โหราศาสตร์พระเวท(ภารตะ)

Chapter 16

General Effects of the Twelve Houses

1. The body of the native is built corresponding to the lord of the Navamsa Lagna or the strongest planet in nativity. His complexion will be according to the lord of the house occupied by the Moon. His body and limbs will be in propotion to the rising sign (Lagna) and other signs which are described as forming the head and other portions of Kalapurusha.

2. If the lord of the Lagna occupies a kendra or trikona, be uneclipsed and in his sign of exaltation or own sign and the Lagna be occupied by benefics, while the lord of the 8th be in a house other than kendra, the native will be long lived, wealthy, praiseworthy, equipped with virtues, honoured by the king, fortunate, possesses beautiful limbs and strong body, fearless, religious minded and having a happy family.

3. If the lord of Lagna be related to an auspicious planet, the native will reside in a good village and amidst noble associations. If the lord of the Lagna be associated with a planet vested with strength, the native will live under the patronage of a renowned king.

When the lord of Lagna be posited in his sign of exaltation, the person will become a king (but he should not be in 6th, 8th, or 12th).

If the lord of the Lagna be in a moveable sign, the native will contiune to move from place to place.

If the lord of the lagna be in a fixed sign, the native will live permanently at one place.

If the lord of the Lagna be in a dual sign, the native will live for some time at one place while at other times he will move from place to place.

4. If at birth, the lord of Lagna be with brilliant rays, the native becomes famous. If the lord of Lagna occupies an auspicious position, the native will be happy and prosperous. If, however, the lord of Lagna be placed in a dusthana, be in his sign of debilitation or in the sign of a malefic, the native will be miserable and live in an undesirable place.

If the lord of Lagna be equipped with strentgth and be posited in an auspicious house, the native will be happy, valiant, prosperous and will come to power and prominence.

If the lord of the Lagna be devoid of strength, the native will be constantly overcome by calamities, be unhappy and will lead a sickly life.

5. If the lord of the 2nd house be posited in the Lagna while the 2nd house be occupied by benefics, the native will be equipped with the best of qualities, wealth, with a handsome face and farsighted and will have a prosperous family.

If the lord of the 2nd be connectd with or related to the Sun, the native will be wealthy and utilise his wealth for the good of the whole humanity.

If the lord of the 2nd be related to Saturn, the person concerned will be bereft of learning or it will be of a very low order.

6. If the lord of the 2nd be connected with Jupiter, the native will be well versed in the Vedas and the sacred scriptures. If Mercury be the Planet so associated, the native will specialise in economics and allied subjects, with Venus as the associate the native will be expert In amorous topics. When the lord of the 2nd is connected with Moon, the person concerned will be clever in some kinds of arts. When connected with Mars, the native will be adapt in tasks involving cruelty and he will be a back-biter. If the planet asociated with the lord of the 2nd be Rahu, the native will be stammering. If he be Ketu, the person concerned will stammer and speak falsehood.

If malefics occupy the 2nd house, the native will be a fool and without wealth.

7. If the lord of the 3rd and the lord of the Lagna be connected with each other by mutual exchange of places, the native will be capable of performing daring acts, patient, volorous and will be affectionate towards his brothers.

8. If the lord of the 3rd house be equipped with strength, be conjoined with a benefic and the karaka of the 3rd house be also strong and posited in a benefic house, the prosperity of brothers is assured. If, however, the lord of the 3rd and its karaka be weak and be posited in a dusthana, the result will be destruction of brothers.

9. If the lord of the 3rd house and its karaka (Mars) be posited in odd signs and be aspected by Jupiter the Sun and Mars and the 3rd house also falling in an odd sign, the native will have as many brothers as revealed by the navamsa of both the karaka and the lord of the 3rd house.

10. Hie mother of the native dies soon after his birth if in any nativity, the lord of the 4th and the Moon be posited in dusthana unassociated with and unaspected by any benefics, or be hemmed in between malefics and be associated with or aspected by malefics. Should, however, the above two planets be strong, be associated with or aspected by benefics and a benefic occupies the 4th house, the mother's happiness is assured. Mother will also live happily with benefics be posited in auspicious houses reckoned from the Moon.

11. The native will certainly perform the funeral rites of his mother if —

(1) The lord of the 4th be in the Lagna and the lord of Lagna be in the 4th.

(2) The Moon be aspected by the lord of either the lord of the Lagna or the lord of the 4th house.

The native will be unable to perform the funeral rites of his mother if the planetary dispositions be as under —

(i) If the lord of the Lagna and the lord of the 4th be in the 6th and the 8th with reference to each other or be in each other's sign of depression or inimical sign.

(ii) They may not be connected with each other in any way.

12. Just as the fourth house and its karate the Moon have been assessed for Judging the effects of the fourth house, assessment should be made in the same manner in respect of father, brother, sons etc., by taking into account the circumstances of the house concerned, its karaka planets occupying the house, the lord of the house, connection of the planets with the Lagna and the lord of the Lagna.

Notes — If the Lagna and the lord of the Lagna be strong, there will be good relations between the 5th house, lord of the 5th house and Jupiter, there will be mutual affection between the native and his sons and the sons will be happy and prosperous. If the lord of the Lagna and the lord of the 5th be mutual enemies and be 6th and 8th to each other and be in each other's inimical sign or sign of debilitation, the effects will be quite the opposite.

13. If the lord of the 4th or Venus be well placed in the Lagna or the 4th house (and be uneclipsed in signs of their debilitation), the native enjoys the honour of riding a palanquin, he becomes 4 lord or a king and acquires gold, valuable ornaments, conch, silk, cow, items of luxuries, elephants, horses, etc.

14. If the lord of the 4th house be In dusthana (6th, 8th or 12th) or associated with the Sun and Mars or the Sun and Mars be in the 4th house, the house in which the native was born will be burnt. If the lord of 4th be in the 4th with Rahu and Saturn, the house will be old and dilapidated. If there will be an inimical planet in the 4th, native's belongings such as cow s, lands vehicles, etc., will be misappropriated by others.

15. If the 5th house be in a benefic sign and in the navamsa of a benefic, the native will be intelligent and open hearted. The same will be the result if the lord of 5th be posited in an auspicious house and has attained Vaisheishikamsa.

16. (1) Malefics in the 6th, (2) the lord of the Lagna in association With or aspected by a strong lord of the 6th. (3) the lord of the Lagna posited in the 6th, (4) the lord of the 6th posited in a kendra house and (5) the lord of the 6th in conjunction with or aspected by malefics, will cause the native immense and constant harrassment for which there will be no remedies.

17. If the lord of the Lagna be much stronger than the lord of the 6th, be in the sign or navamsa of a benefic and be aspected by benefics, and a strong lord of 4th occupies a kendra or trikona, the native will be hale and healthy, will not suffer from any disease and will be fortunate.

18. If the lord of the 6th be in the 6th in his sign of depression, in an inimical sign and eclipsed by Sun's rays, and the lord of the Lagna be stronger than the lord of the 6th with the Sun in the 9th, the native destroys his enemies.

Notes — There is another version of this verse according to which, it will read as (...). If this version is adopted it will mean that instead of Sun being in the 9th, there would be benefic in the 6th.

We would also like to mention that the lord of the 6th in 6th can never be in a sign of depression or an inimical sign. He will always in his own sign. He can, however, be eclipsed by Sun's rays.

19. (1) The house, the lord of which is associated with the lord of the 6th. (2) the house occupied by the lord of the 6th. and (3) the house, the lord of which is posited in the 6th. these will always be inimical to the native.

Notes — For example if the lord of 6th is posited in the 5th, the lord of the 5th is in the 6th or the lords of the 5th and 6th be together in any house, his son will be inimical towards the native.

20. If the 7th house be connected with benefics and the lord of the 7th be well equipped with strength, the wife of the native will be devoted to her husband, will be full of virtues and good qualities and will be blessed with sons (children).

21. If in any nativity the lord of the 8th house be posited in any house other than a kendra and the lord of the 8th be weaker than the lord of the Lagna, the native will be longlived and will be free from all kinds of anxieties, obstacles and miseries.

22. If the Sun or Mars be in the 9th and the lord of the 9th be in a dusthana (6th, 8th or 12th) or be hemmed in between malefics, the father dies soon after the native's birth.

Notes — If the death does not take place immediately, if will take place in the dasa antar dasa of the Sun or Mars.

23. If the Sun in the case of day birth and Saturn in the event of a night birth, be posited in an auspicious position and be connected with the benefics, and the lord of the 9th be strong, the father of the native will be longlived.

24. If the Sun and the Moon be in trine with Saturn and Mars, the native at birth will be abandoned by his parents but if the Sun and the Moon be graced by the aspect of Jupiter, the native will be longlived and happy.

25. If Saturn being lord of the 9th, be in a moveable sign unaspected by benefics and the Sun be in a dusthana, the native (the child born) is brought up by a person other than his father.

26. If the 9th house being in a moveable sign is associated 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.

27. If the 10th house be conjoined with a benefic and the lord of 10th with full strength be posited in a kendra or trikora identical with his own sign or his sign of exaltation, or if the lord of the Lagna equipped with strength be posited in the 10th, the native will be fortunate like a king, will be longlived and widely renowned and will perform virtuous actions.

28. If the 10th house is occupied by the Sun and Mars, the native will be a very influential and mighty personage. If at the same time lord of the 10th be posited in an auspicious position, the person concerned will be capable of accomplishing great undertakings with much valour and heroism. If the 10th house be occupied by benefics he will undertake commendable ventures for the good of the people. But the native will indulge in nefarious activities if the 10th is occupied by Saturn, Rahu or Ketu.

29. Predict the acquisition or gain of articles connected with the (1) house the lord of which is conjoined with the lord of the 11th, (2) the house in which the lord of the 11th be posited and (3) the houses lords of which occupy the 11th.

Notes — For example the lord of the 11th is posited in the 5th, or the Jord of the 5th occupies the 11th, or the lords of the 5th and the 11th are conjoined together, with such disposition of the lords of the 5th and 11th, the prediction should be that there will be gain or acquisition of learning and children and profit in speculation because these are all signified by the 5th house.

30. Predict loss of the articles or significations connected with the (1) house the lord of which occupies the 12th house and (2) the house in which the lord of the 12th be posited.

Notes — For example the lord of the 4th occupies the 12th. This will cause loss of vehicles and lands etc. If the 12th lord occupies the 5th, there may be loss of children, or loss in speculation etc.

Fructification of the houses

31. The acquisition or success of a house should be declared in the following situations :—

(1) When the lord of the Lagna passes in transit in trikona through the sign or navamsa occupied by the lord of the house.

(2) When the lord of the Lagna passes through that house in transit.

(3) When the lord of the house transits in the sign which is trikona to the sign or navamsa occupied by the lord of the Lagna.

(4) When in course of transit the lord of the Lagna and the lord of the house get conjoined or aspect each other.

(5) When the karaka of the house in course of his transit gets conjoined with the lord of the Lagna or the lord of the sign occupied by the Moon.

Similar assessment should be made from the sign in which the Moon is posited (Chandra lagna).

32. Note the position of the sign or navamsa occupied by the lord of the house under consideration. When Jupiter, in course of his transit, is in trikona to that sign and navamsa, the derivation of the good effects of the house may be expected.

33. When in the course of their transit the lord of the Lagna and the 6th house get into conjunction, the native will overcome his enemies, if the lord of the 6th house is weaker than the lord of the lagna. If the lord of the 6th house is stronger than the lord of the Lagna, quite opposite will be the results.

34. If there be natural or temporal enimity between the lord of the lagna and the lord of a house or they be posited 6th and 8th to each other, enimity or jealousy will arise to the native with the person signified by that house, whenever the lord of the lagna and the house concerned get conjoined in the course of their transits. But if there is natural and temporal friendship between the lord of the lagna and the lord of the house in.question, there will be new friendships whenever the two lords conjoin in the course of their transits.

Notes — See the following horoscope as our example in this horoscope the lord of the Lagna is the Sun and the lord of the 6th is Saturn. Both are natural and temporal enemies and or in the 6th and 8th positions with respect to each other. Whenever the Sun and Saturn conjoin in course of their transits, the native will suffer on account of rivalries and enemities. Also note that the Sun is the lord of the lagna and Jupiter is the lord of the 5th. Both are natural and temporal friends. Good effects of 5th house should be derived when the Sun and Jupiter conjoin in course of their transits.

35. The success of the house under examination may be declared when the lord of the lagna gets into conjunction with the lord of that house in course of their transits provided that the lord of the house concerned is strong, otherwise the result will be different.

Similar assessment should be made with reference to the sign in which the Moon Is posited (Chandra lagna).

Thus ends the 16th Adhyaya on "the general effect of the 12 Bhavas" in the work Phaladeeplka composed by Mantreswara.