Chapter 20: Planets in Several Vargas

If at the time of birth of a person, the Sun occupy the Ascendant, the person will be fond of fight, slow at work, without sight and without mercy ; but if Aries be the rising sign and the Sun occupy it, the person will be rich and afflicted with diseases of the eye ; if Leo be the rising sign and the Sun occupy it, he will be blind at night ; if Libra be the rising sign and the Sun occupy it, the person will be blind and poor ; if Cancer be the rising sign and the Sun occupy it, he will have a inote in his eye. If the Sun occupy the 2nd house from the Ascen- daut, the person will be greatly rich, will have his wealth carried away by the king and will suffer from diseases in the face.

If at the time of birth, the Sun occupy the 3rd house from the Ascendant, the person will be intelligent and powerful ; if he occupy the 4th house, the person will be afflicted with grief and mental sufferings ; if he occupy the 5th house, he will have no sons and will be poor and if he occupy the 6th house, the person will be powerful and be subjugated by his enemy.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Sun occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant, the person will suffer disgrace at the hands of women ; if he occupy the 8th house, the person will have very few sons and will become blind ; if he occupy the 9th house, the person will have sons, wealth and comfort ; if he occupy the 10th house, the person will live in comfort and will be powerful ; if he occupy the llth house, the person will be very rich and if he occupy the 12th house he will become an apostate.

If at the time of birth the Moon occupy the 7th house from the ascendant, the person will be jealous of the prosperity of other men and will be lustful. If she occupy the 8th house, the person will be fickle-minded and will be afflicted with diseases. If she occupy the 9th house, the person will be liked by all and will have sons, friends, kinsmen and wealth. If she occupy the 10th house, he will be successful in all places, will be virtuous, wealthy, intelligent and valorous. If she occupy the llth house, the person will be famous and will gain wealth and the like and if she occupy the 12th house from the ascendant, the person will be wicked and of defective limbs.

If at the time of birth of a person Mars occupy the ascendant, such person will possess a wounded body ; if he occupy the 2nd house, the person will eat low meals ; if he occupy the 9th house, the person will be a sinner ; and if he occupy the remaining houses he will produce the same effects as the Sun in those places. Again, if at the time of birth of a person Mercury occupy the Ascendant, such person will be learned, if he occupy the 2nd house, the person will be wealthy. If he occupy the 3rd house the person will be very wicked. If he occupy the 4th house, the person will be learned. If he occupy the 5th house, he will be a minister under a king ; if he occupy the 6th house, he will have no enemies. If he occupy the 7th house, he will possess a' knowledge of the law. If he occupy the 8th house, the person will be renowned for his virtues. If he occupy the 9th, 10th, llth and 12th houses he will produce the same effects as the Sun in those places.

If at the time of birth of a person Jupiter occupy the 12 signs from the Ascendant, such person will respec- tively be learned, of good speech, a niggard, will live in comfort, will be intelligent, will have no enemies, will possess virtues superior to those of his father, will do deeds unsuited to his rank in life, will be a devotee, will be possessed of wealth, will be full of gain and will be wicked.

If at the time of birth cf a person Venus occupy the ascendant, such pers6n will be skilled in acts of love and will live in great comfort ; if Venus occupy the 7th house, the person will be fond of quarrels and of sexual union ; if Venus occupy the 5th house the person will live in comfort and if he occupy the remaining houses the effects will be the same as those of Jupiter in those places ; but if Venus occupy sign Pisces at the time of birth, the person will become rich.

If at the time of birth of a person Saturn occupy the Ascendant, such person will be poor, will be afflicted with diseases and sexual passion, will be dirty, will suffer much from diseases while young, and will be of indistinct speech. But if the Ascendant occupied by Saturn be Libra Sagittari, Capricorn, Aquarius or Pisces, the person will be as happy as a king, will rule over a village or a town, will be learned and will possess fine limbs. But if Saturn occupy any of the other houses (from the 2nd to the 12th) the effects will be the same as those of the Sun in the same places.

In determining the effects of the planets in the several houses from the Ascendant the nature of such houses shall be taken into account, that is, whether the houses occupied by the several planets are their friendly signs or inimical or neutral signs or their own houses or CH. XX. J Brihat Jdtakd. 193 their exaltation signs and the like. Again, according to Satyachariar, benefic planets promote the Bhavas while malefic ones reduce them ; but in the cases of the 6th, 8th and 12th houses, the reverse is the case (£). According to Garga, planets in their exaltation, Moolatrikona, Swakshetra or Friendly signs promote the Bhavas occupied by them ; planets in their inimical or depression signs reduce the Bhavas occupied by them ; and planets in ther neutral signs neither promote nor reduce the Bhavas occupied by them. (3) That is, if a beuefic pianet occupy the 6th house, the enemies will meet with ruin and if a malefic planet occupy it, the enemies will increase. Again, if a benefic planet occupy the 8th house, a person will be freed from dangers to life and if a malefic planet occupy it, danger to life will increase. Lastly, if a benefic planet occupy the 12th house, there will be no loss to the person and if a malefic planet occupy it, there will be an increase of loss. This view is according toSwalpa Jataka.

If the planets to which goad effects have been assigned occupy their exaltation signs, such effects will fully come to pass. If they occupy their Moolatrikona signs, only three-fourths of such effects will come to pass ; if they occupy their own houses, one-half of such effects will come to pass ; if they occupy their friendly signs, one- quarter of such effects will come to pass ; if they occupy their inimical signs, less than one-quarter of such effects will come to pass and if the planets occupy their depression signs or if they happen to be Astangata planets (b], the good effects described will wholly fail.