36. Yoga Karakas :

कारकांशवशादेवं फलं प्रोक्तं मया द्विज! |
अथ भावाधिपत्येन ग्रहयोगफलं श्रृणु ॥ १ ॥

1. 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.

The Ascendant is a House which is counted both as an angle and a trine. It is an angle and also a trine. Therefore the Ascendant Lord is always a giver of auspicious effect whether he be a benefic or a malefic and there is special siginficance of the effect given by him. Now it follows from this that if a planet becomes lord of an angle and at the same time he is the Ascendant Lord also, he will always remain a giver of good effects. Therefore in the Gemini and Virgo Ascendants, Mercury being respectively the 4th and the 10th Lord becomes the Lord of an angle, but he does not lose his benefic nature. But in both these Ascendants Jupiter will be the Lord of two Angles and consequently he will lose his benefic nature and he will be considered as infected by the Kendradhipatya Dosha (the blemish of being the Lord of an angle).

Mercury will be in the same situation in case the Ascendants are Sagittarius and Pisces.

The Lords of 3-6-11 Houses are called Trishadayadhisha. If a planet lords any of these Houses he becomes giver of inauspicious effects.

The Lord of 12-2-8 Houses are not free in giving effects. They give the effects of the planet with whom they have associations. If they are not associated with any planet, then they give the effect of that other House in which their 2nd sign has fallen. The lords of the Houses classified in the above way have the inauspicious capacity of giving effects in ascending order, for example the capacity becomes greater in the 2nd Lord than in the 12th and greatest in the 8th Lord and so on. In this way the 8th Lord has the greatest capacity of giving effects.

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.

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.

Mercury gives auspicious effects if he is situated alone in a House or if he is situated along with the full Moon, Jupiter and Venus, that is if he is in conjunction with a benefic planet. But in being situated along with a malefic planet like the emaciated Moon, the Sun, Saturn and Mars he also becomes a malefic and acts like a malefic. The planets are strong in ascending order in giving auspicious or inauspicious effects. Thus, the full Moon is a giver of benefic effects, but Mercury gives more auspicious effects than the full Moon, Jupiter more than Mercury and Venus is the most benefic of them all. Similarly, the emaciated Moon is a giver of inauspicious effects but Mercury gives more inauspicious effects than the emaciated Moon,the Sun more than Mercury, Saturn more than the Sun and Mars will be the most malefic of them all.

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.

1. The Angular Lord occupies a trine and the Trinal Lord occupies an angle that is, there should be an exchange between an angle and a trine.

2. The Lords of an angle and a trine are situated together in an angle or in a trine.

3. If a trinal Lord is situated in an angle, he is always in an auspicious situation although he may not be in his own sign.

4. If an angular Lord occupies a trine he will always be in an auspicious situation. His situation in his own sign is not essential for him to be auspicious.

5. The angular Lord being situated in any House aspects the trinal Lord situated in a benefic House and the Trinal Lord aspects the Angular Lord in the same position or they should have aspects between them.

The greater this relationship of the planets is there in a horoscope the more famous, the wealthier and the more powerful will the native be.

कोणेशत्वे यदैकस्य केन्द्रेशत्वं च जायते ।
केन्द्रे कोणे स्थितो वाऽसौ विशेषाद्योगकारकः ॥ १३ ॥

13. 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 ॥

14. 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 ॥

15. 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 ॥

16. 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.

The planets Rahu and Ketu will give the effects of the planet. with whom they will be situated in very prominent degree. There is the word 'ct' (prabalau) in the Sloka. It means that these planets

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 ॥

17. 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 ॥

18. (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.

The 2nd and the 7th Houses are said to be Maraka Houses (killers). In this (Aries) Ascendant Venus becomes the Lord of both these Houses. Being the Lord of an angle she doesnot remain a benefic and therefore, he is a very strong killer. If such Venus has relation with other planets like Mercury and Saturn, the situation will become extremely inauspicious. In the Aries Ascendant Mercury will become the Lord of the 3rd and the 6th House both of which are malefic Houses. Therefore, Mercury will have sufficient maleficiency.

The Moon may be specially benefic if she has relation with a trinal Lord. Some learned writers are of the view that the emaciated Moon making relation with a trinal Lord will become highly benefic. The Sun will give benefic effects as he is a trinal Lord and so will Jupiter as he also happens to be a trinal Lord but being the 12th Lord he will feel inability to give benefic effects as he will be at the disposal of an other planet and if there is a malefic planet in the 12th House he will be compelled to give inauspicious effects. Jupiter is a trinal Lord and Saturn being the 10th Lord is an angular Lord; but being the 11th Lord he will be a malefic. Therefore, this combination will give inauspicious effects. The combination of Jupiter and Venus is also not significantly auspicious.

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.

Mars proves to be the most malefic planet for the native born in Gemini Ascendant, as in this Ascendant he becomes the Lord of the 6th and the 11th Houses which are strongly malefic Houses and in addition to their malefic nature they are lorded by such a strong malefic as Mars. Therefore Mars acquires full capability of creating obstructions, obstacles, losses, accidents, hostility, injury and situation of opposition etc.

1. The Sun, being the 3rd Lord in this Ascendant, has been said to be a malefic. The Sage has not stated as auspicious the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter like that for the Aries Ascendant because the 9th Lord Saturn becomes the 8th Lord also and the defect of the Lordship of the 8th House has been seen in him. But the Mooltrikona sign of Saturn Aquarius falls in the 9th House and therefore he will predominantly cause the effect of the 9th House. It has been generally seen that in this combination effects are delayed and some times hope has to be abandoned completely. If the Ascendant is Gemini and Saturn and Jupiter are in conjunction in the 11th House, the native will have to suffer ill consequences of the severest kind because there will be the sign of Aries in the 11th House and in which Saturn will be in his sign of debilitation. The 11th House is the principal malefic House among the Trishadaya Houses (3-6-11). Jupiter has already got the defect of being an angular Lord. Here is an example of such a combination:

The horoscope is that of a learned teacher Shri Jagpal Singh a friend of mine who taught even the hardest and most difficult subjects authoritatively for three decades. This teacher is thoroughly gentle, cultured, social, truth loving, a man of character and noble hearted. He came into trouble due to the Conjunction in the 11th House of Jupiter and Saturn. He was arrested in a murder case in 1992 as he was suspected of committing this murder which was actually not done by him. He was released on bail in 1/1-2 years. The case against him is still going on. It is to be seen how much punishment will be given to this innocent teacher by Jupiter and Saturn or whether being pleased with his innocence, sense of service, high moral sense will pardon him for the evil deed done by him in his former birth.

In the Gemini Ascendant Venus has been said to be a benefic. Therefore, the combination of Venus with benefic planets will be called yoga Karakas. Mercury, being the Ascendant Lord, will give auspicious effects for the natives having Gemini Ascendants. Being the 4th Lord, he cannot be called a benefic, he will be called so due to his being the Ascendant Lord.

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.

The reason why Mercury and the Sun are Yoga Karakas is that Mercury is the Lord of two angles and the Sun the Lord of a trine.

Mars is the 12th Lord, but according to the rule of Sahacharya (association) he will give the effect of the 5th House, that is of a trine and therefore he will give auspicious effects.

Saturn, being the 3rd Lord, is already a malefic planet and in addition to it he is the 2nd Lord also. Therefore, he is spoken of as a killer.

The Moon doesnot have the defect of being the 8th Lord. Therefore, if she makes relation with benefic plenets, she will give the effects of the Yoga Karaka plenets. Jupiter is said to be neutral. But if he makes relation with the Yoga Karaka planets he will certainly prove to be Yoga Karaka.

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.

Mars is a natural malefic of the first order. In the Capricorn Ascendant he becomes the 4th Lord and therefore loses his maleficiency; but being the 11th Lord, he gets extremely inauspicious so much so that he causes even the death of the native. Therefore the Sage has called him as a planet having the disposition of a killer.

Mercury, in this Ascendant, has his Mooltrikona sign in the 9th House, he therefore, gives the effects of the 9th House, predominantly, although in the beginning of his Antardasa he may create obstacles.

Jupiter, being the 3rd Lord, is inauspicious and the Moon, being the Lord of the 7th House, which is an angle, becomes a malefic.

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.

The Moon, being the 6th Lord, will become extremely malefic, while Mercury, being the Lord of the 5th House (an auspicious House) and of the 8th House (an inauspicious House) has been said to be giver of medium effects which is right. In his Dasa and Antardasa periods Mercury gives inauspicious effects for some time. He, being the giver of medium effects, cannot give either of the effects, in great amount.

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.