Chapter 7: Planetary Divisions of Life

The rising sign is Leo and Jupiter occupies it ; Venus occupies Cancer, Mercury the 2nd house Virgo, .and the malefic planets occupy the Upachaya places, viz., •the 3rd, 6th, 10th, and the llth houses. A person born •iii the above yoga will live for 1,000 years.

The Sun and Mars occupy the 4th house from •the ascendant ; Saturn occupies the rising sign, Rahu the 12th house and the other planets the 8th house. A per- son born in the above yoga will live for 2,000 years.

The rising sign is Aries and the Sun occupies it. .Saturn occupies the 4th or the 9th house, Mars the 7th house and powerful Moon the 12th house. A person born in the above yoga will live for 2,000 years by the power of drugs. . 4. The rising sign is Sagittari or Pisces and Jupi- ter occupies it ; sign Gemini is unoccupied and Venus occupies one of the Kendra houses, A person born in CH. VII.] Briiiat Jdtakd. 75 the above yoga will live for a great number of years by the power of drugs and will attain the position of fndra.

If a malefic planet occupy the rising sign, then multiply the total number of years already obtained by the CH. VII. J Brihat Jdtakd. 65 number of Navamsas between the first point of Aries and the Lagna of the rising Navamsa and divide the product by 108. (3) The quotient will be the number of years to be subtracted from the total number of years already obtained (d}. But, if the malefic planet be aspected by a benefic one, the amount of reduction will only be one-half of what was stated above.

If all the planets occupy either a single sign or the Trikona or the Kendra houses, a person born in the above yoga will either die immediately after birth or live for a yuga by the power of mantras.

If malefic planets do not occupy the Trikona houses, benefic planets do not occupy the Kendra houses, and if the 8th house be not occupied by a malefic planet, a person born in the above yoga will become a Deva.

The rising sign is Taurus and Venus occupies it ; Jupiter occupies one of the Kendra houses and the other planets occupy the 3rd, 6th and the llth houses. A person born under the yoga will become a Deva after living for a great number of years by the power of drugs and mantras.

Kulaghna. i». Garala.

The rising sign is Cancer and Cancer is also the rising Navamsa ; Jupiter occupies one of the Kendra houses, Mars the 7th house, and Venus is in Simhasa- namsa («). A person born in the above yoga will live long by the power of drugs.

The rising Navamsa is the last Navamsa of sign Virgo and Mercury occupies it ; Jupiter occupies the 7th house and is in Gopuramsa or Saturn is in Mridvamsa. A person born under the above yoga will live for an infi- nite number of years.

Maya. The 60 parts of the odd signs are

Pretupureesa. 32. Kala.

Jupiter occupies one of the Keudra houses, and is' in Gopuramsa; Venus occupies one of the Trikona houses and is in Paravatamsa and the rising sign is Can- cer. A person born in the above yoga will live for a yuga.

The rising sign is Cancer and Jupiter occupies it and is in the Navamsa of Sagittari and 2 or 3 planets occupy the Kendras. A person born in the above yoga will live long and attain the position of Brahma.

Venus occupies the 3rd or IHh house and is in Gopura or other Amsas, and the rising Navamsa is Taurus of sign Taurus. A person born in the above yoga will live long and attain the position of Brahma. J6. Venus occupies the rising sign ; Jupiter the 7th house; the Moon, sign Virgo, and the rising Navamsa is Aries of sign Sagittari. A person born in the above yoga will obtain salvation.

Mercury occupies the 5th house and is in Gopura or other Amsas ; the rising sign is Aquarius and Jupiter occupies it. A person born in the above yoga will attain the position of Brahma. 1 8. Jupiter occupies one of the Kendra houses. Saturn occupies the llth house ; the Sun occupies the" 2nd house ; Gulika, (the higher apsis of a planet's course) occupies the 7th house and Mars occupies the 9th house. A person born in the above yoga will live for a yuga. CH. VII.] Brihat Jdtaka. Tl

Jupiter and Mercury are in the Trikona houses ; the rising sign is Taurus and Mars occupies it and the Moon is in Gopuranisa. A person born in the above yoga will live for 2,000 years.

Jupiter occupies one of the Kendra houses; the rising sign is Cancer, Mars occupies the 7th house and Saturn the 4th house ; the time of birth is the light half of the month. If the birth of a person occurs in the above yoga and by day he will live for 10,000 years.

Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus occupy the Kendras and are mutually in Kendra positions to one another, or they all occupy the Trikona houses. A per- son born in either of the above yogas will live for 10,000 years.

Benefic planets occupy the Kendras; Malefic planets occupy the 3rd, 6th, and llth houses; the rising sign is Leo and Jupiter occupies it. A person born in the above yoga will live for 60,000 years.

The rising sign is Capricorn, and planets from Mars to the Sun occupy it excepting Jupiter who occu- pies the 3rd house. A person born in the above yoga will live for a Kalpa.

Digambara. Deva. Ardra. Kalinasa. Kshitisvvara Kamalakara.

The Sun and Mercury occupy fixed signs; the Moon occupies sign Taurus, and Venus sign Gemini ; the rising sign js Cancer, and Jupiter occupies it, or the rising . sign is Libra and Saturn occupies it. A person born in the above yoga will become a J/«;/z'or a Rishi.

The Moon is in Devaiokamsa ; Mars is in Para- vatauisa; the Sun is in the rising sign and in Simhasa.- 78 Brihal Jdtakd. [Cu. VII. namsa. A person born in the above yoga will become a Muni or a Rislii.

The Sun, occupies sign Aries, Jupiter either the 9th house or sign Cancer and the malefic planets occupy the 3rd, 6th and the llth houses. A person born in the above yoga will become a Muni. Amsas explained. In Chapter I, we have referred to the six modes of di vision of the Ecliptic known as Shadvarga. Certain writers have four more divisions known as Saptamamsa, Dasamsa, Shodasamsa and Shashtyamsa. These ten divisions of the Ecliptic are known as Dasavarga. Saptamamsa is the division of a sign of the Zodiac into 7 equal parts. The lords of the 7 parts of the odd signs are respectively the lords of the 7 signs of the Zodiac commencing from the odd sign ; and the lords of the 7 parts of the even signs are respectively the lords of the 7 signs of the Zodiac beginning from the 7th sign from the even sign. Dasamsa is the division of a sign of the Zodiac into 10 equal parts. The lords of the 10 parts of the odd signs are respectively the lords of the 10 signs of the Zodiac com- mencing from the odd sign, and the lords of the 10 parts of the even signs are respectively the lords of the 10 signs commencing from the 10th sign from the even sign. Shodasamsa is. the division of a sign of the ecliptic into 16 equal parts. The lords of the 16 parts of the odd signs are the lords of the 1.2 signs commencing from the odd sign together with Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and Surya ; the lords of the 16 parts of the even signs are the lords o£ the 12 signs commencing from the even sign together with Surya, Rudra, Vishnu and Brahma. Shashtyamsa is the division of a sign of the ecliptic CH, VII.] Brihat Jatakd. 30 into 60 equal parts, those of

Davagni. 53. Dandayudha.

Cantaka. 56. Asubha.

Sudha. 57. Atisitala.

Amrita. 58. Sudha. [na.

Poornachandra.59. Payodhibhrama-

Vishapradigdha.60.Indurekha. And the 60 parts of the even signs are the above in the inverse order; that is, beginning from Indurekha aud ending in Ghora. Now, a planet which occupies his particular house, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa, Trimsamsa, &c., is said to be in his Varga. A planet occupying two Vargas is said to he in Parijatamsa ; if he occupies three Vargas, he is said to be in Uttamainsa ; if four vargas, in "Gopuramsa ; if ftve vargas, in Simhasanainsa ; if six, in Paravatamsa ; if seven or eight, in Devalokamsa ; if nine, in Airavatamsa ; and if ten, in Vaiseshikamsa.

Indumukha. '51. Pravina.