The Art of Prediction – J.N. Bhasin

THE ART OF

PREDICTION

J.N. BHASIN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

RULES : TRACED AND EXPLAINED

/Retrograde planets are conducive to their karka properties and for the traits of the house they own, Jupiter's role as a husband, Saturn and the race horses, Moon and Mars represent blood, moon must be treated as lagna, the plurality of Mercury, planets for the medical line, planets for the film line. Quick results, divorce, abdication, sanyas, criterion for strength of ^planets, factors that enhance value, determination of benefics %d malefics aspects of planets, dispositors, maleficsaspects cf planets, malefics in trines, mental deficiency, disease, aristocratic factors, longevity traits of first house, planets aspecting own signs, past and future, foreign travel, cinema, punishinent by government, prediction by definition, factors for darkness, masses, charitable deeds, main and subruling periods, traits of the 12' houses, sandhis, educational attainments. Sudarshan,, cordiality, bastard birth, Rahus, aspect illustrated, significators, wealthgiving yogas, comments on Bhavarth Ratnakar. (1-611

CHAPTER II

PILLARS OF THE ASTROLOGICAL EDIFICE

Planets are most fundamental factors for prediction, all other factors must be converted to the category of planets, Predictions are generally based on the consideration of a home, its lord and its significator, Sun is significator of fame, Sun Rahu and Saum are significators for medical line, Sun, Saturn Rahu cause rift. Sun, Moon are factors for self Sun represents as significator, father, vowels, fire, bones, status, belly, ruling power, heart. Moon represents eye, mother, lungs, water, status, wealth, longevity etc. Mars represents, intelligence, property, violence, military, theft etc. Mrcury represents unselfishness, arms, brain, quickness, education, oratory, skin, impotency etc. Jupiter represents brahmins, bulkiness, finance, taxes, expansion, sons, husband liver, etc. Venus represents beauty throat, face, semen, music, refinement, wife, conveyance, law, sociability. Saturn, reprents slow movement, darkness, low status, legs, nerves, seperation, imprisonment, poverty, disease, Rahu represents sudden events, nerves, skin trouble and other traits of Saturn. Ketu represents moksha, injury and other traits of Mars. Roles of signs in prediction, Nanda, Bhadra, Jaya, Rikta, Poornati Tithis and their meaning and relation to prediction role, of nakshras in prediction. (62-97)

CHAPTER III

PRINCIPLES OF PARASHAR

Good, Bad and Yoga Karaka planets for the 12 lagnas and how their traits are arrived at with reference to the basic principles laid down by Maharshi Parashar. (98-114)

CHAPTER IV

DEPARTMENTS OF LIFE

Justification for high status of Shri Rajagopalachari, mode of > death practically determined from first house, a retrograde but ' affiicted lord of lagna gives bad results-an illustration, scholar-

ship %f Dr. Annie Besant explained, revolutionary character of Karl Marx described astrologically, birth during a journey-an example, an example of vipreet yoga, blindness explained with example, absence of life savingsan illustration. Bankruptcy in Dasa of Yoga Karaka, stammering, drinking habits, deafness illustrated, twin birth chart explained, amputation of right arm-chart verified. Merderers chart explained, leukaemia- illustrated, property thro. Sister Yoga in birth chart from nadi explained, loss of job in Dasa of benefics, actual horoscope commented upon, lotteryan example from life, preknowledge of death, birth charts. Caycees chart elucidated, suicide for love an illustration, no children though married 5 times, a man haying -seven sonsthrough one wife. Birth chart involving removal of

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kidneys explained, diabetes an example, president Woodrow Wilson, cause of death explained Jai Prakasb Narain, his kidneys and confinement. Married to a princess, bi-sexual man birth

chart of, absence of spermatozoa elucidated, meeting wife of previous birth, a study of a birth chart, seperated from husband on the very evening of marriage. Shooting (town of paramour explained from birth chart, impotency illustrated, suicide from a running train, an inventor's horoscope commented upon, stay in foreign lands, an example. Martin Luther King, knowledge of previous birthyoga shown in birth chart, posthumous birth illustrated, Nixons fall astrologically explained, Einstein, Tagore, Shaw, Nobel prize winnersYogas for honour explained, insomnia illustrated, titles yoga for, explained from birth charts, a judge goes to jailhis imprisonment explained from his birth chart. (M 5-215)

CHAPTER V

DASA

Dasa defined, years of Vimshottari Dasa, determination of lords of Nakshara's ruling at birth subperiod determination of, tables for balances of planets under vinshottari. Planets having bhukti always influence the Dasa Lord irrespective of their position in the horoscope, verdict of texts, rules of vimshottari explained for practical application. (216-255)

CHAPTER VII

TIMING OF EVENTS

Events from the life of Shrimati Indira Gnndhi such as her becoming a Minister, her rise in life, birth of Son, death of father explained in detail from her horoscope, the study of Dasa as well as transits involved, the nice results of Saturn in Saturn explained, our humble prediction in regard to excellent results for sub-period of Mercury in Saturn reiterated. President Nixon's resignation explained with reference to his birth chart. A merderers horoscope discussed PierreLaval, mode of his death explained from his birth chart. Goebbels, suicide and his killing of his own wife and children explained from his birth chart, Surya Prakash's short life explained. Some events of authors own life explained with reserence to both Dasa and Transits and the date of the event determined astrologically. Death of Shri J. L. Nehru explained by Dasa and Transit. (256-291) ,

CHAPTER VH

ERECTION OF A BIRTH CHART

Erection of a birth chart under the Indian and the Western system. (292-299)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (300)

INTRODUCTION

1. Astrology is both a science and an art. It is science in the sense that it is based on the pure science of astronomy and mathematics and an art in the sense that it requires

sufficient practice to give adequate results. The mathe- matical portion of-astrology is comparatively easier, as most of its requirements are already available to us without much labour. Unlike old days, an astrologer is not called upon these days, to work out the longitudes of the heavenly bodies himself. These are easily available in an up-to-date form in modern ephemeris, and only have to be culled out. But the art portion of astrology requires much time, constant practice and devoted attention for a correct appraisal of the birth chart.

2. While writing this work it has been presumed that the student is already familiar with the most elementary knowledge concerning astrology such as the names of the 12 signs, names of planets etc. Barring such type of most elementary knowledge all other essential rules of astrology have been incorporated in this work to prepare the student for the actual task of interpretation of a birth chart.

i. Care has been taken that while laying down the rules of the science the authority of the standard texts is not lost sight of. For every rule supporting references has been cited from such standard works as Brihat Parashar Horoshastra, Brihat Jatak, Phal Deepika, Uttar Kalamrit, Sarvarth Chintamani prashna Marg, Bhavartha Ranakar, Saravali, Jatak Parijat, Chandra Kala Nadi etc.

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4. While elucidating the rules of astrology particular attention has been paid to such rules as are either of more relative importance or are of a somewhat controyertial nature. For example, the far reaching effects of the aspects of nddesRahu and Ketu, the altogether changed effects of planets owning signs occupied by other planets, the metamorphosis of benefics undpr heavy afflication, the Seperative effects of sun, satum and Rahu, the killing effects of mars and Ketu etc. have been prominently

brought out into focus along with other normal important rules.

5. The karaka properties of the planets have been dilated upon with the primary object of using them as main instruments of divination in the various fields of human activity. Every subject of human interest relates to a particular house of the horoscope and its lord and has a karka or significator. Karakas, with the houses they relate to have been listed, in order to be of help in the actual task of prediction.

\6. A practical knowledge in the art of prediction is possible only when the application of the astrological laws is understood by reference to the horoscopes of peoples from all walks of life. In order, therefore, to impart practical knowledge to the student a vast number of birth charts belonging to prominent personalities have been included in this study. These birth charts have been studied from different angles such as longevity, health, wealth, ruling powers, social service, comfortable living, luxuries and the line of profession, and with reference to the practical application of the rules already learnt in in the matter. The idea of such a study has been to create the ability in students to ascertain for themselves the

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Promises of good or bade vents on the basis of the various patterns and ruleg.

7. Having prepared the student to undertake the task of prediction. tfie next step undertaken has been to acquaint him with the rules of daisa and bhukti,! both mathet^tical and interpretative. TThe rules for the application of the vhnshotmri dasa system have been explained in a practical manner with reference to well known birth charts and their equally well known events.

8. The last special point dealt with in this book has been to explain in detail with practical ejtamples the actual application of the "transit" system to the bhukti periods with a view to pin point the actual dates of events.

9. Thus the book is "prediction" oriented and is intended to enable students to have all the material in one place so as to facilitate their attempts at prediction. It is hoped the book will serve this special purpose for which it has been written.

J. N. BHASIN Flat 1, Double Storey Market

New Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi.

THE ART OF PREDICTION

THE BOOK AT A GLANCE

The entire approach to this work has been "prediction" oriented. To start with the student has been furnished quite

, a number of most precious rules in order to equip him with-a thorough grounding in the principles of prediction, which have all been explained and substantiated by reference to original standard texts.

The practical application of these rules has then explained by citation of over 112 birth charts from actual life, dealing with all of its important aspects such as longevity, health, wealth, education, marriage, children married life, ruling powers, public Sfrvice, diseases, imprisonment and with such subjects as adultry drunkardness, bastard birth, posthumous birth, birth in a train, divorce, deafness, discoveries, impotency, insolvency, judgeship, martyrdom, paramour, merderers, suicide, bi-sexual organs, spemnatozoa etc. etc. The idea in each case has been to enable the student to predict for himself. Thereafter the rules of vinshottari have been given with special reference to the use of transits to pin point the date of occurrence of eventsa phase of astrology illustrated and discussed in detail for the first time.

CH AFTER I

Rules - Traced and Explained

Retrograde Planets are strong

All Retrograde Planets should be considered as strong.

The benefit of such a strength, of course, goes to the bouse which the retrograde planet owns. The results may therefore depend on the fact whether it owns a good house and is strong, in which case the house involved benefits. When the Retrograde planet is Lord of an evil house it, of course, increases the evil nature thereof; Keeping in view the fact that Jupiter owns a good house the following Shloka No. 40 of Chapter 15 seems to have been penned by author of Sarvartha Chintamani.

iRrmfa grtlsrpTt

i.e. During the ruling period of a Retrograde Jupiter, a person gets much wealth, sons, wife. He is victorious in battle, gets favour from Govt. scented articles, clothes and excellence of speech.

There is no doubt that Jupiter Lord of a good house in retrogression will give good results but this is subject to the overriding condition that Jupiter in such a condition should not

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be under heavy affliction. If he is, say under as many as four M malefic influences then, inspite of his Retrogession, Jupiter will 1 give bad results. 1

(2) For retrograde planets in general phal deepika (iv/4) | says: I

sri; imt "jiff HWrfrvmr ^firsfq Irs: ftsfq

A planet possesses strength when he is retrograde, *

and his rays are brilliant and full, even though he may be ! posited in a debilitation or inimical sign or amsha. Like the ^ Moon a planet even if occupying an exhaltation, friendly or i his own sign or amsha becomes weak, should he be eclipsed . due to vicinity to Sun.

When Jupiter is retrograde, it denotes also the existance and t prosperity of the things etc. of which it is the significator. * For example, if in a birth chart, when the other factors for male, issues viz the 5th house, its Lord, the 9th house and its Lord, are all weak, but Jupiter is retrograde and unaspected by 1 malefics, the native will have a number of male issues. See | Chapter II "for an illustration. ^

Rule No. 2 | "5

For women Jupiter has a special significance, in as mnch as Jupiter is the significator of "Husband" in their horoscopes. . When in the birth chart of a women Jupiter becomes the Lord of ij the house representing the husband viz the 7th, it naturally represents the husband par excellence. Affliction of such a j Jupiter obviously tells heavily on the longivity of the husband. J The view that Jupiter is the significator of husband (and not I ---Jl 2

Venus as held by some) is supported by the author of the famous work "Phal Deepika". While enumerating the trails of Jupiter he says:-

etc. i.e. learning, control over senses, and the longevity of husband, should be considered from Jupiter.

(ii) In this context it may be added that exahalted Jupiter, whatever its merits, is generally bad for the longevity of the relation represented by the house in which its sign Sagittarius falls, particularly in cases in which Jupiter in such a position is afflicted too. For example, in regard to exhalted Jupiter in the 8th house of a birth chart with ketu, the author of Dev Kerala remarks at page 130

?r?rr fasm

i.e. The eldest sister of father will become a widow but will live long. Please refer to the position of Jupiter in the sketch given below. It will be observed that while the relation represented by the first house containing Sagittarius ie the husband of the 7th (the elder sister of fathe*, being 11th from 9th - the house of father) suffers because of 3 disabilities viz. (A) location in 8th from lagna of the said husband (B) locotion in 8th from lagna and (C) location with malefic Ketu, the sister of the father benefits in the matter of longevity due to the benefic aspect of the Jupiter on the house 8th tb the 7th. The death of the said husband, it would be noted, has been due to 8th position of, Jupiter from lagna and its affliction.

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JUP KET

Rule No. 3

Saturn Represents Animals

In Chapter 56 of BPHS we read in Shlokas 12 to 14

srrjTrcr sirir ^t%s?rril-scirff *ft ffY

i.e. If Saturn is in debilitation or eclipsed in 6th, 8th or 12th house, the native sustains loss of animals like cows and buffalows and becomes an enemy to his relatives. From the above Shloka it is evident that Saturn can be a representative of animals. In fact being lowest in scale no other planet is more qualified to be a representative of the animal class than Saturn. In fact Saturn also acts for "Species" as such of animals. For example if Saturn occupies the sign Sagittarius in the 6th house, then Jupiter Lord of the 6th house would represent a horse. This fact may further be indicative of earning from horses (or races) if Jupiter has an intimate relation with the lagna and its

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Lord. For an illustration, please refer to the above chart with cancer lagna, where the native got big money in races due to the said representation of Saturn and his location in the lagna.

Rule No. 4

Mars and moon both represent blood

That Moon represents blood is a fact very well known (see however JP 2-28)

Mars also represents blood and if afflicted brings about trouble in blood, In this connection JP 6 - 95 reproduced below is relevant.

"arm: ilftfaFT snpTTS# rm# tffa"

i.e. Jf mars is in the 7th house of the birth chart' the native suffers from blood and bile troubles.

In cases where a planet represents both, it naturally bocomes more representative of blood, and if it is afflicted brings about blood trouble in more severe a manner. Mars in the sign of

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Moon i. e. cancer makes Moon a pucca representative of blood, Similarly Moon in the sign of mats, say scorpio, in lagna makes mars a pucca representative of blood, which of course is polluted, diseased etc., if the Moon or mars, as the case may be, is afflicted by Rahu and Saturn-factors of disease. When there is such an affliction of Moon or mars and Mercury too is in any of the lagnas or is lord of any of the lagnas and is afflicted by Rahu and or Saturn, the trouble spreads to skin as well and this becomes a case of Leprosy. For practical illustration please refer to horoscope with Scorpio Ascendant given at page

Rule No, 5

Moon should be treated as a lagna

"Chandra kala" nadi has the following to say in shloka 3005 at page 300 in regard to the importance and the necessity of treating Moon as a lagna.

"xirsr srrff srfH ^rra; srm

The house occupied by Moon is body, while the lagna house is our life breath. It is by a thorough examination of the houses with reference to both lagna and Chandra lagna that prediction can correctly be made.

This is an important rule and one which is of immense use in practice. For example, the sign of a planet happens to be 9th from both the lagna and the Chandra lagna and the Lord of that sign is heavely afflicted the, Yoga will be disastrous for the career of the man. If on the other hand, It is strong and well aspected the man will get rapid promotion etc. in life. The idea is that the Lord of a particular house from lagna assumes an added importance and a sense of certainty in its action

when it is also Lord of the same No. Of house from the Chandra lagna as well. This is of course an actual working of Sudarshan (See Rule 42). Maan Sagari padhati also expresses a similar view and says :

*ppr sfrgmrt ^ fpsnr, T*r: fijcr:

i. e. In giving effects Moon acts as a seed, lagna as a flower, navamsh etc. as fruits and house as the taste of those fruits.

Rule No. 6

Plurality

Mercury is the planet of plurality par excellence. The yoga for "twin" births is not complete without the cooperation of mercury. This can be inferred from the fact that every other planet represents only one of the humours but mercury represents all the three of them. From a reading of Shloka 48 of Chapter 6 of Jatak Parijat given below it is clear that Mercury has a special role of plurality to play.

faRnfrcRft isf fsgotarcr

i. e. If Mercury is stronger than the rest of the planets and is placed in a Kona house, the native will have double, face, feet, arms etc. By location in the Kona Mercury, will influence the lagna with ease, and since it will have an effective and somewhat exclusive influence on the lagna, its quality of plurality will have ample opportunity to play its part and make the limb involved more than one in number. TheUttar Kalamrit

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says that Mercury represents i. e. mixed objects which implies plurality.

When there is intimate link between the lagna and the 3rd house, and its significator Mars, and Mercury too is involved in the yoga, the birth of twins takes place. For a practical illustration please see the birth chart with gemini lagna given at page

Rule No. 7

Medical line

Sun is intimately related to tnedical line qt'T oUTTTT is part of Shloka 44 of Chapter 15 of Jatak Parijat and says that medical praciice, wool. etc. are related to Sun.

Rule No. 8

Music and Musical Instruments

That Venus represents music is well known. For Example the author of Jatak Parijat says in Shloka 101 of Chapter 8 as under :

fsraY

i.e. Venus in exhaltation makes a person indulge in luxury, women, music and dancing.

For exhaltation of Mercury the author of Sarvartha Chinta- mani says in Shloka 2 of Chapter 14 :

^ ftsrererrfq- stctpp grft $^4 tfterir 6PT SfTftr

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i.e. the ruling period of an exhalted Mercury gives emin- ence, affluence, good health, good items of wealth in kind, sons, elephants and the hearing of the sound of the musical instrument called "Mridang1'. Thus Venus relates to music

proper and mercury to instruments of music. Film line is intimatly connected with both of them and hence

these two planets have much influence on the Lagna of film actors.

The house of the horoscope concerned in the matter of music is the 3rd. As it is 2nd from second and also part of the respiratory canal.

qr^ cTcffa qsretqqT (sc4/48)

i.e. A malefic in 3rd give disease in throat.

Rule No . 9

Quickness of Results

Amongst the planets Mercury is one that is known for giving quick results. In regard to this planet Shloka 69 of Chapter I of Sarvarth Chintamani records :

"^TFT fiPT: SRr: tTflTqt ^3 "'Spm"

i.e. Mercury is Jocular, has all the three Humours phlegm, bile and wind, is eunuch and gives its results very quickly. If Mercury is Lord of a good house such as 5th or 9th and is quite strong it will give good luck soon after the advent of its Dasa. Similarly if it is badly afflicted say as Lord of the 8th house it can cause immediate death.

Another factor that works for quickness in results is the intensity of the influence. If the intensity of the influences

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is comprised of malefic planets, the bad results follow quickly. If, howover, the intensity is one of benefic influences the desirable event takes place at an early date. For example much influence of benefics on the factors for marriage i.e. 7th house, its Lord and its significator would bring about marriage at an early date.

Rule No. 10

Cause of Divorce, Abdication Sanyas etc.

Sun, Saturn and Rahu are the three main causes for seperation, forsaking, leaving, etc. This seperation may take the shape of divorce, or abdication or sanyas but is essentially the result of the seperative influence of the above noted three planets. In regard to Sun J.P. Shloka 23 Chapter 16 opines in regard to its location in the 7th house as under :

i.e. if Sun occupies the 7th house of the birth chart of a women she will be given up by her husband i.e. divorced etc.

Rahu and Saturn also play the part of severance. Shloka 93 of Chapter 5 of Jatak Parijat states that :

faqera srfe arm:

i.e. if Rahu Saturn and Mercury are situated together in the 10th house, the hands are severed. Severance, it may be added, is here the result of the seperative influence of Saturn and Rahu on Mercury which stands for the arm. It is signifi- cant to note that this evil yoga has occurred in the bth from 3rd i.e. the death house of arms :

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Jaimini Sutra 12 of 1/4 is More explicit. It says :

sTfa ^rrfr TT^fr wr"

i.e. Saturn and Rahu cause bad name and are instruments of separation and destruction (of wife etc.) Thus Sun Saturn and Rahu are instruments of seperation as distinct from "Killing" outright, which is the function of mars and Ketu.

Rule No. 11

Strong and Weak Planets

Under the following conditions planets become strong and give good results if they are benefics for the lagna concerned. The good results will of course, be mainly in respect of the house in which their "Mool Trikon" sign falls.

(a) When they are in good houses such as Kendras. (b) When they are in their exhaltation, own or friendly

sign. (c) When they are near about the middle of the sign. (d) When they occupy good Vargas. (e) When they are farthest away from Sun. (f) When they are in houses where they get. "Directional

Strength" (g) When they are aspected by benefics. (h) When they are located with benefic planets. (i) When they are surrounded by benefic planets, (j) When they are retrograde. (k) When they are well placed from Lagna.

(2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th or 11th from it). (1) When they are well placed from the main Dasa Lord, (m) When they are friends of main Dasa Lord. (n) When they are in friendly Nakshatras

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When planets have the traits opposite to those listed above they give bad results i.e.

(a) When they are located in bad houses such as 6th, 8th and 12th.

(b) They are in inimical signs. (c) When they occupy the very start or the fag end of

the sign. (d) When they occupy inimical vargas (e) When they are in the same sign as the Sun and parti-

cularly when they are within their respective degrees of combustion (12, 17, 13, 11, 9 and 15 from Moon to Saturn respectively)

(f) When they occupy a house opposite to the one in which they get directional strength.

(g) When they are aspected by malefics. (h) When they are located with a malefic planet. (i) When they are surrounded by malefics. (j) When they are in abnormal motion. (k) When they occupy bad houses from lagna i.e. 3rd, 6th,

8th or 12th. (1) When they are enemies to the main Dasa Lord. (m) When they are badly placed from the main Dasa Lord. (n) When they occupy inimical Nakshatras. Some of the more important points noted above have been

incorporated in the following Shlokas 2 and 3 of Sarvartha Chintamani Chapter 16.

"ESf ffPT ^STcTT flT

i.e. a planet technically called "Gocharastlia"' always gives good results in all ruling periods. Gocharstha planet is one which is not located in 6th, 8th or 12th house, is not eclipsed

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by Sun, but is located in his own, exhalted, mool Trikon or friendly sign.

Rule No. 12

Factors enhancing Value

The Lord of the 2nd and 11th house are not only in themselves factors that denote by their strength the abundance of wealth, these are also factors that enhance the value of the person, or thing that they influence by their association [or aspect. This point has been brought out by Shloka 89 Chap- ter Four of Sarvartha Chintamani as under :

sFtsr ^rr^er smfodi- m ^ ^ sri p? srg m ^qf TTgrrTfrkr:

i.e. if the Lord of the 2nd and the 11th houses are associated with the 4th house, the Lord of the 4th house or with the significator of the 4th house (Mars=Pfoperty), is in vaisheshik amsha and is under the aspect of good planets, the man possesses very valuable house. "The value is aptly awarded by the Lord of the 2nd and 11th houses. These houses, being of "Finance" and "Gains" respectively denote value. People with acquarius as their ascendant can benefit immensely by this fact as Jupitor the significator of finance himself becomes Lord of two houses of finance (2nd and 11th) and thus triply represents value. If Jupitor in such cases is strong and aspects the house and the significator of any object, that object will be en- hanced much in value. In Leo nativities Mercury becomes the lord of the 2nd and 11th houses and as such is a factor for value like Jupiter. When in a Leo Nativity Mercury and Jupiter both have combined influence their enhancing quality is obviously increased.

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Rule No. 13

Beneflcs and MaleficsCriterion for

Indian astrology has two types of planets. (a) Natural (b) Conditional

Natural type and the conditional type each have their own seperate benefic and malefic planets. The two types are explained below :

Natural Beneflcs and Malefics

Jupiter and Venus are natural beneflcs. Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are natural malefics. In natural condition, i.e. without reference to any particular lagna Moon is treated as a benefic provided it is not within 72 degrees from Sun in dis- tance. If it is, whether in the dark or bright fortnight, it is considered and acts as a malefic. Mercury'When acting alone is a benefic. .If with malefics it becomes a malefic, with beneflcs it is of course a benefic. Rahu acts like Saturn while Ketu acts like Mars.

Conditional Beneflcs and Malefics

Planets Lord of the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses of the horoscope cease to be natural beneflcs or malefics as the case may be. The Lords of the trines i.e. 5th and 9th houses whether they are natural beneflcs or natural malefics always give good results. Lords of 3rd, 6th and 11th houses give bad results. Lords of 2nd and 12th houses give the results of the house in which their sign other than the one in these houses falls. In the cases of Sun and Moon owning one sign only, becoming lords of the 2nd or 12th house they give the results

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dependent on their strength and the influence they are under, by the house etc. in which placed. The Lord of 8th house is considered as bad. Note : In the above analysis the Lord of the 11th house has been declared as a malefic. In our personal view the badness is intended to refer to health. So far as finances are concerned the Lord of the 11th house gives good results, unless of course it is weak,

(3) In regard to the conditional planets the rule for finance is that if a particular planet is benefic for a particular lagna the stronger it is the better and useful the results. If such a planet is weak and afflicted, it gives bad results and the more it is afflicted the worse the results. If, however, a planet is malefic for a particular lagna and is strong the stronger it is the more harmful it becomes. If such a malefic planet is weak and afflicted, it gives good results and the more it is afflicted the better are the results. For an illustration please refer to our remarks in regard to the Dasa and Bhuktj of Saturn in the castof the birth chart belonging to Shrimati Indira Gandhi 1)*affiwith at page

imh No. 14

Aspects

In Indian Astrology every planet aspects the house, sign or planet placed 7th from it. In counting the 7th place, the house in which the aspecting planet is located is also taken into account. The following planets, in addition to having the above noted 7th aspect have the following special aspects. Mars aspects the house etc. placed 4th and 8th from it, Jupiter aspect the house etc. 5th and 9th from it. Saturn aspects the house etc. placed 3rd and 10th from it.

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(2) Rahu and Ketu have also aspects like Jupiter i.e. these shadowy planets aspect the house etc. placed 5th and 9th from them.

(3) In the case of aspect by Rahu and Ketu, it should be kept in mind that they also throw along with their own influence the influence of the malefic planet or planet with whom they may be associated or under whose influence they may be located. For example, if Rahu and Mars are located in the 6th house, the 9th aspect of Rahu on the house of wealth will convey, to that house the influence of Mars as well. Simi- larly if Rahu is located in the 6th house and Mars is in the 3rd house or the 12th or the 11th, the influence of Rahu on the 2nd house will be also include the influence of Mars by whom Rahu is aspected.

(4) A planet located 10th from any house etc. throws 3/4th its normal aspect on the house. This aspect may be called kendra aspect (square aspect).

In this connection please see the following Shloka No. 3 of Chapter 26 of BPHS,

^ ^ ^5?^ s-r snrnfar rmr

i.e. planets have one fourth aspect or inflluence on 3rd and 10th house from them, half on those 5th and 9th from them, 3/4th on 4th and 8th from them and full on the 7th from them.

Rule No. 15

Depositors etc.

Planet situated in good or bad conditions in a house or sign gives good or bad effects to the house over which the plane

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concerned has lordship. But these effects will further be modi- fied by the position Of the planet who in turn is the lord of the sign occupied by them. For example, if Sun is Lord of 5th house in any horoscope and is in the 7th house it would be considered weak by virtue of its occupying the debilitation sign. But if Venus Lord of the debilitation sign of Sun is in turn located in aries, Sun would be considered as strong because of of this placement of Venus in his exhaltation sign. This means then that the lord of the sign occupied by any planet Works aS the planet. We can thus say that :

If the sign or signs of a planet are not occupied by any planet, it would give the results good or bad in accordance to its Lordship as a conditional planet for the lagna involved. If, however, one of its signs is occupied by a planet or planets it would give the results good or bad of the planets occupying its sign. If both of its sign are occupied by planets it would give the effects of the planets who have more affinity of traits with it.

Rule No. 16

Malefic Planets in Trines

It has been our experience that natural malefic planets Sun, Mars and Saturn when located in the 5th or 9th house of the horoscope lose much of their strength, say about 1 /3rd of it. For example it has come in our experience that Saturn in its sign of exhaltation is not conducive to the longevity of the person in whose lagna its sign acquarius falls. This is apparantly due to the fact that in such cases Libra the exhaltation sign of Saturn falls in a trine from acquarius. The above view is borne out by "Maan Sagari Padhati" which, for example says in regard to the location of Saturn in the 5th house.

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TTW 5nT it| yTTT ^ fa*[! ^ Tft JT'P vrpft >rr?ft fcR?f^rr

i.e. Saturn in inimical sign makes one bereft of son and wealth and one is unhappy. He gets one son only if Saturn is in its own sign or sign of exhaltation or in a friendly sign. The word lends support to the view that it is not merely the traits of tho 5th house that suffer, here but also those of Saturn as a significator.

Rule No. 17

Mental deficiency

Mental deficiency is caused by the affliction of Moon and Mercury located in kendra vida Shloka 81 of Chapter 6 of Jatak Parijat ^ Why has the condition of their location in kendra been imposed is an interesting question. ' The answer is that planets bv their location in kendra influence the lagna. When the said affliction will inflwence lagna too, directly another factor standing for brain will be involved in affliction, lending, weight to the onset of the disease. We will see in the case of study of the sixth house (see rule 28), that a condition of the location in kendra was imposed there too, the idea was to involve the influence of restriction on the self represented by lagna. (2) Moon add Mercury represent the emotional and rational powers respectively. The fourth house is one of emotions and the first and 5th of rational thinking. Thus a complete yoga for mental derangement or lunacy would be formed only when all these factors are involved. That is why we have opened thus in "Hora Shatak"

fg

^ crrT ^Rf TR T ^f%trr cnf ^f^smr ^"^HTTT SKT SrfftT ^ WTcT^ cT^T ^T^K> ^nqcT arRRH" ffJRT ^TR ^ ^

jtrt ^TTT q^r;

i.e. The fourth house and Moon denote the emotional side of man. Mercury and the fifth house denote the rational faculties of man. When both the emotional and the intellectual faculties of man are shocked, disturbed and reduced, lunacy results. That is the reason why when these factors are afflicted by malefic planets (by association or aspect) madness comes to be in evidence.

Rule No. 18

Planets In lagnaand disease

In regard to the location of Mercury in lagna we reproduce a para from page 53 of our work "Medical Astrology" (Sagar Publications Ved Mansion, 72 Janpath - New Delhi -1) "lagna is considered body as a whole. Lagna in its broad sense inclu- des the Sun lagna and the Moon lagna. Due to this representative character of lagna and to the fact that lagna stands for "Self", any planet that happens to be located in lagna fully represents the tissue of which it is the signifcator. For example mercury which stands for skin, if afflicted in a place other than lagna would no doubt denote some trouble in skin but the assertion to that effect cannot be made with any measure of certainty. On the other hand, if Mercury is afflicted while located in lagna, it can be said with certainty that it would bring about trouble in skin, the reason being that Mercury in lagna assumes a wider role which skin has in body. The disease

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called leucoderma arises from affliction if Mercury satisfies the above condition i. e. when it is suffering in any of the three lagnas". The principle applicable to mercury as explained above may be applied to other planets. For example if mars is in lagna and is weak and afflicted by rahu and or saturn, the person is likely to suffer through muscles and blood trouble and so on.

The signs in the lagnas too represent their respective limbs more effectively than in any other house. This is evident from the following shloka no. 49 of chapter 60 of jatak parijat.

fssr: srfirfff cnjit fr*?,

i. e. If moon occupies her own sign (cancer) in the ascendant and is aspected by saturn and mars, the man becomes "hunch backed". Similarly, if there is the sign pisces in the lagna and is aspected by saturn moon and mars, the man bcoemes lame. In the first case the sign cancer in lagna represents fully the chest: which it normally stands for, and by affliction gets it bent. In the second case the sign pisces, comes to lagna and gives full representation to feet for which it stands, and hence by affliction brings about lameness. In short the idea is that feet suffer in Such a case more severely than would have been the case, had pisces been afflicted any where else than in lagna.

Rule No. 19

Aristocratic factors

Sun and moon are called Trarfft i. e. Royal planets. In modern times the term can be interpreted as refer- ing to people high up in social and political spheres - the

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aristocratic class as a whole. Any factor that would be influenced by them would be infused with their aristocratic or royal character. Thus the status of that factor will be boosted. For example, if the 7th house is influenced by sun and a strong moon, the wife or husband as the case-may be, will come from a family enjoying high flnaficial status. Shloka 43 of chapter 28 of saravali given below runs in the same strain.

Jtnmf 5T?rff1i qcffa getf %srirf spffart

i. e. Venus if located in the sign of moon (cancer) and well aspected by sun makes the wife as active, with a pure body, a princess, ambitious and rich. Wife coming from a royal family or a family very high in power and pelf is thus due to the influence of royal planets sun and moon on the significator of wife. Astronomically seventh aspect of sun on venus is not possible. What is intened is the influence of sun which must be there on venus in order to make wife royal or aristocratic.

Rule No. 20

Longevity

The longevity of a person has to be determined by the strength of both his first and 8th house vede the following shloka no. 4 of chapter VII of Sarvarth Chintamani.

when the lord of the lagna and that of the 8th house are together in sixth or 12th house and are well aspected, they confer long life etc. Authors have dealt with the first and the 8th

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house seperately and held these as houses of longevity. In regard to longevity vis. a. vis the first house, the author of Sarvarth Chitamani says in shloka 107 of the second chapter

9rTTfspTts% f?*r?r: sprcntor sfrwrff. fararfe yf ^

i.e. when the lord of the ascendant is strong and not influenced by malefics and is on the other hand, located in kendra and aspected by benefics, it removes danger of death and brings about very long life and bestows on the native many good qualities and great wealth. Thus the house of life and death being the first and the 8tb house, the nature of influence exerted on these houses and their lords indicates the mode of death, its cause etc. The following shlokas are relevant in this context

MWUdq STif W 5fT5T fTTT^ W? rflFT gJT^of ( JP 5-98 )

if moon and the lord of the lagna are located in or associated with the sixth, eitghth or twelfth house of the horoscope and are afflicted by Saturn, mandi or Rahu, then death in miserable manner should be predicted. The idea is that the manner of the afflction of lagna and moon gives a hint in regard to mode of death.

"mfsSTrT forwfrr ( JP 3-6 )

i.e If malefic planets aspect the Moon in lagna, ie Mars does it, particularly by its location in the seventh house, the child is forsaken by its mother and dies

^ fwrr sn^r:

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From the 8th house of the horossope should be decided the question of life and death., the rectum, mode of death food, service, venereal disease and dishonour.

Rule No. 21

Traits of first House

The first house of the horoscope is designated by many terms, one of which is "janma" i.e. birth. This name is very appropriate as the very first event that happens to thesoul with its advent into this world is his very birth. Astrology has, therefore, asscoiated birth and all things intimately connected with birth with the first house - the lagna or ascendant. The place at which a birth takes place, i. e. whether it is in air, on earth, below earth, in water etc- Is considered and decided by a study of the first house, For example the author of'deva kerala" writes in shloka No. 848 at page 78.

TpPTfeffiir rr^ W'i TTf ! STf* qjf STRT ST^fcT JTirr

i.e if Saturn is located in the lagna in the navamsha belonging to itself and rahu is with the Moon, the native will be born in a jungle. From this shloka it is clear that the nature of the place of birth is determined by the nature of the planet ineluencing the most the lagna and the Chandra lagna. For a birth in a boat or ship the author of jatak Parijat states in Shloka No. 61 in Chapter 3:- <

srsrgrsfcrirsfa sn ^sr "fta ictr

.e. If there is a watery sign (4, 8 orI2) inthe ascendant and Moon aspects the same from seventh house, the yoga

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indicates birth in a boat. Here also the same rule has been applied.

In fact the rule is very wide in its application and we can say that whatever is governed by conditions at birth or whatever that is had by persons from birth, such as stature of the body, caste in which one is born, etc., is all determined by a study of the influences being thrown on the lagna and the Chandra lagna. (2) The first house of the horoscppe is the quintessence of the whole horoscope. It has such major roles as longevity wealth, health, honour and posititon. When, therefore, this house gets strengthened, these Qualities are boosted. There are different ways in which this house may get strengthened. One is when a benefic planet occupies, it, another is when a benefic planet aspects it, another is when benefic planets surround iti.e.one occupies the 12th and the other the second house of the horoscope yet another is when natural benefic planets are located in the the sixth seventh and eighth from it. The last case goes by the name of 'Lagnadhi Yoga'. Moon too is treated as lagna hence here is reproduced a Shloka No. 42 from chapter II of Phaldeepika extolling the qualities of the lagna when boosted.

fq-TcT: wft

i.e. if natural benefics occupy the sixth, seventh and eighth house either from the lagna or moon, Rajyoga is created. If the benefics are in ordinary strength the man becomes a leader of men, if in medium strength a minister and if in high strength

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the yoga makes the man a king i. e. a person holding real ruling powers.

Rule No. 21

(3) the first house may also be boosted through the navamsha i.e. when the navamsha sign in the lagna is the same as the lagna. Such a lagna is called vargottam lagna and has been extolled in Sarvartha chintamani :

^ frs"sr tr

fTTf^^r T .3TPT '?wr?T ^fcTlTRTf^SFRt^

Pandit Kapileshwar Chaudhary in his Sanskrit commentary on "jatak parijat" has cited the follwing shloka from Parashar.

Jft iTT?: ?=rTf?f

(3) Sarvarth Chiatamani is more explicit on the point here is shloka No. 2 of chapter II thereof

vm: ^ gir

Sarvarth Chintamani in Shloka 94 of chapter It stresses the same rule when it says :

sfftR grR TTT^rtmcr jfrrr zrt g

i.e. If there is a benefic planet in the lagna and another benefic aspects it, but there is no malefic influence on the lagna, the native enjoys comforts throughout life. If, on the other hand, there are more than two malefic influences on the lagna (without any benefic influence) the entire life of the native is miserable. These rules show how intimately the question is related to the strength of the lagna.

Rule No. 24

Adultry vis-a-vis the 4th House \

A part of Shloka No, 38 of Jatak Parijat chapter 8 regard- ing the occupation of the 4th house of the horoscope by moon is as under.

"fasrr sita fasrV

i.e. The native having Moon in his 4th house is educated and of good nature. He leads a comfortable life and is after the wife of another person. It is clear from this shloka, that the 4th house is intimately related to adultry or in any case to establishing a relation of sex with another woman, while one's own wife is alive. This conclusion appears to be reasonable in as much as the 4th house is the house of janta or masses. When the sex of someone from amongst the general public denoted by the 10th house (7th from 4th) comes in contact, by association or aspect, with ones own sex (7th house and its lord)

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adultry may be deemed to have arisen, more particularly in cues where the Lord of 4th (denoting the body of the person from the public) house also has established relation i.e. asscoiation or aspect with the lord of the lagna. For a practical illustration please refer to the horoscope with cancer lagna given at page 205 in which case the paramour of wife was shot dead by the officer due to illegal sexual affairs of his wife with her paramour.

Rule No. 25

Things made alien by Sixth House

The 6th house of the horoscope does not merely stand for ones enemies and the traits of enmity, it also stands for the trait of alien-ness, i. e. Not belonging to us, foreign etc. For example shloka 16 of chapter 14 of Jatak Parijat reads as under;

"pr arsiTT arf grfsfa

If the Lord of the 4th house is strong and well aspected but is either with or aspected by the Lord of the 6th house, and the horsocope belongs to a lady she gets a son from a person other than her husband. If the horoscope belongs to a male he does not get a son even if he marries many women. (2) Alluding to bastard birth JP says in shloka 68 of chapter 12

met cTRTTfT TT 'STTcRi:

i. e. If the lord of the 4th, 9th 1st and the 6th are together any where the birth should be considered as bastard. The

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cause for such a birth is, of course, the association of the foreign efement denoted by the Lord of the 6th house with factors for self, mother, father (1st, 4th, and 9th houses respectively).

Rule No. 26

Past Present and Future

Time is infinite. Human birth itself is what gives it a start and creates the illusion of time, hence we take the first house I i. e. the house of birth as the "present". In order to have a triangular conception of time, we have the triangle constituted by the 1st, Sth and 9th houses of the horoscope, where 9th stands for the past, for it represents a point in time that has 1 long past the horizon i. e. the present, the Sth stands fpr : the future for it represents a point i. e. Sign which has still to rise in the eastern horizon (lagna). While dealing with the . traits of the Sth house "uttar Kalamri" v-9 has said. !

TRT sprrsr SPfPT faq faft fT f^TT SPW

i. e. Sth house relates (inter alia) to much coveted affairs, immense work, paternal property and foresightedness, which implies that the Sth house is related to future. It is in 1 recognition of this fact that "speculation business" (satta) is 1 associated with Sth house. The ability to read the future of manis also accordingly associated with this house. i (2) For the Sth position from Moon of Jupiter "Maan Sagari Padhati" says :

"^srrer^

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5th from Moon. The vision is of course the ability to be quick to sense the future.

Rule No. 27

Foreign Travel

The 8th house of horoscope is concerned, inter alia, with overseas journeys. While dealing with the nature of events connected with the 8th house location of Moon, the author of Sarvartha chintamani states in shloka 20 of chapter 13.

Msr TH feftf frJffir

i.e. during the ruling period of Moon when she is situated in the 8th house, there is emaciation of body (Moon being a lagna factor stands for body) fear of drowning (both the 8th house and the planet moon are watery in nature & the 8th is house of destruction), travel to foreign coutries;being journey soveeas), opposition to all (Moon stands for the masses as a significator and is located in a very bad house), eating third rate dishes (Moon being related to eating and 8th to badness) and trouble to mother and relatives like mother (Moon is significator for mother). Some people associate fareign travel with the 9th house which is really a house of long travel within one's own country, For Saturn located in the 8th house "Maan Sagari Padhati" has in shloka 8 of chapter II said fasafa i'e- t)ne goes and stays in foreign land in trouble.

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Rule No. 28

Scantiness and Dearth-a trait of Sixth House

The 6th house by its association with others through itself or through its Lord, brings about reduction, want, dearth, scantiness, restriction etc. to the traits with which it is associated. Shloka 76 of chapter 6 of JP is relevant in this context and reads as under :

TttJrsjr: ftgriL-

i.e. if venus and Lord of the 7th house (both represent wife) are located in the 6th house, the yoga renders wife stirile. Similarly if the lord of the lagna, in company of the lord of 6th and Saturn is located in kendra or kona the man gets impri- soned. We thus see that the 6th house reduces the functions of the party with which associated. When associated with representative factors of wife it has reduced considerably, her power as a woman to procreate and when associated with lagna it has, in collaboration with another factor for reduction, reduced and restricted the movements of the body leading to "imprisonment." Thus 6th house and its Lord act as restricting influences. Parashar also expresses the same principle when it says in 24-63 bphs.

STTcT.

i.e. When Lord of the 6th house goes to the 3rd house oc valour it makes the man devoid of valour.

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Rule No. 29

Mariage Relates to 2nd House as well

Normally we examine the 7th house of the horoscope in connection with problems relating to marriage. But the 2nd house of the horoscope is also relevant to the question of marriage particularly to the question of the time of its coming about, as the second house is the house of "family" and a family of one's own is created only with marriage. In this connection Shloka No. 60 of Chapter 6 of Sarvartha chintamani states as under.

f STT wir 5ft>T;T PR

i. e. If in the 2nd and the 7th hou3es of the horoscope there are vargas of benefic planets (decante, navamsha and other similar division are called vargas) and if these houses and their Lords are associated with or are aspected by benefiics, the man gets married in very early age. Parashar too has made a similar statement in shloka 24 of chapter 16 of bphs as under :

Jfirsr SarR't ^ it

trsrii ^ srprefr

i.e. If Venus is in the 2nd and lord of the 7th house is in the 11th, the man generally marries in his 10th or 16th year of life (i. e. early in life). In passing it may also be added that the cause of early marriage in the above case has been due to the participation in, the yoga of the lord of the 11th house - the house of gains or acquisition.

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Rule No. 30

Cinema - representation of

Brihat parashar hora shastra chapter 24 shloka 113 links "pleasure" to the 5th house. This work and shloka 24 of chapter 2 of Jatak Parijat hold that the planet mercury has a special relation to "pleasure resorts". Thus by a combination of Mercury and the 5th house we can have such modern pleasure resorts as the cinema, the clubes, the circus and the like. For example if the sign gemini of mercury is located in the 5th house, the 5th house may be considered as a cinema and its relation to other factors in the birth chart interpreted accordingly. The shloka of bphs referred to above is as given below :

i. e. When the Lord of the 10th house occupies the 5th the native is very well educated always in happy mood, wealthy and blessed with sons. The word is noteworthy as signifying itself as one of the chief traits of the 5th house. The other shloka runs as under :

rffa rTE faSTTT: sptsT iff

vngg# frsm "rfcf^r favPTreff %g

place of frequent resart of Sun is a temple, of moon a watery place, of Mars where fire is mostly in evidence, of Mercury a place of intellectual enjoyment or playing etc. 34

Rule No. 31

Loss of Wealth by govt orders

The 10th house represents the govt. The 12th house being 3rd from the 10th would therefore, represent the arms of govt. i.e. means of execution of the intentions of govt. Thus the 12th house of a horoscope represents the orders of govt, which if adversely effect the 2nd house may mean loss of wealth through govt orders i, e. ps a measure of punishment etc. In this context shloka 73 of sarvarth chintamani is relevant. It reads in part as under :

sirirtr Trsr^rasprspT:

i.e. When the Lord of the 12th house is located in the 2nd house one may lose wealth as a punishment awarded by govt.

For the same reason the Lord of 8th can perform the functions of the orders of the govt., as the 8th house is 11th from the 10th and constitutes the 2nd arm of the govt. In fact just as the 1st, 3rd, 10th and 11th houses are the houses representing the deliberate actions of any person, in the same manner the 1st, 3rd, 10th and 11th house of the govt. would represent deliberate action by govt. These houses in the case of govt. would be 10th, 12th, 7th and 8th houses respectively from the main horoscope of the native concerned.

Rule No. 32.

Prediction thro : Definition & Corelation

Prediction in Astrology is facilitated if we can translate the problem under consideration into Astrological factors and then

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proceed to examine each of those factor. For example in cases of lunacy or mental derangement, we know that this disease results from the derangement of brain as well as through the shock to the emotional side of our being. We have, therefore, to examine such factors in the birth chart as stand for the emotions and the brain. Now Ihe brain is represented in Astrology by the first house, its Lord the 5th house, its Lord and the planet Mercury. Similarly emotions are represented by the 4th house, its Lord and the planet Moon. Thus when the factors enumerated above are afflicted lunacy results. (ii) The author of Jatak Parijat puts the same thing in essence when it says in Shloka 81 of chapter 6 :

tfWsr vrsr *nT?r \

i. e. The native will suffer from lunacy if mercury and moon (brain and emotion respectively) are located in kendra but without any benefic influence on them.

Rult No. 33

Factors for Darkness

The followiug shloka no. 70 of chapter 3 of "Jatak Pgrijat" enumerate the factors that represent darkness.

5T%f5T i|

as having taken place in darkness. If three or more planets occupy their sign of debilitation, the birth takes place on earth (and not on bed). Thus the following are the factors of darkness.

(a) The signs of Saturn (b) the 4th house (probably because it is nadir which has necessarily to be in darkness) (c) Saturn. We can of course consider a fourth factor in the form of Rahu who acts always like Saturn. The term darkness here has a symbological significance and may denote "incognito" conditions of man or conditions where he remains in darkness as seen by the general public.

Rule No. 34

Masses

The mutual link, in any manner, between - the Lords of the first house (self) and the 4th house (masses) indicates an interest in masses, i.e. in the country of birth. It is thus a yoga for patriotism and is present in the horoscope of all patriots. For example Sardar Patel - famous architect of free India, a cancer v nativity, had Lord of 4th in 4th. He had Lord of 4th house from Moon lagna linked to the Lord of the said lagna. Akbar the great - a great lover of his country and its people had an exhalted Mars in the 4th house and Saturn Lord of 4th located in lagna with the lord of the lagna (ascendant), who squares the 4th house. Hyderali another great patriot had libra as his ascendant. Saturn Lord of his 4th house was aspecting the 4th house while Venus Lord of the ascendant was in his fourth house. Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak another patriot of first water, had Venus Lord of the 4th house located in cancer in the ascendant. Similarly Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first president of India and a life long fighter for india's independent had Sagittarius as his ascendant with the second sign of Jupitor falling in the 4th house. His

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Jupiter - the Lord of the 4th house was aspectingthe ascendant. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, with cancer as his ascendant had his Venus Lord of the 4th .house in 7th thereby aspecting the ascendant. He had also an exchange between the Lord of Moon lagna (6) and that of the 4th house from it. Shri Jawahar Lai Nehru - first prime minister of India had a Venus in dignity in libra in the 4th house and Moon as the Lord of ascendant placed in cancer itself 10th from it, thus creating an intimate link with the 4th house.

Rule No. 35 ,

Charitable Deeds

The 9th house is the house of religion and high thoughts and therefore of charitable deeds. The Lords of the 10th house and 11th house of the horoscope are equally the houses of good and charitable deeds. The following authorities are relevant in this context:

0) shrk

(sc-7-46) (ii) spirtr TTfi%

(iii)

i.e. (i) If the Lord of the 9th house is in the varga called "simhasan" and is aspected by the Lord of the lagna and is also aspected by the Lord of the 10th house one is a great philanthropist.

(ii) If the Lord of the 9 th house occupies the 4th, the Lord 38

of the 10th house is in a kendra, and the Lord of the 12th house is aspected by jupiter one is a great philanthropist.

(iii) If the Lord of the 11th house is located in a kendra house one is.a great philanthropist.

We should, therefore, treat the Lords of the 9th 10th and 11th house as conducive to good and charitable deeds.

Rule No. 36

Sub and Main Period Lords

The planet having its sub period in the vimshottari dasa system should always be considered as influencing for good or for bad, the planet having its main ruling period, irrespective of the fact, whether the sub period Lord actually influences in any way the main period Lord. This principle is borne out by autho- ritative texts. For example the following Shloka No. 23 of Chapter XVI of Sarvartha Chintaraant may be referred to in this connection.

_ fajsr TFBT

i.e. During the main ruling period of Sun located in the 10th house and the sub-ruling period of a benefic planet there is ever lasting fame and also acquisition of ruling powers :

(2) In SC VXI-6 we again read :

313^3 313 33513 3133 31^3 33tg:'3 ^3^3 3f?333

i.e. During the sub period of a malefic planet in the main period of the planet that is the Lord of the day of birth located in the 2nd house (wealth) one has loss of wealth, harshness of

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Rule No. 37 Table Showing Planetary Friendship Etc

Planet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu Ketu

Whom it Jupiter Sun Moon Rahu Sun Mer- Mer- Venus Venus cury cury

Considers Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars Saturn Venus Mer- Mer- cury cury

As a fri- Moon Sun Sun Moon Rahu Rahu Saturn Sat- end urn

Whom it Saturil Rahu Mercury Moon Mercury Sun Sun Sun Sun Considers Rahu Ketu Rahu Venus Moon Mars Mars Mars As Enemy Venus Moon Moon Moon

Whom it Mer- Saturn Saturn cury

Considers Venus Venus A Neutral Jupiter

Mars

Jupiter Rahu Jupiter

Saturn Saturn Mars Mars

jQpiter Jupiter Jupiter

s

speech, mental worry, eye trouble and much fear. It would be noted that the author has no where stated in the shloka that the planet having its bhukti should in any way influence the planet having the main ruling period. Such influence is, however, implied very strongly as evidenced by the results stated.

Rule No. 38

Houses and their affairs

Houses are the imaginary divisions of the earth created by the super imposition of the zodiac on it through the ascendant i.e. the sign rising in the eastern horizon at the moment of birth at a particular place. The houses are evolutionery in conception and deal with ail affairs of life. Some of the more important of which are given below : First house : Conditions at birth, such as the nature of the place of birth, the body as a whole, the limbs of the body individually, colour of the body, stature of the body, longevity, bonour, self, sex of partner, brain, wealth, means of livelihood, wile of the eldest brother of father, husband to the eldest sister of father, mode of death, mental traits.

second house : Food, eating and drinking habits, accumula- ted wealth, banks, treasuries, right eye, speech, oratory, education, boyhood, throat, face, elder coborns to mother, family, death, princely people. Third house : Activity, arms, younger brothers, deliberate self, short journeys, communications, writings, respiratory canal, courage, defence department of govt. victory or defeat, youth, friends, ears, air travel, longevity, wife of the younger, brother to wife, husband at younger sister to wife, father in law.

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Fourth house : Nadir, well, water, darkness, mother, emotions of all typ?s, masses, longevity of father, comforts, conveyances, property, mind, lands, farming, progress, chest, lungs, blood, residence, transfers, place of birth. Fifth house : Creative mind, power of authorship, progeny, abortions, lady love, places of pleasure such as cinemas, belly, heart, advising capacity, ministership, lottery, speculation, father, future, intellect, diety one worships, elder coborns of wife or husband, wife of elder brother, husband of elder sister, foresight.

Sixth house : Hurdles, opposition, enmity, scantiness, debts, disease, younger brother or sister of mother, intestines, injuries, theft, vices, foreign elements, Violence, kidneys, longevity of eldest brother or sister. Seventh house : Private parts of the body, urine, semen, sex, marriage, wife, divorce, road, status of wife or husband, trade, eldest brother or sister to father, impotency, partnership, death, ruling powers.

Eighth house : Longevity, death and destruction, mode of death, foreign travel, seas, sin, mysterious things, research, testicles, dishonour, adventure, husband to the eldest sister of mother, wife to the elder brother of mother, mental torture. Nineth house : High thinking, religion, spirituality, merit of previous life, past life, father, son, thighs, favour from govt., windfalls, career, high officials, long inland journeys, younger brother to wife or husband, wife of younger brother, husband of younger sister.

Tenth house: Religious deeds, wealth of father, govt., ruling powers, zenith, height, position, honour, actions by self, knees, mother to wife or husband, longevity of younger brothers and sisters, results of actions.

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Eleventh house : Income and gains, elder brothers and sisters, lower portion of the legs, longevity of mother, wife of son, husband to daughter and her marriage, deliberate self, injury, disease, younger brother to father etc: Twelfth house: Expenses, waste, left eye, moksha, feet, sea side, a watery place, overuse, losses, separation, luxury, enjoyments of bed, sleep, orders of the govt, defence department of govt., temple or places of worship, the career of public, wife of the younger brother to mother, husband to younger sister to mother, imprisonment, spies.

Rule No. 39

Sandhis or Junction Points

Just as a turning point on roads is dangerous to life, just as the period of transition from puberty to youth is fraught with danger to character, just as the period of trasit from slavery to freedom involves danger to life, just as the turning aiway of one season and coming up of a new is full of possibilities of disease, similarly the interval between the termination of one sign and the start of another is dangerous to the realization of the traits of the planets in these junction points. The author of the phal Deepika in XV-IS has gone even to the length of saying :

snrTTfNrfrfa

i.e. If a planet even if it be located in its sign of exhaltation, in its own sign, or the sign of a friend and having all the six types of strengths, would be without any results, if it is located at the junction point. For the above reason a planet

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located at a point where both sign and a nakashtra terminate simultaneously such as the end of signs cancer, Scorpio and pisces, would be still more dangerous for planets particularly Moon to occupy. These 3 points are called Gandas. The reason is obvious for in such a contingency the planet is not- able to act in accordance with the traits of the preceding sign nor with those of the coming one. It is, as if it is in a no man's land.

Rule No. 40

Educational Attainments

Even in texts there is confusion in regard to the house to be considered for academic education. Some are of the opinion that it relates to the 2nd house, others opine that the house of education is 4th, while there are still others who hold that 5th house is the house of education. We personally think that the consensus is in favour of the 2nd house. Authors who have stated the 4th as the house of education have also mentioned the 2nd house also as one of education. The author of phal Deepika is most clear and explicit on this point. He says in XVJ-5.

Rule No. 41

Fourth House as Birth Place

The fourth house is generally treated by people as one's residence, which of course, it is. But it is also the place of birth like the lagna. On this point the author of phal Deepika observes in Shloka 14 of Chapter XVI,

i.e. If the Lord of the 4th house occupies any of the bad houses 6th, 8th or 12th, alongwith Sun and Mars or if Sun and Mars are located in the 4th house, the house in which one is born is a burnt one. If Sun as the Lord of Lagna is located in the 4th house and if Moon aspects it from the 10th house, the yoga indicates that the person is born in the house of his mother i.e. in her parent's house.

Moon in 6th Danger to Life

While dealing with the question of arishta i.e. danger , to life in infancy, authors like Varah Mihir and others have

stated that Moon by occupying certain houses of the horoscope and being weak therein brings about death in infancy. These houses are 1st, 5th, 7th, 8th 9th and 12th. The list makes no mention of the 6th house which is also dangerous for Moon to occupy. Moon in 6th house if weak and afflicted may not kill one in infancy but certainly it is a strong factor for shortening life considerably. In this context see the following shloka from Jyotish Tatva.

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i.e. If the planet Venus is located in the 7th house and Moon in the 12th the yoga takes away life of wife. The life of wife is obviously endangered here by the 6th position of Moon from the 7th house and its significator.

(2) While dealing with Moon's positions in various houses, the author of saravahsays the following for the 6th position of Moon :

TsrffT FTvtTf: qcs# vrafa tfsftw

i.e. If Moon is in the vicinity of Sun and is in the 6th house one is very short lived.

The author of Jatak Parijat has said the same thing in 8/75. ^ ^

Rule No. 42

Sudarshan - an illustration

The owner of the following horoscope stated that he has suffered from gastric trouble for the last 22 years without relief.

V WARS SUN KET / 12 y ' Nv 10 XjUP

1 /\ 11 *

X \MER \ / xEN

2 8 /

3 MOON

/N. 5 XVAT / 4 >

RAHU

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On seeing at the horoscope we observe that as many as three benefic planets viz. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are throwing their combined good influence on the 5th house. The 5th house is moreover not aspected by any malefic planet and yet there is the true statement of the subject in regard to suffering of a chronic nature. What is the answer of Astrology? "Sudarshan" is the answer. Let us see. Lord of 5th from lagna is mercuy. Lord of 5th from Chandra lagna is Jupiter and Lord of 5th from the Surya Lagna is venus. All these 3 planets are located under the strong aspect of an exhalted malefic saturn and that too as the Lord of the sign occupied by two malefics. Sun and Ketu. it was thus as a result of the affliction by the disease giver Saturn of the Lord of the 5th house from all the three lagnas that this chronic trouble came into existence. If you examine the problem mjrely from lagna alone you are sure to fail, as then you are likely to think that since both the 5th house and its Lord is under the influence of jupiter and Venus there should be no trouble in the belly. Thus sudarshan teaches us to have an integrated view from all lagnas.

Rule No. 43

Cordiality

There are two main rules for determining cordiality between two relations as seen from the horoscope of any one person. The first rule is that if the Lord of the house of the relation concerned is strong and so also is the significator of that relation, there will be cordiality between the subject and his relation involved. For example see the following :

3T ^ srr?:

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i.e. If the Lord of the 9th house from lagna is full of strength (by house position, sign position, association aspect etc) and so also is the karka i. e. Significator of father (Sun) the subject will be obedient to his father.

(2) The 2nd rule for cordiality is that the two planets involved should not be located in 6th, 8th position from each another or the lagna etc. The following Shloka No. 29 from Chapter 20 of phal deepika is relevant.

vrnfr TprftfT TPrgrtf spfftf'f

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And Moon are in the same sign with saturn and Mars, the birth should be declared as from some one other than the known father of the native. It seems the influence of Jupiter on Sun and Moon (Factors of birth and representatives respectively of father and mother) is a legalising and validating influence that makes a birth real. It is, therefore, stated in the above shloka that without such an influence birth becomes illegitimate.

(2) But in actual life we see that a birth is bastard inspite of Jupiter's influence on the lagna factors stated. For example* here is the horoscope of a person who is bastard. It would be seen that Jupiter is in the same sign as Sun and is therefore, influencing it.

L MARS SAT . ketu

SUN JUL MER

MOON VEN

RAHU j

It is also fully aspecting saturn lord of the Chandra lagna and throwing its 3/4th aspect on mars lord of the lagna.

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Thus the influence of Jupiter on lagna factors is not in con- siderable and yet the birth is bastard. Where is the snag ? The snag lies in Jupiter himself. W e consider that the framer of the above Shloka when he compiled the rule had in his mind a Jupiter that was unsallieda Jupitor that by his purity could legalise the birth. But what if Jupiter himself is subjected to an influence that makes it a polluted instrument hardly fit to do the job expected of it ? In such a case we think Jupiter not only does not legalise the birth, but on the contrary, it helps in making the birth alien or bastard! Examining jupiter in the horoscope we notice that it is lord of the sign occupied by Rahu and as such is spoiled, for it is well known that of all the plantes Jupiter is spoiled by Rahu the most. Again Ketu is fully aspecting Jupiter by 9th aspect. In so aspecting it is also throwing the malefic and lowering influence, qf saturn on Jupiter (see rule 14). Then again note another interesting fact that mercury in this horoscope is the lord of the 6th house both from the Igana and the chandra lagna. Being a house of aliens mercury acts considerably in giving to Jupiter an alien character. We think these Influe- nces on Jupiter are sufficient to change him from a legalising instrument into an instrument of alien nature. Such an alien Jupiter will, of course, make the birth a bastard one due to its influence. Strange but true. We must, therefore, be cautious that when we see the role of Juptier in any horoscope we gave it the importance it deserves in the horoscope and no more. No over rating of its qualities should be justified.

Rule 45 Rahu's AspectAn Illustration

Rahu and Ketu-the shadowy planets throw their influence or "Aspect" as it is called on the house etc. located 5th and 9th from them. Here is Parashar in this context:

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^cT Hll^ yiT sfe

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many as 3 malefics viz. Rahu, mars and saturn What happens J to the life of any person when the 10th house and its lord is so | heavily afflicted? Answer. The party whose lagna the 10th house J forms suffers. "Whose lagna is the 10th house" ? Is the next question? Answer. The lagna of the husband's mother The above is the horoscope of a lady married to an orphan It would also be seen that the affliction of the 10th house and | its lord means the afflication of the 8th house from 3rd and 1 its lord. Since third is the 9th from 7th it represents the father of husband i. e. the father in-law of the lady and ; thus the longevity of the father in law also suffers terribly along with that of the mother in law. Resultthe husband is orphan. I

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(3) Thus in many cases most of the problems involving * trouble may be traced to the influence of Rahu or Ketu and the influence of the malefic planet or planets these notes j may in turn be influenced by. It is, therefore, of utmost importance that we do not overlook the aspects cast by these shadowy planets.

Rule No. 46 Significators and their Lordship

Every conceivable object, person, place, quality etc. in the world is represented in astrology by a planet permanently. The planetis called the karka or significator of that object, person etc. Karkas are thus innumerable. Some of the more important of these karkas is given below. Karkas are always considered alongwith house of which they are, the Karkas or thel lords. For example Sun is Karka of father. As such, affairs relating to father will be considered by the 9th house, lord of the 9th house and the significator of the 9th house i.e. Sun.

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Subject Mouse, Its Lord and the karka Involved Health 1st house its lord and Sun Longevity 1st and 8th house and their Lord and

Saturn Honour 1st and 10th houses and their lords and

Sun. Eyes 2nd house its Lord and Sun for right

eye, 12th house its lord and Moon for left eye

Speech 2nd house, its lord and Mercury and Jupiter

Education 2nd house, its lord and Mercury Food 2nd house, its lord and Moon Younger brothers 3rd house, its lord and Mars Younger sisters 3rd house, its lord and Mercury Ears 3rd house, its lord, 11th house, its lord

and Jupiter Mother 4th house its lord and Moon Conveyance 4th house, its lord and Venus Property 4th house, its lord and Mars Lands 4th house its lord and Saturn Comforts 4th house its lord and Jupiter Relations 4th house its lord and Mercury (other than near ones) Masses 4th house, its lord and Moon and

Saturn Sons 5th and 9th house and their Lords and

Jupiter

Disease 6th house its lord and Saturn

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Wife 7th house its lord and Venus Husband 7th house its lord and Jupiter Revenues of Government 8th and 11th houses and their lords and

Jupiter Sip 8th house, its lord and Mars Religion 9th house its lord and Jupiter Father 9th house its lord and Sun Govt.'s favour 9th house its lord and Jupiter Ruling powers 10th house, its lord and Sun Charitable deeds 10th house its lord Mercury and Jupiter Elder brothers 11th house its lord and Jupiter Sleep 12th house its lord and Venus Left eye 12th house its lord-and Moon

Rule No. 47 The Principle of "Bhavat Bhavam"

There is ample evidence in texts to suggest clearlythat a house as far removed from a particular house as the latter is from the lagna acts like the former house. For example, the 5th house from the lagna is the house of progeny. On the basis of the above principle of "Bhavat Bhavam" the house 5th to 5th i.e. 9th would be as much relevant to a consideration of progeny as the 5th house itself. Similarly father is considered from the 9th house in a horoscope. Hence according to the above principle of "Bhavat Bhavam" the house 9th to 9th i.e. the 5th would be as much relevant to be considered for the affairs of the father as the 9th house itself. See the following shloka no. of chapter 5 of sarvarth chintamani :

ssr vfai ftfr* srfaf *r frfarrfirRT'T

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From the 5th house the following affairs should be considered by a learned astrologer Son, intellect, ministers, advice, food, father, heart, belly and intelligence. Mark the fact that father who is normally considered from the 9th house is here mentioned as to be considered from the 5th house obviously on the basis of the principle of "Bhavat bhavam" stated above.

Rule No. 48 Wealth Giving Yogas

Planets in the horoscope denote much wealth for the native in the following circumstances. The greater the number of such good combinations in a birth chart and the stronger the good factors involved, the richer the man becomes.

(a) When the lagnas are strong. The lagnasare three i.e. lagna proper, the chandra lagna and the surya lagna. These lagnas may be considered to be strong when these contain benefic planets. These are also considered as strong if their lords aspect them, particularly when the lord of the lagna or any of its signs is also aspected by or is associated with a benefic planet.

(b) When the houses of wealth i.e. 2nd, 9th or 11th and their lords are strong in some way or the other (see clause a above)

(c) When rajyogas of Parashar are present in the horoscope. The greater the number of such yogas the richer the man. Parashar Raj yoga is formed when the lord of a Kendra joins the lord of a kona without bad ownership or when a single planet owns kendra and kona simultaneously (e.g. mars for cancer people)

(d) When the lords of evil houses in a horoscope are extremely weak and without good influence.

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(e) When Jupiter is a benefic for the lagna involved and vends is 12th from it.

If) When there is "Neecha Bhanga" yoga i.e. when a planet lord of a good house is in its sign of debilitation and

the lord of the sign occupied is in Jcendra or when the lord of the sign where the debilitated planet becomes exalted is in kendra, this neech bhanga yoga is formed.

(g) When Jupiter is lord of 2nd and 5th house or of 2nd and 11th houses and is strong by kendra position etc. without the aspect etc on it of malefics

(h) The lord of a good house is in exaltation and the lord of the sign occupied by the exalted planet is also in exaltation.

ti) When a natural benefic occupies its own sign in house of wealth, 9th or 11th with Ketu.

(j) When factors denoting wealth are mutually linked. For example "Bhavarth Ratnakar" says in shloka 5 of section dealing with taurus ascendant as under.

i.e. In the case of taurus nativities, the mutual relation by aspect etc. of Jupiter and mercury is a wealth giving Relation or yoga. Now Jupiter in the case of taurus nativities is lord of the 8th and 11th houseboth declared bad by Parashar. Mercury is lord of 2nd and 5th houses both good. Why should Mercury of all planets change the nature of bad jupiter into a good Jupiter instead of himself becoming bad. The point is that this is not the correct way to argue. According to "Bhavarth Ratnakar" the,principle of similarity should be applied here and the fact noted that while Jupiter

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is lord of the house of gains (11th house) mercury is lord of the 2nd - again a house of wealth. It is the association of two factors denoting wealth that has brought into existance the goodness of the yoga and not what mercury or jupiter individually is.according to the yoga rules of Parashar.

(2) Again the principle of similarity has been applied in the case of gemini nativities as under :

vrnw itfe 3ravcf) f^r SPT

i.e. for people born in gemini ascendant, if mars and moon are in the 11th house and saturn is in the 9th, a powerful combination is formed for acquisition of wealth. It would be noted that mars and moon are respectively the lords of the 11th and 2nd houses the houses of wealth. Obviously the association together of two factors for wealth is the rationale behind the good results of this yoga for finance. The aspect of saturn from the 9th house on these two planets will only add to their good results, as saturn too would give the good results of the 9th house, where its mool trikon sign falls.

(3) The principle of similarity has constantly been utilized by Bhavarth Ratnakar for it states in the case of leo nativities:

faf f jan

i.e. If in the case of a leo nativity Sun, mercury and mars are linked together, by aspect or association, one becomes very rich. Mark again the fact that wealth has resulted through the getting together, as it were, of the factors for wealth, Mercury being lord of 2nd and 11th Sun, of lagna and mars of 9th house - all wealth giving houses.

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(4) Similarly there are so many other shlokas in "Bhavarth Ratnakar" where the mutual link between the lord of the 11th and 2nd etc. has been declared a good financial yoga.

(5) If one factor is the lord of a house denoting wealth and the other is Jupiter even then the yoga for wealth obtains.

In this connection shloka 6 of chapter II of "Bhavarth Ratnakar" runs as under :

tiw ifbr :

i.e. If the lord of the 2nd house and Jupiter are linked mutually by association or aspect and mercury too joins, yoga for wealth results. Here Jupiter represents wealth as a significator, while the other planet would do so by lordship of the 2nd house. Mercury joining the combination would, of course, only enhance the good effects.

(6) Another circumstance in which a planet is conducive to wealth is when it is located such a way from each of its signs that it becomes wealth giving. For example let us refer to the following shloka of chapter I of Bhavarth Ratnakar.

i.e. In the case of an aries nativity, if Mars is located in 4th house with Jupiter, it gives much wealth. It is not, as if the debilitation of mars caused by its location in the 4th house has been removed by Jupiter. No, the real intention of the author is to stress the fact that mars even though in his sign of debilitation would give very nice results by virtue of the fact that it would be well placed from both of its signs. It would be 4th from aries and nineth from scorpio. The association of Jupiter lord of 9th would of course add to its value,

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(7) The point is still more clear in the following Shloka No. 13 of chapter I of the same book.

ir$ 3iT?rer ; 5^ smr 'pttt

i.e. For persons born in aries, Jupiter in the 11 th house cannot give rise to any yoga, during its dasa. Here again mark the fact that Jupiter is benefic planet that does good to a native of aries and is considered to be strong in the 11th house under normal rules, but when you consider the fact that he is third from his mool trikon sign i.e. adversely placed from it and also 12th from its other sign pisces, you can under- stand why the author does not attribute good results to its dasa.

(8> Here Is an other shloka in Uustration of the principle that a planet ill placed from its mool trikon sign becomes bad for the house containing that sign, and as such, if the house involved is good, the results are not good. In Shloka No. 14 Chapter I "Bhavarth Ratnakar" says.

ifT STTcTFT tfforsg JT jffcTS ;

i.e., For people born in aries mars in the 8th house, inspite of being lord of lagna does not give any yoga. It, however, gives some little yoga if it is in company of Sun and Venus. Why is mars in Scorpio in the 8th house not a planet of yOga ? The answer is because it is in 8th from its mool trikon sign aries. By association with Sun lord of 5th and Venus lord of 2nd - two wealth giving planets it does, however, give good results to some extent.

(7J Why is the combination of Moon and Jupiter in lagna of a cancer man one that gives much affluence. You will

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probably say because of the association of two friends one of whom is in exaltation and the other in its own sign. No, that would not be the correct approach. The correct answer it seems according to the spirit of "Bhavarth Ratnakar" would be, that because Jupiter is badly situated from its mool trikon sign falling in a bad house 16th) it has become good for the native.

spj ^ $ STTcrer 51% tST! sprcn?! ;

(81 Here is another interesting yoga in shloka : i e. In the case of people born with Sagittarius as their ascendant, if Saturn occupies the 5th house, Saturn gives much affluence in its dasa. Why should a debilitated Saturn in 5th house give excellent results ? The answer is that Saturn in such an event is well placed from a good house (2nd) containing one of its signs and is badly placed from a bad house (3rd) containing its other sign. Another reason probably would be that Saturn would aspect its own sign capricorn in the house of wealth and boost it.

(9) The first two shlokas of section dealing with capricorn nativities afford still more evidence in support of the view that the author of "Bhavarth Ratnakar" gives high importance to the mool trikon sign of a planet as also to the question as to how a particular planet is located from his signs, shlokas are:

=5r : WTatni T %5PT I

^nrnfT T %5Pr :

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"For persons born in Capricorn, if mercury occupies the 8th house and Jupiter is in the ascendant, aspected by venus, long life certainly will be conferred but poverty would also be definitely caused". Mercury would be lord of the 6th and the 9th houses, with its mool trikon sign falling in the 9th house. Mow for the lord of the 9th house to be located in

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