Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra · Volume 1
9. Aspects of The Signs:
अथ मेषादिराशीनां चरादीनां पृथक्-पृथक् ।
दृष्टिभेदं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रृणु त्वं द्विजसत्तम ! ॥ १ ॥
राशयोऽभिमुखं विप्र ! तथा पश्यन्ति पार्श्वभे ।
यथा चरः स्थिरानेवं स्थिरः पश्यति वै चरान् ॥ २ ॥
द्विस्वभावो विनाऽऽत्मानं द्विस्वभावान् प्रपश्यति ।
समीपस्थं परित्यज्य खेटास्तत्र गतास्तथा ॥ ३ ॥
1-3 SIGN ASPECTS: O excellent of the Brahmins listen to me, now I would separately tell you about the aspects of the signs like Aries or movable signs etc. The signs aspect the signs opposite to them and both sides of them. As the movable signs aspect the fixed ones, so the fixed signs have their aspects on movable ones. A common sign aspects the other common signs except its own self. And the planets situated in these signs also aspect in the same manner, they leave out the planet situated in the adjacent sign.
"चरं धनं विना स्थास्नं स्थिरमन्त्यं विना चरं ।
युग्मं स्वेन विना युग्मं पश्यन्ती त्ययमागमः ॥
that is, movable signs aspect all the fixed signs barring the fixed sign adjacent to them. A fixed sign aspects all the movable signs except the movable sign that falls twelfth from it. A dual sign aspects all the remaining common or dual signs.
The planets situated in these signs also have their aspects with one another exactly in the same manner as these signs. Thus, the planet situated in the movable sign Aries will aspect the planet situated in the 5th sign Leo. 8th sign Scorpio and the 11th sign Aquarius.
The above mentioned aspects of signs and the aspects of the planets situated in them are full aspects and not one fourth two fourth and, three fourth.
चरेषु संस्थिताः खेटा: पश्यन्ति स्थिरसङ्गतान् ।
स्थिरेषु संस्थिता एवं पश्यन्ति चरसंस्थितान् ॥ ४ ॥
उभयस्थास्तु सूर्याद्याः पश्यन्त्युभयसंस्थितान् ।
निकटस्थं विना खेटा: पश्यन्तीत्ययमागमः ॥ ५ ॥
4 - 5. PLANETARY ASPECTS: Planets situated in movable signs aspect the other 3 fixed signs except the one adjacent to them, those situated in fixed ones aspect the other 3 movable signs except the one adjacent to them and, the planets Sun etc, situated in common or dual signs aspect the other 3 common or dual signs
except the ones in which they are situated and they also aspect the planets situated in them.
In fixed sign Taurus are situated Mercury and Mars. These planets will aspect the movable signs 4th, 7th and 10th except the movable sign Aries which is adjacent to Taurus. The planets situated in these movable signs will also be aspected by Mercury and Mars. Thus they will aspect the sign Cancer and the planet Saturn situated in it, the signs Libra and Capricorn. In the common sign Gemini there is the planet Jupiter. He will aspect the other 3 common signs Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces and also the planets situated in them, but he will aspect the sign Gemini and the planet situated in this sign.
दृष्टिचक्रमहं वक्ष्ये यथावद् ब्रह्मणोदितम् ।
यस्य विन्यासमात्रेण दृष्टिभेदः प्रकाश्यते ॥ ६ ॥
प्राचि मेषवृषौ लेख्यौ कर्कसिंहौ तथोत्तरे ।
तुलाऽली पश्चिमे विप्र ! मृगकुम्भौ च दक्षिणे ॥ ७ ॥
ईश- कोणे तु मिथुनं वायव्ये कन्यकां तथा ।
नैर्ऋत्यां चापमालिख्य वह्निकोणे झषं लिखेत् ॥ ८ ॥
एवं चतुर्भुजाकारं वृत्ताकारमथापि वा।
दृष्टिचक्रं प्रविन्यस्यैवं ततो दृष्टिं विचारयेत् ॥ ९ ॥
6 - 9. Now I will narrate, as spoken by Lord Brahma, the aspectual diagram by the mere sight of which the various aspects of the planets are well illustrated. In a square or a circle are marked the eight directions (4 corners and 4 quarters there of) Then the Zodiacal signs are marked as under: Aries and Taurus in east, Gemini in the North East, Cancer and Leo in the North, Virgo in the North West, Libra and Scorpio in the West, Sagittarius in the South West, Capricorn and Aquarius in the South and, Pisces in the South East. It is in this way and after this that the Various aspects are to be considered :
Notes :-
Circle Diagram
Square Diagram
Another 'Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra' (Edited by Ganesh Datta Pathaka) published by Thakur Prasad and Sons Book Sellers, Varanasi gives another, different way of making their diagram. But the prevalent diagram is the one given by us above. Shri Ganesh Dutta Pathaka himself has accepted this fact.
According to him the verse (श्लोक) is as follows:
पूर्वे मेष वृषो लेख्यौ कर्क सिंहो च दक्षिणे ।
तुलालिवारुणे विप्र नक्र कुंभे तथोत्तरे ॥
(Draw a square diagram. Mark Aries and Taurus in the East direction, in the south Cancer and Leo, Libra and Scorpio in the West and, Sagittarius and Capricorn in the South)
Square Diagram
अग्निकोणे तु मिथुनं नैत्रर्टत्याम मनां द्विज |
वायव्यां धनुषं लैख्यभीशान्यां च झषं लिखेद ॥
(Write Gemini in the Agni Kona (South East), Virgo in the Nairirirtaya (South West), Sagittarius in Vayavaya (North West) and Pisces in Ishana (North East)]
As per these verses (श्लोकों) this diagram will be drawn in the following way:
होरा शास्त्रे भिन्न दृष्टिः खेटानां च परस्परम् ।
त्रिदेशे च त्रिकोणे च चतुरस्त्रे च सप्तमे ॥ १० ॥
- ASPECTS OF PLANETS: Hora Shastra tells us different aspects of the Planets. The planets aspect the House 3/10, 9/5, 4/8/7 from the the house in which they are situated.
शनिर्देवगुरुर्भीमः परे च विक्षणेऽधिकाः ।
पदार्ध्द त्रिपदं पूर्णं वदंति गणका जनाः ॥ ११ ॥
शनिपादं त्रिकोणेषु चतुरस्रे द्विपादकम् ।
त्रिपादं सप्तमे विप्र त्रिदशे पूर्णमेवहि ॥ १२ ॥
11 - 12. Saturn, Jupiter and Mars have their special aspects. Astrologers call these aspects as एक चरण (one foot), दो चरण, तीन चरण and पूर्ण दृष्टि (Full aspect).
Saturn aspects the Houses 9/5 with one foot, 4/8 with two feet, 7th with three feet and 3/10 with full aspect.
चतुरस्त्रे गुरुः पादं सप्तमे च द्विपादकम् ।
त्रिपादं त्रिदशे विप्र पूर्णं पश्यति कोणभे ॥ १३ ॥
- Jupiter lends his aspect to the Houses 4/8 with one foot, to the 7th house with two feet, 3/10 houses with 3 feet and 9/5 houses with full aspect from the house in which he is situated.
सप्तमे पादमेकं च द्विपादं त्रिदशे द्विज ।
त्रिपादं च त्रिकोणेषु भौमः पूर्णं चतुरस्त्रगे ॥ १४ ॥
- Mars aspects the house 7th with one foot, the Houses 3/10 with two feet, those 9/5 houses with 3 feet and those 4/8 houses with full aspect from the house in which he is situated.
अन्येषां त्रिदशे पादं द्विपादं च त्रिकोणगे ।
चतुरस्त्रे त्रिपादं च पूर्णं पश्यति सप्तमे ॥ १५ ॥
- Other planets lend their aspects from the house in which they are situated in this order: they aspect 3/10 with one foot, 5/9 with two feet, 4/8 with 3 feet and they lend their full aspect to the house 7th from their house of situation.
एवं रत्यिा निरक्ष्यिन्ते ग्रहा रवादयो द्विज ।
पूर्णं पंक्तिर्यथा ग्राह्या तथा ग्राह्यां च पूर्णकम् ॥१६॥
- O Brahmin, the aspect of the planets Sun etc, has been spoken of in two ways. The first aspect is to be known in the same way as it has been stated and the other aspect should be known as own with one foot, two feet and three feet.