J ATAKACHUNDRIKA

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
WITH ORIGINAL TEXT IN D~VANAGARI AND COPIOUS

NOTES AND ILLUSTRATlONS,

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B. SURY.AN ARAIN ROW, B.A., M.R.A.S.,

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The Compendium of Astrology, Vikari Prospects,
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INTRODUCTION.
a

t&trAXA.OllUNDBIKA. is handy pamphlet in Sanskrit and

Bigbifies "Moonlight for A.strological. soieuoee." It is a
work of great Btt,gge~iwM88 &11d contains really valuable
information necessary for a beginner.. .Adepts in Astrology have muoh food for reflootion here. 'Prefat017 remarks
reoouciling the principles of Astrology with those of the
modem soienoes will be out of place in a work of English
translation and I would ;s trongiy reoommead the readers
to secure a o<>:py of :my Askologica.l Self InstrootOl' and
read the splendid soientiio Introduction elaborately given
ity me tJiere. They will be largely benefitted. Ellglish
translatioue of sanskrit works, are always poor perfarmanoes as the .Bpirit ud bea-aty of the original 1&11p&ge oan
never be adequately represeated ill the English toue.
Still e.ttempta made ia this direction ~ht not to be despised &S they tenci tQ giv~ the r~aders m English SGme idea.
of. the oontents which., the .sanskrit book treats of.. Tlle
English trt.nllation of iatakaobundrika has already been .
publiahed oompletely ill the Astrologioal Magazine, Vols.

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INTRODUCfION.

1 and II and those who go in for those volumes will find

this and many other important subjects treated of there.
The notes and illustrations given in the Astrological Magazine have been carefully collected and valuable additions
have been made here with a view to make them complete.
The Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn
are exercising influences on the Earth and all its phenomena
and this has been thoroughly d9monstrated by the arguments adduced by me in the columns of the Astrological
:Magazine. Without light and heat nothing could exist on
this world even for a second and they both come directly
from the Sun and indirectly through the reflection of the
other planetary bodies. We have only to stand for- a few
hours in the Sun to feel that we. are influenced ~ by his ever
active rays. All the planets shine by borrowed light-from
the Sun. The Sun is the accredited head of the whole
planetary system and without his energy nothing can live
on this Earth. The Earth itself is maintained in its due
position by the attraction of the solar rays, and is wholly
influenced by them. The terres~ rial phenomena can have no
other apparent source from which they can borrow their
vitality. If the planetary influences are admitted as mould- ,
ing the flora and the fauna of a country there will be no
consistency in saying that astrology is false, and that a
knowledge of the working of these influences is useless.
Astrological works were originally composed by the great
:Maharishis, V asista, Parasara, Vyasa, Gargi, Marichi, Attri,
and Jaimini. They were persons endowed- with the Devya
Drishti (superior sight). These had no special motives to
pass off a series of facts known to them to be utterly. false .
Such a position is untenable even for a single minute if we
learnt how great men the Rishis were. I shall not argue
the pros and cons about Astrology. The. e~siest way of

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convincing oneself about the truths of astrology will be .to

study the elementary principles of the science and then
judge whether they are worthy of devotion or not. All
sciences require some application, average intelligence, and
great perseverance. They can only be judged after some
progress. Here the same course is precisely recommended.
If the results are not convincing after a fair trial has been
given to it the science may be neglected as it deserves to
be. No science shou:d h6 rejected off hand without a fair
investigation into its principles. I may however give the
educated public an assurance-from my long personal
acquaintance with the subject, extending over twenty
years-that when people take to the study of the subject
of astrology without any bias, they are sure to find valuable truths in it, which will be highly useful to them in
their transactions in life. The time they may be required
to spend over tP,e astrological studies will be amply remunerated by the intellectual treat they have .there and
the certain knowledge of the future which they will be
able to secure. 'f o the Hindu a knowledge of a~trologj
is simply invaluable. His aims are higher and all his acts
are regula.ted with ref~rence to the existence of a nobler
life in future. A knowledge of the future can never be
despised and remedies taken to improve our present condition in the light of such knowledge, will be highly useful
in our practical life. The author of Jatakachundrika, as
well as other authors, presupposes some knowledge in the
student, and proceeds upon principles well recognised by
the Astrological writers. There are 12 Zodiacal signs, 27
constellations divided into 4 (Padams) quarters each, nine
planets and the complications arising therefrom. The Sun,
Venus, and Mercury roughly move in each sign in 80 days,
Mars moves in 45 days, Moon moves in 2t days, Jupiter

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moves in 360 days~, Ra.hu and Kethu in 5.W days and Sa.turn
in 900 days. The various divisions of the signs, the
$Ources of strength or weakness among the planets, the
natnes and identifying marks of ooneoollations are noi
given here. They are 1&0 easily procurable that any student
ean find them in. the ordinary books sold in the market. The
Author aeem8 to have a clear knowledge of Astrology. He
first takes the reader through the planetary aspects, then
the good and evil which accrue to planets from ownership,
and then association and conjunction.He describes Bajayoga
(success in life), the combinations for longevity with a
&Unimary of the results of the "fario11s planets upon the
horoscopes of persons born in eaoh of the twelve Zodiacal
signs. Ra.bu and Keth'u are shortly introduced and the most
successful as well as the most unfortunate periods have
also been indicated. I have given full notes and trust th.y
will make the study of this technical subject easy and
agreeable. The illustrative horoscopes wiU be found to be
very useful. As my works ha."te already been moat heartily
welcomed from all parts of the worldt l make no furth
apology for ushering this improved 2nd edition before the
sympatheti:c and appreciative public.
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I invoke the help of that Glorious Light which represents the sum total of the knowledge of Brahmopanishads
whom we call Saraswathi, the exalted spouse of Brahma,
who holds the Veena (lute), and who is most beautiful
(all perfect)
STANZA

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No author in thes?-nscrit languag~ commences his work without first
praying to his God and invoking the help of all that is dear to him.
'l'bis is generally considered necessary for the completion of the work,
and also for the good of the students who commence to read it.
This is a small work written by Venkatasa fqndita son of Yagnaswara
Dikshitar and though short it is excellently written by him. The author expounds so1ne-of the best principles of astrology in the most
concise Jl}anner possible. Sanscrit works are superior to any others
in the world, in the singular fact of their being writt~n in poetry and
in a strain which enables the student to master the whole of its con

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tents without the ~lightest difficulty. , Pundits carry all their splendid
libraries in their small physical head!i and this, when properly used, j5
the best way of storing knowledge and using it tothe greatest advantage. Sanscrit Poetry has a peculiar charm which enables the student
to remember the subject with greit facility and quote it without the
slightest exertion. The 1!.4nglish tra,nslation I have given Is not literal,
but liberal and the sanscrit text inserted in the Devanagari character
will help those who .know that beautiful language to compare
the original text with my translation. I have largely added notes
with a view to make the text clear and free from ngue or obscure
passages. Saraswati represents .all knowledge and all gnana (religious
wisdom). The Veena (lute) is now acknowledged to be the most
i:erfact of all musical instruments: It is an lndinn instrumnnt familiar
to most of the Hindu gentlemen. The perfection .of an in~trumen tr.
depends upon its capacity to reproduce the tunes of other
instruments, faithfully and with grace without its own music being
inimitable. If this definition is correct then we can undoubtedly
classify Veena as the most perfectof mu<Jical instruments of all nations
and of all times. I have seen experts on V eena reproducing most
wonderfully the music of other instruments, while none of the
hundreds of Indian and European musical instruments can hardly
imitate the Daaavida Gamakas which are iaught to the student of
Veena as elementary portion of his lessons. If dierefore Saraswathi
must have an instrument by the sounds of which she can encharm
the whole worldly phenomena., She has rightly been given Veena.
to accomplish that purpose. She is the $uddantkam of Brahma., the
Creative Power. '!'hat part .o f Him, which appreciates all know:ledge
and which is conscious of it is termed - Saraswathi. Some quote the
.2nd stanza which says that Parasara.Hora is the safest and most reliable in this Kaliyug and therefore the most valuable for students.
]3ut this is omitted by some manuscripts. Parasara was the father
of Vaysa one of the greatest names in Aryan Religion and he is the
,au~hor of various excellent sa.nscrit works. In the department of law,
Parasa.ra st.ands unrivalled as his Smrithi is considered as of the greatest
authority in this yuga. It is therefore an admissable fact, that when
an author compiles from Para.sara.hora he is entitled to the highest
authority as that Maharishi seems to have had a peculiar knowledge
of the present times and the circumstances which would suit them best.

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II.

I shall try to explain the most important principles of

astrology in an intelligible manner and I shall be guided in
the compilation of ~y present book by t4e works of the re
nowned Maharishi Parasara.
... . ~O'?:B:S,
The author Venkatesa Pundit does not pretend to give the readers
any original information on asttology. He frankly tells us the source
from which he draws his knowledge . and he commnnds respect not for
the original matter he puts before his readers, but for the original way
in which he put:i them before the world. He is very concise and exact
to the point he wishes to. illu:itr11te. The authority he has quoted
j5 the highest we have iu the Aryan sciences or literature.
The
family of Parasara has produced the greatest number of Mahnrishii!
who:n the world has ever seen. In the case of other Maharishi!!
they alone command respect individually by their intellectual greatne;,.3 while their ancestors or progeny are not known or are not men
of equal mental cJ.libre. In the family of Parasara we have a series
of really great men.
VMista, the venerable Maharishi, than whom no Rishi st:.inds
gre:iter in the intellect:ial or religious world was the founder of this
dynasty of literary giant;;. He was the preceptor and priest of
Rama the greate:1t of Indian heroes and incarnation of Vishnu.
His advice to Ramah embodied in the voluminous work on religioua
instruction entitled Yogavasista, compo3ed by Valmiki, and extending
over 36,000 stanzas or lt timea the re:il bulk of Valmiki Ramayana
so familiar to our reader:1. This Yogavasista is an extraordinary work,
and the highest religious and moral precepts are related therein with
a grace, and simplicity for which we could never find an equal. Vasist<i
has abo written works on Dharmasastras, astronomy,astrology, medicine

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and various other branches of knowledge. S.ikti is the son of Vasid:i,

and various works of eminence are attributed to him. Par,isorti is the
son of S,dcti, and grandson of Vasistn and he has distinguished himselt
in almost every branch of knowledge. V9asa is the son of Parasam
and is the great grandson of Vasista and the 18 Puranas es.tending
over many hundred thousands of Stanzas, the compilation of Vedas,
and the 13rahmasutras, the Bhgavata and Bharata he has co:nposed, and
the Bhagavat Gita therein embodied will speak for themselves. In addition to these Vyasa stands as an authority on astronomy and astrology.
Vyasa Siddantha is one of the 18 eminent treatises on Hindu Astronomy and Astrology. Suka is the son of Vyasa and has very rightly
eclipsed the father by the depth ofreligious thought and the knowledge
of Brahma Vidya. He i5 callel Suka!Jo9mulra and richly deserves that
mo:it envious title so hard to se::!ure and so difficult to preserve.

STANZA

III.

By referring to ordinary works the student can learn

the details of the Jataka Bhaga, but I am going to expound
in my works p~inciples of astrology which would help the
intelligent student in his progress in the astrologicaJ
studies,

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The author very naturally e~pects a fair amount of elementary
knowledge in the student who studie;i his book,and with this presumption
he says he will give such general principles of astrology as would enable the reader to predict much by reading little. This profession of the
learned author shows the great value of his work and i~i usefulness. By
elementary knowledge he means the names of the week days, planets,

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rasis, con~tellations, vnrious significations of the houses, their lords

and their sub divisions, planetary chara.Cteristics, their s'exes, their exaltations, and debilita.tions, reti,:ogriides and acoolerntion.s ' ti.nd other
necessary information. The Aetrological Self Instructor and Primer
I have written will be found to be of -immense help to . beginners in
astrology as all the preliminary information needed for a student is
clearly given there.
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IV.

All the planets aspect the 7th house. Saturn,Jnpiter,.

and .Mars, (Sani, Guru and Kuja) have a special vision.
Saturn aspects 3rd and 10th houses better, Jupiter 5th and
9th houses, and l\fars 4th and 8th houses.

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All planets aspect the 7th house from the place where _they
chance to be at the time of birth, or question . By the use of the
tern:. aU Sani, Guru and Kuja nre also included, but though those
planets have an aspect in the 7th house, their aspect of that house is
not as strong ~the special aspec~ we have already named. The
aspects of the houses hav~ much significance in the calcufa.tions of
astrology and the predictions ventttred on the strength of such com. putations. Good aspects have beneficial while bad aspects have
malevolent infh1euces. The aspect of a planet is as powerful as its
. occupation or oombinaiion in pi>oducing results good or bad.
The variations of power in the planetary aspects must be attri
_buted to the refraction of their rays through the media through which
they have to pass before they fall <)n the earth or the creatures who tenant
its surface. These varions modifications of the planetarr rayi have a gre;lt
1tignificance.in the creation, protection and destruction of all phenomena
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Lords of the 5th and 9th houses are always good,

while lords of the 3rd, 6th and 11th are ~hvays evil.

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The counting of the planets must nlways he from the birth time
or lagna. Ravi l>WDS Simha, Chundra owns Kataka, Buda owns
Mithuna and Kanya; Sukra is the lord ofVrishabha and Thula, Kuja
owns Meslla and Vrischika, Guru is the lord of )feena and Dhanas,
and Sani owns Makara and Kumbha. Their owning a house is different from their occupation of a house.
Take an example of a living horoscope of a great man. Birth
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sources, they. may conside~ably modify their evil effects. Sani aspects
Sukra, but his aspect of S1mha 3rd and Meem.> 10th from him is stronger, and in predicting the results ofthoseB/iavas we have to remember
the evil aspect and make allowance for such. Sukra aspects Sani
in the 7th and this is his best aspect. Guru aspects Sani and Kuja,
rith and 9th, but he also sees Simha or the 4th house from birth.
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vision in the 7th. Thus the house of education in this horoscope is

aspected by Sani in the 3rd house, Guru in the 7th, and Ra.v~ and Buda
in the 7th, Sany's aspect ia stronger tlui.n Guru's hut Ravi ;ind Buda
add weiaht to 4th house by their aspect. The man will b1i1
hiahly educated, hut there will he some breaks or disappointm~nts on account of the aspect of Bani. 2nd house from birth
is aspected by Sukra, and Guru, and Sani is there. Wealth
will be moderate, but earnings will he decent, ownership
creates rights and liahilit.ies as also the occupation IJ.nd these various
phases of a planetary strength ought not to he forgotten in balancing
the good and bad results which are indicated by the pJanetary influences. Planets may occupy houses without owning them or
occupy their own houses, If they are good and oeeiipy favourable
houses they become better, if not the results must he reversed

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VI.

'\Vhcn Benefics own quadrants they produce evil.

When Malefics own quadrants they produce good ; the
good and evil planets become . more and more powerful
as they are lords of 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th, houses; 5th
and 9th houses ; or 3rd, 6th and 11th houses respectively.
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1st,4th, 7th and 10th, houses are quadrants. 1st, 5th and 9th
houses are tri?es. 3:d, 6~h, 10th and 11th houses are Oopachayams. ~av1, Sam, Kuja weak Moon (Kshinachundra) and
badly ass~c1ated Buda are classified as evil planets. Guru, Sukra,
well associated Buda, and Poornachundra are good planets. Lords
of the 1st are weaker than the lords of the 4th, lords of the 4th less
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those of the 10th. The same gradation applies to trine;; and 3rd, 6th,
and 11th houses also. In the case of evil planets they gradually grow
stronger by being owners of the later quadrants or kendras and get
the hightest power when they become lords of the 10th. The reverse
holds good with good planets. Benefics owning first house are not so
bad as those owning 4th, and those who own 7th are worse than those
who rule the 4th, and those who own the 10th are tl.e worst of the
whole lot. These are very important points and deserve to be specially remembered by t ~trological student.

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The lords of the 2nd. and 12th houses give good or

had results according as they are in conjunction with the
lords of other houses and the nature of the houses they
occupy.

The lords of 2nd and 12th houses h:we very peouliar ways of
influencing the native. They are not powerfulby virtue of their
own merits, but are consh.lerably influenced to give good or evil
results by the associations they have and the positions they occupy.
Here it seem~ that where the lords of the 2nd .and 12th houses have
associations of other planets, they give more the influences of tb.e
planets who are with them, th:i.n their own individ~al ~racteristics,
They are considerably influenced by the houses they occupy, th 0
planets . who are in conjunction with them, and the position of the

lords of the houses they are placed ;it the time,

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STANZA

VIII-

Lord of the 8th house produces evil because he owns the

12th house from the 9th, which is the house of Bhagya
(wealth). If he chances to be the lord of 1st also, he becomes good-

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The Lord of the 8th house' is bad as it happens to become t)ie 12th
house from the 9th. The 9th house is the house of peace or hap11ine:';s
and wealth, and the 12th from that is bad. The reason given here
is rather abrupt and cannot be carried out continuously in the caso
of all houses. It 1nay hold good with the 7th, because the 12th from
8th r. bad house must necessarily be good. And the 12th from the 7th
is bad and that is the 6th house signifying debt, disease and enemie3
The 12th from 6th is the 5th and it is good, but the 12th from the
5th is 4th and this should be bad by the above reasoning, but it i!i
not so. The 12th from the 4th is 3rd and it is bad, and the 12th from
3rd is 2nd, and the 12th from the 2nd is 1st or birth and these two
arc bad. The 12th from the birth is the 12th house and it is bad
but the 12th from 12th is the 11th and it is bad, the 12th fr~m the
11th is the 10th, :J.nd the 12th from the 10th is 9th and these two are
gool. From the Lagna or birth, two houses on either side happen
to be had, as we have the lords of 12th and 11th 2nd and 3rd,
pronounced as bad. 1 simply show the reader that the reason given
for the 8th holds good in many cases and fails in a few. There
m1y be better reasons, but I have not seen any. When the lord
of the 8th also is the lord of the 1st he becomes good. This happens
only in two cases, in the whole of the zodiac. For Aries and Scorpio
the lord is Kuja and he happens to be lord ot 1st and 8th house's

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when a child is born in. Mesha and he becomes eO'OOJ. Ttlke Thula,
Sukra is the lord of Thula and Vrishabha, and when a child is
born in Thula, Sukra who is the lord of I st and 8th houses becomes
good. This happens in no other sign and therefore when a planet
owns the 8th and any other house than the first, he becomes bad.
A child born in Kanya has Kuja as the lord of 3rd and 8th aml
he becomes bad. The reasoning above given is based upon the rule
that 12th house signifies loss or death .Loss of bad is good, and loss
of good is bad
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In the next three stanzas I shall explain the good

and evil results arising from the ownership of benefic
and malefic planets when they are lords of quadrants and
the 8th house.
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Tho author says that in the next three Slokas he will cle:irly
explain all the good and. _ evil iufluencns arising from the pl:mets
owning quadrants (~endras) and the 8th house. In the Gth Sloka it
was already ~xplaiued that good planets owning Kendras are pro<luctiv.e of evil while bad planets owning Ke11dras are productive
of good. Planets owning the 8th house produce evil. The details
of these good an<l evil influences will be elaborately explained in
the succeeding three slokas.
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Guru and Sukra owning quadrants become very inauspicious. When they occupy the 2nd and 7th houses
with such ownership, they become powerful in inflicting
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It has already been pointed out in the previous notes that
Gnru and Sukra are pure bcnefics and that when they own quadrant;;
(Kendras) they produce evil. If they own Kendrns and also occupy
the 2nd and 7th houses (l\farnka. or death houses) they become
ymy powerful in their periods and subperiods (Dasas an<l Vidasas)
in producing death to the native. The possessor of a horoscope i~
called technically a natite and throughout this an<l other astrological works, the term 1iatite must be understood in this sense, unle,.:,,i
the contents give it a different meaning. T:tke an example. To a
person born in Mesha, 'Sukra is the lord of 2nd and 7th house~,
and if he is in the 2nd or 7th houses he will inflict death. One born
in l\Uthuna will have evil from Guru, and if he chances to be in
Kataka or Dhana~, he will surely cause death as he owns the two
Ken<l.ras 7th and 10th.
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Buda is less malicious than Guru and Sukra and

Chundra is less than Buda. Ravi and Chundra do not
give evil even when they own the 8th house.
N0'1'3S.
'Ve have seen the principle that good planets owning quadrants
are inauspicious. Buda is not a complete Lenefic. His goodnes3
or badness depends upon his associations. Therefore he comes next
in order after Gnru and Sukra.. Chundra comes aftei Bnda, for
even without evil association he becomes least auspicious when he
is newmoon. 'l'herefore when well associated Buda, and full moon
own quadrants, they produce evil an<l if they occupy the 2nd and
7th hou;;es, they become powerful to inflict death, but this power
is next to Guru and Sukra. Lords of the 8th house are eyil, but lfavi

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and Chundra do not produce bad results even "'hen they own t110
8th house,
They seem to be an exception to the general rule.
'.!'here are two ~ets of planets- Havi and Chundra, own each
only one. house, while Kuja, Buda, Guru, Sukra, and Sani own each
two houses. The first two planets are called Ekarasyadipathie~,
while the other five are c;ialled Dwirasyadhipathies, In the case of
the last five they become lords of 8th house in addition to some
other house, but in the case of Ravi and Chundra, they become only
lords of 8th house for one house each. For Dhnm~s Chundra is the
lord of the 8th house Kati1kn, and he becomes good are rather he
does not vroduce evil. For Makara R:wi is the lord of the 8th
house Silnha and he does not do evil. The lord of the 8th house
is bad, but an exception seems to have been made in favour of Ravi
and Chundrn, and a.lso those two planets Kuja and Sukra when th<'y
happen to own the 1st or birth signs.

STANZA

XI.

Kujr:.. (Mars) does not become good when he owns

only the 10th house. Be lnust own the 5th also to become
thoroughly good,

NO'l'ZS.
It will bo shown hereafter that for produoing beneficial results
the combination of the lorqs of Ke1ldra:! and Thrikonas is necessary,
Kuja is au evil planet, his owning the 10th )louse as a bad planet
is the best, but tho author seems to make a distinction, U1lless
Kuja also owns in addition to his 10th, 5th home )le, will not FOduc~
much good. This double combination in Kuja could only happen
when a person is born in Kataka. Here he becomes lord of 5tli
nnd 10th and becomes exceedingly powerful to do good.When a person
is boru in Kumbha Kuja owps 3rd ap1flOth :Jioni:es mi tL~refore i~

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1t9t auspicious. For persons born in Dhanas - Kuja is the lord of

the 5th and 12th and therefore is not so auspicious. In the enu~e
ration of these particular houses and ownerships, the author attaches
much significance, and unless the combination is as full as it is discribed, the results attributed ought not to be predicted. Each combination has its own value and it must be carefully studied .

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STANZA

XII.

Rahu and Kethu give the same results as those given

by the houses they occupy, the planets they are in con~
junction with, and the aspects they are subjected to but
with .greater strength.

1'0'1'.SS
Rahn and Kethu are once for all dealt with in this stanza by
the author and dismissed. They own no houses, and they are called
i:;hadowy planets or chayagrahams. I have explained at great length what
is meant by Hahn and Kethu in the Astrological Magazine and students would do well to refer to it for more complete information.
They give the Phalam of the Rasis they occupy, the planets they are
associated with, and the aspects they have. Take an example.

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Meena is birth.

Kethu.

house with Sukra anJ

e undra
nav1..

Sukra pecte<l by s~mi and Guru. 3rd anJ

Rahn. th houses re:<pectively. Uahu occu'es Doda'd house. Therefore tht>
Kuja. halam that Rahu gives is the plialam
f Duda, Sani, Sukra and Guru.
---1All
Ra-.
these sources. of strength must Le
refully calculated and
balanced
efore we venture to make :my preictions about Rahu. Kethu will
Guru.
ive the results of Guru and Sukra,

B'ir th
Sani
Duda.

Rahu is in the 4th

because he is in the house of. Gurtt and nspected by Sukra. The

7)lialam of the houses t.hey occupy iiz Mithuna anJ. Dhanas mu:<t
also be taken into consideration. But in giving good or evil tht>y
act with greater energy, and when badly disposeJ t.hey do men"
harm, if well disposed they do more good than the house.~ they
occupy. the planets they are in conjunction with, and the lords who
aspect them. Among the ancient works, llahu and Kethu are not
much treated of as they generally give the results of the houses
they are in and the planets they a:re joind with.

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STANZA

XIII.

If the lords of the Kendras are in conjunction with

the lords of the Thrikonas without being associated with
the lords of other houses, they become extremely p'verful in producing good results.

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:N'O'l'llB.
This is rather a difficult hut very import>tnt stanza. Ravi nn<l
Chundra own each only one house, while the other five planets
Kuja, Buda, Guru, Sukra, an<l Snni own each- two houses. The
conjunction may be in the act of owning the two houseii one of
which is a quadrant, and the other a trine, or it mny refer to two
different planets each owning one of these houses, and both being
in conjunction in any one of the 12 signs o_f the zodiac. If t\ie
sloka means a conjunction of the owner:ship of these two houses in
one planet, &vi and Chundrn. form exceptions to this principle
ns they onlJ own one hom>e, and cannot therefore have a combination.
of the ownerships of Ken<lrns :m<l Thrikonns referred to nbove.
In the case of other flve planets, Guru and Duda do not by their
Jlecnliar owner~hip of corner houses as it were, cannot al:;o own
Kendra:oi and Thrikonas together. Therefore there are only 3 planeb
who have the special privilege of owning Kendras and Thrikonas
together for children horn in G lngnas. 'l hey are V rishabha, Kataka
Simba, Thula, Makara, and Kumbhn. Kuja is the lord of 5th
and 10th for Kataka, and lord of 4th and 9th for Sin~lia, Sani i:s
lord of 4th and 5th for 'l'hufo and lord of 9th and 10th for V rishabha,
Sukra is lord of 5th and 10th for Makara, and lord of 4th and
9th for Kumbha. This shows that Kuja, Sukra and Sani join
ownarshi p of Kendras and Thrikonas for two Rasees each. Looking
to the meaning of the succeeding slokas as explained Ly the
author it i:; clear that the $ense is not restricted to this concepton of joint ownership of Kendras and Thrikonas only in one
planei. '!'he union of lords of Kendras and Thrikonas is clearly
indicated and the interpretation must be such as would be con
sonant . with the declared general principles of astrology. The
planets in conjunction may either own Kendras and Thrikonns
e.wh in himself or may be lords of the different houses which
form Kendras and Thrikonas. Sanskrit is very flexible and the
plural noun Lo,.ds used in the original sanscrit can be interpreted in either way or both ways. The con1piler lays stress upon
the conjunction of the lords of the Kendras an<l 'l'hrikonas alone.

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If they are associated with the lords of other houses, thoir value
to produce good, will be considerably lessened. If, in such a conjunction, we have the association of the lord' of the 3rd; Gth, 8th,
11th and 12th, the combination produces little good. In the
illustration given, on page 6 of this book, the combination of U.avi
and BucL'\ lor.ds of 4th and 5th in the 10th has been :!onsiderably weakened by their association with Guru lord of 8th nrnl
11th houses. Still the combination is good nnd it makes the
native concerned famous, educated and influential. The productive capacity of planets combining must always depend upon their
relative sources of strength and this must never Le forgotten
by the astrological students who venture into the thorny fields of
preliction. If the lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas are exalted
without evil associations or aspects, it stands t-0 reason to supporn
that they will give better results than when they are debilitatcJ.
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STANZA

XIV

The lnrds of the Kendras and Thrikonas in conjunction produce good from the simple fact . of .their
union even when th~ are weak otherwise.
NO'l':&:S.
This stanza when read carefully points to a sort of contradiction to what has already been enunciated in the previous sloka. There he says that if the lords of Kendras and
Thrikonas arc in conjunction without being associated by the
lords of other houses they are powerful in doing good. In
this stanza he says that the simple fact of their union is quite-

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t'nongh to make them give good even when they arc otherwi"f'
weak. But on a closer examination there is no confradiction
whatever. In the first the idea is that Lords of tho Ken<lras
:~nd 'fh1ikonas ought not to be joined with the l9rd1:1 of othe1 hou ~e
when t>roducing good and in this sloka tho ide~ is that their
eonjunction is productive of good even when they arc not powerful in other way~. The illustrations will make the point clea1.
The conjunction of the lords of Keudras and Thrikonas when they
arc exalted, in their own houses, in Moolathrikonq.s and in friendly houses 01 quadrants cannot produc" the same results as whe~t
the as:-;ociated planet.s arc debilitated, in enemios houses, in unfarnuaable signs. If the conjointed planets occupy 10th house
they give i:esults different from what they would do when they
tlrc in the 6th. Even when the ;;ources of strength to the planet-;
are weak , i e' L) owninO'
bad houses ' U)" bad
veras
etc ' their con0

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junction is productive of good when they arc lords of Kendras antl
'l'hrikonas. One slolm refers to associations and the other to
source,; of strength and weakness. But in either case the rnriow; planct:try aspects, . conditions and other important points connected with them ;could 1wt be safely neglechd in making prediction;;. All that the author wishes to point out is that the conjunction of the lords of Kendras and Thrikonas is good and will
produce results according to their various soul'ces of strength.

STA:SZA

xv.

If the lords of the 9th and I Oth houses join together

m1d occupy the 9th or I Oth, or if the lord of the 9th

0ccupies the 9th and the lord of the 10th occupies 10th
housethey produce &ood.

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NO'l':BS.
The union of the LorJs of Kendras and Thrikonas exerci~es a beneficial influence. There are four KenJras and three t.rines. 1st house
is a Kendra as well as a Thrikona but it is usually counted as a Ken
dra. But for Rjayoga or political success the author particularly
draws the attention of the reader, to the importance of the junction
of the lords of the 9th and 10th houses. By the principle explained
(vide P. 7 of this book) in stanza VI the lord,; of the 9th and 10th
are the most powerful and their combination is naturally looked for
as the best for success. Political success must be understood in a
liberal sense. All those appointments which are partly or wholly
controlled by the government of any country come under this
heading and a poor peon has Rajayoga a3 well as the mightie;t
Emperor. The strength of the planets determines the weight to
he attached to the appointment. Several cases are hinted here by
the learned Compiler. Lords of the 9th and 10th may join and
occupy any hou~. They may occupy the 9th or 10th housei! together. Lord of the 9th may be in the 10th and the lord of the
10th may be in the 9th. Lord of the 9th may be in the 9th and
the lord of the 10th in the 10th house. As l::.as already been pointed
out the aspects of planets are as strong as their combinations. If
Sl the aspect of the lord of the 9th on the lord of the 10th or vice versa
also produces Rajayoga. If they are in the same constellation
although not in the same Rasi, they produce Rajayoga. The first
p:idam of Krithika belongs to Mesha, while the other 3 paii.ams
b~long to V rishabha. But if the lords of the 9th and 10th are in
that star, they may produce good. The supposition indicates H,;
combination of two separate planet5. But take V rishabha. 'l'he
lords of the 9th and 10th are one and the same-Sani. Ile
may be in Makara or Kumbh.a, or he may be in any other
.house. For one born in Vrischika, the combination of Chundra and Ravi is good. But Ravi and Chundra join only
in the Zodiac in any house or they may join in Kataka or Simha, but
lhe combination of the two lordships in one planet of Kendras and
Thrikonas is not possible in either of their ~ses,

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XVI
Lords ofKendras joining with or lying between lords
of Thrikonas produce Rajayoga.

STANZA.

This is a difficult stanza and can be interpreted in various ways

We have already seen that the combination of the Lords of Kendras anl
'l'hrikonas is productive of good. The word Madhya used in the sloka
confuses the passage a little. It means middle or with and the meaning then changes a good deal. Suppose we have Mesha as Lagoa,
then any one ofthe lords of the Kendras, Kuja, Chundra, Sukra and
Sani, may be between the two plaMts Ravi and Guru lords of trines,
or they may be with the lords of Thrikonas. Where a lord of th0
Kendra occupies a place between two lords of trines and has their
aspect or aspe:its any one of them, there will be success. The lord of
a Kendra may occupy a place between lords ofThrikonas, hut need not
have their aspect or need not combine with any one of them. It is
possible to have a planet between two lords of trines, owning a Kendra
and in conjunction with the lords of any other house. Here the position may not be very -suitable if the combining planet is evil. If the
word between is not considered, then I fail to see the use of this stanza
as we have already been told of the production of Rajayoga by the
conjunction of the lords of the Kendras and Thrikonas. The conjunction and aspects of unfavourable planets necessarily take away much
of the good which may otl:e~wise arise from the position of these
planets. The lords of the 5th and 9th are referred to, although we
know as a matter of fact th:i.t the lord of the 5th is weaker than the'
lord of the 9th in producing good. The same holds good in the case
of the lords of the Kendras.

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It looks sensible to interpret thi3 st:i.nz:l as me:ming, tlut. tlu~

mere po:;ition of a planet owni1ig :i Kendra, bct\\~CC!l t.he two lord;; of
the 'l'hrikonas,_i:S sufficie!lt to protlu1:e lhjayoga, and this m:i:inin; is
not incon~istent with what is to follow hereaftar. 'Vhere a planet j,- in
the vieinity of two beneficial planets it is natural to stip1ioi;c that tht'ir
infhH'nce makes him yield. good re:mlts. The lord of the 5th al:;o lu..i
been girnn here a pro:nineut place in the pro1luction of ltajayog:i.

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STANZA

XVII

When an evil planet intervenes between the Dasas

of two Yoga-karaka planets, not in union with them
he produces good when his subperiods occur in those
planetary periods or when his subperiod comes in any other
powerful planetary Dasa.

NO'l':IS.
The periods of all planet:> c:mbin th:i subperiols of all other plaThi:> stanza is capable of a ~ool number of interprct.:itions.
Powerful planets are the lords of kine.;. Fo1 Hajayoga we. h:ive to
clcpen<l upon the strength of the conjunction ot'the lords of Kendrns and.
'rhrikonas. There seerns to be a peculiar Yit"tue in thefr mutual conjunction. If the two planetary pcrioJs owning Thrikonas are separated
hy the period of an evil planet i e by the lord of the 3rd, lit.h,8th,llth,or.
l~th, houses, they seem to give the unfarnurablc planet strength to
produce goo<l in his subperio<ls, 'fhis may occur in 6 c:lscs. 'l'hc period,;
of Chundra and Ra.bu arc separated by Kuja, an eYil planet. Kuja 's
1mbperiod in Chundra or Halm may be good. Chundra's an<l lh.hu's
subperiods in Kuja ma~ bt' good. Kuja 's suhpt'riod in any other fallct.~.

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vourable planet may be good or the suhperiod of that p0werful planf't

in the pel'iod of Kuja may produce favourable results. we have seE-11
in the last few stanzas that the lords of the Kendras. especially tho"o
of the 1'hrikonas are favourable. A planetary period, even when he is bad
by position, aspect or association becomes good when it intervene;;
between two powerful planetary periods by virtue of its lord occup,\ing a middle position as it were between two well situated planer,:.
T tis strength seems to be chi"fly attributable to its being hemmed in
by the influences of two powerful planets on either side which produC'e
good.

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STANZA

XVIII.

Evil planets viz. lords of 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th
houses, when in conjunction with powerful Rajayoga planets, also produce favourable results in their subperiods
according to their own souroes of strength at the time.
:N'O'!'.&S.
We have already shown who are powerful planets. Lords of the
Ken<lras are powerful when they are associated with the lords of the
Thrikonas. When lords of 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th houses join with
powerful planets what would be the result? The compiler says that
powerful planets lose a part of their strength to produce good when
they are joined with evil planets and powerless planets gain some good
by joining with powerful planets. This looks very natural. A good
man becomes partly bad by evil associations while a bad man also
mJdifies a part of his conduct by his good associations. Conjunction
h t.s much influence and modifies grl'latly the nature of the planets
thq.s -q.nitcd. Evil planets give good in their subperiods when they
are ~n conjunction with Hajayoga planets.

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STANZA.

XIX.

When Rahu and Kethu occupy Kendras or Thriko~

nas with the lords of other houses they produce good.

When Rahn and Kethu occupy Kendras or Thrikonas with other

planets they give success. Who are those other planets? If Rahu and
Kethn occupy Kendras and they are in union with the lords of Thrikonas they become good. 1f Bahu and Ketho occupy trines and
they are in combination with the lords of quadrants they produce good.
In this case, the illustration is simply a repetition of the principle
already enunciated, only that instead of the combination of the lords
of Kendras and Thrikonas we have the combination of Rahn and
Ketbn in quadrants or trines with planets in those houses.. But the
stanza above says "in combination with other planets." These other
planets may refer to the planets of any other houses than those of
quadrants or trines. The violation of a well recognised principle in
astrology may not have been contemplated by the author, but in this
ease of Rahn and Ketho, occupying Kendras or Thrikonas, their combination with any othc~r planets may possibly be productive of good
results. If the planets in conjunction are owners of unfavourable
.signs it is reasonable to expect that they will not be productive of
much good but if the planets are owners of quadrants or trines they
will produce splendid success. 1t may be that planets with Rahu
and Ketho in Kendras or Thrikonas make those shadowy planets
strong, and as they give Phalam with greater energy, they become
good by their occupying good places in the horoscope.

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ST!.NZAXX.
The union of the lordship of the Kendra and Thrikona
in one planet produces good. But when the lords of the
other Thrikonas join the lords of Kendras they will sure,
ly produce better result&.

NO'l'BS.
We have already seen that where a lord of the Kendra joins a
lord of the Thrikona both produJe Rajay"oga. Such combination
may be in one planet or in two planets. There are some houses
whose lords become owners of Kendras and Thrikonas, and in such
cases the author says the union produces good. But when the lords
of the Kendras are distinct from the lords of the Thrikonas, and
these two join together in any house, the result will be much better
than in the case of the union of the two lordships in one and the same
planet. Thula has Sani as the lord of 4th and 5th, and V rishabha has
him again as the lord of 9th and 10th but in these two cases the ownership of these houses belongs to one and the samo planet and this is
already shown as producing favourable results. But for Vrischika
Moon is the lord of the 9th and Sun is the lord of the 10th, the combination of these two is productive of better results. The conjunction
of two different planets is better for purposes of Rajayoga than the
unioo of the lordship of the two houses in one and the same planet.
Different rays happily blended seem to produce beter results than
the same rays coming from different houses but belonging to the same
planet. Grafting produces more racy fruits than simple fruits produce] on the same tree.

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STANZA

JATAKACHUNDRIKA.

XXI.

Where the lordd of the 9th and 1Oth houses are joined
by the lords of the 8th and 11th houses success is endangered.

:N'O'l':IS
It has been alre:i.dy explained that the combination of the lords
of the 9th and 10th houses is always productive of splendid Rajayogam or success. Political success m'.l.y roughly mean Rajayogam,
and will be equivalent to service under the ruling authorities. In the
life of man success may be 3.Chieved in various departments, such as
merchants, bankers, lawyers, brokers, barbers, shoemakers, cooks, cultivators, mechanics, engineers, musicians, authors, poets, dramatist;;,
and so on. In the last 6 or 7 stanzas, the author has entirely devoted
liis explanation to the combinations of the lords of the Kendras and
'l'hrikonas and when these are absent, the man may succeed well
in any walk of life but not as an official.
The conjunction of
the lords of 8th and 11th houses with Rajayogam planets, is bad as
they produce eyil and corrupt the influences of even good planets
like th~ lords of the 9th and 10th houses. The simple combination of
the lords of the 9th and 10th without the union of other planets, and
without any aspects is the best for Rajayoga. But where they are joined
with the lords of other Kendras and Thrikonas they will produce good.
~

The author now comes to the most important part of man's career
iiz. the length of life which each man enjoys. He tries to determine in what period and subperiod the native will have death. Readers
are particularly requested to carefully bear in mind the principles
enunciated by the author as nothing can be more significant than the
length of lives of men for any body in this world. There can be no
painting without a back ground, and there can be no enjoyment of
good or bJd results without life to continue them.
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STANZA

XXII.

The 8th house from La.gna. and the 8th from that 8th
are called houses of life. The 12th house from these two
are called houses of death.

NO'l'J:S.
The 8th house from Birth is the house of life as also the 8th
ho11c;e again from this 8th house. There are therefore two houses
viz. the 3rd and 8th from Lagna which nre called the houses of life
.The 12th house from the 3rd is the 2nd house from Lagna and the
12th from the 8th house is the 7th from Lagna. These two, 2nd
and 7th houses represent death. Take an example. The 8th from
birth which ia 'l'hula., is Vrishabha,
and the 8th from V rishabha is Dho.nas,
these two Dhanas and Vrishabha are
called houies of life. The 12th from
Rahu.
the 8th V rishabha is Mesha and the
&seo.
--
12th from Dhanas is Vrischika and
ChunSukra.
dra these t.wo are called housefl of death.
Ketbu, Practically the 3rd and 8th houses
from Lagna are houses of life and
&vi
Guru
th
K
.
S
.
B
d
1r
.
UJa.
the
2nd and 7th are houses of death.
am.
u a.
When the lords of the houses of life are
1>trong, when good planets join those houseii or when those houses are
aspected by them they produoo long life; if ;not the result will be unfavourable. Life and death therefore hav~ to be primarily determined by the strength or weakness of the planets who own those
houses, who are in conjunction with them, who 1ne occupying those
h~usea and who aspect them. The details will be explained in the
next few alokas.

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ST.ANZ.A

XXIII.

The 2nd house is stronger in inflicting death than the

7th; planets who occupy the 2nd are stronger in killing
persons than the lords of the 2nd; those who are in conjunction with the lord of ~he 2nd are still more powerful
in causing death.

NOT SS.
Out of the two houses named for causin~ de 1th the 2nJ is strong 'r. Planets who occupy the 2nd are stronger than the planets who
own the 2nd, and the planets who are in conjunction with the lord
of the 2nd are the most powerful in causing de.1th. Hee the
meoinini will be illusfr 1teJ. by reference to an example. Take the
horoscope given under Stanza 22. Thuh is birth. The 2nd house
Scorpio is stronger in inflicting death to the native than the 7th
Mcsha. Planets Guru and Buda who are in the 2nd house Vrischika.
are stronger than the lord of the 2nd Kuja in causing de:ith. But
1mppose there were a planet or planets with Kuja lord of the 2nd,
they would have been stronger in causing death than even Guru and
Buda. In the particular horoscope which is about 58 ye'.lrs old, ad
bt>longing to a gentleman in high position, the Dasa of Kuja only took
away hh wife by drowning, and caused him seYere illness. But now
the period of Guru is coming and he will inflict death. He is the
lord of the 3rd and 6th houses, he joins the lord of the 9th and 12th
houses, and he o.ccupies the 2nd house. This causation of de:ith
occurs in the periods or subpPriods according to the relative strength
of the d ath inflicting pl nets and also upon the strength of the lord
of the birth on whose power greatly depends the question of longe-

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vity. The skill of the astrologer consists in weighing these different

circumshn~es and in carefully looking to the various sources of
strength or weakness which the planets possess~ The correctne::;s
of his judgment depends not only upon the deep knowledge o! the
technicalities of the subject but also upon the readiness with
which he grasps the points presented for e:iamination and decision.

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XXIV.

The close of the periods of the planets who are with

the lords of the 2nd and 7th houses causes death; next the
periods of the planets who occupy the 2nd and. the 7th
houses cause death; if death does no happen in the ab:.>ve
circumstant;!eS it will be caused in the dasas of the lords of
the 2nc and 7th houses.

:N'O'l':IS.
The author wants to explain clearly the periods when death
m'.ly be exp:.del. CJ nbin:ition for B.ilarish, short,middle, and long
Ji,es are given in other well known works. The several sources
of strength and weakness of the plane's are also given in them.
Ha,5ng regard for these well known princi~les of astrology we have
to fin<l out when and hy whom the natives death is likely to be
caused. Th .. re are three cases named here. (1, Pla=iets ~ho occupy the
2nd and 7th houses produce death, (2) planets who are lords of the
2nd and 7th houses inflict death, (3) planets who are not owners of
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goes 01~ to silo,.- which planets are foremost in iQflicting death.
Planets who join with tl,.o lc~mJs 9fti,e ~q.d and 7th ho~ses :i,re wry
iowerful in ~iising death at the end of their periods. Then come
the planets who occupy the death ~ouses. . If death is 11ot caused in
~he periQds of the~ planet8 tihea th~ ioras of the 2ij<J. & 7tb b.Qqses will
i~flict ~el:\tb. ~bel\lsc) re~.

~TANZA

XXY..

~ f ti).~ perio~s
~eath houses do not

Qf

t\e pianets occupying or owning

come in time to cause death then death
Jllay happen in tl,ie Dasa of plaJ;:ets who are not Yogakar<:Ji~CH b~~ who are auspicious and combjna with the lords
pf <Jell-th houses: if qeat4 qoes not happen in th,ese it must
pe predicted in the periods Q{ ti} lords of the 3rq ~cl ~th
P,o~ses:

As we go on we shall have occasion to mention some oombinat{ons which produce Balaril!ta or early death. There ~re othBr c<m1binations w}}ich produc~ Madyarista PT death after Dalarista perjod
pf 8 years, and b~fore ~O years. Yogarista e~tends fr.om 20 to 32
?ears and these must be nott>d. Th.en there ~re conjunctions for
filpa1ty'U9:1jqgq. (i!hort life!
ltfadhayuryoga '.middle life), l'oomyurl!oga (lql}g life), a~4 .AparamitM.!Jt'"!loga, (unlimited life),;\11 thcs~
'pqib~,~t~o~s f:!.fe el~b9rntel;r detil!l~d ip my potes to the Sart"'rtha..

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ch.intamani and the Astrological Self Instructor. Pfoase refer to them

for full information on this most vital question of life. Witl:out
reference tO Dasas or Bh?okties ~hese combinations give to or take
away life from the ' persrm, v; e cannot be therefore too careful
about these special conjunctions of planets. Planets in death houses
produce death1 if they do not, then those who own them produce de:ith,
if they do not, then planets who do not combine in themselve3 or
with others the lordships of the Kendms and Tlirikonas, but who are
auspicious or good, rnay cause death; if these planets also do not c'.tuse
death, then the author wants us to fix the period of death in the Daui
or Bhookti of the lords of the 3rd and 8th houses. Longevity is first
to be determined with reference to Aristas or evil combinations; if
they allow the native to live, then by a . process called Gralta Datta
Pinduyu rdaya it must l:>e determined what each planet with referenct\
t-0 its own sources of strength and weakness, contributes in the shape
of life to the native born, so that the length of life will h8 the sum
total of these various periods of life grant~d by the planets to the
fretus in the womb. This process must be used only after the Baht1ista period has expired and not before. we have seen that the lords
of the 3rd and 8th houses are evil and they produce death, if others
fail. In the next stanza the author determines death in the period
of the most evil planet. yf :ill these fail SanI will cause death as. hP
js evi~ and always inclined to do bad.
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XXVI.

When the periods of death-inflicting planets are not

appearing in time to cause death, the planet most inauspicious in the hc.roscope will cause death at any time.

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NO'l'ZS.
Ari, I have already stated there may be some comLinationri, which
show that death must happen at a particular period, and that period
miO"ht
not be in tima to kill the native. Here it is clear that the
n
author wants the student to find out the length of life by Grah1 D:ztfa
Pinrla Ay1irday.i and then see which period is likely t-0 corresrond
to the term of life so found out by mathematical calculations. There
:tr<' also various combinations ment.ione:i in other works which roughly.
c1r1rrmine t11e length of life. Take an example. A child has
Baltiritta whid1 means th1t it will or may die within 8 years. But
8 years is a long period. We have to find out. which period, month,
and day wiJl tenninate its existence during those 8 y nr:;i. This must
1>1' found out. wit.h reference to the periods or subpcriods "liieh come
in that time. 8uppo~e at the timo of birth a Y ogal-aralm planet
rnh~ the n:ithe, he will be unwilling t-0 kill the natin himself
and his friend:-1 also share the same feeling. But if there i.i
Ftrong Halari11ta combination the child must die, and \n h:i,e
to look to a certain planet as tl1e terminator of the d1ild's existence.
Tho!'e who 11re with or a~pccted by the fJOJakamka do not kill. Th<'n
\\'e 11a,e to find a planet who is the most inauspicious among tl1e
remaining lot and a~cribe dooth t-0 bis period or !<ubperiod. Jn the
clet<>rmination of the extent o f evil, we have to look to other ,~-ork:s
on n.~trolo~y for information. Pbncts hwc d ~bilit 1tio:i;, e:t ilt 1tio:1 s
r<>trogradcs, :iccelerations, humilities; combustions, fayourahle or unf:1rnua lile C'onjunctions, lateral, periodical and po;.;itional i1;fluence~.
owncrsl1ip of good and Lad houses,. malefic nnd benefic aspect~
unfriendly infiuen ces, and various other sources of strength and weak:
nrs:> which the planets possess at the time of hirth. A knowledge of
all 1hese become.;; absolutely necessary to correctly determine which
.p1 1met become3 the. strongest and which the weakc~t. \Y eakest pla11ch tire always p:-oduct.ive of eril, although t'.10y may li:n-e heen c~as ,e
fiNI a hcncfk~. A debilitated Guru, owning kcndra~ or ~th and
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inau:.:picious planet may cause death at any time, that is, at the time
""hen it is most mischieYous. Goodness in any planet sayes all lifo .
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XXVII.

Sani, inclined to do evil by his conjunction with lords

of death houses or those who have any power to inflict
death, will cause death in preference to any of those planets.
iq'O'rlDS.
Sani is an evil planet of the first wat.er. He is the weakest of
the planets and therefore the most mischievous. His rays when unfavourable produce ar. amount of misery such as the rays of no other
planet could producE". Re is rightly dreaded by the whole mankind.
Naturally evil, he waits for an opportunity to take the life of a peTson. In each horoscope eYery planet has Jurisdiction over certain
events of the native's life. Their work will be determined by their
combinations and aspects at the time of birth and tl:.e subee1uent
J.no<lifications of their influences by their as :well as the revolutions
<lf the sun. The author has enumerated the various planets who are
Jikely to cause death; if Sani is one of them he will inflict death in
ineference to any other planet empowered to put an end to the exist'nce of the nat.ive. In some cases this works good while in others
it. does evil. The periods of Guru, Sani and Buda are closely following each other. If these planets are death inflicting, then the period
of Sani will be stronger than that of either Guru or Duda to cause

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death.

J.ATAKACHUNDRIKA.

Take the horoscope of a gentleman living. Guru is the lord

un-1
of 8th and 11th houses, Kuja is the
dra~ Birth. Sani. ord of 7th and 12th houses, Buda is
. he lord of the 2nd and 5th houses
Rahu.
.

. nd _Sani is the lord of the 9th and

Ravi. . _ .
Ruda.
,.
. . ~-:,
. .~ : ~,,-. ,. ~ per rules stated
lfasee:
Iroa.dy, 1ords Of 2nd . and 7th are
,
- -aih'lil6ieliJS;g. Buda and Kuja are
,lfaraka planets. .But those who are
---;1:-----,-1---..,.-1---in the 2nd and 7th are stronger and
Sukra.
feil~.
those who join the lords of the 2nd and
.;.._ _...__ __..___ _...___ 7th are strongest in inflicting death.
In the example given above Sani is stronger than Buda being in the
2nd house but Guru is 11tronger than Sa.ii in ca.using <lea.th because
he is in conjunction with the lord of the 2nd house Buda.

There are 27 constellations or Nakaltat1aa and they are divided

umong the nine f>lanets including Rahu and Kethu. The planetary
periods are thus arranged.
Krittika
Oottara
Oottarasbada
Rohiny
Has ta
Sravanam
Mrigasira
Chitta
Dhanista
Auridra
Swathy
Sathabhisha
Poornarvasu
Visakha
Poorvabhadra
Pooshiami
Anooradha ~
Oottarabhadra

} Ra.vis' period extending over 6 years.

} Chundra's period 10 )ean.
} Kuja's period _7 years.
} Ralm's period 18 years. ;
}Guru's Dasa 16 years.
}sani's Dasa

i9 years.

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Auslasha
Jaista
} Buda's Period 17 years.
, Raivathy
Makha
Moola
} Kethu's Period 7
.
Aswini
Poobba
Poorvashadha
} Sukra's Period 20
Bharani
The total of all these planetary periods will give 120 years as the
extreme limit of the man's general age. There are instances of persons
living beyond this period, but they fall under exceptions. Taking the
horoscope given on page 32, I shall also give the Navamsa : -

y~rs.

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Please note carefully the

r
easoning-Guru
is the lord
Rahu.
f
the
8th
and
11th
houses
toJ
-,
nd
is
evil.
He
occupies
10th
iu
lh~ouse from birth with Ravi
jalnd Buda and 11th house from
chundra. From Lagna Buda
Navamsa.
r'wns 2nd and 5th houses
jalnd Ravi owns 4th house.
[Dagna has evil planets on both
isides, Sani in the 2nd and
Sany
Kuja. Chundra. chundra and Rahu in the
Buda.
12th. These with Kuja and
Kethn.
Ravi.
Sukra.
Kethu in the 6th indicate
Balarista or early death. Sukra lord of birth is in the 8th aspected by
Sani. These are evil combinations for early death. But the presence
of Guru, Buda and Ravi in the 10th house which is the last and the best
quadrant saved the life and the gentleman is living. He passed through
very serious dangers in Sukra 's Period early in life and his life was despaired of on more than half a dozen occasions and the occupation of
the 10th by auspicious planets saved him from an early grave. We
shall examine his future life. Sani is in the 2nd house. Guru owns
8th and 11th houses and Buda owns 2nd and 5th houses. There are
3 planets threatening his life i:iz., Guru, Sani and Buda. As per illustration of the abo~e principle we have to look to the most powerful
Birth.
Guru.

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for causing death. Guru owning 8th and 12th houses is bad enough,
Sani is in the 2nd and Buda owns the 2nd house. Of these Sani must
be declared to have jurisdiction to kill the person as he is in the
2nd housQ, h1'!i evil diapoaition and he occupies a middle position
between Guru and Buda. This is strengthen~d further by his
position in the Navamea. There Sani is the lofd of the-10th and
llth hou&e&, occupies the 7th with Kuja lord o~ the let and 8th
houses, Ravi lord of the 5th and Sukra lord of th~ 2nd and 7th
houses, ~d ia aspeGted by Guru lord of the 9th and 12th houaes.
Buda is also. bad as. he owns. 3rd and 6th houses and occupies the
9th house. From Chundra in the Am.ea. Sukra ia the lord of the
. 2nd and 9th houses, Ravi if! the lord of the 12th and Kuj~ ia thQ lOfd
of th.e &-d and 8th houlil.08. All these are in the 2nd, Sani is the lord
of the 5th and 6th houses. Their occupation of the 2nd where Sani is
exalted and Ravi is debilitated, is Yery peculiar and they empowei:
SM\ to <lo his mur<tel'O~S wok in ~~rel\ce to Guru who eomes be-fore Sani and Buda who comes after him. I can onl1 indicate
briefly the line of argument, leaving the readers to use their own in~l.
ligence and judgment, in the horoscope submitted for theilr consider- .
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XX:VIII.
Planes do not give in theil' Pe:rlods and sub-periods
~11 the good or evil they a:re able to do by their positions,
~ssoQ.iaitions ~d aspects in the horosoop&.
NO'l'ES.
A planet is influenced to do evil m- good fOr vwious rea86DS. Ills
STANZA

oooupati-On, hi& owning. wisooiation, eraltation, debilitation, reti:ogndes, acoolera.ilon!\ and aspecta, hia euemii1ea aud friendships hav~
:\llUCh to do with lhe result!l which hs P\'(>ducee upon the na\ite.
Every planetary period begins w~th its own sub-period and itaiurtlw
minor periodiJ until we reaeh t~e :minu,tee time p~sible. Several
system&. of caloulat!ions of these planetary periods are recommended
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work on Astrology, the period of the most po~rful planet ih the
Kendras is the first in order. There is the Viinifvtiari (120 years) and
ABWtai'i l108 yeArs) systeni!I prevaient in Southern and Northern
India respectively. The terms of years ascribed to the planets alsd
. differ. In South~m India. Oodu.<ld;6f'J; ot' ptll'iocts calculated according
to the r~ing ciortstellatlon at th~ time of birth are in vogne, and they
Are easy to determine. In another !!ystem the most powerful planet
including the Lagna, begin!! !\!! the lord of the first period. ThtJ
!trength of the planets has to be found by the sources of po\ver prescrilr
ed in the Astrological \vorks elsewhere~uch as the Stkanahala,
lhgbal.a, Kaldhala 1 Viryabala, Ohestabala, NysargihWalaand the various
gool and evil Vefgas. Tluf reader is referred to my Emglilfh tiil.fi!lIation of the Sarwartha Ohintamani in the first Chapter for full details
fin thie important branc;:h of knowledge-, Find out the Nakshol;fa
or constellations at tha tinte of birth and see how mooh of it passed
and how much remains. 'l'ake tlie Sun's p-erfod whfoh is 6 years.
Thie mpreaants the Sun's general period. Then we have Vidasa
br sub-period, 3rd we have the Bhool.,-ti or sub-sub-period, 4th Antardas-a
or sub-sub-subperiod, 5th we have .Anfatantara or still lmlallel"
t:Hvlsfon. Thert we have the Sookshma or still smaller division ancl
Prana or the smallest of the planetary sub-divisions enabling us to
make hourly or even half hourly predictions. Take Ravi Dasa 6 years,
The planets have an invariable proportion in the distribution o! their
periods and sub-periods. It is seen that the Sun gets 6 years out of 120
year. the total of the planeta?f periods. In the period of 6 yeal'Ef,
his sub-period bears the same proportion as his generaf period bearlf
in the 120 years. When he has 6 years for 120 years, what will he
have in 6 years ? . 0;~ years -M; years. As the denominafiot' iii
greater we haV'e to reduce the fraction to month&-thus we have
ava....ffa===3 months artd we have ix 30 days....18daye. TJu~
aub-period of Ran in Ra-vi'~ genel'31 period fa 8 months and 18 dayg.
In all the other minut.er divisions Ravi bears the same constant
proportion of 6 to 120. If we take Ravi's sub-sub-period we .bavc1
8 .;.& months-1-8-8 x -rhmonthe

- !15 )( f 75.....flf M ~~onthllc:!!:o

e'<&odays-.\f=5fdays.

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rule. Ravi has the same proportion of 6 to 120 years as he has

in the general period of man's existence.

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XXlX.

Planets who are with the .lords of the periods, planets

who occupy the houses of the lords of the periods and planets who are otherwise equal in strength to the lords of the
periods, give similar results as the lords of the periods
themselves, in their periods and sub-periods.
NOTES.
The Dasa and its Sub-Divisions have to be calculated with reference to the rising constellation at the time of birth. That is called
the Janma Nakshatra. I have already given the Dasas (Periods of
planets) for the 27 constellations. Krittika at birth commences with
the period of the Sun. In judging of the planetary influences, in
their periods, sub-periods and all the minor divisions, the reader has
to bear in mind the several sources of strength and weakness which
the planets have. If one planet occupies the house of another planet
and the latter is the lord of the period (Dasanatha) then the former
gives results similar to those given by the Dasanatha. Those who
are also in conjunction with the Dasanatha, produce similar results to
him.The owner of the house, occupied by the Dasanatha produces results similar to the latter. Other planets which are similar in strength
or weakness as the Dasanatha give the same results. Planets are said
to be similar in strength when they occupy houses of the same nature,
or possess lateral, periodical, positional and other advantages detailed
in the Astrological works and to which constant references have already been made. This is a direction given to the Astrolagical stu
dent to measure the strength of the planets in producing results, when
their sub-periods and other minute divisions intervene in those of
the general periods. All planets send out light to us though it may
be the reflected solar ray. The effects of a solar ray pure and simple
must be different from the effects of the same ray when reflected

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from the bodies of other planets. which have an absorbing tendency

to some of the vital powers of the Sun's rays. The determination of
these .effects seems to be the great aim of those astrological writers
and the strength or weakness means the degree of intensity with
which .t he planetary rays are reflected in their modified forms.

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STANZAXXX.
In the periods and sub-periods of other planets,
unconnected with the lord of the general Dasa the results
are to be predicted otherwise when they are opposed to him
and inclined to give contrary effect3.
NOTES.
In stanza 80 the author stated that in the general period of a
planet we have to expect similar results to him if we get the subperiods -0r other ~inor divisions of planets who are with him, or in
his house, or who own the house Dasanatha occupies. There must
necessarily be two or three sets of planets in the horoscope of every
man. One set are directly connected with the Dasanatha or are
otherwise under his special influence by conjunction, aspect or occupation. There are then some other planets who are directly opposed
to the influences of the lord of the general Dasa and who try always
to give their own or who try to modify the results of the Dasanatha.
There will be a third set who are partly that way and partly this way,
a sort of indifferent party. The author tries to explain the results
of sub-periods belonging to the planets who are opposing the lord of
the Dasa. When the lord of the Dasa is for giving good health and
the lord of the Bhookti (sub-period) is for producing sickness, what
would be the result ? The native becomes indifferent in health. If
Dasanatha is for giving gold and money and the Bhooktinatha is for
stealing it away' the person will be possessed of gold and money and
loses them or will have them in small quantities. If on the other
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\Vill ha~e much wealth or honor or success with very slight exertiant
on his part. Take a worldly example. If O\U' 1tt1bordinates agree
with us in doing good to a person the person will be easily benefi.tt.ed.
But when the superiors and the Nbordinates are at loggerheads t1w
person who is to be benefitted by them would suffer from want ol
agreement between his benefactors. Opposition is always injurions
and must be cleverly overcome.

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STANZA

~ ll

xxxr.

In the Dasa of the lord of 5th or 9th houses, who is not

otherwise powerless, the lord of the Ist, 4th, 7th, and 10th
houses, though unconnected with tl1e Daaanatha, produceil
good. Similarly Bhooktinatha who chances to be owner of one
or more quadrants and who is not otherwise weakened pro
duces good in the Dasa of the lord who governs 5th and 9th
houses.

NOTES.
This stanza is capable of several interpretations. The Dasa of
the lords of the 5th and 9th -has already been decl~red to he good.
But the lord of the 5th or 9th may also be the lord of t>th, 8th, 12th
or other inauspicious signs, may be in conjunction with evil planets
may have malicious aspects, and may be debilitaW. Here d~
must be made from the general powenr of the lords of 5th and 9th
houses for doing good. Suppose we have the sub-period of a lord of
the quadrants in such a Dasa what will be the result? The author
says that if the lord of the sub-period owns any of the quadrants
(Kend'l'aB) and has no evil influences detailed above- in the Ca8e of the
ruler of the 5th and 9th houee. and IIa~ no connection with too
Dasanatka he produces good in his sub-period. The author ap)JIY
rently seems to make no provision in a reve~ ea.e.
Take an example. We have the Dasa of a planet who owns aft1
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88 the lord of the 5th and 9th houses ? Take again the lord of' the
&th or 9th house in the Dasa of n lord of.the quadrants. Does he produce good results ifnot otherwise powerless? other cases may also be
put forth. But the reader is referred to the general principles laid down
in the beginning of this work for a solution of these and many similar
difficulties. All planets-good or evil-who own 5th or 9th houses
produce good, while all planets who own quadrants are not declared
aa productive of auspicious results. It seems clear that the value of
the planets who rule l>th or 9th house in producing good is greater
than the value of the planets who govern Kendras-1-4-7-10. Benefies
ruling quadrants are producers of evil while molefi-cs governing
K~as are productive of favourable results. Whether good or evil
planets, they produce good when they own the 5th and 9th houeea.

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XXXII.

Suooess comes in the Dasas of death-inflicting planet1t.

Evil planets ill those sub-periods not o.nly work against this
euceess but also bring death to. the n,ative.
, NOTES.
Lords of a and 7 are death-giving plane'8 and these two houses
are call~ Maraka (death) houses,
The lord.11 of theee houses give suceess in their Das-$. But
when the Bhao'/4"8 of evil planets intervene the success predicted will
be.negatived and they bring death also. Planets who ar~ in conjunction with death~iu.tlicting l&rds give prosperity. Those who are not
with them but otherwi~ favourably di&posed will give limited fortune~
and those who. are noi in oonjunction with them and who are maliciously disposed give ruin and death. The wordS Enl planets have two
1ignificationa. Guru, Sukm,. Poornachundra (full Moon) and wel1
associated Buda are generally termed good planets or Bw,efics. While
Sani, Kuja, Ravi, Kshinaohundra (New Moon) and badly associat.ed
Bu.d~

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evil when they own 1st, 8rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th
.houses, when they have evil aspects, or when they are debilitated or
when they have evil conjunctions. Evil planets may become. good
when they are lords of let, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th, houses. Evil
planets are not called good planets or mce versa. We say good planets own evil houses and produce evil and evil planet.a own
good houseR and give good. On the use of the terms eviZ and good
there is a little confusion even in the sansk:rit works. On a closer
study and greater familiarity with the subject th.e student
will at once see that each of the two words eviZ and b<Ul, when used
with benefice and malefics or mce versa has a limited meaning and
gives no room for confusion. The word Ilajayoga is also vaguely
used ; some Astrologers give it a narrowed meaning and make it refer
to only success in political or official life, while others explain it by
saying that it means success in any walk of life and happiness thereby.

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Good planets in conjunction with the lords of the death
inflicting houses give success. These planets when they
are not in conjunction with the above give moderate success
jii .their sub-periods. Powerful planets give good success in
the Bhookties even when they are not in conjunction with
the owners of the death-inflicting houses.
STANZA

NOTES.
Stanzas 83 and 84 refer to Dasas and the Bhooldies which intervene during them. The Dasa may be generelly good but the snbperiods of planets which are evil in themselves or of the planets who
are opposed to the influences of the Dasanath&, will not be so very
favourable. If the lord of the general period is good and the lord of
the sub-period is bad, the good of the former is cancelled by the evil
of the latter and the result will be indifferent. If one lord is good and
the other is indifferent, there will be Mme moderate success, if both
are good the results will be eminently successful, if both are bad, the

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~lta ~l bedi~i.'(n~s. If: t.}te sub-1~.iare Jn conjunetiort with the,

major lords, they .produce good. If they are not in conjunction but,.
good otherwise they produce partial success. If they are bad and 'ticit
in conjunction with the Major lords they produce ruin and death.
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Planets which are disposed to give Rajayoga will do
so in their sub-periods, whic.b. intervene during the general
1,leriods .of planets with which they are not associated.
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STANZA

The stanza is plain enough. .A pian~t . which become~ good t'or

several reasons wants to produce success to the native. His own Dasa

.may not come at all during theHfe of'the person. But tl!e sub-periods
of planets being mU:ch shorter in duration may come and go ayj.ay many
times during his life. It has been remarked above that planets in
combin~tioU: with .those who are good will also give success. This
Pe due to the purification of his own rays by conjunction with
the purer rays of . the nobler planet, or by the rays of the weaker
plariet becomfog inactive on account of the superior power of the
rays of the more exalted one. In either way the result is auspicious. Brit
if there is no conjunction between the-lords of the general and the subperiods ,then the reBUlt& will be good or.bad. aooordirlg to ~e nature
of the individual planets whose power is exercised. The sub-period
of a well sitU~ planet ,.Will :give succes$ in the general period of a
planet with whic~ he is not even united.

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cess in their respective sub-periods according to their- relative strength.

1'0TES.
Ilahu and Kethu (Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail) have no independent mansions . ~hich they_ own. They are calleq ~h,adowy planets or chaya (Shadow) Graham8 (planets) or Thamo (dark) Grahas.
But some of the later writers have giveJl. these planetS, places of ex
altation and deblitatation. Exaltation means for good or evil plane!'J,
the state of a planets in a particalur house, where it is capable of
producing the greatest possible good. Debilitation means the . opposite state. These two states of exaltation and debilitation are
called Oocha and Neecha respectively in sanskrit. In the latter state
the planet will be inclined to do the greatest possible harm to the
native. When a planet is in full glory the rays seem to have a
peculiar effect in producing much success and happiness. When the
planet is eclipsed or its rays are greatly disturbed and modified for
worse, they become useless and produce misery and failures. From
Mesha to Kanya Rahu is considered powerful and he tries to do good.
From Thula to Meena Kethu is good and gives success. Vmhabha.
(Taun:is) is specially strong for Rahu while Vrischika (scorpio) is so
considered for Kethu. There are some differences in ascribing houses
of exaltation and debilitations and I shall represent the most approved
doctrine here without entering into unnecessary details.

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If the lords of the Dasa are evil and the lords of the

sub-period are favourable but unconnected with them, they

produce evil. If the favourable lords of the sub-periods

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join the Dasanatkas they produce indifferent results. Powerful planets , who are not in conjunction with the lords of
Dasas who are evil produce very unfavourable results.
Planets who are capable of giving Yogam and who are
not connected with the lords oi the Dasas will give good
results in their subperiods during such lJasa1.
-NOTES.

_ Again the idea seems to be repE)&ted. It may be to make the

matter more emphatic that the author is laying much stress on this
point. There is however a nice distinction drawn by the author. He
seems to make a difference between good planets ShUbhagraluu and
planets which are said to be powerful or yoga ka!rakas. The meaning
of the latter expression seems to be that those planets which are not
good ~n nature, but become powerful by association or otherwise are
'called yoga karakas. Guru, Sukra, Poornachundra,; and well associated Buda are called ShUbkagraltas. But when they are debilitated~
badly associated, or occupying evil houses they produ~ evil and may
be -called -evil planets. But there is the general term evil applicable
to Kuja, Ravi, Sani, badly associated Buda and Kshinachundra along
with-Ravi and Kethu. These also may produce good or bad acco~
ding as they own good or evil houses, combine with go~ or evil
planets, and have exaltations or debilitations. Therefore ShUbha,.
grahama are _different from Yogakarakagrahanns.
The distinction deserves to be specially remembered as the
Phal,a,m (results) to be predicted depends largely upon these consi.derations. Sani for instance can own 9th and 10th houses and then
becomes very powerful, and if also exalted and well associated he
will produce splendid results. So also any other evil planet. Under
these circumstances: he will be called a .yogakaraka planet and not a
8hUbhagraha. If: Guru owns 8th and 11th . houses he becomes evil
and produces bad. The author seems to have three different cases
under contemplation in the treatment of Dasas and Bhooktie1. (1)~
Where the lords of the periods are evil and the lords of the subperiod8 are favourable and not in conjunction with them the result
will be unfavourable. (2). Where they join .the lords .of the_Periods
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~y -produce v~ tmfavourable results~ 'Ji'Ji~.. :~Pl:littw:t;ipnc <(; e-y~
evil p~anets s~ms to ll;li~igate the ~ad. ,t.he1. woulq o~~erw~ ..infl~
or.i: .~~~ . nati_ve . .~hese c.as~s must .be clear,ly distinguished in co.nsulta-

otts of horoscopes, and in the subseqtient pre~ction' of results;

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?f. ~he Dasa will ~ve good if _they are ~t.herwisEl powerful, dw-ing their
~ub:-period-&.

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~ht;ise planets who are not in conjunction with th~ lQtd of the genera!

P~a will produce good. The ~i~e h~dicated is the sul>-perfo(i which
intervenes du.ring the Dasa of the pl1'net with 'Yhom the lord of th~
Bko0kti is not associated. lt mus~ b~ rem,embefed that this is a
~mall work in which at most, only.the barest oqtlines of astrology
~ould be given. All the details of the .oomplie&ted Astrological
li\Cien.oe are not possible to.be clelP'ly enumerated in a work which is
ooly elementary itdts nature and therefore the readers must have
ieS?rt tO other comprehensive treaties to make cerlain prediction.
/'-redic_tions are the fruits ?f the Astrological . sciences and they are
~~~fore the hardest t~ produce. frim.ers t:reat~ng o~Botany, PhyfilC$
P,hysiology, Chemistry . Geology, Biology or Psych0logy .canno~
prewnd. to be e~bausti.ve and !""e generally more intended to rol1.1'e the
curiosity qf the stude~ts fpr :qi.aking .deeper stl;ldies in~ t4ose branches
!mi:>wledge than to he th~. sure guides on which th~. grea:test "conftd~nbe could at once be placed. . From the very elementary natiU'e. of
the books, they must be considerably defective and generally supet"'
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~-e-~~h . d~e~ not do so in th~ ~ub~~rio.da of fa.v-0q~l)l~ pl~
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There.are two combinations contemplated here and they niuiith~

ape,cially borne in mind. First we have to determine who is th&
nio8t Pafofw. planet to inflict death and then if his general Period is .
lOng we \lave neitto deterri_tine in whose Bhookti death is caused~
.Life is the most important question for any person and therefore "his
longevity' ~lUit fir13t be considered and .determined. Then the goo~
and bad r~sults ill his life have to be. predicted~ Prospects inlife
have ~o v.alJe wb.atever unless we know the length of the .span of
mu exiat;e:iiCe. ' T4e. author says that fo the Dasa of the MaralI,
planet, t)l.eBlJokt(of the favourable planet who is in conjunction with
him does.not produqe death, but the Bhookti of the evil planet
.w'bQ i8 ii:ot in - coiiju~tion with the nasanatha will produce: cert.a~~
death. Th~ question may then be raised as to whether the Bhoo1di
of the evil plauet who iB ill c:Onjunction With the Mara,kti Dasanatkii.
J>roduee~ deathor ~vouraole results ? From a -car_eful perusal of tlte
above verses .it appears clear thl!-t the periods and :sub-periode of eve~
lbe wo.ra~ pJanets whe1i' they are. in coajt;mction with each other do
not ipfilct such eVil a8 the periods an.d sub-~riod of planets who ara
.not'i.n c()njuncti?ii "with each othe~. . Ther~fore there is eom~ g~ iii
'the verf act 'of conjii.nctiOn or conibihaticin which ehoaj.d not. be lo!it
sight of by the student ofAstrotogywhen he attetnptsto make hik
predictions. I have already stated the results of the sub-periods of the
favourable planets when they are'l10t in conjunction with th(t ~lanets
whose periods govern the native for the time being.

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These two planets seem to have a peculiar affinity and produce
good or evil in an intense form inversely in thier Daaaa and Bhooktiss.
If Sani is good and his Daaa governs man, the Bkookti of Sukra, when
he is well disposed, produces much excellent resul~. The author
says that even if there are other Bhookties equally favourable li){e
that of Sul.-ra they will not produce such splendid results as Srikra can
d0. Thus in the Dasas of Sani and Sukra and their sub-periods inter
vening them, the greatest fortune may be expected if they are favourably disposed. Whatever may be the occupation of the planets or their
association, Sani and Sukra will produce the most intense efl'ects
during their periods and sub-periods, which no other two planets
could produce. The author has taken us f'ar inro the fields of Astrology and has shown by brief but very expressive stanzas the results
of many principles guiding the life of the creature. He has shown
the relative merits of the planets, the periods Of' successes and fiu1ures, the principles on an examination of which death may safely be
predicted and a general survey of the other items which -give strenth
or weakness to the planets. These are all general results and now
in the 40th stanza and the subseqent ones, he is going to make a
summary of the results, which the native born in each of the 12 Zodical signs, is likely to enjoy. This will help the student at once to see
,which of the planets are fa.vourable and which are not in judging of
,the difl'erent 1,agnas in which people are born.

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prospects whi~h the;pianets give 1~ the. Zodiacal si~s from
Mesha (Aries) to Meena (Pisces). These good and bad re:snlts will be inoonformiiy with the principles, whielll hTe
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NOTES.
In the first thirty nine stanzas of his work the author has tried ~
explain brieflf the general principles of Astrology and they will be now
summarised as it were for the convenience of the readers. There are
12 Zodiacal signs and he will give the principal good and h~d results
which accrue from the different planetary combinations in each of
these 12 houses. Which planets are good in Mesha (Aries), which
are had; and whose combinations produce Raja Yoga (political success) 'whose conjunction infticts misery, and who are likely to produce
death and in whose period and sub-period, these and similar. points
are determined with reference to each of the houses and each of the
planets; and therefore we request the astrological students to carefully
follow the author in the important stanzas which are given for their
guidance. Of the several works which the translator had read on A&.
trology, he has much confidence in the working out of the general
principles laid down here, as they will be amply verified at every step
of the reader in the line of his prediction.

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XLI Mesha-Aries.
A Parson born in Meslu:t Lagna (Aries as birth time)
'bas Sani, Buda and Sukra ill disposed towatds him~
Guru and Ravi are auspicious. The Simple combination of
Guru and Sani produces no beneficial results.
NOTES.
STANZA

Here the author has drawn attention of the readers to 8 lll08t

important points to be consulted in esti~ting the good and evil results. which are likely to happen to the person born while Mesha is
rising at the time of birth. Sukra is the lord of the 2nd and 7th
housee, Buda is the lord of the 3rd and 6th houses, and Sani is the
Lord of the 10th and 't ith' houseg. ; -Of c0\lr8e; it h~ ake.dy been
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3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th, hbuses ate bad. Therefore Buda being
~he .~rd of th& 3rd. e.nd .6th houses to the ~rson . \lfhQ,.i~,c ~born in
Mesha, becomes evil. Sukra owns 2nd and 7th houses. Good pl~l1et~
pwning quadni.nts are evil an.d 7~h is one of . the quac1rants, Sani
!;>wns 10th.& 11th houses of which, the 11th is bad while the 10th
house (quadrant) owned by an evil planet like Sani is good. Buda
is perfectly bad, but in the cases of Sul,cra and Sani, out of the two.
~ouses each of those planets owns, one is evil atid .the other good.
But Buda, San1, and Sukra are not friends of the Lord of' Mesh&:
viz., Kuja or Mars. This point is f~lly explained in .~he Astrolo~
~l Seif rnstructor and Primer published by me in ~nglish~
Guru and Ravi are dee.lared to be good. Ravi owns . the 5th house
irom Mesha and Guru owns the 9th and 12th houses.. It has been
.already shown that the Lords of the trines (an:gri1ar pointS of an equilateral triangle) are productive of good results. Ravi owns only one
pouse and he is perfectly good, l,>ut Guru ow'ns 9th as welLas the
12th of which 9th is g?od and .twelfth is h$d: O:ur~,
~nd -~uj;
(Lord of Mesha) are friends and thus-though Guru owns one of the
eVil houses, he will, in the main, proauce good and not evil. The 3rd
point the auth<ll' rMen to is ..the.~p,i:oducti~..of
Ra.ia~oga by
the combinations of the Lords of the 9th and l'Oth houses. This
sounds contraij :t.o bis ri~ dclar~ :p~ -~eJtiintated in
Stanza 16 of this work, where he says ~ha~ ~jarogalll is produ.cf3d by
the combination of the Lords of the quadi'anf.8 and 'trinEls. nut in.the
~ase: of tAitae :two pl&U~, they not . orify oWn . 9t!h lOt'li ,.houses,
.whoee c6JJ~~tion ought to pi'OdqcC'.good,;bati t~y ~ aJio Lords ill
~he .12th and 11th housell,.whos~ <;iombination. ~ ; again~.the p~
duction of the ~jayopm (vide p. 24). Tl\e!ef'.or~.; .the; ap.th,'?1'., _a&YJ!
clearly that to the person born in Mesha, the simple conjunction of
Sani and Guru is alone not sufficient th produce political success. We
:in111t look to othet combinatiotia for' R&jayog&.. Th~ liM or krgtiment I
-adopt is simple enough and the reader ls e~tl:t requeEit~<l t.o not.ii
:its t'o~ in making .~is predictions when h~ C!OnsUJ.is:hotollCOPefi; . ....

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STANZA . XLII.

But on the other hand Gut'u when combined with Sani,

not only does not give good but will actively produce .evil.
Sukra does not himself kill the native although he possesses
death-inflicting powers.
:N'OTES.
It was point.ed out (vide stanza 41) that Guru being the lord of
the 9th and 12th houses, has both good and bad combined within
himself.
In the combination of Sani and Guru the author asked us not
to expect any good results, and he here t.ells us that there will be evil
in their combination especially on the part of Guru. This requires
a clear explanation. Let us take an example. We know that a planet
has good and evil influences due to various causes explained in the
astrological works. If a pl,anet is capable of giving one rupee worth
of good and also one rupee worth of evil, the result will be that the
planetary influence is neutral-good cancelling the evil. However,
the astrological writers assure us that the result is not only not
neutral, but is bad. They are of opinion that when good and evil
influences of a planet are equal we must predict evil, but in a milder
form. Remembering then this principle of their explanation, we shall
see why Guru is bad in the combination with Sani. Guru owns
9th and 12th houses, of which the 12th for Guru and 11th
for Sani are evil houses. . Here the evil is equal to the good these
two planets have, as one of the two houses each planet owns is
good while the other is bad. We can understand that the combination is bad, but why should Guru be particularly declared bad
in producing evil in the combination, while Sani also contributes . to
bring about the combined evil result? Guru is an auspicious planet by
nature and evil influences seem to affect him more ; Sani is an evil planet and good influences seem .to make him bett.er. Guru owns one
good and one bad house, and they neutralize each other's effects, but
he has an evil association viz., of being in conjunction with Sani.
There is therefore something more than good and bad counteracting
eac,h other a~d Guru is decl~ed to produce evil, because he has evil
combination. But Sani has a better prospect. His owning good and
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evil houses counterbalances the two results, but he is in conjunction

with Guru, a declared good planet, and his position is improved.
Therefore in the combination of Sani and Guru we see that the result
is bad and that Guru is able to do more harm than Sani. Sukra
owns the 2nd and the 7th houses and these two are called deathinfilcting houses. If a planet owns one d~th-infiicting houl!e it is
enough to predict evil results, but when he owns two death-inflicting
houses, we should naturally expect to see that he will kill the person
undoubtedly. But though Sukra has jurisdiction to kill by governing the 2 houses, 2nd and 7th, he will not kill the native himself but
will hand over the person to others who are also ill-disposed towards
the person born in Mesha and who would do the execution work.

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XLIII.

Evil planets like Sani &c., will cause death to the

person ; try and :6.nd out the results good and bad which
might happen to the person born in Mesha. carefully and
with reference to the principles of astrology.
NOTES.
Just in the previous stanzs we pointed out that when Guru and
Sani combine together Guru will inft.ict evil. Now we have to determine who will kill the native. The author says "evit planets like
Sani &c." He takes Sani first and includes Buda and occasionally Chundra. Buda is bad, as he owns third and sixth houses.
But Chundra is the lord of 4th. If he is full then, he will be classi&d
as good and his oWl'ling one of the quadrants is bad and he may, by
evil combinations, produce death. But if he is weak, then his owning
the quadrant is auspicious and he will do good. These then are the
planeta who determine the death of the person born while the sign
:M:esha (Aries) is rising at the time of birth. I have given notes at
considerable length, but the fullel' the explanations offered even at the
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works and who, I am sure, will be very much profited by the extra
information given by me herein.
The author has already shown us very briefly indeed, what are
the general principles of Astrology, how they have to be mastered and
with what restrictions they have to be applied. But in a small work
of this nature it is not possible for him to explain anything more than
the barest outlines of Astrology, and those who are conversant with
the Sanskrit language will find what an amount of brevity could be
introduced in the Stanzas relating to Sciences in Sanskrit. He takes
Sani as the most prominent planet for inflicting death, as he owns
the 10th and 11th houses but really Buda could have been named with
an &c., afterwards. Buda OWDff the 3rd and 6th houses aud oo~uent
ly ranks as the furemost evil planet to a person .bom in Mesha,
because the two ho114es are bad and he is also a bad planet when his
associations are evil. Why should Sani be then named ?, is a question that we might easily ask the author. Perhaps if he were alive
he woo.Id have answered thus his readers. Sani owns 10th and 11th
hm1ses, Sani is the lord of longevity and Sani has an inclination to
kill peraons i.Q. preferenee to ot]Jer planets whether preceding or
following him in his per4>ds or sub-periods. We refer the readers to
Stanza 28th and notes on it. 10th house owned by an evil planet ia
productive of good, and it is the last angle of the quadrant and therefore is considered the strongest. In the same way the owning of the
11th house by an evil or good planet is productive of evil and as lltk
is the last house among the 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 11th houses the fact of
owning it confers the strongest tendency to produce e.vil. Sani is the
Au~ or lord of life and therefore if he is well disposed he
will increase the term of life and if ill disposed he will cut short the
life. The infiaencea of evil or good planet.a are of two kinds. . fim
we fuwe the general influence spreading among the different ipjlu..
ence8 ofthe other planet.a and lasting all throngh the life of a person,
this is called Ni.sargika or permanent. Second, we have the iniJ:q.~
encee of the planet.a in their periods, sub-periods, and other D!.in.or
divisions of life. These are called Thatkkalika local or temporary.
The latter influences last only during their respective divisio~ or
sub-divisions. Here also the influences of the other planets cann~
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not be confounded with each other and must be distinctly borne in

mind. As Sani has a special jurisdiction to protect life and take it
away, his name has been inserted by the author in preference to
others. If he is bad, it is only then that we have to give him the
power to cut short the life. Otherwise the death-time must be determined in the period or sub-period of other planets. The author
further says that it is necessary to reconcile the principles of Astrology
whenever any difference is found among them and if the student is
only intelligent and careful, he will see that practically there is no
difference among .the various systems advocated by the astrological
writers.

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XLIV. Vrishabha-Taurus.
'To the person born in Vrishabha (Taurus) Lagnam,
Guru, Sukra and Chundra are evil planets ; Sani and Ravi
are good planets. sani alone is capable of giving Rajayogam to the person born .i n Vrishabhalagnam.
NOTES.
STANZA

Gurti is the lord of 8th and 11th houses both of which are declared bad. Sukra is the lord of let and 6th houses and these are
bad, as the first is a quadrant, and when owned by a beneftc the result
is evil. Sixth house is equally bad, Chundra is the lord of the third
house and it is bad. So that Guru., Chundra, Sukra are bad planets
because they own 8th and 11th, 1st and 6th and 3rd houses respectively. These are bad planets and 'they always try to do evil to the native. The author then begins to tell us who are good planets for persons born in Vrishabha. Ravi owns the 4th house and as he is evil and
owns one of the quadrants he becomes good and produces beneficial
influences. Sani is the lord of 9th and 10th houses and the possession
of those two houses in one planet is excellent. Hence he becomes the
most influencial planet iri the horoscope of the native born in Vrishabha
and produces the gratest good and RaJmyogam.

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XLV.
If evil planets like Guru &c., are possessed of death~
.inflicting powers they will kill the native born in Vrishabha
in their respective periods and sub-periods.
NOTES.
STANZA.

Guru now figures prominently as . the death-inflicting lord to

the person born while Vrishabha is rising at the time of birth. Why
should Guru be named, and not other evil planets who have also
been declared to be inauspicious as inflicting death ? Chundra owns
the third house and is bad. Sukra owns the 1st and 6th houses, of
which 6th is bad, while the first becomes bad by reason of its being
owned by a benefic like Sukra. He is besides the lord of the birth
and has some consideration for the life of the person born under his
own influence, Guru oWn8 8th and 11th houses and is the declared
enemy of the lord of birth and has none of the redeeming points to
alleviat.e the evil he is capable of doing to the person born in Vrishabha.
He owns two evil houses while Chundra owns only one evil house ;
Guru, therefore,is stronger than Chundra and also Sukra in producing
evil. But in determining the evil or good which might result from
...e influences of the planets we cannot be too careful in weighing
the evidence produced before us, and the facts have to be very nicely
balanced before we pronounce our judgment in the matter. Guru,
if well situated and aspected, may not inflict death. The student
has to read well and dige~t facts.

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XLVI. M.ithuna-Gemini.
Kuja and Guru are inauspicious to the person ~orn
in Mi~huna (Gemini) Sakra is alone good. Combination of

STANZA.

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Sani and Guru produces theme results as have been

stated in i;he previous stanza .for persons born In Mesha.
NOTES.
This stanza is followed by 47-48-49 which slightly differ from
the general principles la.id down here. This difference is called Mattantaram or separate doctrine. I shall explain fully after thOl5e slokaa.
are given.

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47-48-49.
: ~'llja, Ravi and Ohund1'$ a.re inauspicious. Sulm
alone is good. If Sukra and Buda are well a&socia.ted they
give Raja;roga (47).
When Sani joins Guru, the result will be similar to
what they produce on the person born in Mesha. Sani will
11ot direQtly kill the person even wb.en posses~ of death
inflicting powers, (48).
Kuja and other evil planets become powerful in in
flicting death. 'fh~($e. r~sults have to ~ ~1 found
out for peraons born in Mit4un~ (.W),
. NoTES. . '
In Stanza 46 the author says Kuja and Guru are bad. Knj
. pWna 6th ~ 11th hOU86s. Both a~ ~for .any planet to own.
Gutu is evil b09ause l:).e owps 7th and 10th (vidf JJ.Otee tp St.-.uza 6).

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Sukra owns 5th, and 12th houees and is a friend of the lord of
Mithuna (Buda) and he is entirely good. Sani owns 8th and 9th
houses. 8th is baa (vtde P. 9). 9th is auspicious.

Combination of the lords of Kllndras and Thrikonas is productive of Rajayogam (Wk P. 14). Combination of Guru and Sani produces no Rajayoga for reasons well explained under Mesha Lagna
(vide Stanza 42) . In Stanzas 47-48-49 the autho? . introduces
Chundra as inauspicious. This introduction of Chundra lord of the
2nd house is catled Matantara. The owning of the 2nd house has
not been declared to be had anywhere by the author. Chundra and
Ravi own each only one house while the rest of the five planets own
each tWt> houses. In stanza 7 the author eiays that the lords
of the 2nd and 12th give good or bad as their conjunction is good' or
bad and the nature of the houses t.Jiey occupy. Then why shol!-ld
Chundra be called had here, without knowing anything about his
conjunction and the nature oft.he house he oceupies ? Chundra and
Buda are also not such inveterate enemies. 'fhe author anticipates
two positions f-0r Chundra. The two best houses for Chundra are
' Vrishabha where he is exalted and Kataka which is his own. If
Chundra is in Vrishabha, he will be in the 12th house from Mithuna
and is therefore bad. If he is in Kataka he will be in a Maraka. house
which is also bad. On these accounts he must have been qeclared to
be bad. Sani will not kill himself even when he has Maraka powers.
The reason is he owns 9th, a very good house. Kuja and other evil
planets kill the person. Kuja owns 6th and 11th, Ravi 3rd, and Guru
7th and 10th. AU these are had and enable their lords to kill the
pel'80ll bom in Gemini. Guru certainly is bad if armed with death
powers. In the explanation of these points it is not possible for me
to take the reader into the labrynth of the astrological formulas. It
can only be pierced through by a little perseverance and energy.
A few months' study will familiariee these apparently difficult points
and the formulas can easily be k.p;. for ready reference by a well
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50-51-52. Kataka Lagna.
eukra, Sani, and Buda are evil for persons born in
Kataka (Cancer); Guru an.d Kuja are also evil. Kuja is alone
capable of giving Raja yoga (50).
STANZA

The combination of Gnru and Kuja gives to the Native

Raja.yoga (Political success). Ravi does not kill himself
although possessed of death-inflicting powers ( 51 ).
Sukra and other inauspicious planets kill the person
born in Kataka. We must judge of these results by the
principles laid down in Astrology by the learned (52).
NOTES.
Sukra, Buda and Sani are evil. Guru and Kuja are also evil.
Kuja alone is considered to be able to give Rajayoga. The combination of Kuja and Gurn produces Rajayoga. Here apparently there
seems to be an error in the transcrip~ion of the original work. The
statement that Buda, Sukra, and Sani are evil to the native born in
Kataka, is intelligible enough. Even Guru may be said to be evil, for
he owns 6th and 9th out of which the 6th house is bad, Kuja 0 wns
the 5th and 10th houses and is the only auspicious planet
for Kataka Lagnam. How could he produce evil when
the two houses he owns are good and when he is the friend
of Chundra, lord of Kataka ? Of course if we go to the length of
finding a far fetched cause in Kuja being Neecha in Kataka-it may
be imagined that he may not be able to do good. But this does not

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seem to be relevant or to have been cen.eeiyed by ,the au~~ Then

~ what is the best thing to be done ? The originals with me contain
f Dhishana Bkoosatoii-':-Which means Guru and Kuja: May the last
word be not Bhaskarow .the Sun. That would quite fit the prosody and
would certainly improve the sense. Any how in my humble opinion,
I could not agree with the .a uthor if I am asked to read Kuja as also
being an evil planet. Lords of Thrikonas are always _good and
Kuja is the lord of the 5th house. Evil planets are good if they own
Kendras and Kuja is an evil planet.Besides the author will be thoroughly contradicting himself in what he says in stanza 11 _ (vi.de notes
on P. 12). Kuja as an evil planet owning the last Kendra 10th
i8 the most auspicious. This atatemant of the author is simply inexplioa1>le ~ru.l in ~e next sentence we have the author explaining
that Kuja is the only planet who is able to give &jayoga. Guru
owns two houses 6th and 9th, of which the last gi.ves him good. The
good given by the 9th house may be cancelled by the e-ril produced
by the ownership .of the 6th. When evil and good are equal or balan~
ing we have t;o predict evil but in a mild form. . There are other '
, works which lay down the. principle that when a planet owns one
good and orie evil house;. he may be classed as a good planet perhap,
in a mild form . This view is different from that of the author of
llris w-0rk and. I have simply drawri the . attention of the reader$ ~
such differences in opinions on astrological pot?ta., Ravi is tbe lord
of the 2nd house and he will not kill the native himself. Why? perhaps
he is the friend of Chundra arld he does not like t;o get the blame
him.self. Sukraand o1;her evil planets :when possessed: of Mtiraka
powers, kill the person during thei.l' periods and sub-periods.
Sukra owns 4th -and l l th,the first bad because Sukra is' a benefic,
~d his owning a quadrant is bad. The 11th is bad and Sukra ownS:
it. Sani owns the 7th and 8th, of which the lordship of 7th gives bitp:.
' good while that of 8th produces evil. Buda is the lord of 3rd and .12th
houses and he is necessarily bad. Cancer is an a\1.Spicious Lagna
itself and when te Moon occupies it with Guru who is exalted here;
great success will be produced. It .is a :watery sign and generaliy
makes men stout and generous. The-~ ,Indian Natiional hero:
Rama was born in Kataka with Chun~ and Guru ther.e, Saniin Thllla'.
Kuja in Makara. Sukra in M~ena,. Rav:i in. M:~!!g and B~da' in, V~i'."',

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STANZ,\S 53-54-55 Simha Lagna (Leo).
Sani, Sukra, and Buda are evil. Kuja alone is good.
The combination of Sukra and Guru alone will not produce
Raja.yoga l53).
When Kuja joins Guru the combination produces much
good. Sani does not kill the native himself when he is endowed with Maraka powers (f>4).
Buda and other evil planets kill the person born in
Simha, when they have Maraka. powers. The wisemen after
good consnltation must predict these results to the person
born in Simha (56).
NOTES.
Snkra owns 3rd and 10th houses and both are bad. Buda owns
the 2nd and 11th houses, the last is a bad one, hence the 1st also becomes bad. Sani owns 6th and 7th houses of which 6th is baa while
the ownership of the 7th gives good. But Ravi, Lord of Simh~, is
opposed to the influence of Sani and he is said to be his inveterate
enemy. Kuja is the best because he owns 4th, a Kendra_and 9th, a
Trikona. This combination of Kendras aad Konas is very- excellent,
but the combination must be the combination of the last . Kendra
10th and the last Kona 9th. Guru owns 6th a goOd house and
8th a bad house. But when he joins with Kuja there will be
Rajayoga. Sani will not kill the person because there is some.
good in him. But ~ukra and Buda are thoroughly evil .. ~e author

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is silent about Chundra. He owns the 12th from Simha, and .

the Lord of the 12th is good Qr bad according to circumstances (Vide
p. 8). Chundra is a friend of Ravi. My own humble view by long .
experience is that when Chundra is weak and is unfavourably situated
there is nothing to prevent him; from killing the party himself.
However this opinion is modestly put forward from a general knowledge of astrology, and not warranted by any statement made by the
author of this work. I am responsible for this view and I think when
evil is predicted in the Chundra Dasa when he is weak etc.,-the prediction will surely be verified.

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56, 57. Kanya. Lagna (Virgo).
Sukra, Chundra, Guru and Kuja are evil to the person
born in Kanya (Virgo). Sukra alone gives good. Buda and
Sukra when in conjunction produce Rajayoga (57). Ravi
does not kill the person himself. Kuja and others who are
evil kill the natfre. In this way the learned judge of these
results-good and bad-after careful consideration. (58).
NOTES.
STANZA

There are two expressions-Kaviranyatie other than Kavi or

Sukra and Ilaviranyatie other than Ravi or the Sun. There seems to
be some confusion in these two stanzas. How can Sukra be ~lied evil
and again in the same breath be called good.
Guru is bad because he owns 4th and 7th houses. Chundra is bad
as he owns 11th house. Kuja is not mentioned. The Stanza should
begin Kujajeevarul,avahpapaha and then everything will be alright.
Kuja owns 3rd and 8th houses both of which are bad. Sukra is
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the. author. This is oont?adicted by. himself in the nen half of the .
Stanza by saying that Sukra alone is good beceiuse he is the Lord of
th~ 9th. The original works seem tio aave undergone . many changes
of this nature before they have been tranamitted to u8. However,
following the author, we see that Kuja is bad, because he owna 8rd
and 8th. houses bath of which are bad. The conjuncitio7:1 of Sukra and
Buda who ia the lord of birth seems to be. necessary for Rajayogam.
Chundra is also bad becauae he owns the 11th hoUtle &nd is bad.
Buda is the lord of the 1st and 10th hol18e8 and therefore the combination between himself and Sukra, the lord of the ninth is considered
to be very auspicious. This has akeady been explained so many times
that it needs no further reiteration. In the.first PQrtio11 ef the stanza
under inauspicious planets, Ravi's. name is omitted. Ravi oWns the
twelfth house and we have seen that the lord of the .t.welfth is- ~. In
inflicting death his name comes in. That is he himself does n_ot kill
the native even when he ~ possessed of death-infliQting powers. Kuja
and others kill the native. Guru owns two quadrants. 4th aJld 7th
and both of them are bad. He is also as powerful as Kuja to kill
the person. So alsc;> Chnnclra who owns. 11th ho.nae. .

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To the person born in Thula" Guru, Ravi, and. Kuja
are inauspicious. Buda and Sani are productive of good..Sani
aloue is capable of giving Rajayogam (58).
The.combination of Chundra. and Buda produces Rajayogam. Kuja himself will not kill the person born in 'l!MU4
even when possessed of death-inflicting powers (59)~
STANZAS.

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Guni and otlier evmriariets kill the petROil wlien poss

essed of death-inflicting powers ; the good and bad results
must be carefully predicted to peraon$ born in Tkula (60).
1'0TES.
Guru, Ravi' and Kuja are declared to be evil. Guru owns third
and sixth houses, both of which are bad, and their Lord therefore is
i;ll-d:isposed, Kuja owns the two death houses, second and the
seyenth~ The Lord of a quadrant, when he chances to be an evil
planet,. is good, and I don't see why the author should class Kuja as
evil. He stated nowhere that the Lord of the second is bad. He
has said in the beginning of this work that the 2nd and 7t& are death
inflicting houses and therefore their Lords must be presumed to be
bad~
And when he says that Kuja is bad for persons born in TlllUla,,
perhaps he means that as Kuja owns the two death-inflicting houses
lte is bad. Ravi is the Lord of the 11th house. And we have already
been told that the Lord of th6 11th house is evil, Sani and Buda are
gOod. Sani is the Lord of'the 4th and 5th houses and the ootnbination of these tWo house& by one and the same planet is highly produco.
tive of good. This combination howevet is not so good as the combination of the Lord of the 9th awl 1Uth..houses. Buda is the Lord of
the 9th and 12tli houses.of which the Lordship of the 9th is good,
while the Lordship of the 12th iS: bad. Bnt Bnda is a great friend
of Sukra, the Lotti of"tlie sip 'fbnht.;. . This strengthem the good
feeling between them and Budad~rea. him.qclf"infavour of persons
born in his friend's houses. Sani' afone is capable of giving Rajayogam.
Chundra and Bud~ .,vheJt cmnb;ned pro<luce much Rajaycigll1111 Kuja
himself does not kill the person even when he is possessed of . deathinfilcting powers. Guru and other evil planets kill. the person born
in Tkula, when ihey are P<>sse~ed of death-inflicting powers; Kuja
has.been declatled t.o be not able to kill the. person. himself. Chundra
js the Lord of tl}e Wth:ho.nae while Bu<bi, is tbe Lord:of the 9th house . .
We have it elsewhere. distinctiy stated that the combination of the
Lords of the 9th and 10th is productive of good. In the case of the
oombination ofChundra and Buda, the author seems to have not.ed
aome difft11'6nt}e, In.the beginning of :these et.amu he ~s that
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comes perfectly good as the two houses he owns are the 4th attd 5th
and both are good. But in .the case of Buda and Chundra, there is
some difference. Chundra, it is true, is the Lord of the 10th house
and as he is Lord of one house he becomes good if he is in combination with the Lord of the 9th. But the Lord of the 9th is also the
Lord of the 12th, and Buda therefore cannot do so much good as Sani
. can do. Sukra is the Lord of the Lagna and nothing is said of him.
The author simply says Guru and other evil planets, kill the person
when they possess death powers. Guru is evil, for he owns 3rd and
6th houses. Kuja is bad, for he owns 2nd and 7th houses but he
himself does not kill. Ravi is the Lord of the 11th and he is bad.
Sukra is the Lord of the 1st and 8th houses and therefore he becomes
bad as both of those houses are bad. The author of the Jataka
Chandrika does not mention clearly that the Lord of the birth is unfavourable. But we have it on good authority that the period of the
Lord of birth is always productive of evil to the concerns of life,
specially to its extent. Thula is owned by an auspicious planet
Sukra and generally those who are born in this sign lead a fortunate
life. We simply meari that as a sign of the Zodiac, it is one of the
most powerful in the production of its own good results.

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61-62. Vrishchika Lagna. (Ecorpfo).
To the person born in Vrischika l1agna., Buda, Sukra1
and Sani are evil. Guru is favourable. Ravi and Chundra
become the real producers of Rajayogam (61 ).
Guru himself does not kill even when possessed of
death-inflicting powers. Buda and other evil planets cause
death to the person when they have power to do so. 'l'hese
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are the results which must be carefu11y borne in mind m

predicting about Viisckika Lagna. (61 )
NOTES.
Sani is bad, because he owns 3rd and 4th houses and is not
friend
Kuja, ~rd of Vrischika. The ownership of the 3rd house
is evil, while the ownership of the 4th by an evil planet is good.
Sukra is the Lord of the 7th and 12th houses, he is not a friend of
Kuja and therefore produces bad. Buda is the Lord of the 8th and
11th houses and both these houses are very bad to own for any planet.
Guru is good because he owns the 2nd. and 5th houses. 5th house is no
doubt a very auspicious one to o~n~ but the lord of the second need not
always be good natured. The author does not say anything about
the combination of the Sun and Moon (~v_i . and Chlindra). But we
know as a matter offset that Ravi and Chundra are owners of each
one house only. Chundra is the lord of the 9th a good house. Ravi
is the lord of the 10th. l;!avi is an evil planet and <?~S the 4th quadrant or 10th house and therefore produces good. The combination
of the Lords of 9th and 1Otb houses must be pr~ductive of Rajayoga;

of

In many places the author of the Jataka Chandrika seems to

hint that the Lords of the death houses 2nd and 7th are not geod and
that when they have the power they are likely to kill the person unless they are relieved from this responsibility by owning some good
house, by associations with good planets, and b: favourable positiona
and aspects. Here we have an illustration of that principle. Guru
is the lord of the 2nd house and he must produce death. But Guru
also owns the 5th house and therefore becomes a good planet. All
planets who own the 5th and 9th houses, whatever may be their
nature become good and this goOdness perhaps is the real cause of
Gnru saving the life of the person born in Vrischika. Buda and other
evil planets cause the death of the party. Buda owns 8th and 11th
houses and these are very unfavourable indeed for any planet to own.
Sani is the.Lord of the 3rd house and he may kill..
Sukra is the Lord of the 7th and 12th and both of them are bad.
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each planet is capable of g:iving good or bad, and eummarise the results of the planetary combinations by reference to a8trologieal prin
ciples. The apparent contradictions and inconsistencies must be reconciled as far as possible and to do this the reader must have acquired
some mastery in the subject. Technical sciences
always ditticult and when the student has no patience the diftioulties multiply
themselves and thousand fold and confound their humble eft'orts.
But time and perseverence must win the day in the long run and we
recommend the students to go carefully over the principles of astrological sciences enunciated here for their bene6t.

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To the person born in Dha:nas, .Sukra is . alone. evil.
R&vi .and Kuja are produQtive of gooc,I. The combination of
Ravi: and .Buda produ~s Raja,-ogam. &Qi hilnself does Bot
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death

infli~ting p.owertii, kill ~e person born in. Dh&xms ~nd -thesG.

results must be c~refully predicted ~ by the ~ed . (in &IP:
trology), (M) ..
NOTES.
Sanskrit seems to be a very fle:x'ible language and one- wbicil-ean be suited to any interpretation. The first portion of stariza.es
iii tire same in the different book we have but the latterportion
differs considerably. Yo~ B1uisktvra 8ot61N!Ju}jy<l!ml is one r~
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tion with Bhaakah'a and Bkouma, he will not kill the person though
possessed of death-inflicting powers. This point requires a thorough
explanation. Sukra is bad becaul!e he owns the 6th and 11th houses
both of which are evil and we can at once see that Sukra is bad.
Kuja and Ravi are declared to be good.
Kuja owns the 5th and 12th houses of which 5th is good and
12th bad, while personally Kuja is a friend of Guru who is the lord
of Dhanas. Ravi is both a friend of Guru and also owns the 9th
house and thus he becomes a perfectly good planet. About the
combination of Buda and Ravi one version is perfectly silent and I
believe it is wrong or has apparently misunderstood the spirit of the
author's explanation of the astrological principles. We have it
clearly stated by the author in the earlier portions of his work that
the combinations of the Lords of the quadrants and trines are always
productive of good results and they give rise to Rajayogam or success in political life. Ravi is the Lord of the 9th while Buda is the
Lord of the 7th and 10th houses both of which are quadrants. Therefore the combination of the Lords of the 9th and 10th houses must
produce Rajayogam. This has been omitted in the 'second reading
and I believe it is an important omission considering the particular
care the author has taken all along to show the existence of Rajayogam whenever and wherever the Lords of the quadrants and. trine~
unite together. The second reading, not o~ly makes an important
omissfon but also adds a misinterpretation. It says that Ravinandana
(Bani) does not kill when he joins Bhouma or Bhaskara, Bhouma
means Kuja. It is opposed to the spirit of the author's explanation.
In none of the previous stanzas does the author say that a combinanation with another planet, exempts a planet from exercising such
death-inflicting powers. Bani, jt must be remembered, owns the
2nd and 8rd houses of which the last is an unfavourable house. The
owning of the 2nd has not been distinctly declared to be an inauspicious one. The author says here and there that its lord becomes powerful in inflicting death. ' Therefore we may safely stick up to the first
reading which is more sensible and consistent with the author's ways
of explaining astrological principles. Who are other evil planets?
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tioned in the list of good planets must be presumed to be evil as a mat

ter of fact. Sani is evil, Buda owns 7th and 10th houses and becomes
evil if he owns quadrants as an auspicious and good when owning
quadrants as an evil planet. This therefore depends upon hie associations and aspects. Chandra owns the 8th house but the evil which resultsfrom owning the Sth house doesnot existin the case of Ravi and
Chandra, and therefore Chandra ought to have been classed as a good
planet because he also chances to be a friend of the lord of Dhanas
viz., Guru. These evil planets when possessed ofdeath-infilcting powers
kill the person born in Dhanas. All the above results, the author says,
must be carefuily predicted by the well-versed in the science of astrology. In stanza 64, ~here is another reading which also has to be ~
fully considered. The first reading which is the most correct I believe,
says Gnathavyani Phalanyavan, while the second reading says B?dahpapayuthonathi. The first means that we have to understand the r&sults above named in the manner described, while the second reading
means that Buda when combined with evil planets, does not kill the
person himself. I do not understand why Buda should not kill when
he is evil and when he possesses death-inflicting powers. The combination of au .evil planet with other evil planets, has never been stated
to produce good and death has been considered by mankind as the
worst of evils though this question as a matter of fact, is open to
serious objections into which it is not our present purpose to enter.
These ill considered alterations and erasures in the original books
.and manuskripts have been producing much injurious results
in as much as, we have to deal with the correct spirit of the
technical sciences and not with their philological or word-quibbling
niceties. In the interpretation of a stanza one has to be very careful
about the explanation one offers. The spirit of the author must be
preserved at any cost. His general principles of explanation must not
be sacrificed for any vanity which might give the commentator some
airs of originality, which he wishes to assume and the explanations
offered to the public, must be consistent and sensible, so that they
may, in no way, contradict the earlier portions of the work under
reference and translation.

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STANZAS 65, 66 and 67, Makara Lagna-Oapricornus.
To the person born in Makara, Kuja, Guru, and
Ohundra a.re evil, Sukra. and Buda. are good. Sukra alone is
productive of Ra.jayoga.m. (65).
In conjunction with Chundratmaja (Buda) there will
result much happiness. Sani will not kill the person though
posseased of death-inflicting powers. But Kuja and other
evil planets, when they are invested with death-inflicting
powers, kill the native. These are the results which are
genera.Uy predicted by the learned about the persons born
in Makara Lagna. (66 & 67).
NOTES.
Kuja, Guru and Chundra are declared to be evil to persons born
under the influence of Makara. Kuja is evil, because he owns the 4th
and eleventh houses of which the 11 is bad while the 4th is good.
because a quandrant owned by an evil planet produces good. Guru
is evil because he owns the 3rd and 12th houses both of which are
bad, for any planets to own. Chundra is the Lord of the 7th house
and he is declared to be bad by the author. Here there ought to
have been some exception put in. The author stated in stanza 6
that when planets are evil and own quadrants, they produce goOd,
while good planets owning quadrants produce evil. If Chundra is
weak, debilitated or badly associated and aspected he becomes or is to
be considered as an evil planet and therefore when he owns quadrants
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upected he becomes auspicious and must produce el'itwben.be oW'lllf
quadrants. Sukra is good because he owns 5th and 10th houses. In
cases where a good planet owns trines and q11adrani8 together he
&eems to lose the ev'il that he would otherwise produce as lord of a
guadrant.

In conjunction with Cln:tndratJJlBj& (Buda) ihere will result much

happiness ? This para of the author is singularly vague. "Who should
be in conjunction with Buda, is not clearly stated by the author ;
perhaps he means that the combination of S~kra and Buda produces
Rajayogam. Buda is the lord of the 6th and 9th houses of which
the 1st is bad while the second is productive of good results. Sukra
in this Mse does not want the help of any body to produce Rajayogam. He is the lord of 5th and 10th houses and he combines in
himself the ownership of quadrants and trines. He has independent
powers to confer good. No other combination could do Buda any
good: Chundra is the lord of 7th, a quadrant and as such may produce good when he is weak or debilitated. But the combination of
the lords of the quadrants 1st, 4th and 7th with lords of trines, is not
110 highly valued for Rajayogam, by the author.
Sani will not kill the
person though possessed of death-inflicting powers. This requires
an explana.tioQ. Sani owns two houses 1st and 2nd. 1st is good becanae
it is a quadrant and owned by an evil planet. The owning of the 2nd
has been declared though indirectly to be bad. Sani has a natural
tendency to kill natives because he likes to kill. To this th~re are
powers added which ought to have made him a death-inflicting planet,
but suppose the owning of a quadrant coupled with the love he has
for a person born under his own direct influence made him good . tO
the person born in Makara. Kuja and other evil planets kill him.
Guru is evil, Ravi is evil as also Ohundra~ So that practicatfy we have
Guru, Ravi, Kuja and Ohundra for inflicting death while Sani, Buda
and Hukra are for doing good especially the la.St two planets. The
a.uthor gays that these results must be carefully analysed e.nd understood by the students_of astrology.

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To the person born in Kumbhalagna, Kuja, Guru and
Chundra are evil, Sukra alone il'I auspicious; the combination
of Sukra. and Kuja produces Rajayogam. (68).
Guru will not kill the person born in Kumbha. by himself though possessed of death-inflicting powers, Kuja and
other evil planets when invested with death powers kill the
native ; the results of planetary combinations must thus be
known by learned pa.ndits (in astrology). (69).
NOTES.
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Kuja; Chundra, and Guru are evil. Kuja is the lord of 3rd and
10th houses of which the 3rd house is evil while the owning of the
10th by an evi:l ~t like Kllja is productive . of good. Gwu is the
lord of the 2nd.and 11th h~mses and both of them are bad houses,
Chandra is the lord of the 6th house and is therefore evil. The combination of quadrants and trinea in ooe aed the eame phnet produce good. Sukra
owns 4th
and 9th houses and thus he i& good
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But for Ra.jayogam, t.be combination of the lords of the 9th and 10th
houses is neceasary and therefore the autaOI' saya Kuja and Sukra,
lords ofthe 10th and 9th respectively must join together to produce
. pofil.ice;l suCces8. 10th :house is the house of employment, political work~
reputation, :command &nd 80 on, and therefore its lord must combine
~ the lorCI. of the 9th for produemg Rajayogam:. Guru is the lord
of the ~ holl46 and ,as such posseeees the power of killing th& persoii.
-He is, besides, also the lord of the 11th house. But the author say11.
he will not himself kill the native when possessed of death-inflicting
powers. Kuja ~nd other evil planets kill . the person when t~ey
poueM-hth powers. Kuja owns 3rd and 10th houses of whiet:i '3rd
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is bad whiie the lOtli is good. When good ~nd evll balan'Ce each
other, by a rule of astrology, evil prevails. Chundra is bad and he
may kill the party. Nothing is said of Ravi and Sani. Ravi is the
lord of the 7th house and as an evil planet he must produce. good by
owning a quadrant. But he owns the 7th house which relates to
death. He is not mentioned by the author in the list of the
good or in that of the bad. Why? I suppose he is neutral. What about
Sani? He is the lord of the lat and 12th houses and as such owns
one good and one bad house. But there is a special evil attached to
Sani in this Lagna. The owner of the birth is also the lord of the
12th and this keeps him from doing any good to the native. The
author is compelled to be very brief and he could not help it. Within
the narrow limits of less than 80 Stanzas , he has to explain the whole
spirit of astrology and threfore, he is very brief and his Stan.Zas are very
comprehensive. T~ careful students tO whom he invariably appeals
for a careful prediction of the events in a man's life have to go to other
books of astrology which give greater details and whichare omitted by
the writer and explain his slokas .in ~he light of the general principles
of the astrological sciences.

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To the person born in Meena Lagna, Sani, Sukra, Ravi.
and Buda are evil, Kuja and Chundra are auspicious ..
Guru and Kuja in combination produce Rajayogam
Kuja himself does not kill the native even when possessed
of death powers. (70).
Sani and other evil planets kill the person born in Meena
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astrology must try to understand the results of the.planetary

influences in this way for persons born in Meena
Lagna. {71) .
NOTES.
Sani, Sukra, Ravi and Buda are declared to be evil. Excepting
Ravi the othor 3 planets are well known to be the foes of Guru, the
Lord of Meena. Ravi 'is his friend. But Ravi owns only one house
and that is the 6th. . Therefore the Lord of the 6th house cannot be
good. Bani owns 11th and 12th houses and as such becomes perfectly
evil, both houses being bad for any planet to own. Sukra owns 3rd
and 8th houses both are bad and Sukra therefore produces evil. Buda
owns 4th & 7th hol'lses. If he is weak, b3dly associated or aspected,
he becomes a bad planet and when an evil planet owns two quadrants
he ought to produce good instead of evil. But when Buda is wellaspected and is in conjunction with auspicious planets, he is said to
become an auspicious planet himself and when he is considered a
benefic owning two quadrants he is bad and he must be considered in
a similar manner. But no such explanations are offered by the author
in the work under notice. Chandra is the lord of the 5th house
and Kuja is the lord of the 2nd and 9th houses and these are considered by him as productive of good results. Kuja is .not
said t.o kill the person though possessed of death-inflicting
powers because, although he owns the 2nd house, he is also the lord
of the 9th which is a very good sign for any planet to o'wn. The
combination of Guru and Kuja is needed for Rajayogam. Guru, it
will be seen, is the lord of the lat and 10th houses both being bad to
own. But the author has explained in the earlier portions of his
work that for the production of Rajayogam the combination or junction of the lords of the 9th and 10th are needed, Sani and other evil
planets kill the person born in Meena when they are possessed of deathinflicting powers. Bani, Sukra, Buda, Ravi, and even Guru own evil
houses and they may kill the person when they are invested
with suitable powers for causing death to the native.

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72.
In this way the results
the planetary combinatio111J
for the 12 Zodiacal signs must be understood by the learned
in astrology. Jn a similar way also should be explained
the results of combinations for the signification of the 12
houses commencing from the Lagna whichever it might be
and wherever we might commence it.
STANZA

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NOTES.
The author first explained the general principles of astrology and
then led us to the different results which we have to predict for each
of the 12 Zodiacal signs conimencing from the .AN8 or Meska. The
signification of the 12 houses have not been explained by him. They
must be .learnt from other works on astrology. He further
tiays that having known the results of the planetary combinatio~
and lordships for the 12 houses, we must now proceed to consult in
similar way to the elucidation of the good and bad which the native
will have from the 12 significations commencing from the birth time
or Lagna. The birth time indicates body, natural disposition, com
plexion etc. Second indicates eyes, wealth, family, speech etc. Third
indicates brothers and sisters, courage, maidservants etc. Fourth
denotes mother, education, happiness, conveyances, lands etc. Fift;h
ehows children, inteUigence, councils etc. Sixth.declares debt, disease,
misery, foes etc. Seventh signifies wife, cupidity, potency, marital
relations etc. Eighth indicates death, longevity &c. Ninth indicatel
father, religiousness, wealth, piety etc. Tenth in~tes reputation,
wccess in political life, infiuence etc. Eleventh denotes friends, elder
brothers and sisters, infiuence, general success etc. And the twelfth
eign indicates stn, destruction, hell, expenditure. Thus it will be seeo
that each of the significations must be adjudged as if they were so many
Lagnas, and the planetary combinations for them will have a special
reference to their prosperity or destruction~ On judging, f~r instance.
()f the second house, -we have to see who are .its lords, who are bit
friends, who are his enemies, what is the general attitude of the other
planets towards this lagnam, their strength and weakness, exaltation&
and debilitations and arioua other sources of power which the signs
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Planets which are debilitated, or evil caim9t do anything to the person when their own periods (Dasas) do not
happen or come. The same planets may be exalted, but
what could they give P
NOTES.
STANZA.

This is also singularly vague. The different copies I have, do

not agree in the readings and each may be separately interpreted.
I shall however confine myself to the explanation of the stanza instead
of quoting the different readings which will not much help. the be~nner in knowing the subject of Astrology. The planets may be good
or bad, they may be exalted or debi.litated, they may have good sources of drawing power or fruitful sources of commanding evil, but what
will it avail if the periods of the planets do not happen to the person
who is born under their influence. Take, for instance, an example.
The total length of the periods of all the planets put together will
give us a period of 120 years. They are distributed according to one
system (oodudasa) as follows among the 9 planets. Ravi-6 years,
Chandra-10,
. Kuja-7, Rahu-18,
Guru-16, Sani-19~
Buda-17, Kethu-7, and Sukra-20. All these give a total of 120
years. A person is born in Mesha and commences with the period or
Dasa of -Chandra. The period of Ravi is very good for the native
and let me grant for argument's sake that the position of Ravi is also
good and he is in every way powerful to do good to the native. But
he is practically useless in as much. as his period comes to the native
after he has managed to live more ~han 11~ years or so. And if
his term of life extends to only 5o or 60 years, the period of Ravi
never could do him any good at all because it never comes. It is
something like this. Say I have an excellent friend who makeira
promise to me that he would give me much wealth when he come&
to me or . when I go . to him. If. he never comes to me or I
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will remain a poor m&ll. Some other manuseripw .,ay that when
a planet is debilitated or evii what cciuid it do even when it is exalted
or good 7 This explanation does not seem to me satisfactory. The
two conditions are absurd. In the lat place a good planet cannot
become evil and in the second place an exalted planet cannot become
debilitated, under the8e circumetances how eould they become good
when they are quite-the renrse. If th0 planets are bad or debilitated,
the person need not fear anything when their periods do not happen
to him. This sounds more sensible. I cannot entirely agree with
the author in the above e:tplall8tions. If a planet is exalted or debi- ,
litated, it is true he will not produce the best good or the worst evil ,
until we get his penod and if that period never comes then his exaltation or debilitation practically has no result for the per8on. But
his sub-periods and other minor divisions must be occurring in the
periodS of other planets and then it cannot be said that they will keep
quite. They may not give the person as much good as they could
-have given, when they possessed the highest power for good or evil '
but still as lords of the sub-periods &c., they will not remain inactive.
They exercise their own inftuences and do ao:with some modifications. But of course the author does not preclude us from attaching
so much meaning. In a short Stanza he simply says that the periods
of exalted or debilitated planets cannot do us good or evil when they
do not happen to the native and thereby hi,nts that much attention
need not be paid to those periods in the writing of a horoscope as they
do 'not come in ti1ne fot enjoyment.
Infiuene.e of planet&, it mlist he remembered, has been treated by
the astrological writers under varioutJ :heads.

(1) At the time of birth in the planetary combinations, eaola

planet baa got a general influence extending throughout life and
subjected to eert.ain local or tempatary causes.

(2) The influences of Dasas or Bhukties exercised only during

. definite timelf and superseding as it were and considerably modifying
the general influences.

(3) The influenees ef planets by their oont&ot with or aspect hy

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Now the author seems to have oompletely ignored the first kn:id
of influence I have hinted. ln the illustration give11 a'!>ove. Ravi ~
an exalted pc;sitian at the ti.tne of birth must raise the position of the
person far above the ordinary throughout the period of man's existence.
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When friendly and unfriendly planets combine together

they produce mixed and ordinary results. If the planets
occupy quadrants, trines or places of exaltations in conjunction with friendly planets they produce better results.
NOTES.
In the Astrological Self Instructor published by me (third
Edition and also in my notes to the English translation of Sarvartha
Chinthamani). I have clearly stated what is meant by friendship,
enemity etc., among the planets. It is certainly not to be presumed
that they will be constantly warring with each other as do the unprincipled and unbridled pc;tentates of the earth, but the infiuences of
the planets are to be calculatedwith reference to their rays which are
constantly flowing from their different globes, crossing each other,
counteracting against one another, augmenting or nullifying each
others power. This is very important for the students to note.
Enemity among planets means that when two rays sh~ by planets
nullify each others influence they produce no perceptible results
because each tries to counteract against the others influence. The
combination of friendly and unfriendly planets produces very
ordinary and mixed results. Unfriendly planets always try to
influence the prospects of the native for bad while friendly
planet.a try to produce good results. The person therefor~
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production depends upon the strength of .the planets who produce

them. Planets are classed into good and evil and a distinction is
made between them when they own quadrants. Owning it must be
remembered is different from occupying a house.
The author says planets which occupy quadrants produce better
results and this general statement is coIToborated by other authors
in astrology. Planets occupying trines are productive of
good results, and those which are exalted are of course, the best we
can have. Exaltation implies the possession of the highest power to
do good. Such planets when they are in conjunction with friendly
planets, produce better results. He does not distinctly enumerate
the cases where they produce better results. He simply says better
results. Better than what? must be explained by the student as he
progresses in his knowledge of astrology. Planets in kandras are
said to produce better results. This is supported by . Badarayana
(Vyasa). But it is to be accepted in my humble opinion with
great deference to the learned writers with certain modifications
Sani occupying the tenth, Kuja occupying the 7th, Ravi occupying
the 4th, and Khsinachundra (new moon) occupying the first are no
donbt planets who occupy Kendras. I humbly submit that the
combination above given certainly produces ill-health and difficulties.
Perhaps Badarayanameans by the expressisn Karulhra 8thathi
Balasyuah that good planets occupying Kandras produce prosperity
making exception in the case of Sani in the 7th, Kuja and Ravi in
the 10th.

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Planets which occupy friendly houses, which . are in

conjunction with friendly planets and which are powerful,
when aspected by Guru, mako a man attain to a position
which may be equal to that of a kin~.

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NOTES.
Manuscripts are at considerable variance with each other in the
few stanzas which complete the work, and I shall not give the readers
the trouble of different readings pointing out the probable stanza which
might have been written by the author. The occupation of planets in
friendly houses is good as also their conjunction with them. It is pointed
out elsewhere that the planets must otherwise be powerful. They have
several sources of strength and these sources must also be good. When
to these items of power to produce good, the aspect of the best planet
Guru is added, there is not the slightest doubt but that their influences
will make a man equal to a king himself. This refers to only power
and. position_. Happiness may not depend upon the possession of these
two. In one work, the author is made to give only 79 stanzas, while
the other makes the number go up to 81. This surely must have
been due to some omissions or frauds purposly practised by the vain
men, into whose hands the early manuscripts must have fallen. I will
only give the purport of the 79 stanzas and CQmplete the workr

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76.
Planets, by their becoming good and evil and being bound
by well-defin'ed principles, produce good or evil in their own
Dasas (periods) and Bhukties (sub-periods).
NOTES.
STANZA.

This is again vaguely expressed. The commentaries are confli

cting and the meaning will have to be carefully found out. The
main idea seems to be that planets; good are evil, produce favourable
results or the reverse in their own periods and sub-periods. Planets are
further subjected to definite principles or procedure and they cannot
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its Dasa begins, and the same doubt may be expressed of evil planet.a.
The author has not told us anywhere that the sub-period of the planet
in its own Dasa whether it is good or bad produces favourable results.
But here he makes a general statement which may be explained more
satisfactorily by the light of other principles found in the Q.Strological
sciences.-

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77.
The learned pundits in astrology suggest the results of
planetary in:B.euncas by the movements of the planets; but
ezcepting the great Brahma himself no body can definitely
speak to the minute details which can be predicted from the
a~trological sciences.
STANZA.

NOTES.

The learned have found, either by inspiration or by careful and

close study, that the influences of the planets are calculable and so
can be predicted. The author then, I believe, simply points out the
difficulties which lie in the maatery of a science like the one under
notice. By its very nature it is a very difficult science. The influences
of only nine planets are taken into consideration, and from these nine
planets and the 12 zodical signs the whole phenomena of mineral,
vegetable and animal species have to be carefully analysed. The
difficulFies therefore which lie in the way of predicting results, are tiOO
many to be easily overcome by the ordinary minda and the author
says that though the learned Pundits in astrology can suggest the
good and evil results by watching the planetary revolutions and
counter-revolutions, they will not be able to know the whole details.
This is a sort of apology among the sanskritiata which is generally offered on behalf of the learned to show their humiliation and
the extent of the sea of knowledge which lie!! before them still
unexplored. The great Brahma has knowledge, of the whole world
and He alone knows the details of the astrological and other scie~cea
perfectly. He is called The Sarvagana o~ Alfknowing~

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STANZA-78.
This work Jataka Chundrika has been written by the
learned Pundit Venkatasa Sastrulu, Son of the Dikshit
Yagnanarayana.
NOTES.
The father of the auther seems to have been a Dikshit or one
who had performed various Y agnams or sacrifices, she nobility of the
author's birth ie therefore placed beyond any doubt. The author caIJ8
himself' a learned pundit and he could not have been otherwise. In
the course of 75 stanzas he has tried to lead the astrological student to the doore of future predictions and he tells him there that by
diligence he would hd admi&aioU:,into the sacred precincts of the
unquestionable truths contained in Astrology.
The age of ~ work c.annot be eo easily marked. The free use
of the namea of the planets Rahu and Ketu show clearly that the work
must haTe been more teceo.t tha.n that of the Brihat J ataka of VarahamihiracbarJa, who flourished during the tinie of Vikramaditya and
who was one o! tbe nine gems which graced that illustrious monarchs
reign. The age ot Vikramadit,a is roughly st.ated t.o be about 2000
years back. I do cot e'f'en think_tbatthe Jataka Chundrika is even so
old as that. It muet haTe been written pretty recently, perhaps in
the 12th or 13th centuriea A..D. when Astrology was prevalent all over
India. The name sounds like a aoutb Indian name and it is difficult to identify his birth place and that of his education. I shall
hereafter commence to collect information regarding the history of
the various astrological writers whose works have prominently appeared
before the public and about whom little information has reached them.
It may not be an f1n1 t.oek, but er ~ d:etlaile which may come

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in the course ofmy 'travels cir , -my investigations ~

will be publish~d for the benefit of tb,e pub~ic, so t~at ~hese details
may well be criticised by the learned before they are accepted as so
many truths.

to my knowledge

The End.

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