House

ability courage malefic scapula


ability to cope cousins masculine sects
accounting daily challenges, ability maternal uncle, servants
agreements, signing of to cope position of shops
airy deal with it ability mathematics short air travels
acquaintances, casual death memory short journeys
arms death of parents mental inclination short road travels
asthma difficulties in day to mental strength short travels
bad thoughts day mercury shoulders
barren dreams messages siblings
birth of children to eld. education, higher mind sickness of kings
bro/sis enemies of religious mountains signing contracts or
books persons mutations agreements
bookstalls enemies, private, neighbors sisters, younger
breathing exercises fathers of nervous system sons of friends
brother, younger energy obstructions in day to spiritual teachings
successes enormous strength day steadiness
brother, younger, enthusiasm ontological tendencies strength, enormous
health of epistles papers strength, mental
brothers, younger fathers of private partition of property study, inclination to
cadent enemies patriotism telegraphs
car rides female servants philosophical telephone
carols fiery tendencies television
carrying tales firmness positive tendencies,
casual acquaintances friends of children post office philosophical
challenges, daily, friends, casual posts throat
ability to cope gemini pranayama thyroid glands
change glands, thyroid preaching trade of servants
change of residence hands private enemies of the transition
chest health of younger mother travels
children, birth of to old. brother private enemies, travels, short
bro./sis. heroism fathers of uncle, maternal,
churches higher education property, partitioning position of
clerks hills prowess upper ribs
collar bone houses, change of publications valor
collateral's inclination to study radio valor
colleagues intellect rail west
common intelligence railways wireless
communications journalist research wisdom
consumption journeys, short residences, change of writings
contracts, signing of lake and river ribs, upper yogic meditation, start
cope, ability to lessons learned here right ear of
correspondence library rumors younger brothers or
cough litigation's, signing short journeys sisters
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4th House

agriculture fortunes of servants profession, source of


ambitions, source of friends of servants property, immovable
antiquities fruitful public standing, source
aspirations, source of gardens of
biological mother happiness religion of the absent
birth environment health of mother religious persons death
breast heart residence
buffalo hidden things reveals the past
buildings hidden treasure ribs
career, source of home rivers
castles house (immovable) sanchita karma
chest immovable property scooter
chest diseases inclination to study secret life
children of secret inheritance secrets
enemies intelligence sickness of friends
cities karmic past social status, source
clothes land of
conclusion landed property stomach
conditions of life- old learning study, inclination to
age lease substance of brethren
cow loss of one's dwelling tenant
crevices loss to children tent
crops lungs termination
curious major arteries and tractors
danger to father medicines trade of enemies
dead men's goods milk transport facilities
dead person, what mines treasure, hidden
befalls monuments treasures
death of religious mother treasures under ground
persons one's home undertakings, end of
diaphragm orchards vehicles
diseases of the chest ornaments water
domestic environments past karma wealth of brothers
elbow joints pastures wells
emotion pavilion
emotional nature peace of mind.
end of undertakings permanent
enemies to elder possessions
brother private affairs
estates private enemies of
false allegation children
family support one private life
gets produce of agriculture
fields profession of partner
Karakas 63

5th House

abdomen degree of karma, previous good places of


abortions achievements kidnap entertainment's
achievements, degree drama king, death of pleasures -legal/illegal
of east knowledge of the occult positive
adulterousness education lady love practices, spiritual
adultery enemies of friends laws, traditional pregnancy
ambassadors enormous riches learning, deep prior and after marriage
amusements expression of new legacies, illegal romances
amusements, ideas legal or illegal private enemies of
legal/illegal expressions from past amusements servants
artistic talents karma leo procreation
arts and crafts fathers high study life, new profits to opponents
attractions festival occasions literary compositions progeny
auspicious house fiery liver racing cards
authorship first conception long ascension rape
bank position of mother fixed long journey of the recreation
banquet foreigners, contracts religious recreations
barren with long journeys by father relations, illegal
belly friends of the querents lottery religion
betting enemies love affairs religious mindedness
brethren, their brothers gall bladder love affairs religious persons long
brother, older, his gambling magistery or dignity of journeys
marriage games absent riches
brothers of brethren games of chance malefic romance
cards good deeds of past management ability romance, before/after
children birth mantras marriage
children's health good morals marriage of elder sadhana
cinema high learning and brother shares
competitive activities wisdom masculine sickness of private
compositions, literary high study of father mental creation enemies
contacts with strangers horse racing cards mind, religious side of sister, older, her
contracts with house of amusements mothers wealth marriage
foreigners hymns music social inclinations
courtship illegal relations musical instruments social intercourse
courtship, acceptable illegal unions new life socially acceptable
types inclinations occult knowledge courtship
crafts and arts inner creativity older brothers marriage society
creativity intellect older sisters marriage speculations
creativity, inner intelligence partnerships, illegal spiritual practices
crosswords intestines past life, good karma spleen
dance intuitive perception of of sports
death of kings the future perception of future, stock exchange
debauchery journeys, long, of the intuitive stomach
deep learning religious pilgrimage
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5th House

strangers, contracts
with
tantra
theaters
traditional laws
uncle, maternal,
change in pos.
unfruitful
unions, illegal
wisdom
Karakas 65

6th House

actions, diabolical dress mercury thieves, fear of


actions, obstacles to dual miserliness treatment of patient
animal pets duration of disease name fame uncle, maternal
annoyance earthy negative uncles
anguish, intense employees nursing undertakings,
anus enemies nursing obstacles in
aunts enemies of enemies obstacles in vehicles, purchase and
bad actions enemies, secret undertakings sale of
bad habits enmity opponents virgo
bank drafts servitude opposing force worry
banker evil opposition of various wound
barren faithfulness of the kinds younger bros/sis
beasts not ridden servants partners, their losses buildings
benefic fear patient, treatment of
borrowing fear from thieves pet animals
bro/sis, younger, their fear of death private enemies
buildings feminine purchase/sales of
buildings by younger. food vehicles
bro/sisters foreign life changes purchases by partners
builds serving strength friends, their death resistance
calamity goats results
cadent house health, ill sanitation
cattle however secret enemies
chances and life in ill health semifruitful house
foreign place illness, length of servants
children, first, their insanity servants, conditions of
wealth intense anguish servants, faithfulness
clothing investment of partners of
common journeys to the mother service
competition kidney servitude
conditions of the large intestines sheep
servants litigation sickness
death of friends litigation's south
debits long ascension stewards
debts long journeys strength by
dependents loss of spouse overcoming
diabolical deeds loss to partner depression
diabetics losses to partners struggle
difficulties losses to spouse struggle-experience
disease, duration of magic subordinates
diseases magistery and lay substance of children
disharmony with or dignities being superstition
separation from maternal uncle tenants
the partner. mental worry theft
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7th House

acquisition of beautiful dissipation of seminal husband opposites


clothes fluid immovable property, oppositions
acquisitions of royal divorce mothers outlaws
favor domestic happiness influence in other overseas reputation
agreements dowry countries partner
airy dyuta (gambling) kalatra sthanam partner in business
associates and friends earthly ties kama (desire and partners.
of father elder brothers high passion) passing semen
attachments, one's education kendra house passion
beautiful clothes elder brothers religion law suits perfumes and flowers
beautiful clothes, election, rivals laws persons, missing
getting encounter with thieves legal bondage pickpockets
bondage, legal ending legal union pineal glands
break in the journey enemies, death of libra place of thief
brothers, elder, high enjoyment of food life, danger to place of wife
education enmity life, length, danger to pleas
brothers, elder, religion expression of bodily litigation's point where the sun
business urges loins sets
business partnerships field of experience loka (world) positive
business speculations field of one's long journeys of elder private dealings of the
buying and selling experience brothers absent
change of residence fines long journeys of friends private dealings of the
child, second one fines long life, danger to enemies
children of the brothers flowers and perfumes longevity, danger to private parts
clothes, beautiful, fortune of religious losing semen professional
getting persons love life advancement
cohabitation friends of brothers lumber property, mothers
competitors friends of religious mada (pride) immovable
conjugal life persons marakasthana (house property, recovery of
contentions friends, high education of death) lost/stolen
contracts of marga (way the path) prostrate glands
contrariences friends, long journeys marital relations public deals
control of lustful people of marital relationship recovery of lost
countries, other, friends, religion of masculine property
reputation fruitful missing persons recovery of stolen
danger to life getting beautiful mixing in society property
danger to longevity clothes mother's immovable reflections
deals, public govt. favor, acquisition property relations, marital
death of enemies of movable religion of elder
death of private groin nuptials brothers
enemies gross materiality one's attachments religious persons,
death, house of honor and credit of one's life partner fortunes of
decorations govt. opposite polarity to the religious persons,
depression house, change of self friends of
Karakas 67

7th House

reputation in other
countries
reputation overseas
residence, change of
rivals in election
royal citadel
royal favor
royal favor, acquisition
of
second child
selling and buying
semen, losing
sexual enjoyment
sexual life
sisters of brothers
social relationships
sons of friends
soul must rise out of
speculations in
business
spouse
strife
substance of servants
suits, law
sun sets here,
significant
thief
thief, place of
thieves, encounter with
things opposed
ties, earthly
trade
travelers
union
union, legal
uterus
Venus
vertebrae
victory over enemies
war
wealth of servants
west
wife
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8th House

accidents diagnosis, diseases imprisonment's organs, hidden


adversary defy inheritance of dead overdose of drugs
afflictions, dieing after coma inheritance pelvic
psychological dieing after state of insult pension
all things hidden shock insurance persons wretched and
allergies, serious difficulties of journey journey, difficulties in miserable
anxiety, mental dignity and honor of journeys of the private poison , death by
body deformed, liable friends enemies (watery sign)
to disappointments keeping secrets private enemies of
bones disease of anus knowledge of deep religious person
brethren of servants diseases may defy nature privation
chakras diagnosis kundalini shakti psychological
children, their mother diseases, incurable, labor afflictions
coma, death death by legacies public enemies, their
after/during doctors legacies money
concealed wealth dowry of wife liable to bodily querents state of
corruption drowning deformities wealth at death
crossing of rivers drowning , death by lightning, death by rectum
death (watery sign) longevity religion of the private
death by drowning drugs, overdose loss/gain-market enemies
death by drowning electrocution fluctuations religion, of private
(watery sign) enemies, private, their lotteries enemies
death by electric shock religion market fluctuations, religious person,
death by gas (watery enemies, public, their gain or loss by private enemies of
sign) strength mars reputation, bad
death by lightning evil house may die due to wrong rivers, crossing
death by overdose of explosion, death by treatment robbery
drugs external genitalia medical officers s means
death by poison feminine medicine, wrong scandal
(watery sign) fire causing death scorpio
death caused by fixed mental pain scrotum
explosion friends mental sufferings secrecy
death due to incurable friends, their honor miserable persons seminal vesicles
diseases fruitful miserliness serious diseases
death may also be gain/loss-market mode of death servants, their brethren
caused by gas. fluctuations money of public shock, death
drowning, poison gas, death by (watery enemies after/during
etc. if 8th-watery sign) mother of children sickness of bro/sis
sign genitals, external nature, hidden laws, slaughter
death, mode of gratuity knowledge of sorrow
defeat hidden matters negative sorrows
deformed body, liable hidden organs north spell of life
to ill reputation obstacles spouses dowry
impediments officers, medical
Karakas 69

8th House

stock market-gain and


loss by
strength of public
enemies
strife
succeedent house
success
suffering persons
suffering, mental
suicide
surgeons
testicles
the rectum and its
diseases
treatment, wrong
causing death
troubles, psychological
unseen to others
watery
wealth at death of
querent
wealth, concealed
wives dowry
wills
worries
worries, mental
worries, psychological
wretched persons
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9th House

ability to learn father philosophy vedic sacrifice


ability to understand fathers of servants pilgrimage virtuous deeds.
air travels female arteries pilgrimages visions
association with good fiery places of worship voyage
people foreign travel. poorvapunya voyages
attainments foresight positive water reservoirs
auspicious forethought powers of intuition wells
auspicious karma from fortune preceptor wife's o r enemies
past lives friend of friends previous karma's brothers
austerity friends of elder private enemies of wisdom
beliefs brothers kings or govt. worship
benedictions fruits of success providential help worship places
bhagya generosity prosperity writings
book publishing god's grace publishing, books younger brother's wife
books good conduct purity of mind younger sister's
charitable grandchildren religion husband
charity guru religious
children, third one guru, contact with religious institutions
churches higher education religious persons,
college hips association with
common insight into natural religious places
communications w/ forces reverence and devotion
spirits institutions, religious sacrifices
contact with gurus intuition sagittarius
destiny long journeys sambanda gyan
devotion to god jupiter science
dharma knees sea voyages
discipleship lakes semifruitful
distant travels law short travel of
divine worship learning, ability to spouse/partners
divine worships learning's sickness of mother
dreams legal arbitration special benediction
east long journeys spiritual growth
education, higher luck spiritual life
efforts, encouragement malefic splendor
to masculine spouse, their short
elders, devotion to meditation travel
encouragement to natural forces, insight tanks
one's efforts into teaching
enemies of brethren nourishment temples
enlightened souls, one's approach to life thighs
contact with forethought's third child
faith past karmas understand, ability to
father (south India) paternal wealth unexpected help
Karakas 71

10th House

achievement in externalization process nails speculations of


material world fame occupation servants
administrative jobs father ornaments spouse of the moon
adopted son fourth house's permanency in work status
advancement externalization permanent position success
ambition friends of private petalae success or not
appointments in work enemies popital fossa talisman
athletics friends, losses to popularity tenth-sun
authority friends, private position trade
bones enemies of position, permanence trade preferment
brother, elder, losses future, draws us present karma virtue
to towards private enemies of worldly activities
business. gain friends
celestial phenomena glory profession
children of servants government profits
command government service promotion
commerce governmental activities public enemies in
conveyance of hairs litigation's
partners health public esteem
conveyance of spouse honor quality of leadership
credit honor for good works rainfall
credit for good works horse riding rank
danger to younger joints religion of the servants
brother judgment. religious functions
danger to younger judges religious merits
sister karma of the soul renown
death of younger karma, present renunciation of world
sibling incarnation reputation
debts of children knee joints respect
dignity last rites to parents responsibilities
draws us toward our leadership riding a horse
future litigation's, public royal patronage
elections, public enemies of sacrifice
enemies of livelihood sanyas
eminence lord of the moon secret attacks on elder
enemies during loss to elder brother brother
elections losses to dear friends self acquisitions
enemies during mantras and hymns. service
litigation's meritorious deeds sibling, younger, death
enemies, private, mid heaven of
friends of money of religious skeleton in general
essential things person sky
externalization of the moral responsibilities soul's karma
fourth mother's opponents souls draw towards goal
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11th House

accumulation of wealth friends receipt of material


acquaintances friendship wealth
aquarius friendship, receipts
advisors steadfastness religious brothers
airy fulfillment of desires satisfaction of personal
ambitions gain from father needs
ankle gain from men in sickness of servants
arrival position sisters in religion
aspirations gain through social gatherings
barren correspondence social life, good
blood circulation gains varieties
brother in law god brothers social success
brother, elder god sisters speculations etc.
brothers in religion good deeds spouses of children
cars, high class ones govt. loan steadfast in friendship
children of enemies high level intelligence success in
children's spouses high-class undertakings
clubs and social conveyances teeth
gatherings honorable in friendship vehicles, high class
contingencies hopes ones
contracts with friends income west
costly jewelry jewelry, love of wishes
costly ornaments labh-sthan younger brother or
creative activities left ear sisters
daughter in law legs
death of mother love affairs
deities love of ornaments and
desires pearls
desires, fulfillment of malefic
devotion to god masculine
discharge from hospital needs, satisfaction of
editing ornaments, love of
elder brothers pain, freedom from
elder sisters paternal uncle
emotional attachments personal needs,
enemies debts satisfaction of
extra-marital personal pleasures
relationships pleasurable pursuits
favorites positive
financial gain from profits
occupation prosperity
fixed publishing
flatterers pursuits
freedom from misery realizing desires
Karakas 73

12th House

accidents, wounds eye mental institutions, separations


thereof fall from position relations to servants spouses
activities, cessation of father's permanent mental toils, secret sex pleasures
agitation of mind possessions misery short ascension
agitation, mental feet misfortune sickness of spouse
all kinds of misfortune feminine house misfortune, all varieties sin
anguish, mental foreign residence moksha solitude
assassination fraud money of elder sons of the absent
bed, pleasures of fruitful brothers sorrow
benefic giving up the bed money of friends spouse, debts of
cadent house grief mothers long journey spouse, loss of
cattle heaven, entry into moving residences spouse, losses through
cessation of activities homes for the aged mundane life, close of spouse, sickness of
charities hospital mutilation of a limb studying the occult
charity hospitalization negative sufferings
close of all mundane husband, loss of north suicide
activities impediments nursing homes suspicion
common imprisonment obstacles termination of
confinement institutional expenditure occult studies appointment
cultivation institutions, mental, old age homes termination's
death relations to parental wealth tribulations
debt, discharge of jail, going to persecution undoing the self
debts of the spouse jails pleasure of sex vacations overseas
debts, repaying jobs, termination of pleasures of the bed vehicles of religion
deceivers journeys end positions, fall from voyages overseas
deception lamenting poverty waste of wealth
discharge of debt left eye private enemies watery
disgrace legs psychic phenomena wealth, parental
disobedience liberation relations with mental wealth, waste of
disputes limbs, mutilation of institutes wife, loss of
disturbed mind limitations religious vehicles wound accident
donations living overseas renouncing one's
dream experiences long journey to mother couch
drudgery loss renunciation
emancipation loss and fall of position repayments of debts
end of the journey loss by marriage residence, changing
endings loss of one's wife residence, foreign
enjoyment loss through partners salvation
entry into heaven lost goods sanitarium
expenditures malice secret enemies
expenses marriage, losses secret mental toils
expenses, to through secret sorrows
institutions mental agitation sedition
experiences in dreams mental anguish self-undoing
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Sun (Ravi/Surya)

6 year dasha copper face, large and round impact of ones


ability to doctor copper in querist personality
administrator coronation chambers faith indigestion
ambition courage fame individual's impact
angry (a) crown chakra father inflexible
animals living on grass cruel and fevers influence
appendicitis dangerous tendencies fires intelligent person
argumentative (a) fistula irritable (a)
temperament (a) dark-red fruit trees that are jealous (a)
arrogance (a) dasha period for sun is short jewels worn on the ear
atmakaraka 6 years fruit-bearing trees jupiter, sun's friend
authorities debilitated in libra, 10° gaze is directed kind hearted
authority demeanor regal upwards king
authority positions despotism general, the krittika
baldness determination generosity lead
bankers determined girls aged eight years lenders of money
beans diarrhea girls at age eight leo, 20º moolatrikona
bile dictatorial. godliness libra, 10° debilitated
bile diseases difficulties and gold loan officers
bile problems obstacles (a) goldsmiths love, real
bilious temperaments dignity good temperament. lucaria
blindness (a) disease of the heart grace lungs
blood circulation diseases of bile grace and ma1e
disturbances diseases of the head grass, animals that eat magnetism, personal
body burning disposition tyrannical it malefic
boldness (a) guna satwa mars, sun's friend
bone disturbances of blood hair reduced matter-of-fact
bones circulation haughty (a) mercury, neutral to sun
brain doctoring capacity haughty nature, (a) minerals (a)
brass dominating nature (a) head money-lenders
brinjal druggists head and chest mulatrikona leo 20°
brown ear rings head diseases moon, sun's friend
burning body east headache nature satwic
capturing the seat of eggplant health nature, dominating (a)
power eight year old girls heart nobility
chakra, crown elders, respect for heart disease nose
chemists electrical vitality heart palpitations obstacles and
chest energy high fever difficulties (a)
chest and head epilepsy honey colored eyes opinionated, self (a)
churches extravagance (a) honey-colored eyes opposition, public (a)
circulation, weak eye- troubles hot optimism
coarse thick clothes eyes honey color hot and pungent tastes orange
commanding power eyesight, weak house, thatched over ambitious (a)
consciousness
Karakas 75

(Ravi/Surya) Sun

palpitations of the self wavering temperament


heart self opinionated (a) (a)
patrimony self-reliance weak eyesight
permanent rank short in stature weakness
personal magnetism short trees bearing wealth
personality fruits wheat
personality, impact of showy (a) windy temperaments
places of worship soul yellow
political power soul
politician spiteful (a)
pomp square-built body
positions of authority stomach
positive strong bones
power success
power, capturing sunday
power, political talent at doctoring
power. tastes, pungent and
presidency, capturing hot
problems with bile temperament
proud (a) argumentative (a)
psychic development temperament bilous or
public opposition (a) windy
pungent and hot tastes temperament, good
pungent articles temperament, wavering
querist ruled by sun will (a)
be of large and temples
round face tendency to be
rank that is permanent dangerous (a)
real love thatched house
regal demeanor throne, capturing
reliable trees that bear fruit
reliance on self trees, short and fruit
reputation bearing
respect for elders troubled eyes
rigid tyrannical disposition
royalty (a)
ruby untrusted (a)
sacrificial places unyielding
sahasrara chakra uttara phalguni
saturn, enemy to sun uttara-shada
satwa guna venus, enemy to sun
satwic nature vitality
seat of power, waste (a)
capturing
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Moon (Chandra)

10 year dasa bronchitis (a) cultivation exalted taurus 3°


27 days around earth bronze cunning (a) extravagance (a)
70 years old brotherhood, universal danger from aquatic extreme liberty (well
activity, when with buddhism animals (a) asp. by mars)
mars calmness danger from horned eye, left one, on men
affluence cancer (a) animals (a) eye, right, of female
afraid of the death of cancer moolatrikona for dasa period is 10 years eyes
her child cancer owned by death-like maladies eyes are very beautiful
agents, traveling capacity for growth debilitated in scorpio fame
ailments (a) carbuncle (a) deceitful (a) family life
amusements catarrh (a) deep feelings favor from kings
anemia (a) caution delays (a) favor from superiors
animal instinct chain derangement's (a) (asp. by sun)
animal passions changeability (a) detachment fear complex (a)
animals, aquatic, changeable according development, essential female
danger from (a) to position for female generative
aquatic creatures charming eyes devitalizes, with the principle
art charming eyes sun females
aspects change her child, afraid of it's diarrhea (a) females right eye
asthma (a) death difficulties (when aff. feminine
bad if bad sun or other child, interested in by saturn) feminine qualities
bath-rooms childbirth difficulties (a) feminine tendencies
beauty cloth digestive troubles (a) fertile imagination
benefic planet clothes direction north fish
beneficial easily, when cold (a) diseases caused by fishermen
with jupiter colic (a) women (a) flawless pearl
beneficial, in 4th house commodities diseases of uterus (a) frank nature
birth of child compassion for all drinks frequent journeys
bladder concentration dropsy (a) fresh water
blood conception dyspepsia (a) friendly planets are
bold concerned with the education sun, mercury
born of water welfare of society embryo friendly with others
bosom like a mother conch emotional responses fruitful
bosoms (ladies conditioned by any emotions frustration, with
breasts) other factors emotions nourished by rahu/ketu
brain conflict with authorities encourages the growth fundamentally
brass (ill asp. by sun) of others necessary
breast, ladies (a) enigmatic funky (a)
breasts consciousness enthusiasm, when with gait, rolling
breasts, big, on ladies convertible according jupiter gastric catarrh (a)
(aff by jup) (a) to position esophagus gem pearl
breasts, small, to conveyances essential for growth gems
ladies (aff. by sat.) cosmic mother (a) evil or good by generosity
(a) cucumber associations glandular system
Karakas 77

(Chandra) Moon

good or evil by influences infants mental abrasion (a) ornamentation, too


associations insanity (a) mental afflictions (a) much (a)
good, in 4th house intellectual capabilities mental happiness ornaments worn by
grain: rice intelligence mental strength youngsters
groceries interested in her child mesmerism ornaments worn on
grounding help required intestines metal silver head
growth improper (a) inventive mind methodica1 others growth,
growth of plants jaundice (a) mild concerned with
guna satwa jewels milk ovaries
harmony in journeys over water mind over ornamentation (a)
relationships journeys, frequent mode of goodness over pleasure (a)
hasta ruled by juicy articles moist painting
home jupiter, likes it monday pale yellowish opal
honor lack of mental balance moolatrikona cancer passion
house (a) moon is benefic in 4th passionate (a)
houses that are strong ladies breast house passive
huge body lakes moral acts patient
human fancies laziness (a) mother peace
human responsibilities laziness, doesn't like it mother principle pearls
ill favor from (saturn) muddle headed (a) persistence
authorities (a) left eye music personal affairs
ill favor from govt (a) left eye of the male navigation pessimistic (a)
ill judgment (aff. by lethargy, doesn't like it navigators phlegmatic
sat.) (a) (saturn) needs concrete help to phlegmatic afflictions
ill reputation (a) leucoderma (a) harness itself (a)
illness liar (a) nervous system places watery
imagination life in general nervousness (a) plantain trees
immoral pleasures (a) likes travel neutral to, all except plants growth
impregnation lilies sun/merc pleasures, immoral (a)
impulsive (a) liquids new clothes pleasures, too much
impulsive (a) location in chart nocturnal (a)
impurity of blood (a) changes her north pleurisy (a)
incoherence in speech love north east plumpy
(a) love nourishes the earth poets
incoherence in thought love for pleasure nourishing poisonous plants
(a) lymphatic gland nursing politeness
inconsistency in love manipulative (a) nursing babies poor abilities (a)
with opposite sex manners obstacles (a) popularity
(a) mans left eye occult sciences principles come easily
independent marriage ocean private affairs
indigestion (a) marshy places one yojana high procreation affected by
infant stage meek oneness prodigality (a)
infants menstrual disorders (a) optimism profession
infants influenced by menstruation progeny
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Moon (Chandra)

progress sarvana ruled by swift nature water, fresh


prosperity of humans, satwa guna swiftness of motion watery nature
concerned with satwic nature sympathy of a mother watery places
protective scorpio debilitation of synovial fluid wealth
psychic awareness seamen taurus 3° exalted welfare of society,
psycho-physical secretive (a) thinking concerned with
psycho-physiological self-illumination throat troubles (a) wheat
psycho-physiological sex drive affected by tits (ladies breasts) white
influence short stature tits, big, on ladies (aff. white complexion
pure silver by jup.) (a) white silk
pure mind (distinct silver shade tits, small, on ladies white stones
from intellect) sloth, doesn't like it (aff. by sat.) (a) white trees
purity of its nature (saturn) tranquillity of mind white umbrellas
queen of the sun small breasts to ladies traveling agents womanliness
rahu/ketu inflict karmic (aff. by sat.) (a) trees growing in watery womb
impediments sociable, when with places womb-like
rainy season venus trees having milk in women
rays, 21 social relations them yin polarity
refined, when with soft in his speech trustworthy
venus softness tuberculosis (a)
reflects the souls sorcerers twenty-one rays
position speaking incoherently umbrella
reflects the sun in a (a) undistorted reflection
chart spirit mediums of the sun
religious acts springs undue expenditure (a)
reproduction affected steadiness union
by steady union
responsibilities of stifled by saturn universal brotherhood
humans strength of mind unprofitable
rice strengthening her undertaking (a)
right eye of the female progeny urinary diseases (a)
rivers strengthens others, unsteady (a)
rohini ruled by except sat. uterine diseases (a)
rolling gait strengthens the life- uterus
romance force vegetation
romances strong during the night veil of illusion which is
rope strong houses maya
round stubbornness vision
rumor monger (a) subjective vitalized, during full
sailing sun, mercury are moon
saliva friends to walks in rolling way
salt supernatural powers want of practicality
salt sustains life water
salty flavors sweet substances water journeys
Karakas 79

(Kuja/Mangal) Mars

7 years dasha bhumiputra caution cruelty


ability to organize bile cheat (a) cuts
able bitter taste chemical laboratories cuts through weapons
abortions bladder chemistry dal beans
accidents bleeding chemists danger from dogs
action is his nature bleeding through chicken pox (a) danger from wild
actions of heroism instruments (a) chitra , governs animals
acute fevers blood chivalrous, when well daring acts
addicted to drugs (a) blood circulating in the posited dasa period is 7 years
adventurous veins chivalry dashing
adversaries blood disease (a) circulation of blood debilitated in cancer
vanquished, mars blood spilt through colon 28°
in 6 accidents color, red deeds of heroism
adversaries, fights with body is warm combativeness defense endeavors
them bone marrow commander-in-chief deformity (a)
affairs settled with bones competitive denies marriage
force (a) bones strong complexion reddish dentists
affected reputation (a) brain fever (a) concealed powers, depraved feelings,
age is four years breakage (a) brings to surface hates them
aggressive (a) bricks confident in self deserts
aggressive behavior brokers conquers rather than designers, good ones
ambitions bronze golden melts desires
ambitious brothers constructive, when well desires, impulsive (a)
animals, wild brute force to settle (a) placed destroys all
annoying persons bruteness (a) contentions of power impediments
appendicitis (a) bugs control over destroys the person (a)
argue, is able to builders control over others, determination
aries 2º moolatrikona of bully (a) mars in 6 determined
aries, lord of burning gases cookrooms detriment to libra
army heroic deeds burns (a) cooled by the moon detriment to taurus
arrogant burnt clothes cools mars, jupiter devotion, when well
ascendant, sixth, business for does posited
tenth, best houses themselves copper dhanishta , governs
for butchers coral dictators, averse to
attains his mission can't wait coupe's (power diplomatic
autocracy, averse to cancer 28º debilitation struggles) direction north east
averse to dictatorship of courage direction, southern
bases, military cannon courage, when well diseases
battles caprice posited diseases caused by
beans, dal capricorn 28º exaltation courageous, when well weapons
beans, red ones of posited diseases, externalizes
beasts carbuncles (a) creativity, when well disposition,
best houses for mars, carmine placed harmonious
1/6/10 catastrophes cruel drug addict (a)
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Mars (Kuja/Mangal)

druggists fevers (a) guidance, good kind, inimical to idleness


drunkard (a) fevers, acute likes it instruments
ear fickle-minded guru regulates him inventive
ear diseases (a) fiery hemorrhage invigorates the body
ear, left fiery men, mars in 10 harmonious disposition invincible power
earthquakes fiery speech hates invincible, when well
east/north direction fights his adversaries inhibitions/restricti posited
employed by self fights only with a ons iron
employer, not reason hates opposition iron
employee fights without reason head irresistible lust, when
enables individual to (a) head is square with venus
fight finances, success in health irritations (a) irritation (a)
endurance fire height is seven jupiter is strengthening
enemies fire accidents yojanas to
enemies conquered, fire places heir-apparents jupiter, moon, sun,
mars in 6 firemen hernia (a) friends to
enemy of saturn, five rays heroic deeds kartikeya
venus flow of blood heroism kidney
energetic fool-hardy (a) high blood pressure (a) kitchens
energetic, mars in 1st force of character hoarder (a) kundalini shakti
energy forehead homosexual (a) lameness caused by
energy wasted (a) foreigners, religious honest friends fire
engineers contact with hot lameness caused by
engines forests house on fire injuries
enthusiasm forests, roaming in houses landed property
entrepreneurial fortifications houses, best for are 1, lands
epilepsy (a) forts 6, 10 lavish (a)
eruptions, volcanic four years of age human impetuosity lawsuits
essential heat frankness hydrocele leadership in all
exalted in capricorn 28° friends are jupiter, idleness is inimical to pursuits
express moon, sun him lean
external sex organs friends, honest ones ignorance left ear
externalization gall bladder immovable property legal suits
externalization process gases, poisonous impervious, when well libra, harmed by
extravagance gaze is fierce posited likes jupiters effect
extravagant (a) general impetuosity likes the sun
extremists generosity, increases impulsive likes to act
eyes round generous impulsive desires (a) likes to get going
face genitals in the tenth litigation
faculty to argue gold increases generosity looks upward
fanatic (a) good designers independent lose temper quickly (a)
fearless, when well grain: dal and red independent spirit love for work
posited grains inflexible lung disease (a)
ferocious groins inhibited by saturn lust, venus with mars
Karakas 81

(Kuja/Mangal) Mars

malefic officers pure action, when well scoundral (a)


manliness offspring of the earth posited self confidence
marrow of the bone operation purifying by outward self made person
masculine oppression, averse to motion self starter
mechanical organizing ability quarrelsome (a) self-employed
menstrual flow in organs of reproduction quick mental activity self-confidence
women outward motion radiates the life-force semen of shiva
mental activity is quick passion rajasa guna sense of taste
mental power passion, when with rashness (a) settles things with
mercury strengthened venus rays are five force (a)
by passionate reaches its goal sex organs
mercury, neutral to paternal relations rebellions sex pervert (a)
metals are copper, peaceful rectum sexualist, worst type
gold period of dasha is 7 red beans (a)
military years red stones sharp wit
military operations period, menstruation red things sheep
mind is quick perseverance reddish complexion shiva, child of
missionary zeal personality, when well reddish tinge to white show and pomp
misunderstanding (a) posited skin sin
mode of ignorance perverted, sexually (a) regulated by jupiter sinus fibre
mode of passion physical strength relations, paternal sisters
moolatrikona aries - 2° pimples (a) religious contact with sixth house, good for
moon cools him poisonous gases foreigners mars
moon goes well with policemen reproductive organs skin, white, w/ red tinge
moon, sun, jupiter, pomp and show resourceful slender at the waist
friends to powder resourceful small-pox
mosquitoes power contentions restrictions, not liked smallpox (a)
mountains power, mental by southern directions
mrigasira, governs practical execution roaming in forests spirited to act
muscles practical nature robust health spiritualizes, jupiter
muscles, strong pragmatism round eyes does to
muscular precision rules aries steel
muscular strength princes rules scorpio steel
muscular system prodigality (a) ruthless stones, red ones
muscular tissues property, sapphire straight speaking
narrow waist landed/immovable saturn's restrictions, strategy, mars gets
natural leader, mars in prosperity not liked by from mercury
10 prostrate glands saturn, venus, strength
neutral to mercury protective, when well enemies to strength
north east direction posited scarlet strength and vitality
nose prowess scars strength, muscular
nose diseases (a) prudent, when well science, occult strengthened by
occult science posited scolds mercury
offense scorpio, lord of strifes
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Mars (Kuja/Mangal)

strives to succeed trustworthy, not (a) worst type of sexualist


strong bones truthful, directly (a)
strong determination tuesday wounds (a)
strong during the night ulcers youthful term
strong in dark lunar half uncomfortable persons youthful, energetic,
struggles for power unhappy domestic life mars in 1st
stubbornness (a) (a) yuverajas
success unpleasant (a) zeal
success in finances unsettling persons
sulfur upward glance
sun, liked very much urge for marriage
by uterus
sun, moon, jupiter, valorous
friends to vanquishing enemies,
surfacing of turmoil mars in 6
surgeons ventures, likes all
surgery venus with mars
surgical operations produces lust
talents, externalizes venus, saturn,
tall enemies to
tama guna violence (a)
taste sensation volcanic eruptions
taste sense waist narrow
tastes, bitter wait, can't
taurus, harmed by walls
temper, bad (a) war
temper, loses it quickly warm body
(a) warm red blood
tenth house, good for warriors
mars wars
thamasa guna wars, brought to the
thieves surface
thievish nature (a) waste of energy (a)
thorny trees weaknesses, brings to
throat disease (a) surface
tissues (a) weapons
tumors (a) white skin, reddish
torture tinge
tongue diseases (a) wild animals
treasures wisdom of moon
troubles caused by tempers him
bhairava wittiness
troubles caused by work, loves it
sivaganas
Karakas 83

(Budhi) Mercury

17 year dasha betel leaves confusion (a) diseases of the


abdomen betel leaves contentions (a) stomach (a)
ability absent (a) biles contradictory domineering disposition
ability to memorize bipeds characteristics dramatist
ability to reproduce birds convertible duelist planet
absence of bitter fruits courage in youth duality
sincerity/truth (a) black paddy creatures having many eagerness to
accountant, bad (a) blue lilies legs understand
accountants bluedove color critic eccentric (a)
accounts boastful (a) cunning (bad) (a) editing
accuracy missing (a) bookkeeping, bad (a) cunning (good) education
action, physical, booksellers cunningness (a) eight yojanas high
averse to bowels curiosity to master elegance
active temperament brain occult sciences eloquence
adjustment, not bridge cynical (a) emerald
originality brilliance of expression dasa period is 17 years enemies to mars,
administration, local brokers day-to-day short- saturn, jupiter
advice, not inclined to bronchitis (a) distance travel engineering
accept bugs in software (a) deafness (a) enjoyments
aerial journeys calculations, incorrect debating, good at enterprising
ageless (a) debilitated in pisces erudite, respect from
agitated (a) careful 15° exalted in virgo 15°
ambassadors careful of details deception (a) excellent in debates
analytical carries messages of decorated houses excessive sweating (a)
analytical ability gods to men development of exports & imports
anonymity in writing (a) centipedes psychology expresses what it hears
architecture channels the solar devoid of real learning eyes (a)
arms radiance (a) eyes, reddish and long
art cheerful temperament devotion, averse to female
articulates what it childhood courage devotion, free from fermentation
hears clever dexterity fine arts, skill in
artistic taste cleverly deceitful (a) diplomacy flexibility rather than
arts, fine, skill in cleverness (a) direction south west originality
ashlesha, governed by cloudy head (a) direction, northern fond of fun
asthama (a) clumsy (a) discretion fortunate tendencies
author color green discrimination fraud (a)
averse to physical colored dress diseases from free from pride
action commerce brahmins curses friend of sun, venus
azure color comprehends the (a) friends
bankers words of others diseases from fruits having seeds
base metals comprehension vaisnava curses fruits with seeds inside
beauty conceit (a) (a) fun
benefic when aspected conceited showy diseases of intestines fun, fond of
such person (a) (a) gambler (a)
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Mercury (Budhi)

gemini ruled by journey mathematics north


general success judgment, sound/good meanings of ritual northern direction
glass bangles judicious meditation, skill in nuts
gold jupiter, mars, saturn, memory obscurity (a)
good judgment enemies of memory, good occult science
good reasoning powers jyeshta , governed by mental diseases (a) orator
grain: green gram knowledge, only mental nervousness orators
gram, green pretending (a) (a) overwhelmed by
grasp the inner reality languages, proficiency mental perception passion often
grasps things quickly in mentality, which type oyster (pearl)-shell
green lawyers profession, mercantile activity palpitation (a)
green dress suitable for mercurian is highly pearls
guna, rajasic lean intelligent perceptive
hair learned messenger perverted (a)
hermaphrodite learning metals, inferior kinds philosophical
hidden secrets learning, real, devoid of methodical approach physical action, averse
high strung nerves (a) (a) mid-september to mid- to
highly intelligent legal troubles (a) november piles (a)
humor legs, creatures that miscalculations (a) pisces 15º is
hypercritical (a) have many mischief monger (a) debilitation of
idealism, averse to leprosy (a) mischievous (a) places of recreation
impediments of speech leucoderma (a) mode of passion pliable
(a) leucoderma (a) moody poets
imports & exports liar (a) moolatrikona in virgo 1 polarization
impotency (a) liberal 6° to 20° polarization, its central
impressions limestone moon, doesn't like it quality
inaccurate (a) logic political brain, well
inconsistent (a) logician moon, neutral of posited
indigestion (a) long journeys mouth poor ability (a)
industries long reddish eyes muddle headed (a) poor judgment (a)
inferior or base metals lungs muscular tissues power of judgment
ingenious makes ideas mysterious depths, prejudice, free from
ingenuity understandable exploring prejudiced (a)
inner reality grasped malefic when aspected nasal disorder (a) pretend he knows
input, how reacts to such neelotpala flowers everything (a)
insincerity (a) mars, saturn, jupiter, nervous (a) pride, free from
intellect, well posited enemies of nervous break down prince of the planets
intellectual mars, saturn, jupiter, (a) proficiency in
intellectual planet enemies of nervous center languages
intelligence mastery of occult nervous disorders (a) proficiency in research
intelligent sciences nervous system prudence
interpreter maternal uncle neuralgia (a) psychological
intuition math, good at neutral development
journalists mathematicians neutral to moon public speakers
Karakas 85

(Budhi) Mercury

publishers senses, how one surroundings, worms (a)


pupils reacts to susceptible to writing
putrefied things sensitiveness (a) talkative
rabble rouser (a) september mid to talkative
raja guna november mid taste, refined
rajasic (sarat) thought
rajasic by nature sexless thyroid
rays are six sexual intercourse tongue
reaction to one's sexually eunuch trade
senses short distance day to trading association
reasoning powers, good day travel traits, imbibes those of
recreation grounds short travels others
refined taste shrewd translator
refinement shrewdness transport
relationships, social silver travels, short
relatives sincerity missing (a) truth is absent (a)
reliable six rays type of mentality
religious rituals, skin uncle
understanding of skin diseases (a) understanding of
religious troubles (a) slander (a) religious rituals
reporters smart unions
reproductive ability smoke unprincipled (a)
research social relationships untruthful (a)
research, skill in software bugs (a) vaisya caste
reserve solar radiance, vaisya caste
respect from the channels variable
erudite south west direction vegetation
respiratory system speakers, public venus, sun, friends of
retentive power speech versatile
revati, governed by speech impediments vertigo (a)
reveals (a) viewpoints, various,
rituals, religious, speech writer understand
understanding of spotted mixture color village administration
rotten things stammering (a) virgo 1 6° to 20° is
sarat season (part of steadfast moolatrikona
autumn) steady growth in virgo 15º exaltation of
saturn, jupiter, mars, undertakings virgo ruled by
enemies of strong-headed (a) virility
scholar subjectivity objectified vishnu
science, occult success in general vocal organs (a)
see various viewpoints suitable for the lawyers' weaving
seeds in fruits profession wednesday
senses sun, venus, friends of wisdom
superstition, free from wit
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Jupiter (Guru/Brhaspati)

abscess (a) bengal gram companies in foreign elliptical shape


accidents, protection betel-nut trees lands enables righteous living
from big belly comparison here
adventure big, it's aspect causes compassion enlargement of
advisory capacity, high growth connected with stomach (a)
position in blessings from creativity enterprise
affairs, foreign serpents contact with foreigners enterprises, large and
affairs, legal blessings of brahmins contentment popular
affluence blood corpulence enthusiasm, doesn't
affluence for right living books, publishing of councilors give
here brahmanspati creativity favorably evil, overcomes
age, thirty brahmin influenced, in 9th exceedingly intelligent
air travels brihaspati creativity, connected excitement, too much
anemics broad mind with (a)
apoplexy broad outlook danger of death by expansion
appendicitis (a) brokers fever (a) expansion of external
arterial system business, gains in dasa period is 16 years issues
arteries business, shipping dealings, financial expansive
arts, proficiency in calculation detachment, does not external issues,
asceticism carbuncles create it expansion of
astrology career of teaching determination external religion
attain responsible careless (a) devotion external to the internal
positions caste, brahmin devotion to guru/gods extravagant (a)
attitude of catarrh diabetes extremist (a)
religiousness, in cerebral congestion (a) difficult situations, eyes are honey-colored
9th charitable protection from faculties of proportion
jaundice charitable endeavors dignified fairness
averse to material charity diplomacy faith
bondage children disagreements (a) fame
bankers children, blocks if in discussion, power of family, gains through
bankers charity fifth displays sympathetic fare (justice)
banks chronic skin troubles consideration fat
beautiful houses with chronicity of disease disposition, generous fat in body
wood work chubbyness disputes (a) fatness
beauty churches and other divine benediction favor from government
believes in god places of worship dropsy (a) favor from government
everywhere churches, presence at dutiful feelings of religion
believes in personal clear speaker dyspepsia feet
gods clothes, ordinary ear trouble (a) fever (a)
belly, big coconut trees easily pleased fever, death by (a)
benefic color yellow educational institutions fiery
benevolence colors green and purple educational interest fifth house, good place
benevolent commercial traveling elders, how much one for
benevolent import respects finance
Karakas 87

(Guru/Brhaspati) Jupiter

financial dealings grain: bengal gram intestinal troubles (a) mars/sun good with
fine flowers gram, bengal jovial jupiter
flatulence (a) grantor of god's joy, doesn't give martial order, good
flesh benediction jubilation masculine
flexible mind greater fortune judgment, sound matters related to
flowers, fine green judges lawyers
foreign affairs growth, it's aspect jupiter means earnings
foreigners, contact with causes jupiter makes one law medicine
fortune, the greater guardianships abiding medicine
fortunes, good guides us on the path justice mental caliber
frivolous contentions guru kapha merchants
(a) guru, respect for karma, good meritorious karma, if in
fruitful happiness in conjugal ketu harms jupiter's 9th
gain in business life good metal gold
gain through families health kidney mind, flexible
and public health affected by knowledge mind, intelligent, quick
gain through legacies greatly knowledge, imparts ministers
gambling (a) health favorably large popular misfortune (a)
general lassitude influenced, in 9th enterprises misjudgment (a)
generosity healthy body, in 1st lassitude, general mixture of red and
generosity of hernia (a) lavish (a) indigo
disposition high status in an law morality
generous advisory capacity law abiding morals
get rid of evil higher education law suits (a) much excitement (a)
giddiness (a) honesty lawful, makes one ninth house, at it's
god's grace in this honor laws, perpetuation of best
world honors lawyers noble
gods, believes in hope lawyers, related to noble by nature
personal hotels laziness north east
gold human welfare legal matters north-eastern direction
good (righteous) hurt by nodes liberal (a) occult science
behavior imparting knowledge liberation, not exactly offspring (especially
good conduct and wisdom causing-see ketu male)
good fortune improvidence (a) life, a positive one's knowledge
good in fifth house ingratitude (a) approach opportunities, good
good karma inheritance limitless expansion optimistic
good life, the inspire confidence liver optimistic, overly (a)
good luck if well placed institutions, religious liver complaints (a) opulence
good martial order insurance location ordinary clothes
governor of production intellect logical mind outlook, broad one
and expansion intelligent, long journeys over optimistic (a)
governs expansion exceptionally lucky peace
governs the blood intercedes with gods magnanimity of heart peace
govt. favor for men manliness perform rituals
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Jupiter (Guru/Brhaspati)

performance of productions, religious mind, in 1st showiness (a)


sacrifices expansions religious scriptures shrines
perpetuation of profession of teaching religious transformation silver
established codes proficiency in arts and religious vocations sincere
philanthropic sciences religiousness sincere and dutiful
endeavors progeny reputation skin troubles, chronic
philanthropists progeny, not conducive reputation good, in sleeping sickness
philosophic nature to in fifth 10th sociable
philosophical wisdom promotion through residence in foreign social
philosophy sympathy land social prestige
phlegm property respect sound judgment
phlegmatic disposition prosperity respect for elders/guru speculation
phlegmatic disorders protection against bad respect for sastra speculation
(a) things respect the elders, how speech is clear and
physical growth protection to persue much pure
physical welfare spirituality respected by others, if spirit embracing matter
physicians protects us against in 10th spiritually oriented
piles wicked restaurants spirituality
pilgrimage providential help right ear status
platinum psychological rites, religious stomach enlargement
pleased easily orientation rituals (a)
political power public, gains through rituals, performance of stoutness
pomps, vain (a) publishing of books royal favor strength, mental
poohva bhadra punarvasu rules over vedas sugarcane
popular pure speaker sacred teachings, sun/mars good with
popularity, not (a) purple holds, tries to give jupiter
positive quest for a better life sattvic symbolized by archer
positive approach to quick to hit the mark saturn harms jupiter's sympathetic by nature
life quick wit good sympathetic promotion
possession of the rahu harms jupiter's satva teacher
sacred wisdom good satwa guna teacher of gods
poverty (a) rank science teaches us to go inside
power rays, has seven science, occult teaching profession
power in biz/social reap the good, if in 9th science, proficiency in temperate
circles reason scriptures temples
power of discussion relationships, scriptures, reading of the archer
preceptor of the devas traditional self confidence the good life
preceptors religion self possession theologians
presence at temples religion, external sense of justice thighs
prestige, social religious advisor serves god through thirty years of age
priests, blessings of religious attitudes, in helping others thursday
production of religious 9th seven rays tin
feelings religious endeavors sex life, happiness in topaz
religious institutions shipping business
Karakas 89

(Guru/Brhaspati) Jupiter

traditional systems of
relationships
traveling for business
travels by air
trees bearing sweet
fruits
trees, coconut and
betel
tries to guide us on the
path
troubles from brahmins
curse (a)
true
trust
truthful
truthfulness
tumors
unpopular (a)
vain pomps (a)
vaisakha
vedanta
vedas
veins
veneration
vertigo
violet
vocation in religion
wealth
welfare of humanity
well placed in the fifth
house
winner in law suits if
sun aspects
wisdom
wisdom, imparts
wisdom, philosophical
wisdom, sacred,
possesses
wit, quick
witty
wood work in houses
yellow color
yellow sapphire
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Venus (Shukra)

abortions (a) bees decoration erudition, venus in


accidents (a) bharani delightful ascendant
actors bhrigu, son of demons, guru of exalted in pisces 27°
adulation blue dens excellent hosts
adultery (a) body, caring about desire nature eye discharge
advice to the demons botanists desire to love and be eye troubles
amiability brahmin by caste loved eyes
amorous immoral life brahmin caste desire to unite eyes afflictions
(a) calms down others diabetes eyes lovely and fine
amusements capacity to enjoy life diamond stone falsification of
anemia carbuncles difficulty through accounts (a)
anger converted to care for ones body finances (a) fame
pleasure cars lost by crash (a) difficulty with friends family bliss
anxiety in love (a) character, good (a) female
appreciation charming digestive trouble feminine
aries, detrimental to charming eyes direction, south east feminine grace
art in the home charming speech disappointments (a) feminine planet
art, favors cheeks discharge of semen fertile imagination
artistic beauty children diseases of ovaries festivities
artistic disposition chin diseases of the financial loss (a)
artistic in expression clothes reproductive fine arts
artistic nature clubs system fine clothes
artists cohabitation troubles disgrace (a) finer forces in nature
attachments color, variegated dishonor (a) flowers
attraction comforts divine beauty follower of tradition
attraction between confidence divorce (a) foresight
male and female conjugal happiness domestic happiness fortune
attraction to the convert anger to domestic life, friday
opposite sex pleasure unsatisfactory (a) friends of merc/saturn
attractive personality conveyance domestic worries (a) friendship
attractive, when with conveyances downfall (a) gain through public
mars cosmic passion dress affairs
authorship couch earnings through garlands made of
automobiles lost by counselor of the partner flowers
crash (a) planets eczema gems
average height courage egotism generative system
avidya cows eight rays genitals, internal
bad people, advisor to creativity enemies to sun and giving happiness
beautiful form cultured moon giving joy
beauty dance enjoyments gold
beauty harmed (a) dancing environment, beauty gonorrhea
beauty in the home dasa period 20 years within good
beauty, artistic death of husband (a) environments good financier
bedrooms debauchery (a) good nature
Karakas 91

(Shukra) Venus

good qualities of kalathra karaka neutral to mars and procreates


character kama rupa jupiter promoter of pleasure
good sportsman kidney orgies (a) proportioned limbs etc
gout kidney stones ornaments prosperity
grain: cowgram kindness ornaments prostitutes
hairs is dark and curly lakes ovarian diseases questionable conduct
happiness law abiding ovaries (a)
happiness, giving learning palanquin rahu/saturn harm it by
harems legal trouble (a) pandu-roga association
harmed by saturn/rahu lemon partner in business rains
harmonious less beauty (a) partners, earnings rajas (activity)
relationships leucoderma through rash (a)
harmony libra passion, when with rays: eight
harmony, divine literature mars refined
health litigations (a) passionate by nature refined
high status loss of conveyance (a) passions relations good, venus,
home life, love peacemakers, natural in 2
unsatisfactory (a) love affairs pearls relationships with
honest love, desire to give it perfumes opposite sex
house love-making perseverance responsibilities, venus
houses with much loved, desire to be pink in ascendant
artistic beauty lust (a) pisces 27° exalted reversal (a)
humorous taste luster in the eyes platinum rivalry (a)
hurt feelings softened luxury pleasant environment, round face
husband man's vital fluid venus in sacrificing
husband, death of (a) manomaya kosha ascendant saturn, mercury,
ill reputation (a) marriage pleasant voice friends of
illicit relations with mars with venus- pleasing saturn/rahu harm it by
others (a) attraction/attractiv pleasure from anger association
illusion e pleasure of beds scandal (a)
immortality, secret of mars, jupiter neutral to pleasure, promoter of scents, fond of
indolence meats pleasure-loving scorpio , detrimental to
infatuation menstrual troubles pleasures secret of immortality
internal generative mercury, saturn, pleasurable pursuits semen
internal generative friends of plurality in sexual semen, discharged
organs misfortune (a) relations (a) sense of touch
intoxicating drinks misrepresentation (a) poetic in sensibility sensitivity
intuitional flashes modesty poetical faculty sensuous nature
jasmine moon, sun, enemies to poetry sensitiveness
jealously (a) mother (if born during poetry and the fine arts separation (a)
jewels daytime) polished nature sex
joy, giving to others music poorva phalguni sex organ weakness
joyousness musicians poorvashada. sex, attraction to
jupiter, mars, neutral to natural peacemakers preceptor of the asuras
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Venus (Shukra)

sex, relations with throat


opposite throat disease
sexual enjoyment toilets
sexual intercourse trees growing in watery
sexual pleasures places
sexy (a) unity
shukra means semen unpleasant domestic
shukracharya life (a)
silver unsatisfactory
sincerity domestic
singers conditions (a)
sixteen years of age unsmooth life (a)
skin urge to unite
smooth life urges
sociability urinary diseases
social vahana
social position variegated colors
soft vehicles
soft and sweet smile veins
softens the ruffed venereal complaints
feelings of friends venereal disease (a)
son of bhrigu venus in 1 gives
song responsibilities
south-east vijnanamaya kosha
south-eastern direction violent action (a)
south-west vitality
speculation water
speech sweet, venus, watery planet
in 2 weakness of sexual
speech, charming organs
speech, soft and wealth
pleasing wealth great, venus, in
splendid entertainers 2
sports well-shaped body,
status, high venus in
stone in bladder ascendant
strong during the bright white color
lunar half wife
sun, moon, enemies to wife, death of (a)
sycophancy women
syphilis worries (a)
taurus yellow
temperamental
disposition
Karakas 93

(Shani) Saturn

19 years of dasha capricorn, owned by denial explorers


accidents captivity depressive (opposite of eyes set deep
accumulator of wealth career in real estate mars) falsehood
acquisitive (a) careers, laborious depressive feeling, farmers
action, not cautious when with moon fear
adversities cereals despondency fearful (a)
aged persons chaste destroyer (of false feelings hidden
agriculture clarity obscured ideals) feet
and wild animals clever in worldly destruction female, treated as
anuradha , ruled by matters in 3rd detached objectivity final boundary
apostate, if in 9th coal detachment from life foresight
aquarius 20° coarse hair deterrent forests
moolatrikona cold wave devotion, not permitted friends, low class ones
aquarius, owned by colon problems to grow (a)
architectural skill color dark blue or black difficulties friendship with wicked
asthma conservatives direction west (a)
atmosphere considerate direction, south west fruits with thick skin
attraction to the world constipation discipline frustrated
finished consumption (a) discoverers frustrates all efforts to
auspicious, no house contemplative diseases of the joints expand
is covered with veins disillusionment frustrating
austere covetousness brought disputes frustration
bad friends (a) to an end downward looks gambling
bamboos craziness dreadful terms glandular disease (a)
barrier cruel drunkenness goblins
beyond space cunningness dull god of agriculture (to
beyond time danger from thieves duration romans)
bitter fruits dangers economically reserved god of death
black dark eight yojanas god, surrender to
black colored stones dark blue emotional governs the west
black in color dark brown enaunch great malefic
blame dark in form end greed brought to an
blue sapphire dasa period is 19 years endless end
bondage death endurance grinds slowly
bones deceived enemy of sun, moon, hair
boon for spiritualists decisive mars hearing
brain diseases deceitful (a) enjoyment denied by heart pain (a)
brick layers decrepit old man envious heart-breaking misery
brick laying deep set eyes evil for materialists
bright's disease (a) deeply active evil nature helplessness
bronchitis (a) defects evil purposes high status,
burning ghat dejection exacting (a) sometimes
callous (a) dejection at first exalted in libra 20° bestowed by
cancer (a) demoralization executive hillocks
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Saturn (Shani)

hit by wood/stone lead mines pondering, causes


houses lean miserable pots
human miseries libra 20° exaltation misery pottery
humbler limb injury (a) misfortunes poverty
humiliating limitation mode of ignorance power for austerity
humiliation liver-enlargement mode of ignorance precise
idiocy (a) longevity money comes in when privations
idiosyncrasies longevity in 11th profession
idle looks downward moolatrikona in profound in opinion
illusion is destroyed low people aquarius 20° property
impediments low stamina, when with moon, harmed by property owners
impediments sun moon, sun, mars is provident
impetuosity loyalty, not permitted enemy prudent
impossible to appease to grow moral courage psychic intuition,
impotent (a) malefic mountains abnegated
imprisonment malefic or benefic nails psychological
incompetent (a) man, old, with sickle in necessity reorientation
indifferent (a) hand negroes pushya, ruled by
indigo margosa trees nervous radiance is obstructed
industrious marrows neutral to jupiter rags
inert mars, doesn't like him obstructions rays, five
inevitable influence of mars, sun, moon is offers mental courage real estate
the supreme enemy oils reclusion
inferior orders mars- Saturn's old age redeemer of good
initiative, not permitted opposite old dilapidated houses things
to grow martyrs old man with a sickle in rejuvenation
initiator in spiritual masonry his hand releases karmic forces
wisdom material comfort, opinions profound religion, repulsion to
injuries abnegated opposites-mars and established in 9th
insanity (a) materialists, misery for saturn religious leaders
introspection mathematical oppressor remedies for restoring
introverted mean acts palmyra trees life
inventors melancholic (a) paralysis (a) renown, sometimes
iron mental aberrations paralysis, aspects bestowed by
jail mental trouble between reproach
joints diseases mental turmoil, when mars/saturn resolute
junk dealers with moon patience responsible
jupiter is neutral mercury, venus, preserving restricted
king of the golden age friends of persistent restrictions
knees metals iron pessimistic (a) rheumatism (a)
laborious (a) mill grinding philosophers ribs
laborious employment mind , not free to phlegm (a) right ear
land function logically pitiless ripe
large nails miners plumbing risks
Karakas 95

(Shani) Saturn

rubbish heaps spiritualists, boon for unreliable (a)


saturday spleen uttrapada, ruled by
saturday spoils veins visible
saturn has five rays steel venus, mercury friends
saturn is friend of stoning of
venus, mercury storms violent
saturn, 3rd/11th not as strong vitality sapped, when
bad stubbornness with sun
scientists suffering by adjusting west
secluded suicidal tendencies, western direction
secret when with moon whirl-winds
secretive (a) sun, harmed by wickedness
secretive system sun, moon, mars is wild flowers
secrets of life enemy wind (a)
seeds surely windy diseases
sensitive surrendering oneself to without beginning or
serious god end
serpent wisdom suspicious (a) wood falling upon
servants tall body woolen fabrics
servitude tamasic worker class
setbacks tamasic in nature worldly men not
sex, abnegated teeth attracted by
shadow teeth large worry
shanishcharacharya temperate worst malefic
shrinks the life thamo guna yama
singular in thinking theft zest for life, not (mars
sinners thieves does)
sins thieves, danger from
skeptical (a) thin
sloth thinker of high order
slothful third eyesight
slow (a) thorny trees
slow-moving preceptor thwarting
slowly timelessness
sociability, abnegated transcending the
social reformers illusory world
son of the sun trees full of thorns
soodra caste tumors (a)
sorrow unattractive to worldly
sorrow at first men
sorrows unhappiness,
south west aspecting
spiritual path surrender luminaries
to unorthodox if in 9th
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Rahu

accidents danger from poison goblins ketu, works in unison


accidents, sudden death by hanging goldsmiths with
according to law debts of past lives good results through languages, foreign
adventures debts overcome, in 6th trouble latent faculties
aerial navigation deception good, obtained through law of karma
afflictions deeds turmoil law, supreme or
affluence first, then desires fulfilled, in 11th gossiper cosmic
frustration destiny grain: black gram leads to frustration
agate destroys the past guidance cut with lecturers
airplane flying devils jupiter leprosy
amputation devourer of the moon guidance disappears lessons
ant-hills direction: south-west guide liar
archers diseases half-bodied lioness mother
aspirations attained, in diseases overcome in hands litigation
11th 6th hard times litigation's overcome,
astrologers disenchantment with heretic in 6th
authority matter hick-ups lone troubles
aviators divine plan revealed huge body low occupations
axis of life downpour hunters low people, friendship
backbiting duplicity hysteria with
bad for siblings in 3rd durga, worship of illumination cut with mars accentuates
beginning of turmoil's eats the moon jupiter material forms of
begins to provoke eclipses immense pain existence
radical change ego smashed immensely powerful metaphysical students
beyond help elusive impact immortal mind, obscured by
black color elusive in nature impossible to escape miserable, with saturn
black in color empty imprisonment mode of ignorance
buttock epidemics imprisonment mohammedans
character, of infamy epilepsy indigestion mole-hills
cheating excessive speech inevitable law moon eaten by
christians execution infamous character moon, stronger than
churning exiles inflammable gases mud
churning of the ocean fame, in 11th initiation itself nectar
conquer the world, in fate initiator new powers
10th faultfinder insanity obscure
corruption fear insects, crawling past lives debts
cosmic law fevers intolerable, rahu with paternal grand-father
courage food problems mars perspective lost
courage overcome, in 6th inventors piloting airplanes
courage to enduring foreign languages jewels poison
injustices in 3rd foreigners jugglery poisonous snakes
cracks friendship with low karma, law of political plots
crawling insects people ketu is the spiritual half portentous evils
crevices ghosts, trouble from powerful, immensely
Karakas 97

Rahu

powers latent within socially unapproved widowhood


psychic impact sources of life cut with witch- craft
psychological impact sun/moon worship of durga
psychologists south-western direction
pumps speaks falsehood
pursues the moon speaks ill of others
pursues the sun speech, excessive
quarrels spies
radical transformation spiritual half is ketu
in mind spiritual knowledge
radio spiritualizing process
rahu destroys planet it starvation
conjoins stealing
rahu in 3, 6, 10, 11, stones
better than others students of astrology
rahu is good with no subjective, compared
planet to objective
rahu with mars, sudden accidents
unbearable sun, stronger than
realize the essence tall in stature
renown, in 11th tamasic
renunciation terrible mouthed
reptiles, venomous theft
restricting or granting thefts overcome, in 6th
revelation thieves
robbery things that happen
saturn, similar to travelers
scars trials
scientists troubles
secret wisdom troubles endured alone
sediments of liquor troubles through
self completely ghosts
vanishes tuberculosis
sentinels of karma turmoil's beginnings
sepulchers unavoidable fate
serpents unbearable, when with
service conditions mars
skin diseases unpleasant
small-pox upset leading to good
smooth sailing, in 6th venomous reptiles
snake-bite violence
snake-shaped vomiting
snake-shaped want of appetite
snakes weaned
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Ketu

absence of religious cut off from its friends linking manifestation


faith material fueled by with inner reality
accidents by fire attachments disenchantment literary geniuses
activating the intellect dacoity functions on the looks out from within
acts, low and mean deception mental plane the veil
amulets deep thinking ganesh, worship of low and mean acts
arrow, has one deeper mysteries of generative organ- low careers, too low for
artistic taste nature carries seed querent
ascetics delves deep into the geniuses, literary low jobs, too low for
assassinations realities of life grain: horse gram querent
assimilates experience demons, possession grandfather, maternal low people
astrology by habits, sinful magical abilities
authority, spiritual desire to know haughtiness maternal grand-father
backbiting detachment from heightens the matter attachments,
bankruptcy property paranormal sense ended
beast of burden, has devils helpless feelings measles
zeal of different from the higher consciousness mendicancy
bestow riches and worldly higher spiritual mendicant
wealth diseases caused by authority mental plane, functions
big body past sins horse gram grain there
biliousness diseases of the skin house situated in the miserliness
bondage ended disenchantment, fueled east moksha
both face south by humility murder
break through our dissatisfaction illumination of spirit mystic inquiring
limitations dissimulation imprisonment nature's secrets
can cause psychotic dwajah impulse of inquiry natures mysteries,
imbalance eels inhales smoke deep
careers, too low for one emancipation, final initiation, spiritual new understanding
cataclysm emblem inquiry, impulse of new way of life is
catalytic agent eminent person insect having poison in achieved
cats, troubles through emotionally involved the tail occultists
channel for creative enemies, trouble intrigues occupations too low for
energy through itches one's caste
charms enlightening results jnanakaraka outer crust is
cheating faith, absence of jobs, too low for one destroyed
clairvoyance-if well feeling of helplessness know, desire to paranormal faculties
placed feels small knowledge perversity, with venus
consciousness, higher fierce look leprosy philosophers
contact with evolved fire accidents liberating poisonous speech
souls fire, accidents by liberation poisonous tails
contemplation flag limbs are covered with possession by demons
cruel by nature flag of higher force wounds and spirits
foreign languages, limitations, break pride
proficiency through them principles, sectarian
Karakas 99

Ketu

proficiency in foreign spiritual side of an


languages individual's life
psyche spiritualization
psycho abnormality, taste, artistic
with venus transient nature of
psychological explosion existence
quarrels tremendous zeal
rats, troubles through troubles from enemies
reality, inner, linked troubles through
with outer enemies
reddish eyes turmoil
religion ulcers
religious faith, absence understanding, desires
of it
religious resignation understanding, new
religious show unhappiness
resignation, religious unmitigated difficulties
sadhus, contact with in everyday life
salvation varna, occupations too
sannyasi low for
scandal-mongering venomous speech
scorpions vicious tendencies
secret association wanderer
secret intrigues wealth -doesn't satisfy
secrets, inquiry into ketu ruled person
sectarian principles well aspect-psychic
selfishness unfoldment
serpent wine, women, etc do
sexual abnormality, not satisfy
with venus witchcraft
sinful acts worries-mental anguish-
sinful habits bad placed
skin diseases worship of ganesh
skulls wounds, covered with
small-pox zeal, has it
smoking
smoky color
speech is venomous
spirit, illumination of
spirits, possession by
spiritual authority
spiritual initiation
spiritual regeneration
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Aries (Mesha)

achievements not yet fire, internal, that which preoccupation with a


reached has goal
adult like but not one first sign propound new theories
yet forests ram
adya -first cause of forgiving restless
manifestation future possibilities of restrictions are felt
aja means the unborn creative energy saturn weak here
ambition goal-oriented sex eager to express
aspiration goats, their homes sheep
attainment, eager for head of kalapurusha sheep, their homes
the highest heart is good, but spirit of the being
autocrat giving cruel orders intense subjective, dwells in
orders ideals not yet achieved the
autocrat with clean ideals, wants them sun is exalted here
heart realized sun, strong link with
bud about to flower impediment is felt tambura -musical
cardinal internal fire, places instrument
cattle sheds that have vishwa -whole or
caves jungles universe
conflict arise kalapurusha, it's head vitality
contradiction where it kriya -motion / activity world-to-be not as-it-is
influences lands of sheep and
desire to dominate goats
desire to multiply limitation is felt here
desperate, often manifestation, it's
becomes cause
despondent, often mars is lord
becomes masculine
dictator, may become mesha
dream-like mines
consciousness miserable, often
dreams, desire to becomes
realize movable
eager to attain the newness where it
highest influences
eager to explore new noble attempts
lands offenders, likes to
energy for pardon
manifestation pardoning
expand penetrative
externalize itself, desire places with internal fire
to potential feels
fiery constrained
fire burning within
Karakas 101

(Vrishaba) Taurus

activity, lacking materiality storehouse of


adventurous spirit, mating capacity procreative energy
lacking moon is exalted here supreme goal of the
animal, male motion, lacking female
attraction and repulsion mountains taurean will want to
auspicious things in life moving around, not so belong
best much that is
breeding capacity nature of individual, not tremendous sexuality
bull, the activity unceasingly works
capacity to breed neck of the urge to be creative
close to the birthplace, kalapurusha venus owns the sign
desires no satiety and stasis vitality
comfort-loving objective manifestation vrishabha
comforts passionate nature wants to belong to a
consciousness is passive scene
happy here pastoral fields wealth
content permanent part of its wilderness
creative urge landscape work unceasingly
creative urge permanent scenery,
cultivated fields wants it
cycle of evolution in physically powerful
blood of pleasures of life
downward powerful physically
earth-ward movement procreative energy
earthiness progeny
earthy projecting rocks
ease relationship with
eminent in its class environment
emotion respected place
energy to procreate results, works untiringly
enjoyment for
evolutionary movement satiated, not
female role in creation scenery, wants to
feminine belong to
fixed second sign of the
full of desire zodiac
jungles abounding in security
elephants sensitivity is here
lands frequented by sexual activity
cattle sexual capacity
landscape, part of sexuality, tremendous
lively tracts social position
male animal standstill, not
maleness
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Gemini (Mithuna)

adulterers, where they instability


loiter intellectualism, birth of
airplanes intuitive
affected by elements junction
airplanes libraries
airy in nature linking
ballrooms mahat principle
betting places makers of vice-related
birth of intellectualism items
brilliant manifestation
brothels manufacturers of vice
carpenters masculine sign
cinemas materialistic
common sign mercury rules
concrete results, not mithuna
conflict movable and fixed
conjunction musical halls
contentment, not mystic potential
countries pair
creates duality parks
creative process places of beautiful girls
dance halls places where vice is
debauchees, where found
they loiter polarization
depression quicksilver
divine creative activity satisfaction, not
duality, creates it sexual union
eager to act shoulders of
effective, not kalapurusha
elusive sparkling quality
entertainment halls stability, not
excitement store-houses
experience subject seeing objects
fixed and movable, subjective
common suicidal tendencies
fluctuations theaters
flying vehicles third sign of the zodiac
gambling houses tranquillity, not
girls, beautiful, where twins
they live
granaries
gunas, the three
heat and cold affect
indulgence
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(Karkataka) Cancer

action, it is decisive in exalted, jupiter mars is debilitated sakshi (the silent


it expand, desires to marshes watcher)
active expansion, likes it meditation, deep samadhi (deep
adaptable feminine moon owns this sign meditation)
always moving fields of wet cultivation morph-able sandy places
appreciation, firm grip movability scenic places
sympathetic fluid movable self, insecure about
areas, watery force, to sustain life moving always shaky, about itself
assume any shape form, adopts to nirvana (deep shape, can change
beaches formless, like water meditation) silent watcher (sakshi)
bija (causal) get away from, very not rigid sleep, deep
birds of prey take hard to odorless spiritual, very
advantage of give and take onlooker, silent one spying silently
canals grasp is strong, it's is paddies, rice (wet state of dreaming
capacity to expand great expansive lands) sthula (physical)
causal (bija ) capacity parabrahman, 4 states streams
changability grip, a firm one of subtle(sukshma )
changeable guidance, loves to pearls sukshma (subtle)
chest of kalapurusha have physical (sthula) sushupti (the dream
colorless guru, loves picturesque localities state)
consciousness, 4 hates having no energy places, holy sustaining energy of all
states of hates inaction places, sandy life
consciousness, wakeful hold, it's is invincible places, watery sustenance
creeks holes, water pliability, provides swamps
dams (reservoirs) holy places pools sympathetic
decisive, it's action is inaction is hard for it potential, uncertain of appreciation
so inactive, not own tanks
deep meditation insecure internally power, uncertain of own target of large birds
deep sleep internally insecure prey for large birds teachers, loves
devoted, very invincible, it's hold is priests, loves turiya (deep sleep)
difficulty with inaction inwardly insecure productive understanding,
dimensions, its action is decisive proportions, sympathy
changeable its hold invincible changeable vessel, adopts to
displacement, better jagrata (wakeful protection, loves to wakeful consciousness
than nothing consciousness) have watcher, silent onlooker
dream state jupiter is exalted here protective quality water is formless
elasticity karkata provides pliability waterholes
emotion lack of energy, hates it religious, very watery
energy to sustain all lands, watery reservoirs watery places
life life, sustains it rice paddies wells
energy, hates having life-sustaining force rigid, not wet cultivations
none likes expanding rivers wet fields
engaged, desires to be likes priests/teachers rules, not attached to wisdom, likes it
everglades loves priests/teachers
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Leo (Simha)

action, fierce in institutions,


aggression governmental
ambitious jungles
arrogant laboratories, chemical
aspiring leadership, must have
attack, directly at front leads followers
beasts, ferocious lion, symbolized by
birds of prey manufacturing places
calculating in sex masculine
can't stand restrictions mountains
cannot adapt mountain tops
capacity, hates natural force
restriction on palaces
caves peaks inaccessible
centered on the self places of hunting
chemical laboratories places of manufacture
choosy in social prey, birds of
relationships procreation
creativity protector of its
deep forests followers
ejaculation push forward
explosives restrictions, hates
extensions them
ferocious beasts rocks inaccessible
fierce in action self-centered
fiery sex, calculating in
fifth sign simha
fixed smelters
forests, where beasts socialization, choosy in
live suddenness
fortifications sun owns this sign
forts thick forests
frontal attack tolerate, won't like to
glass factories
glow
government institutions
grace
great by itself
hates restrictions/lack
heart of kalapurusha
hunting places
inaccessible
peaks/rocks
individualization of man
Karakas 105

(Kanya) Virgo

activity of intellect mercury, owned by


aditi merriment, not much
agriculture noble cause, suffering
arouses conscience for
arts nurseries
attainment of siddhis, oceanic surface
very good organizations, secret
banks owned by mercury
boat personal pleasure, not
brothels places of exchange
casinos plains, grassy
cities of large prithivi
manufacturing prostitute houses
common sign psychic consciousness
conscience, arouses sciences
consciousness in seated in a boat
bondage secret organizations
debilitated, venus sensitivity
earthy shakti, female power
enjoyment, not siddhis, good for
exaltation, mercury attaining
exchange places sixth sign of the zodiac
female maiden, not stomach of
married kalapurusha
female power (shakti) strive for perfection
feminine suffering for a noble
fire cause
food surface of the ocean
freshly cut grain sustenance
gambling rendezvous venus is debilitated in
grain this sign
grassy plains whore houses
industries
intellectual activity
kanya
large manufacturing
cities
literature
maiden
maiden, not married
female
manufacturing cities
martyrdom
meadows
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Libra (Thula)

abdomen places, commercial


achievement, thirst for planes
airy positive
balance psychology, operates
balance between in
matter and spirit quest, inner
bazaar's quiet on the surface
betting places racing grounds
byways roads
cannot remain satisfying, not
stationary saturn is exalted
change, ready for scales of balance
commercial places seventh sign
dawning of spirituality shopping centers
debilitated, sun is here spiritual awakening
desire for more of the begins
house spiritualization, ready
dissatisfaction, for
underneath spiritually operative,
enigmatic not
enjoyable, cannot be stationary, cannot
exalted, saturn is here remain
exchanges stores
forests streets
freeways sun is debilitated
fullness, but not tauli (weigher)
satisfying thirst for achievement
gambling centers thirst for more
hi ways thoroughfares
idle, doesn't like it tula
inner quest tula (balance)
links vaisyas
malls vanika (merchant)
markets venus owns the sign
masculine want's more
material immersion weighing
material riches yuka (the link)
materially operative
mentally operative
merchants
movable
navel of kalapurusha
oppositional forces
outwardly showy, not
Karakas 107

(Vrischika) Scorpio

anthills, where they live occult


anus openings in the earth
avoids others orchards
caves pit
cavity places abounded by
chaos serpents
churning power psychic power
commendable, not reptiles
conflict retreats which are dark
crevices, natural scorpion
dangerous secrecy
dark retreats selfishness
dens sensitive to heat
depth sensitive, perhaps
destruction serpents dens
destructive possibilities sex life
determination sexual organ of
devours the victim kalapurusha
difficult to comprehend sexuality is secret
directness in achieving snakes hiding places
disruptive, usually stagnant pools
earth, openings in strategic fortifications
exalted, none tenacity
feminine turmoil
fight to the death underground cells
fixed underground
fortifications, strategic constructions
genital of kalapurusha unexpected
genitals developments
hidden aspects of life upsets
hiding places vasuki
impetuosity vaults
individualistic life vermin
kitchens vindictiveness
kundalini vineyards
mars owns this sign vrishchika
molehills watery
moon is debilitated wilderness containing
here anthills
motherly, not at all
mysterious sign
naga
natural crevices
nurturing, not at all
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Sagittarius (Dhanus)

ammunition depots materiality is burnt


armories away
army barracks military retreats
arrow military stores
auspicious. movable and fixed
barracks, army properties
battery lines offense, places of
battlefields peaceful process, not
beast into human being such a
bow places of defense
camping grounds places of offense
cavalry places of sacrifice
centaur process, peaceful, not
challenge one
change, radical purposeful
chariots quest, spiritual, life
comfort, not becomes
common sign racing grounds
confrontation radical change
creates turmoil religious
cross retreats, military,
defense, places of regimented
depots of munitions sacrificial places
dhanus sagittarius
dharma of the cosmic shooting
deity shooting an arrow
directed spiritual quest, life
effective becomes
fiery spiritual wanderings
fixed and movable stables
properties stores, military
god's grace flows from superstitions, upset
habits, upset toward the sky
holding a bow transformed into ideas
horse-like beast transforming effect
human upper part transmutation
ideas into ideals turmoil created by
infantry transformation
jupiter has ownership upward
life becomes a spiritual war implements
quest
magazines
masculine
masculine fire
Karakas 109

(Makara) Capricorn

advice, doesn't like it meat eating, likes it


aggression, likes it mental torture
arsenals movable
attacking, likes it moving forward
capricorn is a crocodile mundane existence
caves needs guidance
change new alignment of
church yards forces
class, low offended by religion
controlled, very opposed to religion
crocodiles homelands owned by saturn
debilitated jupiter philosophy, doesn't like
destiny it
destruction of re-birth
traditional values re-creation
difficulties religion, doesn't like it
disillusionment rituals, doesn't like
dissatisfaction them
doesn't like religion rivers
earthy saturn owns it
energy, likes to have it sepulchers
exalted, mars is here sinful
excruciating pain slow
fate spiritual impulse
feelings, has none strongly desires
feminine guidance
forests suffering
guidance, averse to temple
guru, needs it badly tombs
hard work, likes torment
hardening traditional values
hardship harmed by
inwardly satisfying values, traditional
jungles destroyed
jupiter is debilitated whales homelands
lacks guidance wisdom, needs it badly
lakes work, hard, likes it
likes hard work working
low class yoga, no taste for it
makara
makara means
crocodile
mars is exalted here
marshy places
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Aquarius (Kumbha)

adulterers, their intoxicating drinks water-bearer


meetings kumbha, pitcher
aeronautic machinery kumbhaka, yogic
airplanes breath-holding
airy lasts long, the effects
annihilates personal of
ego life force flowing out
attachments destroyed long lasting effects
barriers must be machinery for
broken aeronautics
bars marshy places
causing considerable masculine
suffering meetings between
caves adulterers
comforts sacrificed mines
convenience opposition
debauchees, their orients one towards
meetings spirit
deep acting permanent effects
destroys traditional physical body -
moorings compared to
difficulties arise pitcher
direction, has it's own pitcher
divine push-material pleasure
reactions prostitutes
drinks, intoxicating psychological plane,
drunkard localities works there
effect is permanent purposive
effective reaction
encourage surrender rendezvous of
esoterically debauchees
exalt/debil for no planet sacrifice of personal
fixed comfort
flowing water sacrificing for others
frustrating results, saturn, owner of
externally shops, toddy ones
gambling dens spirit, orients one
grains, inferior quality towards
happy experience, not surrender is
has its own direction encouraged
houses of infamy toddy shops
inauspicious, externally unfortunate, externally
infamous houses vineyards
inferior grains vulgar folk
Karakas 111

(Meena) Pisces

acme of achievement material connections tranquility reigns


altars absent supreme
ambitions satisfied meditation two fish
analysis, not liked here mercurial stuff bad venus is exalted here
antyaya (the end) here venusian surrender
arrived mercury is debilitated watery
assimilation of one into merging wells
another mina worldly efforts finished
attachment brings movable or fixed yasha (glory)
frustration here movement, none
auspiciousness necessity has ended
bed-peaceful sleep nirvana
benedictions nothing further
bhajan kutirs oceans
cessation of all efforts over
comfort peace
common ponds
conflict, none positive and negative
contemplating together
contradiction, none preservation
duality ceases preserves life
end, the progress
equilibrium protective
excitement, none pumps
feet of kalapurusha reason , not liked here
feminine rebirth has ended
finality receptive
fish (mina) reflection
fountains rivers
fullness remains sacred pagodas
glory sacred places
hermitages saints, where they
holy shrines hang out
intellectualization, not sensitivity
here shrines, holy
intuitive openness spirit thrives here
jupiter owns the sign spirituality
jupiterian spirituality struggle is over
karmas finished surrender
localities frequented by sustains
mahatmas tanks
logic, not here temples
love is pure here the end
lust is gone

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