Chapter 6
Bhava Adhyaya
1. If the lords of the Ascendant and the 2nd house exchange places, the person born will be wealthy, intelligent and noted for good behavior. He will perform excellent meritorious acts, will possess a strong constitution and be prone to enjoyment.
If the lords of the Ascendant and the 3rd house mutually exchange their places the person concerned will have a weak constitution, will be blessed with good relatives and will be honoured by the sovereign. He will make his relations happy and will have maternal kinsmen.
2. If the lord of the 4th house be in the Ascendant and the lord of the Ascendant in the 4th, the person concerned will be of a forgiving disposition, will obey his father's commands, will engage himself in state-affairs, will possess excellent qualities, will be intelligent, will have good elderly relation or preceptor, and will have a retinue to follow him.
If the lords of the 1st and the 5th houses exchange places, the native concerned will be high-minded, adorned with good learning, famous among his kinsmen, endowed with sacred knowledge and will be bent on keeping up his self-respect.
3. If the lords of the 1st and 6th houses are mutually placed each in the other house, the person concerned will be free from sickness or diseases; he will be intent on constant malevolence, etc.; he will possess a strong constitution, will be wealthy and clever in the accumulation, of money.
If the lords of the 1st and the 7th houses be similarly situated, the native concerned will serve his father; he will be lustfully inclined, and will be a servant to his wife's brother.
4. If the lord of the 1st house occupy the 8th and the lord of the latter be in the Ascendant, the person concerned will be clever in gambling and will be valiant. He will be addicted to thieving, cheating, etc. He may come by his death through the sovereign's ire or the attack of the public.
When the lords of the 1st and the 9th occupy each other's house, the native will live in a foreign place, will be very intent on doing charitable and virtuous acts, will worship Gods and elders and will command the respect of the sovereign.
5. If the lord of the 10th house be in the Ascendant and the lord of the latter in the 10th, the person born will be a king highly renowned for his beauty and acquisitions, intent on worshipping elders, very greedy and wealthy.
If the lord of the Ascendant be in the 11th house and the lord of the latter in the Ascendant, the person concerned will do virtuous deeds, will be long-lived and he will own lands, and good birds. He will further be a very learned man.
6. If the lord of the Ascendant be in the 12th and the lord of the 12th occupy the Ascendant, the person born will be disliked by all, will be wanting in intelligence, will be extremely miserly, will destroy wealth and be very loose (in habits and morals).
Thus should predictions be made in the case of father and others also of the native by intelligent astrologers by constituting as the Ascendant the particular house indicated by the relative and the house succeeding it as the second third; etc., with respect to that house.
If Venus be conjoined with the lord of the Ascendant (in a house other than three Dusthanas), the native will command the respect of the sovereign.
7. Thus have I composed this dignified and charming work, Jatakalankara, in which the effects (caused by the planets) can be easily divined, in 110 verses, according to my capabilities, for the delectation of the astrologers.
8. Let this refined utterance of mine about horoscopes which is based on the planets transiting in the sky and is the quintessence of horoscopy sport in your simple mind, like the spotless swan in the lake Manias.
9. In this work named Jatakalankara the sixth chapter on Bhavas consisting of 8 charming verses has been composed by the learned Ganesha for the delectation of the wise.
