Chapter 16: The general effects of the 12 Bhavas

The native will correspond in mien to the lord of the rising Navamsa, or his appearance will be like that of the planet that has the greatest strength. His hue will be like that of the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the Moon. His body and limbs will be commensurate in their proportions with the rising sign and other Rasis which are described as forming the head and other portions of (Kalapursha).

If the lord of the Lagna occupy a Kendra or a Kona with clear rays (uneclipsed) in exaltation or Swakshetra, when the lord of the 8th house is posited in a house other than a Kendra and when the Lagna is occupied by a benefic, the person born will be long-lived, rich, honoured endowed with good qualities, will be praised by kings, fortunate, possess beautiful limbs, be of good physique, fearless, virtuously disposed and will have a good and happy family.

If the lord of the Lagna be well associated, the person born will live in a good village or amidst good associations. When the associated planet is strong, he will be under the patronage of a renowned king. When the said pLinet is in his exaltation, the person will become a king. If the planet should be in his own house, the person will live in his own native place. He will always be on his legs if the planet be in a moveable house. He will be stationary in one place if the planet be in a fixed sign. The effect will be mixed if in a dual sign.

If at the birth of a person, the lord of the Lagna be of brilliant rays, he will become famous; if the planet be well-placed, the person will be happy and prosperous. But if he should occupy a (Dusstthana), be in the house of a malefic or an enemy or occupy his depression sign, the native will be miserable and will live in a despicable place. Reside amidst outcasts or vile people. If the Lagna is strong, the person concerned will live happy, thrive well and will come to power and prominence. But if the Lagna be without strength, the man will constantly be overcome by calamities, be sad and will suffer from disease.

If the lord of the 2nd house be posited in the Lagna and benefics occupy the 2nd house, the person concerned will be endowed with the best qualities, have a prosperous family, will be rich, affable, and far-sighted. If the planet owning the 2nd Bhava be connected with the Sun (vide XV-30, supra), the native will utilize his for the good of humanity. Knowledge and wealth. If the association of the said Lord is with Saturn, the person's learning will be very insignificant and of a low order

If the planet associated be Jupiter, the person concerned will become proficient in the sacred scriptures and code of laws; if it be Mercury, he will be clever in politics ; if Venus, he will be an expert in amorous topics ; if the Moon, he will know something of the arts ; if Mars, he will be an adept in works involving hard labour and will be a back-biter; if Rahu, he will be lisping or stammering (will speak indistinctly) ; if Ketu, he will stammer and utter falsehoods. If malefics occupy the 2nd house, the person concerned will be a fool and without wealth.

If the lords of the 3rd house and of the Lagna be connected (vide XV-30, supra) by their mutual exchange of places and be also strong, the native will be brave, valorous, and helpful to his brothers ; he will also be capable of accomplishing daring acts.

If the lord of the 3rd house be strong and be associated with a benefic and if the Karaka of the Bhava (Mars) be strong and also posited in a benefic house, the prosperity of the brothers is indicated. But should he be weak or badly placed, there will be loss of brothers.

If both the Karaka and the lord of the 3rd Bhava be posited in odd Rasis and be aspected by Jupiter, the Sun and Mars, and if the 3rd house also happen to be an odd sign, the native will have as many brothers as are revealed by the Navamsa.

If at a birth, the lord of the 4th house as well as the Moon occupy a (Dusstthana-6th, 8th or 12th) and be devoid of conjunction or aspect of benefics, or, be hemmed in between malefics, be also aspected by or conjoined with a malefic, the result will be the death of the mother. But, should the above two planets be strong and be associated with or aspected by benefics, and if benefics be posited in the 4th house, the Yoga will conduce to the mother's happiness. The happiness of the mother should be declared by a reference to the benefics occupying favourable places reckoned from the Moon or if they aspect each other or are conjoined.

If the lord of the Lagna occupy the 4th house or the lord of the latter be in the Lagna if the Moon should have the aspect either of these, the person born will certainly perform the mother's funeral rites. But if these two planets be posited in the inimical or depression signs or in the 6th and the 8th houses from each other and are not in any way connected ( vide XV-30, supra) withi each other (either by association or aspect), the person will not be able to do the last funeral rites for the mother at the time of her demise.

Just as what has been said about the mother from the 4th Bhava, similar remarks should be made in the case of the father, brothers and sons from a reference to the respective Bhavas, Karakas of the Bhavas concerned, the planet owning the Bhava, the Lagna and its lord.

The lord of the 4th and Venus, if well placed, in the Lagna and the 4th house, will confer on the native the honour of a palanquin as his vehicle, lordship and kingship ; they will also lead to the acquisition to the native of gold and the like, silk, costly jewels, ornaments, bed, and such other appendages as will facilitate sexual gratification, cows, elephants and horses.

If the lord of the 4th house be in a Dusstthana (6th, 8th or 12th) or conjoined with the Sun, and Mars, or if the 4th house be occupied by Mars and the Sun, the house where the native was born or conjoined with will be burnt. If Rahu or Saturn be in the 4th with its lord the house will be old and dilapidated. If the 4th or its lord occupied by an inimical planet, the native's belongings such as the cows, lands, vehicles, etc., will be usurped by his enemies.

If the 5th Bhava be identical with a Rasi or Amsa owned by Mercury (a benefic) or occupied by that planet, the person born will be intelligent and open-hearted. The same will be the case if the lord of the 5th house is well posited and has attained a (Vaiseshikamsa).

(1) Malefics in the 6th, (2) the lord of the Lagna in conjunction with or aspected by the lord of the 6th possessed of strength, (3) the same lord posited in the 6th, (4) the lord of the 6th in a Kendra house and (5) in conjunction with or aspected by malefics, will subject the native to constant and intense annoyance from enemies, which cannot be easily remedied.

If the lord of the Lagna be stronger than the lord of the 6th house and be posited in the (Rasi or) Amsa of a benefic and also be aspected by a benefic and if the lord of the 4th endowed with strength occupy a Kendra or a Kona, the person born will be hale and healthy being endowed with a strong constitution and will enjoy all comforts and happiness.

If at a birth the lord of the 6th house be in a (Dusstthana), identical with its depression or inimical sign or be eclipsed by the Sun's rays and if the lord of the Lagna be stronger than him and if the Sun be in the 9th house, the destruction of the enemies of the native may be declared. is another reading. The translation will be "and if the 6th house be occupied by a benefic, the destruction of the enemies of the native"

The following Bhavas : viz., (1) that owned by the planet associated with the lord of the 6th house (2) that occupied by the lord of the 6th and (3) that owned by the planet in the 6th— these Bhavas will prove inimical to the native concerned. Some books read for the second line.

If the 7th house be connected (vide XV-30, supra) with a benefic (either by association or aspect) and its lord be endowed with strength, the wife of the person born will be virtuously disposed, and will live happily with her husband, being blessed with children and endowed with all good qualities.

Persons in whose nativities the lord of the 8th house is posited in a house other than a Kendra and is also weaker than the lord of the Lagna should be declared to be long-lived and free from anxieties, obstacles and miseries.

If Mars or the Sun occupy the 9th house and the lord of the latter be in a (Dusstthana) or betwixt two malefics, the effect will be the demise of the father of the native soon after his birth. Note: — If the death does not take place immediately, it may take place in the Dasa of the Sun or Mars.

If the Sun in the case of a day-birth or Saturn in the case of a night-birth be well placed and aspected by benefics, and if the lord of the 9th be also strong, the father of the native will live for a long time.

If the two luminaries (the Sun and the Moon) be in trine to Saturn and Mars, the child will be abandoned by both the parents. But if they be aspected by Jupiter, the child will be long-lived and happy.

If Saturn owning the 9th house occupy moveable sign and be unaspected by benefics, or if the Sun be in a Dusstthana, the child concerned lives under the care of a foster-father.

If the 9th house or its lord being in a moveable sign is conjoined with or aspected by Saturn and if the lord of the 12th house be strong, the child born is sure to be adopted by another.

If a benefic planet occupy the 10th house and the lord of the latter in full strength be in a Kendra or Kona position identical with its Swakshetra or exaltation sign, or if the lord of the Lagna be in the 10th, the person concerned will be revered by all, widely renowned, and disposed to do always virtuous deeds. His affluence will be similar to that of a king and he will be long-lived.

If the Sun or Mars occupy the 10th house, the native concerned will be a great and mighty personage and liked by the people. If the lord of the 10th house should also be well-placed, he will be able to accomplish great undertakings involving much valour and heroism. He will perform some beneficial acts commended by the good if the 10th house be occupied by benefics. But if Rahu, Saturn and Ketu be posited in the 10th house, the result will be that the person concerned will do sinful and wicked acts.

Note the following two Bhavas : (1) the Bhava owned by the planet associated with the lord of the 11th house and (2) the Bhava occupied by the lord of the 11th. The (gain) acquisition of things (or objects) connected by the Bhavas concerned may be predicted. A similar guess may be made also through planets occupying the 11th house.

Note the following two Bhavas: (1) the Bhava owned by the planet if any occupying the 12th house; (2) the Bhava occupied by the lord of the 12th. The loss of things connected by these two Bhavas should be predicted.

One ought to predict the success or acquisition of a Bhava (1) when the lord of the Lagna during his transit arrives at a sign which happens to be a Trikona sign to the Rasi or Amsa occupied by the lord of the Bhava in question ; or (2) when he comes to the Bhava itself, or (3) when the lord of the Bhava transits a sign which is triangular to the sign or Amsa occupied by the lord of the Lagna, or (4) when he comes to the Lagna itself, or (5) when the two lords (i.e., of the Bhava and the Lagna) come in conjunction or aspect each other. The same event may likewise be predicted when the Karaka of the Bhava in question comes during transit in conjunction with the lord of the Rasi containing the Lagna or the Moon.

Find out the Rasi and Amsa occupied by the lord of the Bhava under consideration. When Jupiter in his transit comes in trine to this Rasi or Amsa, the realisation of the (good) effect of the Bhava may be expected.

Whenever the lords of the Lagna and the 6th house come in conjunction, (while in transit) the enemy of the native will come under his control, if the lord of the 6th house is weaker than the lord of the Lagna. Otherwise, the contrary will be the result.

If there should be enmity between the lord of a Bhava and that of the Lagna due to natural or temporal causes, or their being posited in the 6th and 8th places with respect to each other, envy, rivalry or jealousy will arise to the native with the person denoted by the Bhava during the transit of these planets. But if there should be friendship-natural or temporary- between the aforesaid two planets, one ought to predict new friendship being formed when the planets also conjoin in their transit.

Whenever the lord of the Lagna comes in conjunction (while in transit) with the lord of any particular Bhava under consideration, the success (or gain) of the Bhava may be expected, if the lord of the Bhava be strong. Otherwise, the effect will be different. Similar scrutiny may also be made by reckoning from the Moon instead of from the Lagna.