Week 13 · Unit 2 · The Capstone
Milestone 1 of 5: Assemble and rehearse the process
The Guided Analysis
All fifteen steps worked in the open on a chart you have known for twelve weeks — including the hesitations.
Assumes you have done: Unit 1 of this week
Why this matters
Watching a method run end to end is different from learning its parts, and it is the last thing the course does for you before asking you to do it yourself. The chart is Einstein, chosen because you have judged it four times already and because a documented life lets every claim be checked. What matters most here is not the conclusions but the places where the reasoning slows down, hesitates, and says so.
Learn
Watching a method run is different from learning its parts. This is the last thing the course does for you.
The chart is Chart B. You have judged it in four clinics, you know its placements, and none of your attention will go on orientation — which leaves all of it for the method.
Work the question yourself first. The instruction in the apply section is not decorative: reading a worked analysis before producing your own replaces reasoning with recognition, which feels almost identical and is not.
The worked analysis
The question: What does this chart show about the person’s working life and what it produced?
Step 1 — Understand the question
The stated question is about work. The real question, as most people mean it, is about what a life produced and whether it was recognised — which is broader than employment and narrower than everything.
What would count as an answer? A statement about the domain of action: whether it is well supported, what kind of action, through what route, with what obstacles, and when the chart shows it becoming prominent. Not a job title. Not a date.
Step 2 — Establish the chart
Birth certificate, recorded as “before noon at eleven and a half” — a half-hour statement. So the rising sign is secure and the Lagna degree is not, good to a few degrees at best.
Consequence, decided now rather than later: I will use whole-sign houses throughout, I will not lean on anything that turns on the Lagna’s exact degree, and I will not subdivide timing below the Antardaśā.
Lahiri ayanāṁśa, mean nodes, whole-sign houses. Stated so anyone comparing knows what they are comparing with.
Step 3 — Lagna and overall shape
Gemini rises. Lagna lord Mercury.
The distribution is the first thing that strikes anyone: four grahas in the 10th house, Pisces — Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Venus. Jupiter in the 9th. Moon in the 6th. Mars and Rahu in the 8th, Ketu in the 2nd.
First impression, held loosely: a chart with an unusual amount committed to one part of the zodiac, and that part is the 10th.
Step 4 — Relevant Bhāvas
Primary: the 10th, as Karma — action and what action produces.
Supporting: the 1st, since the person is the actor; the 11th for what the action delivers; the 9th, because a Trikoṇa lord’s involvement bears on whether action is fortunate.
Contradicting — the houses that would undo the matter: the 6th, 8th and 12th counted from the 10th, which are the 3rd, 5th and 9th. Worth noting immediately that the 9th appears in both lists, which is not a contradiction but does mean Jupiter’s position needs careful handling.
Step 5 — Their lords
The 10th lord is Jupiter, in the 9th, Aquarius.
Functional nature for Gemini: Jupiter rules the 7th and the 10th — both Kendras. By Chapter 36 verses 2–7, a natural benefic ruling only Kendras loses its benefic quality. So Jupiter here is not the straightforward support it first appears.
Mercury, Lagna lord, rules the 1st and 4th — Lagna lord, strongly favourable by verse 7.
Saturn rules the 8th and 9th — a Duḥsthāna and a Trikoṇa together.
Venus rules the 5th and 12th — a Trikoṇa and a house of dissolution.
Step 6 — Relevant kārakas
For action and standing: the Sun, which is in the 10th itself. That is a convergence — house and kāraka in the same place — and convergences are worth noting explicitly.
The Ātmakāraka for life direction. Identified by highest degree within sign; from the placement table that is Venus at 24°49′ Pisces. Venus is exalted.
Step 7 — Occupants, conjunctions, Dṛṣṭi
Four grahas in the 10th, in mutual conjunction. Their dignities are not alike: Venus exalted, Mercury debilitated, Sun and Saturn neutral.
That non-uniformity is the single most important observation in this chart and it would be lost by treating the house’s occupants as a group.
Aspects on the 10th: Jupiter from the 9th aspects the 5th, 1st and 3rd — not the 10th. Mars from the 8th aspects the 11th, 2nd and 3rd by its special aspects, and the 2nd by opposition. So the 10th receives no strong aspect from outside; what it has is what sits in it.
Step 8 — Dignity, strength, support, affliction
Four independent readings, per planet, not merged:
Venus — exalted; functionally mixed (5th Trikoṇa, 12th); Ātmakāraka; Ṣaḍbala not computed.
Mercury — debilitated, and in an enemy’s sign, so the compound relationship compounds the fall rather than offsetting it; functionally strong as Lagna lord.
Sun — neutral dignity; rules the 3rd, a Trishadāya; natural kāraka for the matter under examination.
Saturn — neutral; rules a Duḥsthāna and a Trikoṇa; verse 15’s blocking case.
Step 9 — Relevant vargas
For a question about action: the D10. Also worth a glance at the D9, since the Ātmakāraka’s Navāṁśa is the Kārakāṁśa.
I will check whether the 10th’s occupants hold together in the D10 or scatter. Scattering would suggest the concentration is less structural than it looks in the rashi chart.
Step 10 — Yogas, supporting and contradicting
Pañchamahāpuruṣa: Venus is exalted — condition one satisfied — and in the 10th, a Kendra — condition two satisfied. Mālavya Yoga forms.
Now the checks. Does Venus rule a Trishadāya? It rules the 5th and 12th: no. So not blocked by verse 15. Delivery: exalted, in a Kendra, in a friend’s sign — strong on every measure I have.
Kendra–Trikoṇa relationships: Saturn rules the 9th, a Trikoṇa, and sits in the 10th, a Kendra. But Saturn also rules the 8th, and Venus also rules the 12th, so several of the available relationships here carry a Duḥsthāna lordship with them.
Lunar yogas: the Moon is in Scorpio in the 6th. Check the 2nd and 12th from it — Sagittarius and Libra. Neither holds a graha other than the Sun. That is Kemadruma. And it is worth applying the Week 6 discipline immediately: the Moon is debilitated, which compounds it, but Kemadruma is common and the correct weight is “an unsupported Moon, worth noting” rather than an alarm.
Step 11 — State the natal promise
Written down before anything about the actual life is consulted:
This chart is set up for a life heavily committed to public action, in which what that action produces is of markedly uneven quality — one strand of it operating at the highest available level and another strand impeded — with the unevenness internal to the same domain rather than separating one area of life from another. Fortune and action are structurally connected, through a planet that also carries a Duḥsthāna lordship. The emotional and mental register is unsupported and works through difficulty.
That is the promise. Everything after this checks against it.
Step 12 — Viṁśottarī timing
Born in Mercury Mahādaśā with 10.46 years remaining. Then Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18.
Reading through lordships, not names:
Venus Mahādaśā — Venus rules the 5th and 12th, is exalted in the 10th, and is the Ātmakāraka and the Mālavya Yoga planet. So a period activating production and merit through public action, at full strength, in the domain the chart is most committed to. On the promise above, this is where the strong strand should express.
Sun Mahādaśā — the Sun rules the 3rd and sits in the 10th as the natural kāraka for standing. A period activating recognition specifically.
Mars Mahādaśā — Mars rules the 6th and 11th, sits in the 8th with Rahu. A period activating opposition, gain, and the concealed — the 8th being what is hidden and what lies past an ending.
Level: Antardaśā only. The birth time will not support finer.
Step 13 — Compare supporting and contradicting evidence
Supporting the promise: four grahas in a Kendra; an unblocked Pañchamahāpuruṣa yoga; the natural kāraka in the primary house; the Ātmakāraka exalted in that house; a Trikoṇa lord placed there.
Contradicting: the Lagna lord debilitated in that same house, and it is the single most weighted planet in any chart; the 10th lord functionally neutralised by Chapter 36’s Kendra rule; two of the relevant lords carrying Duḥsthāna lordships; no external aspect supporting the house; a debilitated Moon in a Duḥsthāna with Kemadruma.
Step 14 — Judge confidence, per conclusion
Heavy commitment to public action — strong. Four grahas in the 10th, kāraka and Ātmakāraka among them. Nothing argues against it.
Marked unevenness within that domain — moderate to strong. An exalted and a debilitated planet in one house is direct evidence, and the compound relationship reinforces both.
Fortune structurally connected to action — moderate. Saturn’s 9th lordship in the 10th supports it; Saturn’s 8th lordship qualifies it.
Venus Mahādaśā as the period of strongest expression — weak to moderate, and specifically: this rests on Venus’s exaltation and Ātmakāraka status without a strength measure to confirm it, and Venus also rules the 12th. What would settle it: Ṣaḍbala figures for Venus and Mercury. I have said this twice now and it is the one outstanding piece of evidence in the whole analysis.
The emotional register as unsupported — moderate. Debilitated Moon, Duḥsthāna, Kemadruma — three factors agreeing. Kemadruma’s commonness is the qualification.
Step 15 — Synthesise and answer in plain language
This is a chart built around doing something in the world, more heavily than most — the great majority of its weight sits in the house of action and public standing, and both the planet that naturally signifies standing and the planet that indicates what the life is organised around are there.
What is unusual is that the quality is not uniform. One planet in that house is at the very top of its range and another is at the bottom, and they are sitting together. So I would expect the working life to contain something operating at an exceptionally high level, and alongside it something in the same domain that is genuinely obstructed — not a good area and a bad area, but both inside the same one.
The person’s own position within that is the impeded part, on the evidence. Fortune and action are structurally linked, through a planet that also carries a difficult lordship, so I would expect the connection to be real and not smooth.
The long period from the late 1890s onward is where I would expect the strong strand to express most, though I hold that more loosely than the rest — it rests on a placement I have not been able to weigh with a strength measure.
The emotional and mental register looks unsupported, on three independent factors. That is a separate thing from the working life and I would not merge them.
What I cannot tell you from this chart: anything requiring the exact rising degree, since the birth time is recorded only to the half hour.
What to take from this
Not the conclusions. The route.
Notice where it stopped: twice, in the open, at a missing strength measure and at a genuinely close weighing. Notice that Step 11 was written before Step 12 was begun. Notice that Step 14 rated five conclusions separately and one came out weak with a named remedy.
A worked example that flows smoothly to a confident conclusion is a misleading model of what careful reading looks like. Real analysis stalls, and knowing what to do when it stalls is most of the skill.
Now go back to your own parallel analysis and find three places where your reasoning took a different route. Decide which was better and why.
That is the most useful twenty minutes in this week.
Read BPHS
This is the source itself. The teaching above prepares you for it; it does not replace it.
Show the full passage — 145 verses, 17 diagrams
लग्नेशे लग्नगे देहसुखभाग् भुजविक्रमी ।
मनस्वी चञ्चलश्चौव द्विभार्यो परगोऽपि वा ॥ १ ॥
- If the Ascendant Lord has fallen in the Ascendant itself, the native will get physical comforts and physical prowess. He will be thoughtful intelligent, fickle minded, will have two wives and will have sexual relations with other women than his own wife.
लग्नेशे धनगे बालो लाभवान् पण्डितः सुखी ।
सुशील धर्मविन्मानी बहुदारो गुणैर्युतः ॥ २ ॥
- When the Lord of the Ascendant has been placed in the 2nd House, the native will be gainful, learned, happy, good natured, religious minded, honourable will have many wives and good qualities.
लग्नेशे सहजे जातः सिंहतुल्य-पराक्रमी ।
सर्वसम्पद्युतो मानी द्विभार्यो मतिमान् सुखी ॥ ३ ॥
- Should the Ascendant Lord be placed in the Third House, the native will be equal to lion in valour, will have all kinds of wealth, will be honourable, will have two wives and be intelligent and happy.
लग्नेशे सुखगे बाल: पितृमातृसुखान्वितः ।
बहुभ्रातृयुतः कामी गुणरूपसमन्वितः ॥ ४ ॥
- Should the Ascendant Lord be in the 4th House the native will be blessed with paternal and maternal happiness, many brothers and will be lascivious, virtuous and charming.
लग्नेशे सुतगे जन्तोः सुतसौख्यं च मध्यमम् ।
प्रथमापत्यनाशः स्यान्मानी क्रोधी नृपप्रियः ॥ ५ ॥
- In case the Ascendant Lord has gone into the 5th House, the native will have mediocre happiness through his sons, the first born will not live, he will be honourable, wrathful and favourite to a king.
लग्नेशे षष्ठगे जातो देहसौख्यविवर्जितः ।
पापाढ्ये शत्रुतः पीडा सौम्यदृष्टिविवर्जितः ॥ ६ ॥
- In the event of the Ascendant Lord having fallen in the 6th House, the native is deprived of bodily pleasures. If he (the Ascendant Lord) is under the influence of a malefic and has no benefic aspect on him, he will be troubled by an enemy.
लग्नेशे सप्तमे पापे भार्या तस्य न जीवति ।
शुभेऽटनो दरिद्रो वा विरक्तो वा नृपोऽपि वा ॥ ७ ॥
- If the Ascendant Lord is a malefic and he occupies the 7th House the native's wife will not live. If he (the Ascendant Lord) is a benefic planet, the native is an aimless wanderer, penurious, of ascetic disposition or becomes a king.
लग्नेशेऽष्टमगे जातः सिद्धविद्याविशारदः ।
रोगी चौरो महाक्रोधी द्यूती च परदारगः ॥ ८ ॥
- Should the Ascendant Lord occupy the 8th House, the native will be Siddha Vidya Visharada (having the knowledge of occult powers), sickly, thievish, extremely wrathful, a gambler and given to traversing others wives.
लग्नेशे भाग्यगे जातो भाग्यवाञ्जनवल्लभः ।
विष्णुभक्तः पटुर्वाग्मी दारपुत्रधनैर्युतः ॥ ९ ॥
- If the Ascendant Lord is situated in the 9th House the native will be fortunate, dear to the people, devotee of Lord Vishnu, skilful eloquent speaker and will be endowed with wife, sons and wealth.
लग्नेशे दशमे जात: पितृसौख्यसमन्वितः ।
नृपमान्यो जने ख्यातः स्वार्जितस्वो न संशयः ॥ १० ॥
- Should the Ascendant Lord be situated in the 10th House, the native will be endowed with paternal happiness, will enjoy royal favour, fame among men and will undoutedly have self earned wealth.
लग्नेशे लाभगे जात: सदा लाभसमन्वितः ।
सुशील: ख्यातकीर्तिश्च बहुदारगुणैर्युतः ॥ ११ ॥
- In case the Ascendant Lord has been placed in the 11th House, the native will always have gains, good qualities, fame and many wives.
लग्नेशे व्ययभावस्थे देहसौख्यविवर्जितः ।
व्यर्थव्ययी महाक्रोधी शुभद्वग्योगवर्जिते ॥ १२ ॥
- In the event of the Ascendant Lord being placed in the 12th House, the native will be benefic of bodily pleasures. If the 12th House is devoid of the conjunction of or the aspect of a benefic planet, he will unfruitfully spend his wealth and will be given to much anger.
धनेशे लग्नगे जात: पुत्रवान् धनसंयुतः ।
कुटुम्बकण्टकः कामी निष्ठुरः परकार्यकृत् ॥ १३ ॥
- When the 2nd Lord has gone in the Ascendant, the native will be endowed with sons and wealth, will be inimical to his family, lustful, hard hearted and will do other's jobs.
धनेशे धनगे जातो धनवान् गर्वसंयुतः ।
द्विभार्यो बहुभार्यो वा सुतहीनः प्रजायते ॥ १४ ॥
- In case the 2nd Lord is in the 2nd House, the native will be wealthy, proud, will have two or more wives but will have no son.
धनेशे सहजे जातो विक्रमी मतिमान् गुणी ।
कामी लोभी शुभाढ्ये च पापाढ्ये देवनिन्दकः ॥ १५ ॥
- If the 2nd Lord is situated in the 3rd House the native will be a man of valour, be wise, virtuous, lustful and miserly. He will have these effects when he (the 2nd Lord) is related to a benefic, if he is related to a malefic the native will be heterodox.
धनेशे सुखभावस्थे सर्वसम्पतसमन्वितः ।
गुरुणा संयुते स्वोच्चे राजतुल्यो नरो भवेत् ॥ १६ ॥
- In case the 2nd Lord occupies the 4th House, the native is endowed with all kinds of wealth. If he is in conjunction with Jupiter or is in his exaltation sign, the native will be equal to a king.
In the Chaukhamba edition the 2nd line of this sloka runs in this way "सगुरो सभृगौ वापि तुङ्गस्थे राज सन्निभः" that is if the 2nd Lord is in conjunction with Jupiter and Venus or in his sign of exaltation in the 4th House, the native will be like a king.
धनेशे सुतभावस्थे जातो धनसमन्वितः ।
धनोपार्जनशीलाक्ष जायन्ते तत्सुता अपि ॥ १७ ॥
- If the 2nd Lord is situated in the 5th House the native will be wealthy. His son will also be intent on earning wealth.
धनेशे रिपुभावस्थे सशुभे शत्रुतो धनम् ।
सपापे शत्रुतो हानिर्जङ्कावैकल्यवान् भवेत् ॥ १८ ॥
- Should the 2nd Lord occupy the 6th House and be in conjunction with a benefic, the native will gain wealth through his enemies; if he be with a malefic he (the native), will have loss through his enemies and will be weak thighed.
धनेशे सप्तमे जातः परदाररतो भिषक् ।
पापेक्षितयुते तस्य भार्या च व्यभिचारिणी ॥ १९ ॥
- In the event of the 2nd Lord falling in the 7th House, the native will apt to traverse other's wife and will be a physician. If the 2nd Lord in the 7th House is in conjunction with or is aspected by a malefic his wife will be a harlot.
धनेशेऽष्टमगे जातो भुरिभूमिधनैर्यतः ।
पत्नीसुखं भवेत स्वल्पं ज्येष्ठभ्रातृसुखं न हि ॥ २० ॥
- Should the 2nd Lord happen to be placed in the 8th House the native is endowed with abundant land wealth, but he will. have little marital felicity and be bereft of happiness through elder brother.
धनेशे धर्मभावस्थे धनवानुद्यमी पटुः ।
बाल्ये रोगी सुखी पश्चात् तीर्थधर्मव्रतादिकृत् ॥ २१ ॥
- Should the 2nd Lord be placed int he 9th House the native will be wealthy, diligent and skilful. He remains sickly childhood but happy in the remaining years of life. He visits shrines and observes religious rites etc.
धनेशे कर्मगे जात: कामी मानी च पण्डितः ।
बहुदारधनैर्युक्तः किञ्च पुत्रसुखोज्झितः ॥ २२ ॥
- In case the 2nd Lord is situated in the 10th House, the native will be libidinous, honourable and learned, will have many wives but will be bereft of filial happiness.
धनेशे लाभभावस्थे सर्वलाभसमन्वितः ।
सदोद्योगयुतो मानी कीर्तिमान् जायते नरः ॥ २३ ॥
- Should the 2nd Lord be in the 11th House the native will enjoy all kinds of wealth and gains, will be ever diligent, honourable and famous.
धनेशे व्ययभावस्थे साहसी धनवर्जितः ।
परभाग्यरतस्तस्य ज्येष्ठापत्यसुखं नहि ॥ २४ ॥
- If the 2nd Lord occupies the 12th House the combination makes the native adventurous, devoid of wealth, dependent on others and keeps him bereft of the happiness of the eldest son.
Notes: The 12th is the House of expenses. Therefore, the situation of the Lord of Wealth (the 2nd Lord) in the House of expenses (the 12th House) makes the native spend his wealth. This is the House of foreign also. The native may earn money from a foreign country also. In the Aries and Gemini Ascendants people have been seen becoming wealthy, money earned from foreign trade. Natives having Aquarius Ascendants have to suffer special losses of wealth from foreign trade. Such natives should not engage themselves in this trade.
लग्नगे सहजाधीशे स्वभुजार्जितवित्तवान् ।
सेवाज्ञः साहसी जातो विद्याहीनोऽपि बुद्धिमान् ॥ २५ ॥
- Should the 3rd Lord be situated in the Ascendant the native will have self-made wealth, will be disposed to serve, valorous and intelligent although devoid of learning.
द्वितीये सहजाधीशे स्थूलो विक्रमवर्जितः ।
स्वल्पारम्भी सुखी न स्यात् परस्त्रीधनकामुकः ॥ २६ ॥
- If the 3rd Lord happens to fall in the 2nd House the native will be corpulent, devoid of valour, less disposed to take initiative, unhappy and will have eyes on others' wives and others' wealth.
सहजे सहजाधीशे सहोदरसुखान्वितः ।
धनपुत्रयुतो हृष्टो भुनक्ति सुखमद्भुतम् ॥ २७ ॥
- If the 3rd Lord occupies the 3rd House the native will be endowed with happiness through brothers, will be wealthy, have sons and be cheerful and extremely happy.
सुखस्थे सहजाधीशे सुखी च धनसंयुतः ।
मतिमान् जायते बालो दुष्टभार्यापतिश्च सः ॥ २७ ॥
- Should the 3rd be situated in the 4th House, the native will be happy, wealthy and intelligent but will acquire a vicious wife.
सुतस्थे सहजाधीशे पुत्रवान् गुणसंयुतः ।
भार्या तस्य भवेत् क्रूरा क्रूरग्रहयुतेक्षिते ॥ २९ ॥
- In case the 3rd is placed in the 5th House the native will be blessed with sons and be worthy. If he is in conjunction with or is aspected by a malefic planet the native's wife is of cruel nature.
षष्ठभावे तृतीयेशे भ्रातृशत्रुर्महाधनी ।
मातुलैश्च समं वैरं मातुलानीप्रियो नरः ॥ ३० ॥
- If the 3rd Lord happens to be placed in the 6th House, the native will be inimical to his brother, be very wealthy, will have enmity with his maternal uncle and will have love for his maternal aunt.
सप्तमे सहजाधीशे राजसेवापरो नरः ।
बाल्ये दुःखी सुखी चान्ते जायते नाऽत्र संशयः ॥ ३१ ॥
- Should the 3rd Lord occupy the 7th House the native will have aptitude for serving the king, he will not be happy during childhood but there is no doubt in it that he will get happiness at the end.
अष्टमे सहजाधीशे जातश्चौरो नरो भवेत् ।
दासवृत्त्योपजीवी च राजद्वारे मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ ३२ ॥
- In case the 3rd Lord is situated in the 8th House, the native will be a thief, will derive his livilihood from serving others and will be killed by a king.
नवमे सहजाधीशे पितुः सुखविवर्जितः ।
स्त्रीभिर्भाग्योदयस्तस्य पुत्रादिसुखसंयुतः ॥ ३३ ॥
- If the 3rd Lord happens to fall in the 9th House, the native is bereft of paternal happiness, makes fortunes through his wife and enjoys the happiness of having son etc.
दशमे सहजाधीशे जात: सर्वसुखान्वितः ।
स्वभुजार्जितवित्ताश्च दुष्टस्त्रीभरणे रतः ॥ ३४ ॥
- When the 3rd Lord is placed in the 10th house, the native will have all kinds of happiness, and self made wealth and is apt to nurture wicked females.
लाभगे सहजाधीशे व्यापारे लाभवान् सदा ।
विद्याहीनोऽपि मेधावी साहसी परसेवकः ॥ ३५ ॥
- If the 3rd Lord has gone into the 11th House, the native will always gain in trading, will be intelligent inspite of being illiterate, be adventurous and will serve others.
व्ययस्थे सहजाघीशे कुकार्ये व्ययकृज्जनः ।
पिता तस्य भवेत् क्रूरः स्त्रीभिर्भाग्योदयस्तथा ॥ ३६ ॥
- In the event of the 3rd Lord being placed in the 12th House, the native will spend his wealth in evil deeds, his father will be cruel and the native becomes fortunate through his wife.
सुखेशे लग्नगे जातो विद्यागुणविभूषितः ।
भूमि-वाहनसंयुक्तो मातुः सुखसमन्वितः ॥ ३७ ॥
- When the 4th Lord is situated in the Ascendant, the native is blessed with learning, virtues, ornaments, lands, conveyances and maternal happiness.
सुखेशे धनगे जातो भोगी सर्वधनान्वितः ।
कुटुम्बसहितो मानी साहसी कुहकान्वितः ॥ ३८ ॥
- Should the 4th Lord occupy the 2nd House (the House of Wealth) the native will enjoy pleasures, be blessed with all kinds of wealth, family life and honour and be adventurous. He will be cunning and deceptive in disposition.
सुखेशे सहजे जातो विक्रमी भृत्यसंयुतः ।
उदारोऽरुग् गुणी दाता स्वभुजार्जितवित्तवान् ॥ ३९ ॥
- If the 4th Lord be placed in the 3rd House, the native will be valorous, will have servants, be liberal virtuous and charitable and will have self earned wealths and be free from diseases.
सुखेशे सुखभावस्थे मन्त्री सर्वधनान्वितः ।
चतुरः शीलवान् मानी ज्ञानवान् स्त्रीप्रियः सुखी ॥ ४० ॥
- In case the 4th Lord occupies the 4th House, the native will rise to the ministership, will possess all kinds of wealths, he will be skilful, virtuous, honourable, learned, happy and be well disposed to his wife.
सुखेशे पुत्रभावस्थे सुखी सर्वजनप्रियः ।
विष्णुभक्तो गुणी मानी स्वभुजार्जितवित्तवान् ॥ ४१ ॥
- If the 4th Lord is situated in the 5th House, the native will be happy, be favourite of all, devotee of Lord Vishnu, virtuous, honourable and will possess self earned wealth.
सुखेशे रिपुभावस्थे मातुः सुखविवर्जितः ।
क्रोधी चोरोऽभिचारी च स्वेच्छाचाराश्च दुर्मनाः ॥ ४२ ॥
- In the event of the 4th Lord falling in the 6th House (the House of Enemies) the native will be devoid of maternal happiness. He will be given to wrath, be a thief and a man of questionable character, self willed and vicious.
सुखेशे सप्तमे जातो बहुविद्यासमन्वितः ।
पित्रार्जितधनत्यागी सभायां मूकवद् भवेत् ॥ ४३ ॥
- If the 4th Lord has gone in the 7th House the native will be highly learned in various branches of knowledge, will be apt to leave his paternal property, and will be akin to the dumb in an assembly.
सुखेशे रन्ध्रभावस्थे गृहादिसुखवर्जितः ।
पित्रोः सुखं भवेदल्पं जात: क्लीबसमो भवेत् ॥ ४४ ॥
- When the 4th Lord happens to be placed in the 8th House, the native will be devoid of domestic and other comforts, will not get much paternal happiness and be equal to a neuter.
सुखेशे भाग्यभावस्थे जात: सर्वजनप्रियः ।
देवभक्तो गुणी मानी भवेत् सर्वसुखान्वितः ॥ ४५ ॥
- If the 4th Lord is situated in the 9th House, the native will be loved by one and all, be a devotee of God, Virtuous, honourable and blessed with every kind of happiness.
सुखेशे कर्मभावस्थे राजमान्यो नरो भवेत् ।
रसायनी महाहुष्टो सुखभोगी जितेन्द्रियः ॥ ४६ ॥
- Should the 4th Lord occupy the 10th house, the native will enjoy royal honours, be an alchemist, be extremely pleased, will have pleasures and will be conqueror of his five senses.
सुखेशे लाभगे जातो गुप्तरोगभयान्वितः ।
उदारो गुणवान् दाता परोपकरणे रतः ॥ ४७ ॥
- In case the 4th Lord has gone in the 11th House, the native will be obsessed with fear of secret disease, be liberal, virtuous, charitable and helpful to others.
सुखेशे व्ययभावस्थे गृहादिसुखवर्जितः ।
जातो दुर्व्यसनी मूढ़ः सदाऽऽलस्यसमन्वितः ॥ ४८ ॥
- If the 4th Lord is situated in the 12th House, the native will be devoid of domestic and other comforts, will have vices and be foolish and indolent.
सुतेशे लग्नगे जातो विद्वान् पुत्रसुखान्वितः ॥
कदयों वक्रचित्तश्च परद्रव्यापहारकः ॥ ४९ ॥
- Should the 5th Lord occupy the Ascendant, the native will be Schorlarly, be blessed with progenic happiness, be miserly, crooked and stealer of other's wealth.
सुतेशे धनगे जातो बहुपुत्रो धनान्वितः ।
कुटुम्बपोषको मानी स्त्रीप्रियः सुयशा भुवि ॥ ५० ॥
- If the 5th Lord occupies the 2nd House the native will have the blessing of having many sons and wealth. He will be supporter of his family, honourable, be attached to his wife and be famous in the world.
सुतेशे सहजे भावे जायते सोदरप्रियः ।
पिशुनश्च कदर्यश्च स्वकार्यनिरतः सदा ॥ ५१ ॥
- In case the 5th Lord is situated in the 3rd House, the native will be dear to his brothers, be a tale bearer and miserly and is always interested in his own work.
सुतेशे सुखभावस्थे सुखी मातृसुखान्वितः ।
लक्ष्मीयुक्तः सुबुद्धिश्च राज्ञोऽमात्योऽथवा गुरुः ॥ ५२ ॥
- If the 5th Lord occupies the 4th House the native will be happy, having the blessing of maternal happiness, wealth and intelligence and be a king or a minister or a preceptor.
सुतेशे सुतभावस्थे शुभाढ्ये पुत्रवान् नरः ।
पापाढ्येऽपत्यहीनोऽसौ गुणवान् मित्रवत्सलः ॥ ५३ ॥
- Should the 5th Lord be placed in the 5th House and be in conjunction with a benefic, the native will be blessed with sons; he will have no issues, but will be virtuous and dear to friends in case the 5th Lord in the 5th Houses is together with a malefic.
सुतेशे रिपुभावस्थे पुत्रः शत्रुसमो भवेत् ।
मृतापत्योऽथवा जातो दत्तक्रीतसुतोऽथवा ॥ ५४ ॥
- In the event of the 5th Lord being relegated to the 6th House, the native's sons will be equal to his enemies or he will die or the naitve will acquire an adopted or purchased son.
सुतेशे सप्तमे मानी सर्वधर्मसमन्वितः ।
पुत्रादिसुखयुक्तश्च परोपकरणे रतः ॥ ५५ ॥
- If the 5th Lord is situated in the 7th House, the native will be tolerant of all religions and very religious, endowed with progenic happiness and be helpful to others.
सुतेशे रन्ध्रभावस्थे स्वल्पपुत्रसुखान्वितः ।
कासश्वाससमायुक्तः क्रोधी च सुखवर्जितः ॥ ५६ ॥
- In the event of the 5th Lord being relegated to the 8th House, the native will have less progenic happiness, will be troubled by cough and pulmonary or respiratory diseases, be given to anger and be devoid of happiness.
सुतेशे भाग्यगे पुत्रो भूपो वा तत्समो भवेत् ।
स्वयं वा ग्रन्थकर्ता च विख्यातः कुलदीपकः ॥ ५७ ॥
- Should the 5th Lord be placed in the 9th House the native will be prince or equal to prince, be an illustrious author and be illustrious in his family.
सुतेशे राज्यभावस्थे राजयोगो हि जायते ।
अनेकसुखभोगी च ख्यातकीर्तिर्नरो भवेत् ॥ ५८ ॥
- Should the 5th Lord occupy the 10th House the native will be blessed with Raj yoga (governmental favour) and various pleasures and be very illustrious.
सुतेशे लाभगे जातो विद्यावान् जनवल्लभः ।
ग्रन्थकर्ता महादक्षो बहुपुत्रधनान्वितः ॥५९ ॥
- In case the 5th Lord occupies the 11th House, the native will be learned, be dear to the people, be an illustrious author, be very skilful and be endowed with many sons and wealth.
सुतेशे व्ययभावस्थे जात: पुत्रसुखोज्झितः ।
दत्तपुत्रयुतो वाऽसौ क्रीतपुत्रान्वितोऽथवा ॥ ६० ॥
- In the event of the 5th Lord having fallen in the 12th House, the native is bereft of the happiness of having his own sons. He will have an adopted or purchased son.
षष्ठेशे लग्नगे जातो रोगवान् कीर्तिसंयुतः ।
आत्मशत्रुर्धनी मानी साहसी गुणवान् नरः ॥ ६१ ॥
- If the 6th Lord is situated in the Ascendant, the native will be sickly, famous, inimical to his relatives, adventurous and virtuous.
घष्ठेशे धनभावस्थे साहसी कुलविश्रुतः ।
परदेशी सुखी वक्ता स्वकर्मनिरतः सदा ॥ ६२ ॥
- In case the 6th Lord has fallen in the 2nd House, the native will be adventurous, illustrious in his family and he will live in alien countries or foreign lands, be happy, be a good speaker and be always interested in his own work.
षष्ठेशे सहजे जात: क्रोधी विक्रमवर्जितः ।
भ्राता शत्रुसमस्तस्य भृत्यक्षोत्तरदायकः ॥ ६३ ॥
- If the 6th Lord is situated in the 3rd House, the native will be given to anger, be bereft of courage, inimical to all his brothers and will have disobedient Servants.
षष्ठेशे सुखभावस्थे मातुः सुखविवर्जितः ।
मनस्वी पिशुनो द्वेषी चलचित्तोऽतिवित्तवान् ॥ ६४ ॥
- In case the 6th Lord is situated in the 4th House the native will be devoid of maternal happiness, be intelligent, be a talebearer, be jealous, fickleminded and very rich.
षष्ठेश: सुतगो यस्य चलं तस्य धनादिकम् ।
शुत्रता पुत्रमित्रैश्च सुखी स्वार्थी दयान्वितः ॥ ६५ ॥
- In the event of the 6th Lord occupying the 5th House, the native's wealth will be always fluctuating, he will contract enmity with his son and friend, be happy, selfish and kind.
षष्ठेशे रिपुभावस्थे वैरं स्वस्त्रज्ञातिमण्डलात् ।
अन्यैः सह भवेन् मैत्री सुखं मध्यं धनादिकम् ॥ ६६ ॥
- If the 6th Lord is situated in the 6th House the naitve will have enmity with his own kinsmen and friendship with others and will have only mediocre happiness in matters like wealth.
षष्ठेशे दारभावस्थे जातो दारसुखोज्झितः ।
कीर्तिमान् गुणवान् मानी साहसी धनसंयुतः ॥ ६७ ॥
- In case the 6th Lord is situated in the 7th House the native will be devoid of happiness through wedlock, be famous, virtuous honourable, adventurous and wealthy.
षष्ठेशेऽष्टमगे जातो रोगी शत्रुर्मनीषिणाम् ।
परद्रव्याभिलाषी च परदाररतोऽशुचिः ॥ ६८ ॥
- In the event of the 6th Lord falling in the 8th House, the native will be sickly, inimical to the learned and the wise, will desire others' wealth be interested in others' wives and be impure.
षष्ठेशे भाग्यगे जात: काष्ठपाषाणविक्रयी ।
व्यवहारे क्वचिद्धानिः क्वचिवृद्धिश्च जायते ॥ ६९ ॥
- If the 6th Lord is situated in the 9th House, the native will trade in wood and stones and will confront fluctuations in trade.
षष्ठेशे दशमे भावे मानव: कुलविश्रुतः ।
अभक्तश्च पितुर्वक्ता विदेशे च सुखी भवेत् ॥ ७० ॥
- Should the 6th Lord occupy the 10th House the native will be illustrious in his family, will not be a devoted son, be a gifted speaker, and be happy in foreign countries.
षष्ठेशे लाभगे जातः शत्रुतो धनमाप्नुयात् ।
गुणवान् साहसी मानी किन्तु पुत्रसुखोज्झितः ॥ ७१ ॥
- Should the 6th Lord occupy the 11th House, the native will gain from his enemies, be virtuous, adventurous, honourable but be bereft of progenic happiness.
षष्ठेशे व्ययभावस्थे व्यसने व्ययकृत् सदा ।
विद्वद्द्वेषी भवेज्जातो जीवहिंसासु तत्परः ॥ ७२ ॥
- In case the 6th Lord is placed in the 12th House the money is spenton vices and the native is inimical to the learned and does 'violence to animals.
दारेशे लग्नेशे जातः परदारेषु लम्पटः ।
दुष्टो विचक्षणोऽधीरो जनो वातरुजान्वितः ॥ ७३ ॥
- In case the 7th Lord happens to fall in the Ascendant, the native will traverse other people's wives, be wicked, skilful, be devoid of fortitude and will be afflicted by windy diseases.
दारेशे धनगे जातो बहुस्त्रीभिः समन्वितः ।
दारयोगाद्धनाप्तिश्च दीर्घसूत्री च मानवः ॥ ७४ ॥
- If the 7th Lord is placed in the 2nd House the native will have many wives, will gain wealth through his wife and will be of procastinating nature.
दारेशे सहजे जातो मृतापत्यो हि मानवः ।
कदाचिन्जायते पुत्री यत्नात् पुत्रोऽपि जीवति ॥ ७५ ॥
- If the 7th Lord is situated in the 3rd House, the issue. of the native are subjected to (early) death. Sometimes a daughter is born and a son may also remain living with great difficulty.
दारेशे सुखभावस्थे जाया नास्य वशे सदा ।
स्वयं सत्यप्रियो धीमान् धर्मात्मा दन्तरोगयुक् ॥ ७६ ॥
- In case the 7th Lord is situated in the 4th House, the wife of the native will not remain under his control. He will himself be truthful, intelligent and religious and he will suffer from dental diseases.
दारेशे पञ्चमे जातो मानी सर्वगुणान्वितः ।
सर्वदा हर्षयुक्तश्च तथा सर्वधनाधिपः ॥ ७७ ॥
- Should the 7th Lord occupy the 5th House the native will be a man of honour, gifted with all the virtues, always delighted and endowed with all kinds of wealth.
दारेशे रिपुभावस्थे भार्या तस्य रुजान्विता ।
स्त्रिया सहाऽथ वा वैरं स्वयं क्रोधी सुखोज्झितः ॥ ७८ ॥
- If the 7th Lord is placed in the 6th House, the native's wife will be sickly or the native is inimical towards her, he is himself given to anger and remains devoid of happiness.
दारेशे सप्तमे भावे जातो दारसुखान्वितः ।
धीरो विचक्षणो धीमान् केवलं वातरोगवान् ॥ ७९ ॥
- Should the 7th Lord occupy the 7th House the native will be endowed with happiness through wife, be courageous, skilful and intelligent but only afflicted by windy diseases.
दारेशे मृत्युभावस्थे जातो दारसुखोज्झितः ।
भार्याऽपि रोगयुक्ताऽस्य दुःशीलाऽपि न चानुगा ॥ ८० ॥
- In case the 7th Lord happens to fall in the 8th House, the native will be bereft of marital happiness. His wife also will be afflicted by diseases, bad-natured and will not remain obedient to the native.
दारेशे धर्मभावस्थे नानास्त्रीभिः समागमः ।
जायाहृतमना जातो वह्नारम्भकरो नरः ॥ ८१ ॥
- It the 7th Lord is situated in the 9th House, the native will have union with many women, be well disposed to his own wife. and will initiate a number of deeds.
दारेशे कर्मभावस्थे नास्य जाया वशानुगा ।
स्वयं धर्मरतो जातो धनपुत्रादिसंयुतः ॥ ८२ ॥
- In the event of the 7th Lord being placed in the 10th House, the native's wife will not remain under his control. The native himself will be religious and be gifted with Wealth, sons etc.
दारेशे लाभभावस्थे दारैरर्थसमागमः ।
पुत्रादिसुखमल्पं च जनः कन्याप्रजो भवेत् ॥ ८३ ॥
- If the 7th Lord occupies the 11th House the native will gain wealth through his wife, will get less happiness from his sons and will have more daughters (than sons).
दारेशे व्ययगे जातो दरिद्रः कृपणोऽपि वा ।
भार्याऽपि व्ययशीलाऽस्य वस्त्राजीवी नरो भवेत् ॥ ८४ ॥
- If the 7th Lord is gone in the 12th House, the native will be penurious, miserly, and his wife will be spendthrift. He will earn his livelihood by trading in Clothes (textiles/garments etc).
अष्टमेशे तनौ जातस्तनुसौख्यविवर्जितः ।
देवानां ब्राह्मणानां च निन्दको व्रणसंयुतः ॥ ८५ ॥
- If the 8th Lord happens to be placed in the Ascendant the native will be bereft of bodily pleasures, be detractor of gods and Brahmins and will have wounds.
अष्टमेशे धने बाहुबलहीनः प्रजायते ।
धनं तस्य भवेत् स्वल्पं नष्ट वित्तं न लभ्यते ॥ ८६ ॥
- If the 8th Lord is placed in the 2nd House, the native will be devoid of physical vigour will possess little wealth and will not regain lost wealth.
रन्ध्रेशे सहजे भावे भ्रातृसौख्यं न जायते ।
सालस्यो भृत्यहीनाश्च जायते बलवर्जितः ॥ ८७ ॥
- In case the 8th Lord is gone in the 3rd House, the native will be devoid of fraternal happiness, be indolent, devoid of vigour and without servants.
रन्ध्रेशे सुखभावस्थे मातृहीनो भवेच्छिशुः ।
गृहभूमिसुखैर्हींनो मित्रद्रोही न संशयः ॥ ८८ ॥
88 When the 8th Lord occupies the 4th House the native will be deprived of his mother and there can be no doubt in it that he will be devoid of a house, lands and, happiness and will be a betrayer of friends.
रन्ध्रेशे सुतभावस्थे जडबुद्धि प्रजायते ।
स्वल्पप्रज्ञो भवेज्जातो दीर्घायुश्च धनान्वितः ॥ ८९ ॥
- If the 8th Lord happens to fall in the 5th House the native will be dull witted. He will have a few children and be longlived and wealthy.
रन्ध्रेशे रिपुभावस्थे शत्रुजेता भवेज्जनः ।
रोगयुक्तशरीराश्च बाल्ये सर्पजलाद् भयम् ॥ ९० ॥
- In case the 8th Lord is gone in the 6th House, the native will win over his opponents, will have a diseased body and in childhood he will fear danger through Snakes and water.
रन्ध्रेशे दारभावस्थे तस्य भार्याद्वयं भवेत् ।
व्यापारे च भवेद्हानिस्तस्मिन् पापयुते ध्रुवम् ॥ ९१ ॥
- If the 8th Lord is placed in the 7th House, the ative will have two wives and if he is in conjunction with a malefic planet also, there will certainly be loss in his trade.
Notes: The native's having two wives, is mostly found in Pisces Ascendant because the 8th Lord Venus, being placed in the 7th House, is situated in her sign of debilitation in this Ascendant. In Virgo Ascendant the 8th Lord Mars becomes the 3rd Lord also due to which he becomes specially malefic. Therefore in Virgo Ascendant the situation of Mars in the 7th House may be the cause of two wives: The 7th House is the House of trade also. Whoever may be the 8th Lord, he has certainly malefic nature. When he is situated in the 7th House in conjunction with any malefic planet, the presence of two malefic planets in the House of trade will be there which will cause loss in trade.
रन्ध्रेशे मृत्युभावस्थे जातो दीर्घायुषा युतः ।
निर्बले मध्यमायुः स्याच्चौरो निन्द्योऽन्यनिन्दकः ॥ ९२ ॥
- Should the 8th Lord occupy the 8th House, the native will be long lived. If he (the 8th Lord) is weak, longevity will be medium and the native will be a thief, be blameworthy himself and will blame others as well.
अष्टमेशे तपः स्थाने धर्मद्रोही च नास्तिकः ।
दुष्टभार्यापतिश्चैव परद्रव्यापहारकः ॥ ९३ ॥
- If the 8th Lord is situated in the 9th House, the native will be a betrayer of his religion and a heterodox; he will be the husband of a wicked wife and will steal other's wealth.
रन्ध्रेशे कर्मभावस्थे पितृसौख्यविवर्जितः ।
पिशुनः कर्महीनश्च यदि नैव शुभेक्षिते ॥ ९४ ॥
- If the 8th Lord occupies the 10th House the native will not have paternal bliss, will be a talebearer and be bereft of livelihood. If there is an aspect in the process from a benefic, then these evils will not mature.
रन्ध्रेशे लाभभावस्थे सपापे धनवर्जितः ।
बाल्ये दुःखी सुखी पश्चात् दीर्घायुश्च शुभान्विते ॥ ९५ ॥
- Should the 8th lord be placed in the 11th House, the native will be devoid of wealth, be miserable in boyhood, but happy in later life, and if the 8th lord be in conjunction with a benefic, be long lived.
रन्ध्रेशे व्ययभावस्थे कुकार्ये व्ययकृत सदा ।
अल्पायुश्च भवेज्जातः सपापे च विशेषतः ॥ ९६ ॥
- If the 8th Lord be situated in the 12th House the native will squander his wealth on evil deeds, be short lived; more so if he in is in conjunction with a malefic planet.
भाग्येशे लग्नगे जातो भाग्यवान् भूपवन्दितः ।
सुशीलश्च सुरूपश्च विद्यावान् जनपूजितः ॥ ९७ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is placed in the Ascendant, the native will be fortunate, prosperous, be honoured by the king (or government), good natured, charming and be honoured by the people.
भाग्येशे धनभावस्थे पण्डितो जनवल्लभः ।
जायते धनवान् कामी स्त्रीपुत्रादिसुखान्वितः ॥ ९८ ॥
- Should the 9th Lord be situated in the 2nd House, the native will be learned, popular, wealthy, lustful, and be blessed with happiness through sons and wife.
भाग्येशे भ्रातृभावस्थे जातो भ्रातृसुखान्वितः ॥
धनवान् गुणवांश्चापि रुपशीलसमन्वितः ॥ ९९ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is placed in the 3rd House, the native will be blessed with fraternal bliss, be wealthy, virtuous and charming.
Notes: In the event of the Ascendant being Capricorn, the 9th Lord in the 3rd will be in his sign of debilitation. Therefore this Ascendant will be an exception to this rule.
भाग्येशे तुर्यभावस्थे गृहयानसुखान्वितः ।
सर्वसम्पत्तियुक्तश्च मातृभक्तो भवेन्नरः ॥ १०० ॥
- If the 9th Lord is situated in the 4th House, the native will be endowed with the happiness of having houses and conveyances, will have all kinds of Wealth and be devoted to his mother.
भाग्येशे सुतभावस्थे सुतभाग्यसमन्वितः ।
गुरुभक्तिरतो धीरो धर्मात्मा पण्डितो नरः ॥ १०१ ॥
- Should the 9th Lord be placed in the 5th House, the native will have the blessing of sons and good fortune. He will be devoted to his elders or teachers, will have fortitude, be religious and charitable and learned.
भाग्येशे रिपुभावस्थे स्वल्पभाग्यो भवेन्नरः ।
मातुलादिसुखैर्हीनः शत्रुभिः पीड़ितः सदा ॥ १०२ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is in the 6th House, the native will be less fortunate, be deviod of happiness from maternal uncle etc. and be troubled by enemies.
भाग्येशे दारभावस्थे दारयोगात् सुखोदयः ।
गुणवान् कीर्तिमांश्चापि जायते द्विजसत्तमः ॥ १०३ ॥
- O excellent of the Brahmins, if the 9th Lord is placed in the 7th House the, native will get happiness through his wife. He will be virtuous and famous.
भाग्येशे मृत्युभावस्थे भाग्यहीनो नरो भवेत् ।
ज्येष्ठभ्रातृसुखं नैव तस्य जातस्य जायते ॥ १०४ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is gone in the 8th House the native will be devoid of fortune, and he will not have the happiness of an elder brother.
भाग्येशे भाग्यभावस्थे बहुभाग्यसमन्वितः ।
गुणसौन्दर्यसम्पन्नो सहजेभ्यः सुखं बहु ॥ १०५ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is situated in the 9th House, the native will be endowed with abundant fortunes, be vrituous, handsome and will enjoy happiness from his brothers.
भाग्येशे कर्मभावस्थे जातो राजाऽथ तत्समः ।
मन्त्री सेनापतिर्वाऽपि गुणवान् जनपूजितः ॥ १०६ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is placed in the 10th House, the native will be a king or equal to a King, or be a minister or an army chief, be virtuous and be worshipped by all.
भाग्येशे लाभभावस्थे धनलाभो दिने दिने ।
भक्तो गुरुजनानां च गुणवान् पुण्यवानपि ॥ १०७ ॥
- Should the 9th Lord be situated in the 11th House, the native will have financial gains day by day, be devoted to his teachers, virtuous and be doer of charitable deeds.
भाग्येशो व्ययभावस्थो भाग्यहानिकरो नृणाम् ।
शुभकार्ये व्ययो नित्यं निर्धनोऽतिथिसङ्गमात् ॥ १०८ ॥
- If the 9th Lord is situated in the 12th House, the native. will incur loss of fortunes, will always spend his money on auspicious acts and will become poor because of spending money on entertaining guests.
कर्मेशे लग्नगे जातो विद्वान ख्यातो धनी कविः ।
बाल्ये रोगी सुखी पश्चाद् धनवृद्धिर्दिने दिने ॥ १०९ ॥
- Should the 10th Lord be situated in the Ascendant; the native will be learned, famous, be a poet, will incur diseases in childhood, be happy later on and his wealth will increase day by day.
राज्येशे धनभावस्थे धनवान् गुणसंयुतः ।
राजमान्यो वदान्यश्च पित्रादिसुखसंयुतः ॥ ११० ॥
- If the 10th Lord occupies the 2nd House the native will be wealthy, virtuous, honoured by the King (or the Government) charitable and endowed with paternal and other bliss.
कर्मेशे सहजे जातो भ्रातृभृत्यसुखान्वितः ।
विक्रमी गुणसम्पन्नः वाग्मी सत्यरतो नरः ॥ १११ ॥
- If the 10th Lord is situated in the 3rd House, the native will enjoy happiness from brothers and servants, be valorous, virtuous eloquent and truthful.
कर्मेशे सुखभावस्थे सुखी मातृहिते रतः ।
यान-भूमि-गृहाधीशो गुणवान् धनवानपि ॥ ११२ ॥
- Should the 10th Lord be situated in the 4th House, the native will enjoy happiness, be devoted to his mother, and be interested in her welfare, will have conveyances, lands and houses, be virtuous and wealthy.
कर्मेशे सुतभावस्थे सर्वविद्यासमन्वितः ।
सर्वदा हर्षसंयुक्तो धनवान् पुत्रवानपि ॥ ११३ ॥
- In the event of the 10th Lord being placed in the 5th House the native will be endowed with all kinds of learning, be always cheerful, wealthy and be blessed with sons.
कर्मेशे रिपुभावस्थे पितृसौख्यविवर्जितः ।
चतुरोऽपि धनैर्हीनः शत्रुभि परिपीडितः ॥ ११४ ॥
- In case the 10th Lord is fallen in the 6th House, the native will be bereft of paternal bliss, be bereft of wealth and be troubled by enemies, inspite of being skilful.
राज्येशे दारभावस्थे जातो दारसुखान्वितः ।
मनस्वी गुणवान् वाग्मी सत्यधर्मरतः सदा ॥ ११५ ॥
- If the 10th Lord occupies the 7th House the native will get happiness through wife, be intelligent, virtuous, eloquent, truthful and devoted to religion.
कर्मेशे रन्ध्रभावस्थे कर्महीनो भवेन्नरः ।
दीर्घायुरप्यसौ जातः परनिन्दापरायणः ॥ ११६ ॥
- In case the 10th Lord is a posited in the 8th House, the native will be devoid of good acts, long lived and intent on blaming others.
राज्येशे भाग्यभे जातो राजा राजकुलोद् भवः ।
तत्समोऽन्यकुलोत्पन्नो धनपुत्रादिसंयुतः ॥ ११७ ॥
- Should the 10th Lord occupy the 9th House, the native is born in a royal family and becomes a king while as an ordinary person he will be equal to a kin This combination confers on him wealth and progenic happiness.
कर्मेशे राज्यभावस्थे सर्वकर्मपुट: सुखी ।
विक्रमी सत्यवक्ता च गुरुभक्तिरतो नरः ॥ ११८ ॥
- Should the 10th Lord be placed in the 10th House, the native will be skilful in all jobs, be valorous, truthful and devoted to his teachers and elders.
राज्येशे लाभभावस्थे जातो धनसुतान्वितः ।
हर्षवान् गुणवांश्चापि सत्यवक्ता सदा सुखी ॥ ११९ ॥
- If the 10th Lord is situated in the 11th House, the native is blessed with wealth and, sons. He will enjoy happiness, be truthful, be always delighted and be virtuous
राज्येशे व्ययभावस्थे तस्य राजगृहे व्ययः ।
शत्रुतोऽपि भयं नित्यं चतुरश्चापि चिन्तितः ॥ १२० ॥
- If the 10th Lord is placed in the 12th House, the native will spend in royal courts. He will also have fear from enemies and will be worried inspite of being skilful.
लाभेशे लग्नगे जातः सात्त्विको धनवान् सुखी ।
समदृष्टिः कविर्वाग्मी सदा लाभ-समन्वितः ॥ १२१ ॥
- If the 11th Lord is placed in the Ascendant the native will be of Sattwika nature, be rich, happy, even sighted, a poet, eloquent in speech and be always endowed with gains.
लाभेशे धनभावस्थे जात: सर्वधनान्वितः ।
सर्वसिद्धियुतो दाता धार्मिकश्च सुखी सदा ॥ १२२ ॥
- Should the 11th Lord be placed in the 2nd House, the native will be endowed with all kinds of wealth and all kinds of accomplishments, be charitable, religious and always happy.
लाभेशे सहजे जात: कुशलः सर्वकर्मसु ।
धनी भ्रातृसुखोपेतः शूलरोगभयं क्वचित् ॥ १२३ ॥
- If the 11th Lord be situated in the 3rd House, the native will be skilful in all jobs, wealthy, be blessed with fraternal bliss and sometimes may, incur gout pains.
लाभेशे सुखभावस्थे लाभो मातृकुलाद् भवेत् ।
तीर्थयात्राकरो जातो गृहभूमिसुखान्वितः ॥ १२४ ॥
- In case the 11th Lord is situated in the 4th House, the native will have gains from maternal relatives, will make pilgrimages and will possess happiness of house and lands.
लाभेशे सुतभावस्थे भवन्ति सुखिनः सुताः ।
विद्यवन्तोऽपि सच्छीलाः स्वयं धर्मरतः सुखी ॥ १२५ ॥
- If the 11th Lord is placed in the 5th House, the native's children will be happy, educated and virtuous. He himself will be religious and happy.
लाभेशे रोगभावस्थे जातो रोगसमन्वितः ।
क्रूरबुद्धिः प्रवासी च शत्रुभि परिपीड़ितः ॥ १२६ ॥
- In case the 11th Lord is posited in the 6th House, the native will generally remain sickly. He will be cruel, living in foregin places and is troubled by enemies.
In the Gemini Ascendant, the 11th Lord will be Mars who will also be the 6th Lord and he will be in his own sign here. A native having this combination may have to confront enemies but he will not be troubled by them.
लाभेशे दारभावस्थे लाभो दारकुलात् सदा ।
उदारश्च गुणी कामी जनो भार्यावशानुगः ॥ १२७ ॥
- If the 11th Lord is situated in the 7th House, the native always gains through his wife's relatives. He will be liberal, virtuous, sensual and will remain at the command of his wife.
लाभेशे रन्ध्रभावस्थे हानिः कार्येषु जायते ।
तस्याश्च भवेद्दीर्घ प्रथमं मरणं स्त्रियः ॥ १२८ ॥
- If the 11th Lord is fallen in the 8th House, the native will suffer losses in his undertakings. He will be long lived while his wife will die before him.
लाभेशे भाग्यभावस्थे भाग्यवान् जायते नरः ।
चतुरः सत्यवादी च राजपूज्यो धनाधिपः ॥ १२९ ॥
- If the 11th Lord happens to be placed in the 9th House, the native will be fortunate, skilful, truthful, honoured by the King and wealthy.
लाभेशे कर्मभावस्थे भूपवन्द्यो गुणान्वितः ।
निजधर्मरतो धीमान् सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रिय ॥ १३० ॥
- Should the 11th Lord be situated in the 10th House, the native will be honoured by the king, be virtuous, devoted to his religion, truthful and subdue his senses.
लाभेशे लाभभावस्थे लाभ: सर्वेषु कर्मसु ।
पाण्डित्यं च सुखं तस्य वर्द्धते च दिने दिने ॥ १३१ ॥
- In case the 11th Lord is situated in the 11th House, the native will have gains in all his undertakings. His learning and happiness will be on the increase day by day.
लाभेशे व्ययभावस्थे सत्कार्येषु व्ययः सदा ।
कामुको बहुपत्नीको म्लेच्छसंसर्गकारकः ॥ १३२ ।।
- Should the 11th Lord occupy the 12th House, the native will always expend on good deeds, be sensual, will have many wives and will have friendship with barbarians or foreigners in general.
व्ययेशे लग्नगे जातो व्ययशीलो जनो भवेत् ।
दुर्बलः कफरोगी च धनविद्याविवर्जितः ॥ १३३ ॥
- If the 12th Lord is situated in the Ascendant the native I will be a spendthrift,be weak in constitution, will suffer from phlegmatic disorders and be devoid of wealth and learning.
व्ययेशे धनभावस्थे शुभकार्ये व्ययः सदा ।
धार्मिकः प्रियवादी च गुणसौख्यसमन्वित ॥ १३४ ॥
- Should the 12th Lord be situated in the 2nd House, the native will always spend money on auspicious deeds, be religious, will speak sweetly and be blessed with virtues and happiness.
व्ययेशे सहजे जातो भ्रातृसौख्यविवर्जितः ।
भवेदन्यजनद्वेषी स्वशरीरस्य पोषकः ॥ १३५ ॥
- If the 12th Lord is placed in the 3rd House, the native will be devoid of fraternal bliss, will have hatred for other people and will promote self nourishment or will be self centred.
व्ययेशे सुखभावस्थे मातुः सुखविवर्जितः ।
भूमियानगृहादीनां हानिस्तस्य दिने-दिने ॥ १३६ ॥
- In the event of the 12th Lord being placed in the 4th House, the native will be devoid of maternal happiness and will day by day have losses in respect of lands, conveyances and houses.
व्ययेशे सुतभावस्थे सुतविद्याविवर्जितः ।
पुत्रार्थः च व्ययस्तस्य तीर्थाटनपरो नरः ॥ १३७ ॥
- Should the 12th Lord occupy the 5th House, the native will be bereft of sons and learning. He will spend money and also make pilgrimages to beget a son.
व्ययेशे रिपुभावस्थे जातः स्वजनवैरकृत् ।
क्रोधी पापी च दुःखी च पापी च परजायारतो नरः ॥ १३८ ॥
- If the 12th Lord is fallen in the 6th House, the native will incur enmity with his own men, be given to anger, be sinful, miserable, and will traverse others' wives.
व्ययेशे दारभावस्थे व्ययो दारकृत: सदा ।
तस्य भार्यासुखं नैव बल-विद्याविवर्जितः ॥ १३९ ॥
- Should the 12th Lord occupy the 7th House, the native will always expend on account of his wife, will not enjoy conjugal bliss and will be bereft of learning and strength.
व्ययेशे मृत्युभावस्थे जातो लाभान्वितः सदा ।
प्रियवाङ् मध्यमायुश्च सम्पूर्णगुणसंयुतः ॥ १४० ॥
- In case the 12th Lord is gone in the 8th House, the native will always have gains, will speak affably, will enjoy a medium span of life and he will be endowed with all good qualities.
व्ययेशे भाग्यभावस्थे गुरुद्वेषी भवेन्नरः ।
मित्रैरपि भवेद्वैरं स्वार्थसाधनतत्परः ॥ १४१ ॥
- Should the 12th Lord occupy the 9th House, the native will dishonour his teachers, be inimical even to his friends and be always intent on achieving his own ends.
व्ययेशे राज्यभावस्थे व्ययो राजकुलाद्भवेत् ।
पितृतोऽपि सुखं तस्य स्वल्पमेव हि जायते ॥ १४२ ॥
- If the 12th Lord is situated in the 10th House, the native will rise through royal persons and will enjoy only moderate paternal bliss.
व्ययेशे लाभभावस्थे लाभे हानिः प्रजायते ।
परेण रक्षितं द्रव्यं कदाचिल्लभते नरः ॥ १४३ ॥
- In case the 12th Lord is placed in the 11th House the native will incur losses. inspite of having a combination of gains and sometimes has meagre gains through other's wealth.
व्ययेशे व्ययभावस्थे व्ययाधिक्यं हि जायते ।
न शरीरसुखं तस्य क्रोधी द्वेषपरो नृणाम् ॥ १४४ ॥
- In case the 12th Lord in situated in the 12th House, the native expends heavily. He will not have physical felicity, will be irritable and spiteful.
इति ते कथितं विप्र ! भावेशानां च यत् फलम् ।
बलाsबलविवेकेन सर्वेषां तत्समादिशेत् ॥ १४५ ॥
द्विराशीशस्य खेटस्य विदित्वोभयथा फलम् ।
विरोधे तुल्यफलयोर्द्वयोर्नाशः प्रजायते ॥ १४६ ॥
विभिन्नयोस्तु फलयोर्द्वयोः प्राप्तिर्भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।
ग्रहे पूर्णबले पूर्णमर्धमर्धबले फलम् ॥ १४७ ॥
पादं हीनबले खेटे ज्ञेयमित्यं बुधैरिति ।
उक्तं भावस्थितानां ते भावेशानां फलं मया ॥ १४८ ॥
145-148. O Brahmin, the effects of the Lords of the Houses which have been told to you are to be deduced considering their strengths and weaknesses. The effects of the planet owning two signs are to be deduced based on his two lordships. If in this way contrary effects are indicated it means the effects will be nullified. On the contrary, if effects are of varied nature, these will be obtained. If the strength of the planet is full, it is to be predicted by the learned astrologer that he will yield full effect, he will yield half and one fourth effect in case the strength is half and one fourth respectively. Thus I have told you the effects due to Bhava Lords (Lords of the Houses) in various houses.
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कारकांशवशादेवं फलं प्रोक्तं मया द्विज! |
अथ भावाधिपत्येन ग्रहयोगफलं श्रृणु ॥ १ ॥
- O Brahmin, thus have I spoken of the effects derivable through Karakamshas. Now listen to the effects of the planets as these arise due to their lordships of the various houses.
केन्द्राधिपतयः सौम्या न दिशन्ति शुभं फलम् ।
क्रूरा नैवाऽशुभं कुर्युः शुभदाश्च त्रिकोणपाः ॥ २ ॥
लग्नं केन्द्रत्रिकोणत्वाद् विशेषेण शुभप्रदम् ।
पञ्चमं नवमं चैव विशेषधनमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
सप्तमं दशमं चैव विशेषसुखमुच्यते ।
त्रिषडायाधिपाः सर्वे ग्रहाः पापफला: स्मृताः ॥ ४ ॥
व्ययद्वितीयरन्ध्रेशा: साहचर्यात् फलप्रदाः ।
स्थानान्तरानुरोधत्ते प्रबलाश्चोत्तरोत्तरम् ॥ ५ ॥
तत्र भाग्यव्ययेशत्वाद्रन्ध्रेशो न शुभप्रदः ।
त्रिषडायाधिपत्वेऽथो कोणपत्वे तु सत्फलः ॥ ६ ॥
उक्तेष्वेषु बली योगो निर्बलस्य प्रबाधकः ।
न रन्ध्रेशत्वदोषोऽत्र सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥
2-7. NATURE DUE TO LORDSHIPS OF PLANETS: Natural Benefics do not give auspicious effects when they are lords of the angles, and natural malefics in that position do not give in auspicious effects, while the lords of the trines (whether benefic or malefic) always give auspicious effects. The Lord of the Ascendant is especially auspicious as the Ascendant House is both an angle and a trine. The 5th and 9th Houses are specially related to wealth and the 7th and the 10th Houses to happiness. All the planets lording the Trishadayas (the 3rd, 6th and 11th House) are known as giver of inauspicious effects. The Lords of the 12th, the 2nd and the 8th House give effects according to their association (with a benefic or a malefic) and give effects according to their second House (the House in which they have their 2nd sign) and they are stronger in their qualities in the ascending order. Among these the 8th Lord when he owns the 12th House from the 9th House is not auspicious and if he (the 8th Lord) is the lord of the 3rd, 6th and 11th House also simultaneously he becomes still more inauspicious, but if he is the Lord of the trine (1st, 5th or 9th Lord) he becomes even more auspicious in giving effects. The stronger among the above mentioned combinations becomes the obstructor of the weaker one and gives his own effects. Here the 8th Lordship of the Sun and the Moon is not evil.
It has been thought that the destroyer effects of any house is the 12th House from it. Destiny is the most significant in human life. Generally people, except the yogis, do deeds with the desire of getting effects and one will get the effects if it is written in his fate to get those effects, if he is destined to get them. Therefore the 9th House is of the greatest importance. The 12th from the 9th House, which ever it is, will be the destroyer of destiny. The 12th from the 9th House is the 8th one. Therefore the Lord of the 8th,House is always the giver of inauspicious effect. If the 8th Lord becomes the Trishadayesha also then such an 8th Lord will be extremely endowed with malefic nature. Thus for the natives having Scorpio ascendant the 8th Lord is Mercury and he is also the 11th Lord in this Ascendant. Therefore, Mercury is the most malefic in giving effects to the native in this Ascendant. In the edition of Ranjana Publications in Sloka no 6 there is the word "त्रिषडायाधिपत्वेऽथो" which means that if the 8th becomes the Lord of 3-6-11 Houses also he will be the giver of inauspicious effects. As a matter of fact this word is “त्रिमदायाधिपत्वेऽथो" which will mean "that if the 8th Lord becomes the lord of 3-6-11 Houses also then he will be the giver of inauspicious effects. It is this interpretation which seems to be reasonable here. In sloka no. 4 also. It is these Houses (3-6-11) that have been spoken of as Malefic Houses. If the 8th Lord occupies a trine he doesnot remain a malefic but becomes a benefic.
The House of each class being strong in the ascending order, the strongest house in the horoscope will become obstruction in the effects of the less strong and will give its own effects.
Thus in the Sagittarius Ascendant Saturn will be the Lord of the 2nd and the 3rd House. Being the Lord of the 2nd House he will give the effects of the 3rd House because in the 3rd House falls the 2nd sign of Saturn, Aquarius and the 2nd Lord has to give the effects of his 2nd sign. In this Ascendant Venus will become the 6th and 11th Lord. In the 3-6-11 class of Houses in the ascending order the 11th Lord will be the strongest. Therefore, Venus will become an obstruction in the effects of Saturn and will give her own effects. In order to understand it properly, the Houses may be classified in the following way according to the difference of the effects.
| 1. | Angles | 1-4-7-10 |
| 2. | Trines | 5-9 |
| 3. | Trishadayadhisha | 3-6-11 |
| 4. | Parashraya | 12-2-8 |
In every class the House will be stronger in ascending order. The strongest in their respective Houses will be the 10th, 9th, 11th and 8th Houses.
गुरुशुक्रौ शुभौ प्रोक्तौ चन्द्रो मध्यम उच्यते ।
उदासीनो बुध: ख्यातः पापा रव्यार्किभूमिजाः ॥ ८ ॥
पूर्णेन्दुज्ञेज्यशुक्रश्च प्रबला उत्तरोत्तरम् ।
क्षीणेन्द्वर्कार्किभूपुत्राः प्रबलाश्च यथोत्तरम् ॥ ९ ॥
केन्द्राधिपत्यदोषो यः शुभानां कथितो हि सः ।
चन्द्रज्ञगुरुशुक्राणां प्रबलाश्चेत्तरोत्तरम् ॥ १० ॥
8-10. NATURAL BENEFICS AND MALEFICS: Jupiter and Venus are said to be natural benefics while the Moon is said to be a mediocre in beneficence. Mercury is neutral and the Sun, Saturn and Mars are natural malefics. Full Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are stronger in the Ascending order. Emaciated Moon, the Sun, Saturn and Mars are stronger in the ascending order in maleific disposition. Therefore, the maleficence due to the angular rulership of the natural benefics should also be considered more significant in the ascending order in the case of the Moon, Mercury and Venus.
केन्द्रकोणपती स्यातां परस्परगृहोपगौ ।
एकभे द्वौ स्थितौ वाऽपि ह्मेकभेऽन्यतरः स्थितः ॥ ११ ॥
पूर्णदृष्ट्येक्षितौ वाऽपि मिथौ योगकारौ तथा ।
योगेऽस्मिन् जायते भूपो विख्यातो वा जनो भवेत् ॥ १२ ॥
11-12. ANGULAR AND TRINAL LORDSHIPS : If there is an exchange between an angular Lord and a trinal Lord, or if they are in conjunction in a House, or if either of them is there in the other's House, or if they have full aspect of each other, they are Yoga Karakas (they cause auspicious combinations). The native born in this combination will become either a King or an eminent person.
कोणेशत्वे यदैकस्य केन्द्रेशत्वं च जायते ।
केन्द्रे कोणे स्थितो वाऽसौ विशेषाद्योगकारकः ॥ १३ ॥
- If one and the same planet becomes the lord of a trine and also the Lord of an angle and occupies an angle or a trine it will prove to be a Yoga Karaka.
केन्द्रेशत्वेन पापानां या प्रोक्ता शुभकारिता ।
सा त्रिकोणाधिपत्येऽपि न केन्द्रेशत्वमात्रतः ॥ १४ ॥
- ANGULAR LORDSHIP: The auspiciousness that a malefic planet acquires when he becomes an angular Lord is acquired by him only when he is a trinal lord also. He does not get this auspiciousness by being merely an angular lord.
केन्द्रकोणाधिपावेव पापस्थानाधिपौ यदा ।
तयोः सम्बन्धमात्रेण न योगं लभते नरः ॥ १५ ॥
- If an angular Lord or a trinal Lord becomes the Lord of any of malefic Houses (3-6-11), the native doesnot get Raja Yoga only by this relationship.
यद्भावेशयुतौ वाऽपि यद्यद्भावसमागतौ ।
तत्तत्फलानि प्रबलौ प्रदिशेतां तमोप्रहौ ॥ १६ ॥
- RAHU AND KETU: The shadowy planets Rahu and Ketu give predominantly the effects of the Lord of the House with whom they are in conjunction or of the House in which they are situated.
intensify or strengthen the effect of the planet with whom they are in conjunction. Therefore, the native gets the effects of that planet extraordinarily. Another thing that has been pointed out in the sloka is that these planets (Rahu and Ketu) cause the effects of that house in which they are situated (if they are not in conjunction with any planet). Here a doubtful question arises. Suppose Rahu is situated in the Ascendant in the sign of Sagittarius. Will he cause the effects of the 2nd sign of Jupiter which is Pisces and is situated in the 4th House or will he not do so? We know that all the planets except the Moon and the Sun are lords of two signs. In this condition as Rahu is situated in the sign of Sagittarius, the first sign of Jupiter, he will cause the effects of Jupiter and will bring intensity in these effects. And because it brings intensity in the effects of Jupiter, the 4th House where there is the other sign of Jupiter namely Pisces should also be benefitted by it. In this way Rahu will also get the Lordship of two Houses. The question is whether it is right? It is clearly written in this Sloka यघद् भाव समागतौ that is Rahu and Ketu should cause the effects of that house in which they are situated and they get the quality, nature and habit of that planet with whom they are in conjunction. Nay, they also multiply two fold the effects and qualities etc of that planet.
यदि केन्द्रे त्रिकोणे वा निवसेतां तमोग्रहौ ।
नाथेनान्यतरेणाढ्यौ दृष्टौ वा योगकारकौ ॥ १७ ॥
- If the shadowy planets Rahu and Ketu are situated in an angle or a trine, are in conjunction with or are aspected by the Angular Lord or the Trinal Lord, even then they are Yoga Karakas.
कस्मिल्लग्ने प्रजातस्य के ग्रहा योगकारकाः ।
के चाऽशुभप्रदाः खेटा: कृपया वद मे मुने ! ॥ १८ ॥
- (Maitreya said to Sage Parasara) O Sage, Kindly tell me which planets are Yogakarakas in various ascendants and which of them are givers of inaspicious effects.
यथा पृष्टं त्वया विप्र ! तदोदाहरणं ब्रुवे ।
रन्ध्रेशत्वेऽपि भूपुत्रो भवेच्छूभसहायवान् ॥ १९ ॥
मन्दसौम्यसिताः पापा: शुभौ गुरुदिवाकरौ ।
न शुभं योगमात्रेण प्रभवेच्छनि-जीवयोः ॥ २० ॥
पारतन्त्रयेण जीवस्य पापकर्मापि निश्चतम् ।
शुक्रः साक्षान्त्रिहन्ता स्यान्मारकत्वेन लक्षितः ॥ २१ ॥
मन्दादयोऽपि हन्तारो भवेयुः पापिनो ग्रहाः ।
मेषलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलं ज्ञेयं द्विजोत्तम ! ॥ २२ ॥
19-22. PLANETS AND ARIES ASCENDANTS: O Vipra (Brahmana) I shall cite examples according as you have asked me. In Aries Ascendant, Mars is helpful to a planet giving auspicious effects even when he is the Lord of the 8th House, Saturn, Mercury and Venus are malefics while Jupiter and the Sun are benefics. It is not only the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that will be a Yoga Karaka; and Jupiter's giving of inauspicious effects is also certain if he is at the disposal of a malefic. Venus is a direct or independent killer (or she is the killer incarnate). She is endowed with the qualities of a killer etc. The malefic planets Saturn etc may also become killers (in particular situations). O excellent of the Brahmins, the above are the effects that will be got by the native born in Aries Ascendent.
जीवशुक्रेन्दवः पापा: शुभौ शनिदिवाकरौ ।
राजयोगकरः सौरिर्बुधस्त्वल्पशुभप्रदः ॥ २३ ॥
जीवादयो कुजश्चापि सन्ति मारकलक्षणाः ।
वृषलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलान्यूह्यानि र्सूरिभिः ॥ २४ ॥
23-24. FOR TAURUS ASCENDANT: Jupiter, Venus and the Moon are malefics while Saturn and the Sun are auspicious. Saturn will cause Raja Yoga, Mercury is the giver of less auspicious effects. Jupiter etc and Mars also are endowed with the features of a killer. These are the effects which will be obtained by men born in the Taurus Ascendant.
भौमजीवारुणाः पापा: एक एव कवि: शुभः ।
शनैश्चरेण: जीवस्य योगो मेषभवो यथा ॥ २५ ॥
शशी मुख्यनिहन्ताऽसौ साहचर्याच्च पाकदः ।
द्वन्द्वलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलान्यूह्यानि पंडितैः ॥ २६ ॥
25-26. FOR GEMINI ASCENDANT: Mars, Jupiter, and the Sun are malefic planets, it is only Venus that is benefic. The combination of Saturn and Jupiter is similar to that which happens in Aries Ascendant. The Moon is the prime killer but this quality of her depends on the combination and Dasa of another planet. It is these effects that have been spoken by the learned astrologers of the native born in Gemini Ascendant.
भार्गवेन्दुसुतौ पापौ भूसुतेज्येन्दवः शुभाः ।
पूर्णयोगकरः साक्षान्मंगलो मंगलप्रदः ॥ २७ ॥
निहन्ताऽर्कसुतोऽर्कस्तु साहचर्यात् फलप्रदः ।
कर्कलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलं प्रोक्तं मनीषिभिः ॥ २८ ॥
27-28. CANCER ASCENDANT: Venus and Mercury are malefics, Mars, Jupiter and Moon are benefics. Of these Mars is full Yoga Karaka and he is the giver of auspicious effects. Saturn and the Sun are killers and are givers of good effects being in association with benefics. It is in this way that the effects of a native born in the Cancer Ascendant have been spoken of by the learned astrologers.
सौम्यशुक्रार्कजाः पापा: कुजेज्यार्का शुभावहाः ।
प्रभवेद्योगमात्रेण न शुभं गुरुशुक्रयोः ॥ २९ ॥
मारकस्तु शनिश्चन्द्रः साहचर्यात् फलप्रदः ।
सिंहलग्ने प्रजातस्य फलं ज्ञेयं विपश्चिता ॥ ३० ॥
29-30. LEO ASCENDANT: Mercury, Venus and Saturn are malefics and Mars, Jupiter and the Sun are benefics. But Jupiter and Venus donot become auspicious merely by virtue of being in conjunction. Saturn is the killer and the Moon is the giver of good effects if she is in association with some benefic. These are the effects which are to be known by the Learned astrologers of the native born in the Leo Ascendant.
Mars, being an angular and a trinal Lord gives auspicious effects and proves to be a benefic of the first order and a Yoga Karaka for the natives born in this Ascendant. Although according to the '**Jataka Parijaata**' for the natives of the Fixed Ascendants Mars has been declared to be an obstacle but experience doesnot prove it to be true. In his Dasa and Antardasa periods he gives the native wealth, honour, good luck, happiness, promotion, progress in his profession, popularity, landed property etc. The Sun, being the Ascendant Lord becomes and gives the effects of an angle and a trine simultaneously. Therefore his Dasa and Antardasa also are Yoga Karaka like those of Mars but if he is debilitated he will create problems to the native. Jupiter and Venus in conjunction donot make a Yoga Karaka combination. The reason is both have the defect of respectively, becoming the 8th Lord and the 3rd Lord Therefore the 5th or trinal lordship of Jupiter and the 10th or angular lordship of Venus should not be considered as a Yoga Karaka combination. Though the Mooltrikona sign of Jupiter falls in the 5th House, yet that of Venus will fall in the 3rd House (a malefic House) However, the Mooltrikona sign of Mars is in the 5th House and if he gets the conjunction of Mars in this situation he may become a Yoga Karaka planet. He will also get this quality if he gets related to the Sun. But the relation of Venus and Mars or Venus and the Sun will not be a Yoga Karaka because these, Mars and the Sun, get a trishadayapati to be related. Venus has her Mooltrikona sign in a trishadaya House, the 3rd House, and being an angular Lord, Venus also acquires the defect of being a Kendradhipati and "केन्द्राधिपत्य दोषस्तु बलवान गरु शुक्रयो" (that is Jupiter and Venus are very strong in the defect of being angular Lords.) according to this rule the defect of being angular Lord is also extraordinary in the case of Venus.
The Moon will be the 12th Lord and will give effects of the planet with whom she will be conjuncted or in the sign of which planet she will be situated.
कुजजीवेन्दवः पापा: बुध-शुक्रौ शुभावहौ ।
भार्गवेन्दुसुतावेव भवेतां योगकारकौ ॥ ३१ ॥
मारकोऽपि कविः, सूर्यः साहचर्यफलप्रदः ।
कन्यालग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलान्यूह्यानि सूरिभिः ॥ ३२ ॥
31-32. VIRGO ASCENDANT: Mars and Jupiter and the Moon are malefics and Mercury and Venus are benefics and Mercury and Venus are also Yoga Karakas. Venus is a killer also and the Sun gives effects because of his association. The learned astrologers have spoken these effects of the native born in the Virgo Ascendant.
जीवार्कभूसुताः पापा: शनैश्चरबुधौ शुभौ ।
भवेतां राजयोगस्य कारकौ चन्द्रतत्सुतौ ॥ ३३ ॥
कुजो निहन्ति जीवाद्याः पापा मारकलक्षणाः ।
शुक्र: समः फलान्येवं विज्ञेयानि तुलोद्भवे ॥ ३४ ॥
33-34. LIBRA ASCENDANT: Jupiter, the Sun and Mars are malefics and Saturn and Mercury are benefics. The Moon and Mercury become the Karakas of Raya Yoga. Mars is the killer and Jupiter etc. acquire the quality or disposition of the natural malefic planets and they are endowed with the qualities of killers. Venus is neutral, that is neither benefic nor malefic. These effects are to be known of the native born in the Libra Ascendant.
सितज्ञशनयः पापा: शुभौ गुरुनिशाकरौ ।
सूर्याचन्द्रमसावेव भवेतां योगकारकौ ॥ ३५ ॥
कुज: समः सिताद्याश्च पापा मारकलक्षणाः ।
एवं फलं च विज्ञेयं वृश्चिकोदयजन्मनः ॥ ३६ ॥
35-36. SCORPIO ASCENDANT: Venus, Mercury and Saturn are malefics and Jupiter and the Moon are benefics. The Sun and the Moon become Yoga Karakas. Mars is neutral. Venus and other malefics acquire the disposition of killers. These effects are to be known of the natives born in the Scorpio Ascendant.
एक एव कविः पाप: शुभौ भौमदिवाकरौ ।
योगो भास्करसौम्याभ्यां निहन्ता भास्करात्मजः ॥ ३७ ॥
गुरु: समफलः ख्यातः शुक्रो मारकलक्षणः ।
धनुर्लग्नौद्भवस्यैवं फलं ज्ञेयं विपश्चिता ॥ ३८ ॥
37-38. SAGITTARIUS ASCENDANT: Only one Venus is a malefic. Mars and the Sun are benefics. The Sun and Mercury are Yoga Karakas, Saturn is a killer. Jupiter is known to be neutral and Venus is endowed with killing powers. These are the effects that the learned astrologers have to know of the native born in the Sagittarius Ascendant.
कुजजीवेन्दवः पापा: शुभौ भार्गवचन्द्रजौ ।
मन्दः स्वयं न हन्ता स्याद् हन्ति पापा: कुजादयः ॥ ३९ ॥
सूर्यः समफल: प्रोक्तः कविरेकः सुयोगकृत् ।
मृगलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलान्यूह्यानि सूरिभिः ॥ ४० ॥
39-40. CAPRICORN ASCENDANT: Mars, Jupiter and the Moon are malefics. while Venus and Mercury are benefics Saturn himself will not be a killer. Mars and other malefics will cause death or will be killers. The Sun is said to be neutral. It is only Venus that is a superior Yogakaraka. It is in this way that the effects of the native born in the Capricorn Ascendant are to be spoken by the learned astrologers.
जीव-चन्द्र-कुजा: पापा: शुक्रसूर्यात्मजौ शुभौ ।
राजयोगकरो ज्ञेयः कविरेव, बृहस्पतिः ॥ ४१ ॥
सूर्यो भोमश्च हन्तारो बुधो मध्यफल: स्मृतः ।
कुम्भलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलान्यूह्यानि सूरिभिः ॥ ४२ ॥
41-42. AQUARIUS ASCENDANT: Jupiter, the Moon and Mars are malefics while Venus and Saturn are benefics. Venus is the only planet that is Raja Yoga Karaka while Jupiter, the Sun and Mars are killers. Mercury gives medium effects. It is in this way that Learned astrologers have to describe the effects of a native born in the Aquarius Ascendant.
मन्दशुक्रांशुमत्सौम्याः पापा भौमविधू शुभौ ।
महीसुतगुरू योगकारकौ च महीसुतः ॥ ४३ ॥
मारकोऽपि न हन्ताऽसौ मन्दज्ञौ मारकौ स्मृतौ !
मीनलग्नोद्भवस्यैवं फलानि परिचिन्तयेत् ॥ ४४ ॥
43-44. PISCES ASCENDANT: Saturn, Venus, the Sun and Mercury are malefic while Mars and the Moon are benefics. Mars and Jupiter will cause a Yoga. Mars, even though he is a killer, will not remain so. Saturn and Mercury will be killers. The effects for the native born in the Pisces Ascendant are to be considered in this way.
एवं भावाधिपत्येन जन्मलग्नवशादिह ।
शुभत्वमशुभत्वं च ग्रहाणां प्रतिपादितम् ॥ ४५ ॥
अन्यानपि पुनर्योगान् नाभसादीन् विचिन्त्य वै ।
देहिनां च फलं वाच्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि च तानहम् ॥ ४६ ॥
45-46. It is in this way that the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the planets have been considered, these (auspiciousness or inauspiciousness) are derived from their being the Lords of particular Houses and also according to the Ascendant. Besides these, there are other Yogas like Nabhasa Yoga etc. also, after considering which should be spoken the effects for the natives, I narrate these hereafter.
Practice
In the worked analysis, Step 8 produces four separate readings of one planet. Name them and say why they are not merged.
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Show the answer and why
Answer: Dignity, Ṣaḍbala strength, functional nature and Avasthā. They are not merged because they measure different things and no implication runs between them.
A planet can be exalted, functionally malefic, weak in Ṣaḍbala and in Mṛta Avasthā — four true and independent statements. Merging them into a single "good" or "bad" throws away the specific information each one carries, and it is that specificity which lets you say something useful rather than something vague.
The worked analysis hesitates twice and says so. Why is that shown rather than edited out?
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Answer: Because hesitation is part of the method, and a demonstration that never hesitates teaches students that fluency is the goal.
A worked example that flows smoothly to a conclusion is a misleading model of what careful reading looks like. Real analysis stalls — at a contradiction, at a factor whose weight is unclear, at a point where the data will not support the next step. Showing where it stalls, and what to do there, is more useful than showing a clean run.
Where did your own analysis differ in route rather than in conclusion?
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Answer: An honest answer names specific steps — for example, weighting the 10th house's occupants before their lordships, or reaching for the D10 earlier or later than the worked version does.
Route differences matter more than conclusion differences at this stage. Two readers can reach the same conclusion by paths of very different quality, and the path is what generalises to the next chart. If your conclusions matched but you reached them by noticing different things, that is worth examining carefully.
The worked analysis states its confidence per conclusion and one of them is weak. Would a stronger overall reading have been better?
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Answer: No. The strength of a reading is set by the evidence, not by the reader's willingness to commit.
There is a persistent pressure — from clients, from students, and from one's own discomfort — to convert a weak conclusion into a moderate one. Resisting it is a professional discipline rather than a technical skill, and it is the thing most likely to erode first in real practice.
Apply it to a chart
Chart B — Albert Einstein, the synthesis chart — A whole documented life, where the evidence pulls in more than one direction. · about 34 min
| Graha | Sign | House | Degree | Nakshatra | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 10 | 1°20'30" | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | neutral |
| Moon | Scorpio | 6 | 21°47'54" | Jyeshtha 2 | debilitated |
| Mars | Capricorn | 8 | 4°44'52" | Uttara Ashadha 3 | exalted |
| Mercury | Pisces | 10 | 10°58'43" | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | debilitated |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 9 | 5°19'05" | Dhanishtha 4 | neutral |
| Venus | Pisces | 10 | 24°49'11" | Revati 3 | exalted |
| Saturn | Pisces | 10 | 12°01'26" | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | neutral |
| Rahu | Capricorn | 8 | 9°18'36" | Uttara Ashadha 4 | not assigned in BPHS |
| Ketu | Cancer | 2 | 9°18'36" | Pushya 2 | not assigned in BPHS |
| Lagna | Gemini | 1 | 19°38'02" | Ardra | lord Mercury |
Work the same question yourself, in parallel, before reading the worked analysis below. Then compare — not for agreement, but for where your reasoning took a different route or stopped somewhere different.
- The question: what does this chart show about the person's working life and what it produced? Run all fifteen steps in writing.
- Do Steps 1 to 11 completely before you look at anything about the actual life. Step 11 must be written down before you go further.
- Then Step 12, then 13, 14 and 15.
- Now read the worked analysis in the Learn section above. Mark three places where your reasoning differed — not where your conclusion differed, where your reasoning did.
- For each of the three, decide which route was better and why. This is the most useful twenty minutes in the week.
Check your understanding
Answer from memory first. Looking back at the reading before you try turns a memory test into a copying exercise.
At which step does the worked analysis stop and write something down before continuing?
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Show the answer and why
Answer: Step 11 — the natal promise.
And it is a real stop, not a formality. The worked analysis commits to a statement about what the chart is set up to give before looking at a single period, which is what makes the timing section afterwards worth anything.
Why does the course use a familiar chart for the guided analysis rather than an unfamiliar one?
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Show the answer and why
Answer: Because the point is to see the whole method run on ground you already know, so that attention is on the method rather than on the chart.
You have judged this chart in four clinics. Its placements are familiar, its tensions are known, and none of your attention is spent orienting. That leaves all of it available for watching how the steps connect — which is what this unit is for. The unfamiliar chart is the next unit, and it tests something different.
What should you do if your parallel analysis reached a conclusion the worked one did not consider at all?
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Show the answer and why
Answer: Check whether it survives the contradicting-evidence step, and if it does, keep it.
The worked analysis is one careful reading, not the correct one. A conclusion it missed may be a genuine finding or may be an artefact of a step you performed loosely — and Step 13 is what tells you which. This is also the point at which you stop treating the course as an authority and start treating it as a colleague.
What you carry forward
Two things grow across the whole course. This unit adds to both.
To your chart-analysis process
- **The whole process, rehearsed.** No new steps. What this unit adds is the experience of running all fifteen in sequence and seeing where the joints are.
To your field manual
- Run Steps 1–11 completely before looking at any outcome information. Step 11 in writing.
- Step 8 produces FOUR independent readings of a planet — dignity, Ṣaḍbala, functional nature, Avasthā. Do not merge them.
- Hesitation is part of the method. Where the evidence will not support the next step, say so and stop.
- Route matters more than conclusion. Two readers can agree by paths of very different quality.
- The strength of a reading is set by the evidence, not by willingness to commit.
By now you should be able to
- Follow a complete fifteen-step analysis and identify each step as it happens
- Recognise where a careful reading hesitates and why
- Distinguish a conclusion from the evidence that supports it
- Produce your own parallel analysis of the same chart and compare