Chapter 11: Nabhasa Yogas

According to the Yavanas, a person born when three or more malefic planets are in their exaltation signs becomes a tyrannical king. According to Jeevasanna if such planets be malefic, a person will never become a king.

Of the four planets Mars, Saturn, the Sun, and Jupiter, for all the four or any three of them occupy- ing exaltation signs, while each of the planets occupies the Lagna, the number of Raja-yogas is 16. Again,, of the same four planets, for any two or for any one occupying exaltation signs and in each case for each of the planets occupying the Lagna while the Moon occupies sign Cancer, the number of Raja-yogas is also 16. US Srihat Jdtakd. [CH. XI.

The Lagna or the Moon being in Vargottania positions, of all the planets excepting the Moon, for the CH. XL] Brihat Jdtakd. 119 several groups of four, five and six planets aspecting the L,agna or the Moon, the number of yogas obtained in each case is 22.

When Saturn occupies sign Aquarius, the Sun sign Aries, the Moon sign Taurus, Mercury sign Gemini, Jupiter sign Leo, and Mars sign Scorpio, a person born be- comes a king when the rising sign is Aquarius or when it is Aries or when it is Taurus. Again, when Saturn occupies sign Libra, the Moon sign Taurus, the Sun and Mercury sign Virgo, Venus sign Libra, Mars sign Aries, and Jupiter Sign Cancer, a person born becomes a king when the rising sign is Libra or when it is Taurus.

When Mars occupies sign Capricorn, the Sun and the Moon sign Sagittari, Saturn sign Capricorn and when the rising sign is also Capricorn, a person born be- comes a king. Again, when the rising sign is Capricorn and when Mars and the Moon occupy it, and when the Sun occupies sign Sagittari, a person born becomes a king. Again, when Aries is the rising sign and when. the Sun occupies it, when Saturn and the Moon occupy sign Libra and Jupiter occupies sign Sagittari, a person born becomes a king.

When the rising sign is Taurus and the Moon occupies it, when the Sun occupies sign Leo, Jupiter sign Scorpio and Saturn sign Aquarius, a person born becomes a king. Again, when the rising sign is Capricorn, and when Saturn occupies it, and when the Moon occupies the 3rd house, Mars the 6th house, Mercury the 9th house, and Jupiter the 12th house, a person born becomes a virtuous and famous king. CH. XI.] Brihat Jdtakd. 121

When the Moon and Jupiter occupy sign Sagittari, and when Mars occupies sign Capricorn, a person born becomes a king when Pisces is the rising sign and Venus occupies it, or when Virgo is rising sign and Mercury occupies it. Again, when the rising sign is Virgo and when Mer- cury occupies it, when Mars and Saturn occupy the 5th house, when the Moon, Jupiter and Venus occupy the 4th house, a person born becomes a king.

When Pisces is the rising sign, and the Moon occu- pies it, and when Aquarius, Capricorn and Leo are respec- tively occupied by Saturn, Mars and the Sun, a person born becomes a king. Again, when Mars occupies sign Aries and Jupiter sign Cancer, a person bom becomes a king when Aries is the rising sign, or when Cancer is the rising sign.

When Cancer is the rising sign and Jupiter occu- pies it, and when the Moon, Venus and Mercury occupy sign Taurus and the Sun sign Aries, a person born be- comes a powerful king.

When Capricorn is the rising sign and Saturn occupies it, when the signs Aries, Cancer and Leo are occupied by their lords and when Gemini and Libra are respectively occupied by Mercury -and Venus, a person born becomes a famous king.

When Virgo is the rising sign and Mercury occupies it, when Venus occupies sign Gemini, the Moon and Jupiter occupy sign Pisces, and Mars and Saturn occupy sign Capricorn, a person born becomes a king.

Persons born under the various yogas des- cribed above (<?), though they may be born in low families will become kings. If such persons are born in a king's family, they will doubtless become kings. We shall now proceed to describe certain yogas, persons born under 16 which will become kings if they belong to a king's family and will become rich, if otherwise.

When three or more planets are powerful and occupy either their exaltation signs or their Moolatrikona signs, a person born becomes a king if he belongs to a king's family. Again, when five or more planets are powerful and occupy their exaltations signs or their Moolatrikona signs, a person born becomes a king even if he be born in alow family. If, in either case, the number of powerful planets be less than three "or five, the persons described above will not become kings but will become only rich.

When Aries is the rising sign and the Sun and the Moon occupy it, when Mars occupies sign Capricorn, Saturn sign Aquarius, and Jupiter sign Sagittari, a person born becomes a king if he belongs to a king's family (6).

When Venus occupies the 4th house, and when such house is his own, when the Moon occupies the 9th house, and when the other planets occupy the 3rd, 1st and the llth houses, a person born becomes a king if he belongs to a king's family, CH. XL] Brihat Jatakd. 123

When Mercury is powerful and occupies the rising sign («), when a powerful beuefic planet (6) occu- pies the 9th house 00 and when the other planets occupy the 9th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th 10th, and llth houses, a person born becomes a virtuous king if he belongs to a king's family.

When Taurus is the rising sign and the Moon occupies it, when Jupiter occupies the 2nd house, Saturn the 6th house, and the other planets the llth house, a person born becomes a king if he belongs to a king's family. Again, when Jupiter occupies the 4th house, the Suti and the Moon occupy the 10th house, when Saturn occu- pies the Lagna and when the other planets occupy the llth house, a person born becomes a king if he be born in a king's family (G), 124 Brihal Sdtakd. [Cn. XL

When the Moon occupies the 10th house, Saturn the 11 th house, Jupiter the rising sign, Mercury and Mars the 2nd house, and the Sun and Venus occupy the 4th house, a person born becomes a king if he belongs to a king's family. Again, when Mars and Saturn occupy the rising sign, when the Moon occupies the 4th house, Jupiter the 7th house, Venus the 9th house, the Sun the 10th house, and Mercury the llth house, a person born becomes a king if he belongs to a king's family (<$).

Of the planets producing a Rajayoga either in the Dasa periods O) of those which occupy the 10th house or the Lagna (&) or in that of the most powerful planet (c}} a person obtains kingdom and he loses it and courts the friendship of another king in the Dasa periods of the planets occupying inimical or depression signs (<?)•

When Jupiter, Venus and Mercury occupy the rising sign, when Saturn occupies the 7th house and the Sun the 10th house, a person born will live in great comfort and luxury. Again, when powerful benefic signs form the Ken- dras (<7) and malefic planets occupy malefic signs, a per- son born becomes rich and the chief of hunters or robbers.