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Sage Yavana, who belonged to the Alexander period, wrote Yavana Jataka. He was an astrologer in the Greek court in India. Because of this he was called Yavanacharya or Greek Guru, and hence a lot of western astrologers claim that Indians learned astrology from the Greeks!! There are a few areas where his interpretations of results are different. Because of this it is an important classic. The teachings of Yavanacharya were recorded by a king called Sphujidhwaja.
The initial verses like the salutations etc. are omitted here.

Chapter 1 :The natures of the signs and planets.
11. With the twelve zodiacal signs, which are auspicious or inauspicious and which have various forms, colors, and shapes.
12. They say that this (zodiac), in which arise the seven planets, rises in a clockwise direction, and moves in strict accord with the (proper) order (of the signs) up to mid-heaven; the visible half continues on to the western (horizon).
13. . . . (their) distinctions are established . . .
14. The first (sign) is traditionally said to have the shape of a ram; it is called by the ancients the head of Kala. Its places are the paths of goats and sheep, caves, mountains, (hideouts of) thieves, and (places tihere there are) fire, metals, mines, and jewels.
1.5. The second is said to have the shape of a bull; it is the mouth and throat of the Creator. Its places are those of forests, mountains, ridges, elephants, herds of cows, and farmers.
16. The third is a couple (a woman and a man) holding a lyre and a club (respectively); it is the region of the shoulders and arms of Prajspati. Its places are those of dancers, singers, artisans, and women, and (places for) playing games, sexual intercourse, gambling, and recreation.
17. The fourth, which has the form of a crab standing in water and which is the region of the chest, is called Karki (Karkyos). To it belong meadows, wells, and sandy beaches, and its places are the pleasant play-grounds of goddesses.
18. The authorities state that the fifth is a lion on a mountain peak; it is the region of the heart of Prajapati. Its places are forests, fortresses, caves, woods, mountains, and the dwelling-places of hunters and kings.
19. A maiden standing in a boat on the waters and holding a torch in her hand is sixth, as those who are clever on the subject of time say; it is the belly of the Creator. Its lands are grassy and (suitable for) women, sexual intercourse, and crafts.
20. (The next) is a man bearing goods on a balance and standing in the market-place; it is the region of the navel, hips, and bladder. Its places are those of customs-duties, money, lyres, coins, cities, roads, caravanseries, and ripened grain.
21. The eighth has the shape of a scorpion in its hole; it is said to be the region of the penis and anus of the Lord. Its places are caves, pits, and holes, poisonous and stony areas, prisons, and (the abodes of) ants, worms, boa-constrictors, and snakes.
22. A man carrying a bow, one whose rear half is that of a horse, (is the ninth sign); they say this is the thighs of the Maker of the world. Its places are level land, (places where there are) horses both singly and in herds, alcoholic drinks, weapon-bearers, sacrifices, chariots, and horses.
23. The tenth is pointed out as being a sea-monster (makara) whose front is like a deer’s, but whose hind-end is like a fish’s; they say this is the region of the knees of the Creator. Its places are rivers, forests, woods, paths and so forth, marshes, and pits.24. A pot being poured out (carried) on the shoulder of a man-this, the authorities say, is the eleventh (sign); it is the shanks. Its places are tanks, (fields of) poor grain, (haunts of) birds, and (areas suitable for) women, liquor-sellers, and gambling.
25. The last sign is a pair of fish in water; it is called by the best (authorities) the feet of Kaala. Its places are auspicious ones, (where there are) gods and
BraahmaNas, pilgrimages, rivers, oceans, and clouds.
26. Thus has been told the circle of the divisions of the limbs of the Creator who made the circular surface of the earth; there is a mutual connection of the signs, marks, and qualities (indicated by the zodiacal signs) and the (corresponding) parts of the bodies of men.
27. The various kinds of places and people pertaining to (each) sign have been briefly recounted in order by the ancients; these (various kinds) with their fixed natures are to be regarded as having their pl,aces and actions in the places and limbs connected with the (various) signs.
28. For those who are authorities say that this world of the immovable and the movable has its essence in the Sun and the Moon. (In them) are seen its coming into being and its passing away; even in the circle of the constellations does it have its essence in them.
29. The solar half (of the zodiac) begins with Magha (the first naksatra in Leo); the other half, the lunar, with Sarpa (the last naksatra in Cancer).
The Sun gives the (zodiacal) signs to the planets in order, the lunar signs (are assigned) in reverse order.
30. Others, however, state that every odd sign is solar, every even sign lunar; each solar sign is masculine and hard, each lunar sign feminine and soft.
31. In the odd signs, the first half is solar, the second lunar, they say; in the even signs, the Moon is lord of the first half, and the Sun of the second.
32. As the Sun takes Leo because of its qualities and the Moon Cancer, so they give the remaining signs from (their own) lordships to (those of) the planets in direct and reverse order (respectively).
33. In order (these planets) are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. . . . Therefore they are said to be each the lord of two houses, one lunar and one solar.
34. The Horas (horai) are famous .The Drekanas (dekanoi) are renowned for their acquisition of images and forms.
35. There are portions (bhaagas) (of each sign), they say, belonging to the seven planets, and these (saptamsas) undergo modifications according to the planet. The navamsas, whose forms and actions (are taken into consideration) in genethlialogy, are (also) well known (as being useful) in making predictions, in calculating the periods of life (dashaas), and in determining the length of life.
36. In (each) sign there are dvadasamsas (dodecamoria) which fill the sign with their own influences. There are subtle modifications in respect to height or depth of action when (their) influences are combined with those of the terms (trimsamsas).
37. There are sixty solar portions (sauras) in each sign which are similar (to their signs) in what their involvement signifies. In each navamga of two hundred (minutes) there are seventy-two ciidapadas.
38. Eighteen hundred liptakas (lepta) are equal to thirty (degrees) ; in this (matter), the distinctions according to the qualities of each are (now) to be considered.
39. The first Hora (in a sign) belongs to the lord of the sign, the second to the lord of the eleventh sign (from it). The three Drekanas in it belong in order to the lord of that sign, to the lord of the twelfth sign, and to the lord of the eleventh sign.
40. They say that the saptamsas belong to the lords of the signs (in order) beginning with the lord of the sign itself and excluding repetitions; similarly –the dvidaiamSas are said to belong to the lords of the signs beginning with I (the lord of) the sign itself.41. The first navamshas in (the signs) beginning with the first (Aries) are said to belong (in order) to the lords of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer; if one counts (in groups of three) the signs beginning with (the four signs specified above, then their first) navamshas belong (in order) to the lords of (these) four signs.
42. In the odd signs, five degrees (constitute the term) of Mars, five (that) of Saturn, eight (that) of Jupiter, seven (that) of Mercury, and five (that) of Venus; in the even signs, their order is reversed.
43. The sauras, cudapadas, and liptikas are to be distributed through another zodiacal circle; each planet’s portion is said to be endowed with the nature of another planet according to the sign in which it is.44. They call (a sign) a “collection” (rasi) in order to distinguish the activi-ties of these corresponding (parts) ; this is immeasurable like the waters of the sea because of doubts as to the variety of their mutual interrelationships.45. The (twelve) signs beginning with Aries are of three sorts, called movable, immovable, and two-natured, with four (in each group) ; at every fourth (sign) is interposed a dividing line. They are influential (respectively) at the beginning, the middle, and the end of one’s life.46. Taurus and Gemini are town signs; Capricorn, Scorpio, and Leo are forest signs; Pisces, that which travels on water (Cancer), and that which lives in the sea (Capricorn) are marsh signs.
47. The native is born with his nature affected by the changes or constancies of these signs with their natures, forms, and characteristics; if (the sign’s) navamsa is in the path of a planet, then the natives feel the effect of that.48. The ascendent, which is the first sign, they call hora (horai), the fourth from it hipaka; one also finds it called rasatala (hell), the place of water, the place of the house, and the place of increase.
49. The seventh place from the ascendent, the descendent, is called jamitra (diametros) in the language of the Greeks; the tenth from the ascendent, the mid-heaven, they say, is the mesurana (mesouranma).
50. Those who are experts in horoscopy call these (four signs) the caturlagna (“four-fold ascendent”) or the lagnacatustaya (“square of the ascendent”). One finds that the place of the Moon and its square are called menyaiva among the Greeks.51. The fourth (place) from the first they call the quartile, the eighth death; one finds that the fifth is the simple trine (trikona), the ninth the trine of the trine.
52. They say that the sixth, which gives evil, is the satkona (“sextile”), the third the dushcikya; they call the eleventh the auspicious in every way, the twelfth the place of motion.53. They say that a caturvilagna-sign (“cardine”) is a kendra (kentron), the next group panaphara (epanaphora), and the third apoklima (apoklima) this is the three-fold designation of the ascendent (and so forth).54. Know that the ascendent, (the second, and the twelfth) (are significant) with respect to property, body, thoughts, and so forth; the fourth, (the third, and the fifth) indicate things relating to the parents and children; and the descendent, (the sixth, and the eighth) indicate things relating to the wife and to coming and going, and (are significant) with respect to injuries such as illnesses.
55. Know that the mid-heaven, (the ninth, and the eleventh) indicate things relating to sovereignty and various successes, and (are significant) with respect to the treasury and the army. Know that a cardine is made auspicious by benefit planets, even if they are weak, and inauspicious by malefic planets.
56. So in these (cardines) is bound up the mundane creation, both good and bad, with all its results; and so also in them (is bound up) the birth (of individuals).
57. They say that the third, sixth, tenth, and eleventh signs from the ascendent or from the Moon are upacaya (“increasing”), the rest apacaya (“decreasing”).58. One finds that Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Libra, Pisces, Virgo, and Capricorn are the signs of exaltation of the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and Mars in that order.
59. (The exaltation) of the Sun is in the tenth degree, of the Moon in the third, and of Jupiter in the fifth; one finds (that) of Saturn in the twentieth, of Venus in the twenty-seventh, and of Mercury in the fifteenth.
60. The entrance of Mars (into its exaltation) takes place in the twenty-eighth degree in the sign of its exaltation. They say that the sign opposite the exaltation and the degree having the same number (in that sign as the exaltation has in its sign) is the dejection.
61. They say that the thirty degrees in (each of) the four cardines from the ascendent are called the spikes. In every sign the navamsha belonging to that sign is named by the Greeks the vargottama (“highest in rank”).62. The mulatrikonas (“base-triplicities”) of Mars, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are, in order, Aries, Taurus, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius.63. The human signs together with Leo and Scorpio are said by the Greeks to rise head-first; Pisces rises both ways; and the rest always rise backwards.
64. Excepting the second, sixth, eleventh, and twelfth signs from that in which it is, a planet always aspects the rest; their aspect is good when it is in good signs.
65. The influence of the aspect is complete in opposition, less by a fourth in the two “squares” (the fourth and eighth places), a half in the two trines, and a fourth in the third and tenth signs.66. With the revolution of the three (signs in a triplicity), the groups (of signs) beginning with the first (triplicity) are said to be in the directions beginning with East in order; in these the lords of the directions are the Sun and Venus, Mars, the Moon and Saturn, and Jupiter and Mercury.
67. When the signs are without planets, one tells from their power the arrangement of the door and the directions with respect to things which are lost, have been put down, or have disappeared, and with-respect to actions, childbirth, sleeping, or sexual intercourse.
68. The measure of the rising-times of the first and last signs is demonstrated with certainty to be two muhiirtas each; know that the measure of the rising-times (of the rest of the signs) in the two halves of the zodiac, taken (respec-tively) in direct and reverse order, is (two muhurtas) with a fifth (of that measure) added (successively to each).
69. Knowing that the signs are thus measured as being short, medium, or long, they consider the lengths of journeys as being similar to the divisions of the zodiac (and the limbs of the zodiacal man).
70. One finds that the ascendent or the sign occupied by the Moon is the body, the second place the family; the third they say is the brother, and the fourth relations.
71. The fifth place is called sons, the sixth they name the place of enemies; the seventh is the wife, and wise men say that the eighth is the place of death.
72. One establishes the ninth as the place of righteousness, and they say the tenth is work; the eleventh is the gaining of wealth, the twelfth its loss.
73. Whatever significances there are in any signs which are in the places beginning with the ascendent in order, these (significances), because of the positional, temporal, or other strengths of the signs, take on the natures of the significances in the places.
74. When the benefit planets have entered into (the places) which are called “body” and so forth, they cause these (aspects of life associated with the places) to flourish; but when the malefic planets are there or (the benefits) oppressed in bad places, they harm them.75. Taking into consideration the good fortunes or bad fortunes of their places, which involve such things as the situations of the lords of the places and of the places themselves, the natures of the signs, and their powerful, medium, or weak aspects, one arrives at the death of men (after tracing out the rest of their lives).
76. A planet in its sign of exaltation gives a four-fold result; one in its mulatrikona half of that; one in its own house a full result; one in the house of a friend a half; one in the house of an enemy a third; and one in its dejection a fourth.
77. Planets in their enemies’ houses, in the signs of their dejections, overcome (in planetary conflicts), on bad “paths”, or entering into the Sun destroy the good results and increase the bad ones.78. The semicircle from the ascendent (through the sixth place) which is to come (above the horizon), they say, is strong, that which has risen (above the horizon) is weak. The cardines are the strongest of these (places), and they state that among them the strength of the ascendent is foremost.
79. The human signs are best in the ascendent, the quadruped signs in the mid-heaven; the water signs are strong in the hypogee, the insect sign in the descendent, and the signs of two forms in the mid-heaven.
80. The human signs are strong at the beginning of the day, the quadruped and the insect signs at mid-day, Leo at the end of the day, and the water signs at night; all the signs are said to be strong in the cardines.
81. The first four signs, Sagittarius, and Capricorn are strong at night, but the experts say that the second group of four signs together with Aquarius and Pisces are diurnal.
82. Those signs-ascendent and so on-are strong which are joined with their lords, the planets whose exaltations they are, ,Jupiter, or Mercury, or which are aspected by these (planets), if they are not aspected by other planets which are in the second or eleventh place.
83. Saturn, Jupiter, and the Sun are strong in the day-time, Mars, Venus, and the Moon at night; Mercury is strong either by day or at night. The benefits are strong in the bright paksa (from new moon to full moon), the others in the dark (from full moon to new).
84. Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, and Venus are strong to the North (of the equator), Saturn and the Moon to the South, and Mercury in both. All the planets are strong in their own vargas, when they have overcome their enemies, and when they are brilliant.
85. They are strong in retrogression, when leaving the Sun, and when they have just risen; the masculine planets are strong at the beginnings of the places, the feminine at the end, and the neuter in the middle.
86. The Moon is strong in the first part of the night, Venus at midnight, and Mars at the end of the night; Mercury is strong in the morning, the Sun at mid-day, Saturn at the end of the day, and Jupiter always.
87. They have their greatest strength in their exaltations, are of medium strength in their mulatrikonas and houses, and have their least strength when aspected by benefit planets or when in their friends’ houses.88. Jupiter and Mercury are strong in the ascendent, the Sun and Mars in mid-heaven, Saturn in the descendent, and Venus and the Moon in the hypogee.
89. If a month is taken to begin with the first day of the bright paksha, in the first ten tithis the Moon is of medium strength, in the second it is at its greatest strength, and in the third at its least; but it is always strong if it is aspected by benefit planets.
90. The strength of a planet is established in three ways in determining about all actions-according to time, according to position, and according to strong aspects.
91. One finds strength in the ascendent when it is conjoined with or aspected by its own lord or by the lord of the exaltation which is in it, or when it is conjoined with Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury; but the ascendent has little strength in the two twilights.
92. This is said to be the method of determining the strength or weakness of the signs and planets according to the teaching of the Greeks; they say that, of the complete set of influences in horoscopy, there is an enormous number . . . .
93. Through the influence of the places and of the planets in them, which have’ the greatest, medium, the least, or no strength at the times of the natives’ births, men are born with the greatest, medium, or least strength.94. The planets in the cardines exercise their influence in the first part of life, those in the succedent places in middle age, and those in the cadent places (apoklimas) in old age; (in each group) the order of precedence is determined according to their strengths.
95. At the commencement of life, one says that these are the three (groups) . . . in use; by means of these three, according to their strengths at the time of the child’s birth, one finds his condition (in each period of his life).96. If the lord of the birth, the lord of the ascendent, or Jupiter is strong and in the ascendent, it exercises its influence at the time (of one) of (the native’s) four ages depending upon which of the four cardines it is in.97. If the lord of the birth or a planet possessing its qualities and strength is in its exaltation, or in a cardine in its own varga, or in its own house not aspected by malefic planets, then it exercises its influence at the time of birth.
98. Thus they say that, of the many combinations, these are the yogas which produce complete happiness; whereas, if the planets were in their dejections or their enemies’ houses, it would produce complete misery.99. Planets in signs which rise head-first are strong at the beginnings of their periods; those in signs which rise backwards at the ends; and those in signs which rise both ways exercise their influence in the middles.
100. Those planets which are at the beginning, end, or middle of the ascendant or the sign occupied by the Moon at birth are effective with their good or bad influences at the beginning, end, or middle of their periods respectively.
101. Those navamshas which are at the boundaries of the places at birth are considered to be in them (completely); but, except for the vargottamamshas, all those at the ascendent are considered to be malefic.
102. The benefit planets, when they are in the upacaya places from the ascendent, cause the births of wealthy people; when they are (in the upacaya places) from the Moon, they cause the births of men with many good qualities. The malefic planets, however, (in similar situations cause the births) of lepers, paupers, and men who are lazy.
103. The Moon in the cardines of the Sun produces fools, paupers, and those who are mischievous and without character; in the next (four signs) it causes the birth of wealthy men; and in the cadent signs of those who are born at the heads of their families.
104. If (two) men are born with the ascendent or a cardine of the one in the other’s place, they are mutually helpful-or if they are born under signs (belonging to planets which are) mutually friendly.105. The planets which are in the second, fourth, fifth, ninth, and twelfth places from another planet’s mulatrikona are its temporary friends, as is the weak planet in its exaltation.106. The planets which are in the first, third, sixth, seventh, eighth, tenth, and eleventh places are the temporary enemies. I shall call these the “base” (maula) friends and enemies.107. Jupiter is the friend of the Sun, but the rest are its enemies; all except Mars are the friends of Jupiter; all except the Sun are the friends of Mercury; and all except the Sun and the Moon are the friends of Venus.
108. One finds that Venus and Mercury are the friends of Mars, Jupiter and Mercury of the Moon, and all except Mars, the Sun, and the Moon of Saturn; know that the rest are enemies, and that the same relationships hold 4 among the men (born under the influence of the several planets).
109. Saturn, Mars, and the Sun are always malefic, Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon benefit. Mercury is benefit when it is not mixed with the other (planets) or their vargas; (when it is so mixed), it takes on a nature similar to theirs.
110. The malefic planets are hot, the benefit cold, and Mercury has a mixed nature; because of these is the result of time in the world the same with regard to things relating to generation and to decay.
111. There are said to be five great elements (mahabhutani)-earth, fire, water, air, and wind; their connections, from the body of the (cosmic) man (the zodiac), are Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn.
112. All of the principles of existence (sattvani) are life, love, knowledge, speech, truthfulness, ignorance, and mind; they pervade respectively the Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and the Moon.
113. Bile is from Mars, bile and phlegm from the Sun, phlegm and wind from Jupiter and the Moon, phlegm from Venus, wind from Saturn, and wind mixed with the quality of its position from Mercury.
114. Jupiter, Mars, and the Sun are of excellence (sattva), Venus and the Moon of passion (rajas), and Saturn of ignorance (tamas); Mercury accepts the other characteristics depending on which planet it is in conjunction with.
115. Jupiter, Mars, and the Sun are masculine, Venus and the Moon femi-nine; Saturn and Mercury are neuter, their sex depending on their situations.
116. One finds that the Sun and the Moon are king, Mars a general, Mercury a prince, Jupiter and Venus advisors, and Saturn a slave. These categories apply on earth (among those under the influence of the several planets).
117. Jupiter is the caste-lord of Brahmanas, and so is Venus; Mars and the Sun are the caste-lords of Kshatriyas; Mercury and the Moon of Vaishyas; and Saturn of Sudras.
118. When the planets are victorious, so are their castes; but when they are shattered, their castes also are shattered and their qualities are co-mingled . . . .
119. The associations, acquisitions, misfortunes, and possessions (of the natives) depend upon the planets’ situations; by their natures they cause (the native) to be accompanied by good friends, wealth, sons, and wives.120. Objects are green, coppery, red, white, black, silvery, or yellow; such are the colors (respectively) of Mercury, the Sun, Mars, Venus, Saturn, the Moon, and Jupiter.
121. Father, mother, brother, wife, relative, son, and slave of the natives; such are the natures (respectively) of the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn.
122. The strength, old age, activity, happiness, sexual intercourse, intelligence, and status of men are from these planets through unalterable laws: Mars, Saturn, the Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon.
123. The Sun is a handsome, square-limbed man, whose sparse hair is soft and curly and has loose ends. His eyes are sweet and wide in the description of Yavanesvara; his body gleams like molten gold.
124. It is his nature to be inscrutable and firm; he is a fierce, steadfast hero who is hard to assail, a powerful leader whose body-hair is yellow like purified
gold and whose deeds are swift and cruel. His essence is of bone.
125. The Moon is white, shining, and handsome, with an appearance like that of smooth waters. His hair is fine and curly, his eyes wide, and his body beautiful in its symmetry; he is a youthful lover with a charming and spotless form.
126. He is wise, patient, and fond of courtesy, controlling himself in accor-dance with the laws of Manu. Speaking kindly and clothed in spotless garments, the playful Moon with pleasing eyes laughs softly and sweetly. His nature is of (the woman’s) blood in sexual intercourse.127. Venus is graceful, having pleasing eyes and broad face, eyes, cheeks, and chest. He shines like silver, his smooth, fine, black hair hanging down with curly ends.
128. His thighs, arms, belly, and shoulders are heavy and drooping; his body is made beautiful by bright-colored garments and garlands. He is given over to a love of instrumental music, dancing, singing, beauty, sport, and sexual intercourse. His essence is semen.
129. Jupiter is yellow like ivory and gold and has a short, broad, fleshy, erect body. He speaks deeply, and his eyes and body-hair are sweet. He is pre-eminent in intelligence, memory, firmness, and resoluteness.
130. He bears authority in decisions relating to the Vedic sciences, sacrifices, sacred learning, politics, law, and the composition of poetry. Clad in white and with his hair tied up and matted, and with upright head, he is hard to assail. His essence is fat.
131. Mercury’s intellect is full and pure, his body dark, his curls (as dark as) duurva-grass, and his eyes handsome. He is pre-eminent in the composition of poetry, in craftsmanship, and in the arts, and is charming because of his gracefulness, jests, and so forth.132. He is clothed in green; he is weak, defective( ?), and rotund. His speech is clear and cheerful, his body soft and of medium size. He has an unstable nature, taking on the characters of others and allowing his own to disappear. His essence is of skin.
133. Mars is a hot and passionate man with flaming curly hair and a terrible red body. The corners of his eyes are bloodshot, and he shines like blazing fire; he is powerful in his vehemence and terrifying like Kumara.
134. He is short and slender, with shining finger-nails and firm limbs. His speech is clear and pure. He is a hero, used to killing, taking, and opposing; clothed in red, he commits acts of violence and strength. His essence is of marrow.
135. Saturn has brown, inscrutable eyes. He is strong, but his limbs are curved by the bending of his head. He is tall and has thick, black, rough, and dreadful hair, and nails and teeth which are discolored and broken.
136. He is mean and very irascible; his actions are evil. Accustomed to hatred, he is a malicious master. In his black garments and looking like collyrium, thin and lazy Saturn has abandoned joy. His essence is of sinew.
137. They say that, if the planets are in the cardines in their own vargas and if they have temporal or other strength, then the natives have situations, castes, shapes, essences, and powers like theirs.
138. As these planets are strong and occupy their own dvadasamias, navamsas, and houses, they cause similar perfections of creation in the bringing forth of the limbs of men.
139. When the planets are not in their own vargas, then the signs and so forth are said to be strong, and it is by means of the natures of the vargas-according to the planets (which rule them)-that one decides upon the changes and complications (which affect the natives).
CHAPTER 2
1. Halves of the signs in the circle of (zodiacal) constellations are called by the name of their series Horas. I will describe them briefly, but in detail, together with their various shapes, insignia, distinguishing marks, and forms.
2. The first Hora in Aries wears red clothes and is flaming like the Sun at Doomsday. He holds a sword and a firebrand in his hands. His hair is tawny and sticks up, and his ear-rings are of gold. He is a fierce man who has raised the staff of Death for the sake of protection.
3. This is a man-shaped creature whose cry is loud and who has a long, thin face. Standing in the midst of flocks of goats and sheep, and mounted o n a goat, he rules hi host.
4. The second Hora in Aries wears a garland of skulls. His bow blazes with arrows. He has the strength of an elephant. He is bound with a half-girdle, and his clothes are black His limbs are adorned with snakes. Bearing a sword and (elephant’s) skin, and of terrible figure, he wears the diadem (of Siva).5. Entering the forest with his swift thieves, he lets loose destruction, this fearful-faced man, splitting open the highest peak with his bolts. His anxiety is destroyed and lost.
6. The first Hora in Taurus is a woman who carries a pitcher of cow’s milk and clarified butter. She is pre-eminent, rising up with an axe in her hand. Her face is like that of a hone. She plays and swings gracefully, wearing bright-coloured robes, and her feet tinkle with anklets.7. She is four-footed. Girdle-strings surround her body. She is filled with thirst, and has developed a desire for food. She is beautiful with her heavy breasts, has handsome hips, and wears a bright, pendant girdle.
8. The second Hora in Taurus is a youthful woman who is a. delight to the eyes. She is intelligent, and pale with the beauty of campaka-flowers. She knows the rules of sciences, pharmacology, and the arts. She is adorned with garments of silk, this blazing one.
9. She appears in an assembly of farmer, sacrificing her body to Brahma (?) like a woman in childbirth. She has garlands, perfumes, and cosmetic powders. Intoxicated from drinking liquors, she speaks in a lovely voice.
10. The first Hora in the third sign holds a lyre in his hand. His completion is the colour of a parrot’s tail-feather. He is an artistic man with a low-hanging robe whose nature it is to love singing, dancing, and listening (to music). Seated on a cane chair he composes poetry.11. He runs after women and is clever in love. His sides are bound in the embrace of a maiden’s arms. He is not much of a businessman, but he speaks gently and sweetly, a very reprehensible person.12. The second Hora in the third sign is established as being a woman whose actions are charming and glowing with youth. She is pale and red-limbed, clever and grateful. She is besieged by the leader of an army in a wide-spreading war. Clothed in red, she wears a long red necklace.
13. Raising her arms, she cries out when she is robbed, She is made naked by thieves in a park, but is brought back by means of an armed conflict.
14. The first Hora in the fourth sign is a woman who holds a blossoming lotus in her hand. She stands in the water, pale as the color of a campaka-flower. Her upper-garment and ornaments are pale like moon-beams. Her limbs are adorned with the splendor of full and half necklaces.
15. Leaning on the branch of an aioka-tree in a garden, she recalls to mind her beloved. She wears a golden girdle and a necklace trembles on her breast.
16. The second Hora in the fourth sign is established as being a very pale man in the middle of a garden who leans on a bright weapon and whose neck is raised (in longing). He is a lover whose radiance is made beautiful by gracefulness. Holding a lotus, the beloved one pours forth his complaints
17. He wears variegated garments and ornaments at Doomsday(?). The ointment on his body is as bright as Cupid’s His allies have been destroyed, and he is remembered with the harsh words …18. The first Hora in Leo is to be spoken of as a bold man whose form is as terrible as a lion’s, He is blazing, a fierce and hideous tyrant. He has upward-curving tusks, and is like Yama and Kala. He stands in the midst of battles between Nishadas and thieves.19. He has bound on his quiver. Desiring to taste flavors, he slays deer in mountain caves. His teeth are like those of the lord of elephants. His firm chest is wounded.
20. The second Hora in the house of the Sun is a fierce man who delights in battle. His bow is drawn back; his garment is a deer-skin. He is a eunuch, but, bearing his amour of gold, he protects women. The hair on his body is long.
21. He is bald-headed and gat-toothed. Impassioned, he touches the genitals of a man or a woman. Together with the robbers of his band he shouts terribly and shrilly in the desert.
22. The first Hora in the sixth sign is a black and white woman who is charming and wise. She is wet with her menstruation and has filthy garments. She thinks of fine clothes, and, desiring a son, has intercourse with the man she loves.
23. She cries in the forest among the serving-girls of Brahma(?), leaning on a branch that is in full fruit and leaf. She is without wealth like one in distress, and her body is stretched out. She has attained beauty.
24. The second Hora in Virgo is said to be a man pale as moon-beams who knows how to write. He wears a beautiful and spotless garland of blossoming lotuses. He is handsome with teeth as bright as the rays of the Moon.
25. He is remembered… He adores his beloved. A pleasing man, he is eloquent and clever in crafts, dances, and the weaving of garlands, as well as in the use of a needle.26. The first Hora in Libra is a man who is black and white. He is clever and knows spells... He carries a pair of scales, and is steadfast in the five duties.
27. Standing within the market-place, he wears bright and graceful clothes. He is in control of grain, etc., and of all sorts of coins. He carries a dart, a sword, and an arrow in his fist. He follows the vow of one who has renounced liquor.
28. The second Hora in Libra is one who is accustomed to pitiless and manly deeds. He has prominent teeth. Hating the accomplishment of protection, he carries bright-colored arrows, a knife, and a drawn sword (with which to assail his enemies).
29. He is a smasher of houses who strikes others with his fist. His hair is erect, and he is wearing a woolen cover. Crying aloud in the market-place, he jingles a bell and causes fright among the people.
30. The first Hora in the eighth sign is a man of terrible form-blazing, fierce, and most dreadful. He delights in injury, and wears a garland of gold. Yearning for battle, he dons his armor which is bound with serpents.
31. He has prominent teeth and is violent like Death. His limbs and his eyes are red, his hair like numerous swords. He slays living creatures with poison and a sword like Maheshvara angry at Doomsday.
32. The second Hora in the eighth sign is a level-standing(?) woman with a black body who has poisonous mouth and hands. She is the cause of (the use of) weapons, battles, diseases, and dangers, as she makes her snakes swell, writhe, and sway.
33. Her neck is clung to by great serpents proud of their poisonous breath. Her girdle consists of strings of jewels. She is filled with anger, and her teeth are flashing and fearful. Biting her lower lip, she creates tumult and quarrels.
34. The first Hora in Sagittarius is a man whose bow of bone is drawn. He wears the Moon in his diadem, and is moon-faced. His hair is bound with gold. He races with his horse, this protector of the sacrifice.
35. He stands in penance in the forest of asceticism and on the peaks of mountains, slaying the race of the Dasyus. He knows the proper use of each element of the Vedas and the sacrifice, and accomplishes all his desires. His eyes are as wide as lotuses.
36. The second Hora in Sagittarius is a woman of handsome brilliance who is full of motion, pride, and playfulness, and who shims like gold. She understands magic, is artful in (the use of) poison and weapons, and gives clever advice.
37. Seated on an auspicious throne she looks at an excellent casket filled with jewels and other riches. With spotless ointment on her body as she gazes at the jewels from the sea, she shines, smiling like Lakshmi.
38. The first Hora in Capricorn is a man with jagged teeth who is hideous, and fierce, armed with a club like Death at Doomsday. He breaks the peace, this wearer of a deer-skin.
39. He guards his iron, his slaves, and his buffaloes, and, standing in the water, defends his black grain. He keeps fierce thieves who are devoted to him, Mlecchas and the chiefs of the Candalas, sending them out (on raids).
40. The second Hora in Capricorn is a woman with loose hair who has a red face and red arms and who stands on one foot; they say that the rest of her is black. Her belly hangs down, and her teeth arc dreadful like a crocodile’s.41. She shines with blue unguents, and her body is covered with a garment the color of collyrium. She is adorned with ornaments made of the metal of the Pishacas. Entering the water and standing at the Mare’s Mouth (the Entrance to Hell), she raises her voice again and again.42. The first Hora in Aquarius is a man who is as black as collyrium. His teeth are dreadful. He is black, and wears a graceful leather garment. He makes juice from the succulent sugar-cane.
43. He knows many desired arts, and his hands are employed in many crafts. A pot is on his shoulders. His thoughts are covetous; he is a friend of those whose emblem is a pot, but is not subordinate (to them). His hands hold dice for gambling. He is beloved as one who desires to defend (his friends).
44. The second Hora in Aquarius is remembered to be a woman adorned with silken garments. Her robes are black, and her hand grasps a noose. Her eyes are as wide as a lotus. She is learned in the sacred texts.
45. Her body is tall and black, her hair reddish and wild. She is by nature clever. Being in the final stage of intoxication, and surrounded by throngs of Water-Raksasis, she commands Fate together with the Night of Doom.
46. The first Hora in Pisces is an excellent lady who is loved by one who has crossed over (the ocean). Standing on a path beside the Great Sea, she is shining and moon-faced. Her laughter causes a trembling and a graceful movement of her arms and breasts.
47. Having risen up from the shore of the Great Sea and surrounded by women who are pleasing in every way, she shines forth, her limbs adorned with red garments. She accomplishes all her objectives, and is without misfortune.
48. The second Hora in Pisces is said to be a woman wearing ear-rings made of the superior metal of the Pishacas. Her body is adorned with a blue necklace and with girdle-strings having (all) the colors in the world( ?).
49. Her upper-garment was made in the land of the Abhiras. She shines forth, dreadful, in blue robes. While carrying her metals in wagons and by foot, she is robbed in the woods by blazing thieves.
50. These Horas, whose purpose resides in (the determination of) the thoughts, places of origin, and qualities (of natives), are described by the Greeks by means of illustrations wherein their forms, insignia, and ornaments are successively given. They have names in accordance with their natures.
 
The second chapter in the Yavanajataka: the forms of the Horas.
 
 
CHAPTER 3
 
 
1. Thirty-six are the thirds of the zodiacal signs which are called Drekanas (dekanos) by the Greeks. They have various clothes, forms, and colors; I will describe them with all their qualities beginning with their characteristic signs.
2. The first Decanate in Aries is a man garbed in red and having a red complexion, a fierce man whose limbs and hands are wounded and who attacks in anger. He bears golden mail and bright arrows, and his hand is upraised with an axe.
3. The second Decanate in Aries is a pale-hued warrior whose eyes are pitiless to his enemies. He is clothed in white. His head is like an elephant’s. He has arrows for weapons, and he knows the purposes of minerals and mercury. His limbs are heavy and hairy.4. The third Decanate in Aries wears dark blue garments and has a dark blue body. Armed with a club, he is fierce. He has a blue garland of diadems. His body is exceedingly strong, and his eye-balls are like a bull’s He is like the Age of Discord.5. The first Decanate in Taurus is a black woman, winning (all) hearts by a profusion of sidelong glances. Round her neck she wears a garland full of kadamba-flowers. She shines forth holding an axe in her hand. Her body is bowed down to by cow-herds.
6. The second Dean in Taurus is a red-faced woman whose arms and lower lip are also red. She is pre-eminent as she stands on one foot holding a jar. She is always intent on eating and drinking, and delights in gardens and woods.
7. The last Decanate in Taurus is a woman with a tender body. She has a bull’s hump, and wears a garland bright with campaka-flowers. Her eyebrows are fair, and her girdle hangs over the circle of her buttocks.8. The first Decanate in the third sign carries a bow, and his hand is bright with arrows. He is adorned with a garland of many colors, and his necklace is pendant. The instruments of his craft are prepared. He knows how to use swords and missiles, and he wears a diadem and armour.
9. The second Decanate in Gemini is a black woman whose girdle is beautiful and whose garments are brightly colored. She delights in the arts, in singing, and in story-telling. Holding a lyre, she is pleased and delighted. Her brows are lovely, and she is graceful.
10. The third Decanate in Gemini wears red clothes and a red, pendant necklace. He is pale with red limbs, violent and fierce. The tip of his staff is red (with blood). He is the chief of a multitude of men. He bears a sword and missiles.
11. The first Decanate in the fourth sign is a woman whose words are beautiful and full of grace. Holding a lotus in her hand, she stands in the water. Pining with love, she is as pale and fair as a campaka-flower. She wears a single white garment.
12. The second Decanate in Cancer is a girl seated on a snake-throne, having a beautiful waist. Her heart is filled with kindness and affection. Her body, adorned with jewels, is beautiful, and her garments are of a pale hue.
13. The third Decanate in the fourth sign is set down as a woman who is the colour of a dark blue lotus and is pleasing to the eyes. Her upper-garment is of silk and (adorned with) bright jewelry. She is barren, but puffed up with pride in her beauty.
I4. The first Decanate in Leo has a belly and a body like a lion’s, He is fierce, armed with a sword, and arrogant with his mighty strength. His deeds are terrible and cruel, and he desires spicy food. He has many lingers (?).15. The second Decanate in Leo is a bold woman with loose hair. She is on a mountain peak, proud in taking away the wealth of another. Terrible, she causes his death. Her actions are like those of a rogue.
16. The third Decanate in Leo is a woman whose actions are marvellous and who is cunning in respect to machines and to undertakings involving the arts, business, or jewels. Seated on an ivory throne, she considers (?) the murder of her enemies.
17. The first portion of Virgo is a black man who possesses a subtle knowledge of crafts and who knows the rules of calculating, cleverness, and story-telling. He is attached to beauty and skill, and is determined in his purpose.
18. The second Decanate in the sixth sign is a beautiful woman whose limbs are polluted by her menstruation. She loves a man in secret for the sake of a child. She is learned; striving on behalf of her people, she journeys to a foreign country.
19. The third Decanate in Virgo is a woman who is gracefully coquettish. Her face is smiling, her countenance moon-like. Her one braid of hair is adorned with ashoka-flowers, and her steps seem to stumble with intoxication.
20. The first Decanate in Libra is a man in the market-place with the implements of his trade prepared. His limbs are covered with silk and bright ornaments; his body is black and his eyes beautiful. His places are those where there are gold, merchandise, mines, and treasure.
21. The second Decanate in Libra is a fair-waisted woman who knows meanings and crafts. She wears bright garments and a bright, pendant necklace. She is clever in the office of an intermediary (between lovers) for the sake of the bridegroom. Her actions are like those of rogues and cheats.
22. The third Decanate in Libra is a man about to attack. The tops of his teeth are far apart, and the hair on his body is long, He is wearing a heavy cover. He carries a bow and is armed with a helmet. He engages in the tricks of rogues.
23. The first Decanate in the eighth sign is a blazing man whose staff is fierce to his enemies. His sword is drawn, his armor is of gold; his flames are fanned by anger. He sports with serpents whose poison is sharp.
24. The second Decanate in Scorpio is a woman with loose hair who is bound with snakes. She is robbed by thieves in the forest. With black body and completely naked she runs swiftly from a bandit, calling out terribly and shrilly.
25. The last Decanate in the eighth sign is a cruel man wearing a golden suit of armor. He is clever in seeking treasure in a hole. He wishes to follow a vow that is broken. He knows how to use weapons, but is tormented, having been robbed by his companions.
26. The first Decanate in Sagittarius is a man whose bow is drawn and whose speed is as violent as a horse’s. He has knowledge of chariots and weapons, and bears the instruments for the sacrifice. His body is protected by gold, and his ear-rings flash with gold.27. The second Decanate in Sagittarius is a woman who is charming, graceful, and beautiful. She is seated on an auspicious throne, and is pale with a golden-hued garment. Opening a golden casket in a heap of jewels, she takes pleasure in distributing (its contents).
28. The third Decanate in Sagittarius is a bearded man with a black body. Clothed in silk and pining with love, he is graceful. On his breast hangs a string of pearls, and a bracelet is on his upper arm. He is fond of music and perfume.
29. The first Decanate in Capricorn is the color of collyrium. His teeth are as terrible as a crocodile’s, He is armed with a staff, and his actions are like those of Time and Death. He stands in the middle of a cemetery with an armour of heavy hair and a strong body.30. The second Decanate in Capricorn is a man of blazing splendor whose teeth are dark blue and like a Pishaca’s, He is handsome, having bound on his armour, sword, and helmet (shirastrana). He wanders about constructing river-embankments, tanks, and aqueducts.31. The third Decanate in Capricorn is a woman with loose hair, a gaping mouth, and a hanging belly. Her red body is tall and thin. She holds a noose in her hand, and wears a winding-sheet. She delights in injury.
32. The first Decanate in Aquarius is a man who has dreadful teeth. He knows how to practice magic. His is the color of a dark cloud, and his hair is filthy and sticks up. His actions are pitiless. Garbed in an antelope-skin and rags, he has a vile nature.
33. The second Decanate in Aquarius is a man with a shining sword. His tawny hair stands up. Covered with garlands of skulls, he wears armor. His is the color of sunset-clouds, and his protruding teeth are fierce. He is covered with the strings of nooses and so forth.
34. The third Decanate in Aquarius is a man with various weapons wearing a garland of golden Moons. His shape is boar-like, his form frightful. Producing red (?) in Malaya, he is an ascetic whose hair is reddish-brown like a monkey’s.35. The first Decanate in Pisces is a woman with a beautiful body whose eyes are expansive and long. Her body is adorned with silk and gold. She stands by the Great Sea, which she has crossed in a boat for the sake of a heap of jewels.
36. The second Decanate in Pisces is a woman dreadful in strife, the foremost one. She is fierce, and has no clothes; her color is white, red, and black. Her garments and ornaments are destroyed; desiring clothes, she shouts out.
37. The third Decanate in Pisces is a woman whose hair has been loosened and who wears ornaments bearing the emblem of the Abhiras. She shrieks as she is frightened. She stands in the water adorned by troops of spirits having the shapes of jackals, cats, and boars.
38. These thirds of the signs which are called Drekkanas together with the natures that accompany each, to which much thought has been given, have been thus described by the great Greek masters who know the meanings, properties, and traditions of horoscopy.
39. Because of its doubtfulness, this pictorial representation is (to be) combined with (the effects of) the lords of the navamsas, the navamsas themselves, and the aspects of the planets; it is useful because it exemplifies the many forms, natures, and distinguishing marks in the world.
40. Whatever characteristics of a planet have been described with regard to the signs, the navamsas, and times, or whatever causal natures, their entire effect is in full force in all actions for whatsoever purpose.
41. What are the form, nature, quality, and distinguishing mark of (each) planet and sign has been said previously; the form which arises from the changes due to their mutual combinations in order is to be determined by a wise man.
42. They say that the form and distinguishing mark of a navamsha (are affected) by various changes because of the signs, planets, and (other) portions (of a sign); because of its situation in the rank of its own sign within a sign, they say a navamsa possesses especial strength.
 
The third chapter in the Yavanajataka: the forms of the Decanates.
 
 
CHAPTER 4
 
1. There are objects (dravyani) of various characteristics and natures which exist on earth, in the air, and in water; I shall tell of them as they pertain to the vargas and dvadashamshas (bhagas) of the signs, according to the associations (of each) in order.
2. Aries is lord of lands, fire, blood, weapons, gold, copper, minerals, smelters (agnijiva), battles, and mantras; of youths, children, fans, umbrellas, spears, flagstaffs, thieves, and commanders of armies;
3. of goats, sheep, artisans, sugar-cane (ikshuka), green onions (dudruma), mountains, (places for) assignations, and things which are burnt, cast off, or smashed; and of such objects as red arsenic (manahshila), red chalk (gairika), and red flowers.
4. Taurus is lord of games, parks, garlands, children, women, market-streets, woods, gardens, meeting-houses, and wells; of ghee (sarpis), sour milk (dadhi), milk (kshirasa), grass, flowers, city-squares, oxen, ploughs, and ploughmen;
5. of teams of oxen, yoke-pins, carts, axles, wheels, perfumes, bulls, shining buffaloes, and bulls; of works of beauty and pleasing ornaments; and of things belonging in treasure-houses.
6. To the third sign (Gemini) belong the sexual intercourse of men and women, gambling, amusements, crafts, music, singing, smiles, and instrumental music; exercise, magic weapons, writing, soldiers(?), conversations, good advice, and manuscripts (pustakani) ;
7. couples, the acquisition of money, weapons, wealth, and herbs; the bearers of knowledge, of instruction, and of commerce; those who live by cleverness, by affording humor, and by their hands; and dancers and rogues.
8. To the fourth sign (Cancer) belong women, ascetics, and Brahmanas learned in the scriptures (Sruti); rivers and white durva grass; lotuses (kumuda) and lilies (utpala); objects which are cold or soft and wet; sweets, medicines for restoring life (samjivana), and mirrors;
9. crocodiles (nakra), frogs (manduka), crabs (kulira), turtles (kurma), ashoka-trees, and water-plants and grasses; and white birds and carnivorous ones.
10. Leo is lord of peaks, forests, fortresses, poison, bones, sticks, skin, flesh, hair, deer-skins, and thread from the loom; of (animals) who live in the woods and have claws, tusks, or horns; of hunger, thirst, dry lips, flavors, and herbs;
11. of hunters, arrows, increases, and creatures who lead; of Mlecchas, swords, weapons, woolens, and gold; of diseases, enemies, plotters, and those who are sick; and of (all) things which are strong.
12. In the sixth sign (Virgo) are virgins, sexual intercoune, love-suits. unions, bashfulness, (women) who move their buttocks(? calannitamba), liquids, smoke, and incense; materials such as ointments and rouge for face and lips, ornaments, women’s playthings, mirror, and jewel-boxes;13. lamps, ships, litters, upper garments, women’s crafts, poetry, listening (to music), and beauty marks; freedom from passion(? viraga), eloquence, gems, jewels, incense, and such arts as telling stories and singing.14. Libra is lord of such things as balances, measures, touchstones, wares, market-streets, gold, jewels, clothes, and pearls; of public criers, guides, caravan-leaders, broken, exporters(? nairyanika), and image-makers(? murtika);
15. of playboys, dice, rogues, liars, those who live by (the skill of) their hands, and those who are clever at hearing the meaning and the things to be done in message-bearing; and of the arts such as that of the six political principles (shadgunya) and that of inference, and of letters.
16. In Scorpio are holes, snakes, ants, those who are destroyed by poison, stones, or weapons, those who arc maimed or struck down, and those who are reviled; crawling creatures, scorpions (vrishcika), mongooses (babhru), and lizards (godha) ; such things as serpents and other creatures which live in holes;
17. murderers, those who are stamped on by the feet of their enemies, the corrupted, the poor, and those who obey other men’s wives but wrong their own wives; flesh, stomachs, and female and male sexual organs; and vessels, implements of war, and ashes.18. In Sagittarius are horses, elephants, chariot-wheels, bows, armour, weapons, warriors, arms, and charmed arrows; the Vedas, kindling sticks, mantras, oblations, sacrificial instruments, gods, priests (ritvij), teachers, offerings, and Brahmanas;
19. knowledge, instruction, sacred texts, those who are best in speech, poems, traditions, grammar, and auspicious materials; kingdoms, advisors (amitya), municipal councillors (puramantri), and townspeople; and Brahmanas who stand in water as well as those who stand in ant-hills.
20. In Capricorn are other animals, trees, and clove-trees; … ; the corrupted and the … ; crocodiles (makara) and serpents (uraga); lead (sisa), copper (loha), iron (ayasa), minerals, and nooses;21. poor grasses (kusasya), grain (dhanya), mines, low people, slaves, causeways, rafts, forests, and rivers; those who live by ships and water; killers of deer (mrga) and birds; and whatever inhabits the waters.
22. Belonging to Aquarius are tanks, wells, dams, and obstructions; slaves, men who arc terrified, and those whose bodies are spotted and branded; poor grain (kusasya), copper (loha), iron (ayasa), and black lead (krsnasisa); outcastes (lit. “cookers of dogs”), of horses, prisoners, and old men;23. eunuchs, ascetics (pravrajita), and those who marry low (-caste) women; cheats, bad men, and rogues; those who bark like dogs and those who howl like jackals; and pots and so forth.
24. Pertaining to Pisces arc deep waters, oceans, fords, river-banks, ships, helmsmen, (all) sorts of fish, and conchs; the sounds of women, houses, sailors (jalopajivi), baths, clothes, views, and offerings of water;
25. sacrifices, Brahmanas, ceremonies, jewels, pearls, conchs, coral, and water; ornaments; and objects relating to the Puranas, the Vedas, vows, law (niti), and righteousness (dharma).
26. Whatever the nature of a thing – be it town, dry land, forest, or water-and whatever its place-air, fire, earth, or water-a wise man may ascertain that it belongs to this or that (zodiacal) sign which is similar.27. One must understand that objects take on various forms and characteristics due to the changes originating in the signs. Now I will recite separately each object which has a nature similar to that of each planet.
28. The Sun is lord of kings, forests, peaks, gold, copper, lions, fire, vicious animals, poisons, and woolens; and of lion-thrones, raw flesh, deserts, charred sticks, and heaps of wealth.
29. The Moon is lord of women, paintings, sleep, sexual intercourse, food, and drinks; of things which are cold, wet, or sweet; of flavors and herbs; of garlands, garments, and land; of jewels and pearls; and of saint and lotuses (ambuja).
30. Jupiter is lord of auspiciousness, lotuses (padma), Brahmanas, gods, sacrifices, heaps of grain (dhanya), property, houses, and sons; ofgold, carriages, thrones, and nutritives; of councillors (mantri) and mahattaras.
31. Venus is lord of heaps of jewels such as diamonds, oxen, sons, women, marriages, perfumes, clothes, and ornaments; of good fortune, fragrance, listening (to music), and pavillions; of treasures and of wealthy men.
32. Mars is lord of armies, kings, robbers, the injured, and the slain; of poisons, fire, weapons, blood, and the wounded; and of gold, heaps of minerals, all sorts of flowers, and camikara-gold.
33. Mercury is lord of all sorts of merchandise, of union and separation, of cleverness, crafts, traditions, and medicine; of laughter, the interpretation of mantras, and ambiguities; and of shrines (caityas) and trees.
34. Saturn is lord of corpses, death, prisoners, battles, old men, villains, evil women, eunuchs, lazy people, and the initiated (dikshita); of those who are wretched, slavery, ointments, and cold things; and of all things which are low.
35. Each object, while pertaining to a particular sign, belongs also to a particular planet … ; in its influence on the accomplishment of such things as actions it is to be described in accordance with the positional strength of that planet. 
In the Yavanajataka: the rule relating objects to the signs and planets.
 
 
CHAPTER 5
 
1. They say that masculinity, which is the seed of the bodies of all types of beings, is solar; and that femininity, which is to be inferred to be a basis for that (seed) and is its covering, is lunar.
2. From the semen caused by the navamsha belonging to the Sun, when it has fallen in the uterus of a woman, come the bones; from the blood (of the woman) come skin, flesh, and fat and the blood is caused by the position and navamsha of the Moon.
3. The Sun, which is the father of flesh-bearing, embodied creatures, is in various states at the time of impregnation; proportionally it establishes in their bodies large, small, or medium-sized bones.
4. The Moon, because of its position and navamsha, causes the growth of skin, complexion, and flesh; and the rest of the planets with their natures arising from their portions (bhagas) and positions produce each its own qualities (in the native) in accordance with what has been said before.
5. If at the time of sexual intercourse of a man and a woman, Mars, the Sun, Venus, and the Moon are in their own vargas and are strong (lit. “brilliant”), they produce a fetus in the woman’s womb.6. In this situation, if the Sun and Venus are in benefit signs, they cause the birth of a male; but, if the Sun and the Moon are in their mūlatrikona, they produce a female foetus.7. If these planets are in malefic, apacaya, or their enemies’ signs, while the other planets are in benefit signs, then the semen is destroyed; but if Jupiter is in the ascendant, impregnation takes place.8. If, at birth, (the planets) are in malefic signs, in injured navamsas, in their dejections, or in their enemies’ houses, and are weak, pale, or harsh, they destroy the embryos or let loose a miscarriage in the womb.9. The lords of the (ten) months (of pregnancy) are Mars, Venus, Jupiter, the Sun, the Moon, Saturn, Mercury, the ascendant, the Moon, and the Sun. The ten (stages of pregnancy) are like these planets in regard to success or failure.
10. In the first month there develops the incipient fetus (kalala), in the second there is a budding (pesi), and in the third shoots (sakhah); in the fourth bones, sinew, and the head, and in the fifth marrow and skin;
11. in the sixth blood, hair, nails, and liver; the activities of the seventh take place in the mind; in the eighth thirst, hunger, and taste, and in the ninth touch, awareness, and pleasure;
12. and in the tenth, which is the month of the Sun, the fetus, with his whole body opened up by the channels of sense, is born. Thus, in the case of all (men) beginning with Brahmanas, the time spent in the womb is divided into ten parts.
13. Those (planets) which are endowed with brilliance and strength increase the excellence and good qualities of their months; but those which are injured by malefic planets or whose strength is broken, even though they are in benefit signs, ruin their (months).
14 . Whatever is the nature of the term in which the Sun is, such is the nature of the inner soul (of the native); his outward appearance comes from the navamsha in the ascendant or from that in which the Moon is, whichever is stronger.
15. His form is to be described from these two things, or from the Decanate in which the Moon or the Sun is, or from the planet which is strong in the configurations of the time at impregnation and birth.
16. In regard to the parts of the body, (the twelve places) beginning with the ascendant are joined with the twelve (limbs) beginning with the head; the measurement of these limbs as shortest, tallest, or medium depends on the measurement of the navamsa of the planet in that sign and of the planets’ direction.17. Planets which are malefic, in the navamsas of malefic planets, or injured by malefic planets harm these (limbs); benefic planets, if they are strong at birth and conception, cause these limbs to be splendid.
18. Malefic planets in the sixth, seventh, or eighth places from the Moon or from the ascendant harm the fetus; if the malefic planets beginning with the Sun are together in one place, they cause deterioration in the limbs.
19. Whatever is the ninth sign from the Moon as it proceeds in its course at conception, the Moon gives success to (the limb belonging to) that sign at birth; one calculates from the navamsha in the ascendant if that is stronger.
20. If the masculine planets are together in the odd signs or masculine navamsas, or if one of their navamsas is in the ascendant, or if the vargas of the Sun and the Moon are in masculine navamshas, then (the native) is masculine because of the connection with masculine things.
21. If feminine (planets) are in the even signs or in feminine navamsas or in the ascendant, then females are born; for, if they are males, they are weak. Feminine navamsas in the ascendant beget females.
22. If Jupiter and the Sun are in vargas of the Sun and are strong, ii male is born; if Man, Venus, and the Moon are in vargas of the Moon, and the Moon is weak, they cause the birth of a female.
23. One masculine (planet), if it is in an odd sign or in a masculine navamsha, strong, in conjunction with the Moon, and aspected by a masculine planet, or in its exaltation or a cardine, gives birth to a male.
24. But even one planet in the first navamsha in an even sign, if it is strong and in its own navamsa, produces a female; or, if it is in its exaltation, it produces a female, though it may produce a male because of an excess of strength.
25. A masculine planet which is strong, is in its exaltation in the ascendant, and is under the strong aspect of a masculine planet, is said to cause the birth of a male; a feminine planet in the same configuration produces a female.
26. If Saturn and Mercury are in their own navamsas or in cardines of the ascendant or in navamsas of the ascendant and the sign in which the Moon is or if they are aspected by them, then they produce neuters.
27. If they are in masculine places, they give birth to a neuter with a male form; if in feminine places, to one whose behavior and actions are a woman’s and who is like a female.28. If a neuter planet is in conjunction with the Moon or the ascendant or is in a navamsha aspected by neuter planets, know that (the native) is neuter and has the form of a neuter. (These configurations are effective) at conception, during pregnancy, or at birth.
29. If a navamsha of Mercury in a two-natured sign is strong and in a cardine and if a navansa of a two-natured sign is in the ascendant or the sign in which the Moon is, they say that twins are conceived.
30. If a strong planet in the ascendant aspects a two-natured sign or the navamsha of a two-natured sign, and if Mercury is in a varga of the Moon, it inevitably causes the birth of twins.
31. If Mercury is in the ascendant in the navamsha of a two-natured sign and is not aspected, it produces twins; even with respect to the rules for determining whether the native is male or female, if navamsas of two-natured signs are involved, the womb is said to contain twins.
32. If Jupiter is in a navamsha of Mercury in a two-natured sign or is strong and in conjunction with Mercury or is aspected by Mercury which is in its own navamsha then twins are born.
33. If all the planets are in the ascendant in the portions (bhagas) of a two-natured sign which belong to Mercury or are strong in their own vargas aspected by Mercury, then they say triplets are born.
34. If (the configuration at birth) is similar to that at conception and the planets are not in different positions, then the result produced by them is considered to be even greater than before.
35. The Sun is father by day, Saturn at night; the authorities say that Venus is mother by day, and the Moon is considered to be mother at night. This is always (true) – at conception, during pregnancy, and at birth.36. One knows the characteristics belonging to the mother and father by means of such things as the good or bad places and aspects (of these planets), by means of the strength or weakness of their mutual configurations, and by means of their conditions, ages, complexions, and qualities.
37. One finds the distinguishing features of the father made clear in the odd signs, that of the mother in the even signs; the guru (of the native), with his caste and his family (jati), is to be established, night and day, from the position and configuration of Jupiter.
 In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to conception.
 
 
CHAPTER 6
 
1. If the Moon does not aspect the ascendant, he is not born in the presence of his father. One finds the direction toward which (his father has gone) from the nature of the signs and of the planets in order.
2. In the house (where the birth takes place) the direction of the door is to be described from the planets in the cardines according to their strength. The survival of his mother or her demise (is to be predicted) by means of the planets’ being in their exaltations or dejections.3. If the Moon or the ascendant is in a portion (bhaga) not belonging to Jupiter or is not aspected by Jupiter, they say that the native is begotten by another (than his mother’s husband); or (he is begotten) by … if a strong planet aspects.4. If there is a planet in a cardine which is in its own house or in its own varga, (the native) is born in his own house. Otherwise he is born in a house which (is to be described) from the position of the lords of the ascendant and of the sign in which the Moon is or from their qualities;
5. or one should describe the house from the nature of the planet which is in the fourth place (the place of the house). Certainty regarding houses is obtained by means of the planets which are in their exaltations or depressions or in the fourth or seventh places, and are in immovable signs.
6. If a sign which is strong in mid-heaven is in that place, they say (the native) is born in a hidden house; if (a sign) which is strong in the ascendant or descendent is in the same place, (he is born) in another (house); and if (a sign) which is strong in the fourth place is in that place, (he is born) in his own (house).
7. If (the ascendant) is aspected by Jupiter, (the house) is new; if by the waxing Moon, it is smeared (with cow-dung); if by the Sun, it is old; if by Mars, it is burnt; if by Venus, it is painted and new;
8. if by Mercury, they say it is a grass (hut) with many curves; and if by Saturn, it is old and dilapidated. The presence or absence of (their) qualities in the house is to be judged on the basis of the strengths of the successive signs.
9. If Jupiter is in its own portion (bhaga) in a cardine, (the native) is born in an apartment with a roof; if Mars (is thus), he is born on the ground in front of a (Vedic) fire-hut; if Mercury, he falls onto (sacred) darbha-grass or on the earth;
10. if Venus, in a lake-house or in the water; and if Saturn, in a grass hut which lets in many cold winds. If the Moon is in its own house or navamsha, (he is born) in cold water; if the Sun (is thus), in the granary of his father’s house.11. If the Moon in an even sign is either in the navamsha of a water-sign or in the fourth place (the place of water), they say that (the place of birth) is full of cold water; the same is true if Jupiter is aspected by the Moon, but it is otherwise if Mars and the Sun aspect.
12. One knows the measurements of the things pertaining to the house by means of the amounts by which the ascendant or the Moon has advanced in its sign; one knows the furnishings, colour, and appearance (of these things) from the nature of these (i.e., the ascendant and the Moon), which depends on their
positions among the signs.
13. If the Moon is aspected by or in conjunction with the malefic planets and is not waxing, it causes the loss of both mother and chid; the suffering is caused by diseases arising from the lord of the (Moon’s) sign.14. If the Moon in a navamsha of Saturn is in the ascendant, or if it is in the fourth place in a navamsha of a water-sign, or if Saturn in a cardine is in its own navamsha, and if it is not aspected by the Sun, (the native) is born in darkness.
15. If the benefit planets are strong, (the natives) listen to the sacred tradition (sruti), rejoice in good conduct, and are grateful; devoted to serving gods and Brahmanas and to righteousness (dharma), they wear pure garlands and garments and precious ornaments, and they are brilliant.
16. If the malefic planets have positional strength, (the natives) are rogues and ingrates; treacherous, cruel, greedy, and ugly, they steal others’ goods; they hate good men (sadhu), and are struck by anger and ignorance.17. If the lords of the ascendant and of the sign in which the Moon is are in their own navamsas, in their own exaltations, in their own houses, in the ascendent, in their own mulatrikonas, in upacaya signs, or in cardines, they cause the births of superior men.
18. If the lord of the ascendant is strong, it causes the birth of men having health, fame, and property; if the lord of the birth (is strong, it produces) men possessing great wealth and enjoyment, and having extensive fame and excellence.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to birth.
 
 
CHAPTER 7
 
1. The Moon in its exaltation produces a man who is rich in savory foods, clothing, and ornaments; Jupiter in its exaltation one whose name is famous and who is honored by the king, a noble and wise man of good righteousness (dharma) ;
2. Mars in its exaltation produces a glorious man, a praiseworthy and prominent hero whom it is difficult to assail; Venus one who engages in coquetry, laughter, listening (to music), and singing, a well-dressed man who is lucky with women;
3. Mercury in its exaltation a distinguished man who speaks cleverly, a wise man who is rich in the arts; the Sun a great and very fierce man who thinks of many things; and Saturn one who obtains a command from the king.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to exaltations.
 
4. The Moon in its mulatrikona produces a man who is wealthy because of his family and who enjoys (good things); the Sun a leader; Jupiter a mahattara, a niyukta; Mars a leader of thieves;
5. Venus a rich man who is the headman (varistha) of a city or village; Mercury one who engages in quarrels and wins; and Saturn produces a hero who is satisfied with himself and his possessions, one who is the eldest in his family.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to mulatrikonas.
 
6. The Moon in its own house produces an intelligent and kindly man who delights in righteousness (dharma); the Sun a reddish man, intolerant and fierce, one whose actions are evil; Mercury is a wise man of charming speech;
7. Jupiter one who knows about poetry and the sacred traditions (Sruti) and whose actions are good; Mars a rich man, fierce and fickle; Venus a wealthy farmer; and Saturn a respectable man who knows no unhappiness.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to their own houses.
 
8. The Moon in its friend’s house produces one who obtains happiness from anything; the Sun a famous man whose friendships are firm; Jupiter one who is honored among good men; Mercury a man whose speech is filled with cleverness and humor;9. Mars one who jealously protects his friends’ wealth; Venus a man who is dear to his friends and has a wealth of advice (for them); and Saturn a lord (of men) who eats the food of others. 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to the friends’ houses. 
10. The Moon in its dejection produces a sickly man of little merit; Mars a poor man distressed by miseries; Jupiter a filthy man who has earned contempt; the Sun a servant who is rejected by his relatives;
11. Venus a man of no independence who has lost his wife; Mercury a stupid man who quarrels with his relations; and Saturn a pauper whose behavior is condemned and whose good character is destroyed.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to dejections.
 
12. The Moon in its enemy’s house produces a man with heart-trouble; the Sun a pauper injured by poison; Mars a deformed man whose enemies are united; Jupiter a fool and a homosexual who acts in an ignoble manner;13 . Mercury an ignorant man who is deprived and is a slave to many; Venus one who serves a woman and has no authority; and Saturn a man whose body is tormented by griefs such as sickness.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to their enemies’ houses. 
 
CHAPTER 8
 
1. The influence (of the planets) in the degrees of their exaltations is complete; in their navamsas, as in their mulatrikonas; in their dvadashamshas, as in their houses; and in the degrees of their dejections or of their enemies, it is the least.
2. When they are in these (places) in the vargottamamshas, they have the best influence, but of varying strength; and when they are aspected by benefit planets, they are beneficial, attaining good fortune in accordance with the aspects.
3. One planet in its exaltation produces the results described (in the last chapter); two a man who is famous and wealthy; three the defender of a city or its governor (isvara), the general of an army who collects his own revenue, a noble man;
4. four a rich and glorious king, noble and attached to his own righteousness (dharma); five a famous and most excellent king whose treasury is increased with much wealth;
5. six a man who has inherent in him the power to acquire the wealth and strength of the king of kings, and power with respect to giving and to honour; seven planets in the signs of their exaltations produce one who is lord of the earth bounded by the seas.
6. Even one planet in the sign of its exaltation, if it is aspected by its friends which have positional or temporal or other strength, produces a king whose strength and valor are renowned and who has many friends as his allies.
7. If two planets are in their mulatrikonas, he has a family and is a prominent leader on sea and land; if three, he has wide-spread fame and is of good family, of great wealth, and foremost in his town and tribe;
8. (if four, . . . ; if five, ;)
9. if six, he is a king of good conduct and righteousness (dharma), one who has strength and courage and is the measurer of his kingdom; if seven planets are in their mulatrikonas, he is a lord of me” with the appearance, harem, and paver of a king.10. Two planets in their own houses produce a ma” who is prominent in his family and honored by his people; three the wealthy and honored establisher of his line, a man who knows many sciences;11. four a famous and nobly dressed man who is revered hy his city, his guild, and his tribe; five the equal of those who enjoy the earth, a renowned ma”, the first in his tribe, who has many pleasures, horses, and sons;12. six a lord of men ruling his own kingdom, a man of great fame who has splendour, servants, and a treasury; seven planets in their own houses produce an emperor (rajadhiraja) the ranks of whose foes are overwhelmed.
13. If two planets are in their friends’ houses, (the native) obtains his livelihood from the attachment of his friends; if three, he is a distinguished person famous for his excellent qualities who is useful to his friends and relatives;14. if four, he is a grateful man devoted to gods, Brahmanas, and his teachers, one who is a leader in good behavior; if five, he is a wealthy and glorious servant of the king, one who protects suppliants;
15. if six planets are in their friends’ houses, he has many pleasures and hones and much beauty and he acts like a prince (parthiva); and if seven, he is a lord of men with a wealth of firm riches and with numerous elephants, horses, and servants.16. Two planets in the signs of their dejections produce a man of base actions who is tormented by debt; three planets an unsteady character who lives in many places, a tramp and a pauper;
17. four a fool who serves others, one who has no regard for righteousness (dharma) and whose actions are invalidated by laziness; five a servant who has no house, no possessions, no wife; six a slave afflicted by calamities, fear, and weariness;
18. and seven planets in the signs of their dejections cause the birth of property-less men, low, infirm, and homeless, who follow the trades and eat the food and alms of outcastes, and who wear clothes made of air and scraps of rags.
19. Two planets in their enemies’ houses cause the birth of me” who quarrel much and have tormented souls; three of those whose wealth, acquired by toil, is destroyed and who are afflicted by sorrow and suffer many losses;20. four of those who are struck by the pain which results from the loss of what they love-their sons, their wives, and their wealth; five of those who are afflicted with the miseries and calamities of their relations and whose actions are despised;
21. six planets in their enemies’ houses cause the birth of ignoble men who are pained and saddened by disease; and seven of those who have deformities and are disgusting, who are of the lowest families and who are deprived of food and clothing.22. These planets, in their places of influence, give results to men in accordance with their strengths; but there is also a modification of these (results) due to their being in the (various) horas and navamsas and because of their mutual aspects.
23. If a vargottamamsha is in the ascendant and its lord, in full strength, is aspected by three or more benefit planets, the Greeks proclaim the birth of kings.
24. If three or more planets are strong with directional, positional, temporal, or other strength, and are “brilliant” (vapurdhara), in cardines, and not mixed with the malefic planets, they cause the birth of monarchs.25. If the Moon is in a navamsa of the Sun and if the benefit planets are in cardines while the malefic planets are not in conjunction with the Sun at dawn, the best (astrologer) predict the birth of kings.
26. If three or more planets in their own navamsha but not in their enemies’ houses or in the signs of their dejections are at full strength and are “brilliant” (vapurudvahanti), and if they are aspected by benefit planets while the Moon is not weak, they produce kings.27. If the Moon in its own exaltation or navamssa is in the ascendant aspected by its lord, which is very strong, and if it is full, while the malefic planets are in cadent places, then it produces a king.
28. If even one planet in its exaltation aspects the Moon in a vargottamamsha while the malefic planets are not in the cardines, it causes the birth of a king who enjoys a good realm.
29. If the full Moon is in the fourth place or in the navamsha of a water-sign and a benefit planet is in the ascendant in its own varga, and if the malefic planets are not in the cardines, then the birth of kings is announced.
30. If a navamsha of the Sun aspected by the Sun is in the ascendant, and if the full Moon is in its own house or navamsha, and if Jupiter aspected by Venus is in a cardine, then it produces the birth of monarchs.
31. If all the planets are strong and in signs which rise backwards, but not in their enemies’ houses or in the signs of their dejections, and if the full Moon is in the ascendant aspected by the benefit planets, which are at their strongest, they cause the birth of a king.32. Even one planet, if it is strong and of undiminished “brilliance”, and if it is in the vargottamamsha in its own house aspected by three friendly planets, causes the birth of kings.33. If the lord of the nativity (lit. “birth-sign”) is in an upacaya place, and if a benefit planet is in a cardine or in the navamsha of the house of a benefit planet, while the malefic planets are weak, it causes the birth of a great lord of the people.34. If the lord of the ascendant is strong in a cardine, and is in a friend’s house and aspected by a friend, while an excellent planet is rising, it produces a king who is a famous and honoured lord of the earth.35. If the lord of the ascendant and of the Moon’s sign, both in cardines, are uninjured and are aspected by benefit planets, while the ascendant and the Moon are in their navamsha, they cause the birth of lords of the earth.36. If any planet in a cardine is in its own exaltation, house, or portion (bhaga), or in the portion (bhaga) of a friend, while the sign of its exaltation is in the ascendant, and if it is aspected by benefit planets, it causes the birth of a lord.
37. If Jupiter is in the ascendant, the lord of (that) sign (the ascendant) in the fifth house, and the lord of (the sign of) its exaltation in a cardine, and if the malefic planets, though very powerful, do not aspect, then in this yoga it produces a king, the lord of the masters of magic.
38. If the lords of the ascendant and of the sign in which the Moon is are strong, being in their friends’ houses or in cardines, and if the Moon is in a water-sign or in the fourth place, they cause the birth of kings.39. In this yoga, if the two (lords) are in the fifth place while a benefit planet is in a cardine in its own varga and a navamsha of the lord of (that) sign (the ascendant) is in the ascendant, then they produce the best king, one who is firm.
40. Seeing configurations of this sort in the horoscopes of kings, even though they have not been mentioned, (an astrologer, by analogy), determines the influence of the planets, observing as well the good effects of time, position, and aspect.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the birth of kings.
 
 
CHAPTER 9
 
1. Benefic planets in (these) configurations always produce righteous (kings) of good behavior who are famous for their good qualities; malefic planets produce (kings) who act cruelly and fiercely, whose natures are debased, and who are unrighteous and impure.
2. If (the yoga) involves all the planets being in their exaltations to the degree while all these planets are strong, a benefit planet is in the ascendant, and the Moon is full, it produces the emperor of the three worlds.
3. If all the planets are in the vargottamas in their own houses and are brilliant (atidiptabhas) while a benefit planet is in a cardine, they produce a master of the world consisting of four continents and the sea.
4. If all the planets in their own navamsas are in their friends’ houses or if, in their friends’ navamsas, they are in their own houses, they produce a lord having power in their (the planets’) regions in the four continents on earth.5. If all the (benefit) planets are in benefit signs in the cardines in benefit navamshas and if the malefic planets are not “blazing” (adipta) and are not in the cardines, they cause the birth of yogis and of munis who have the divine eye and supernatural power.6. If, in this yoga, the benefit planets are in the cardines, and the malefic planets are “blazing” (dipta) and are also in the cardines, then there is born an honored enjoyer of the earth, whose enemies are overcome by his wisdom.7. If all the planets, in the signs of their exaltations or in their houses, are in their own navamsas and aspect the ascendant, there is born a king of firm strength, a lord of the earth.
8. If all the planets in their own portions (bhaga) in the signs of their exaltations are strong, then there is born a learned and strong (lord) of the people, who is entrusted with the command in the world.
9. By means of the strong aspects of the signs and navamsas and by means of the aspects and conjunctions with the houses of friends, (this yoga) causes even those who originate in low families to become lords and kings, according to the positional strengths (of the planets).
10. If all the planets, being strong and to the North, aspect the ascendant, while the Moon is full, there is born a lord in the world with its four oceans.
11. If one planet is in its exaltation, the king enjoys royal prosperity on a seventh of the earth; because of the incompleteness of these (planets) (i.e., the number of the planets in their exaltations less than seven) the kings rule over a (corresponding) portion of the earth.
12. If, in the yogas or in parts of yogas, (the planets) are without strength, then (the natives) become generals (nayaka), ministers (amatya), or priests (purohita); one should describe the resulting magnitude and fortune (of the native) on the basis of the distinctions which pertain to the signs, planets, and so on.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the birth of kings.
 
13. If the Moon is in the ascendant or in an upacaya place aspected by benefic planets, it causes the birth of a lord (isvara); if the Moon is aspected by the lord of the sign in which it is when that planet is strong, it causes the birth of an overlord (adhisvara).
14. If the lord of the ascendant or a friendly planet is in the ascendant aspecting an upacaya place of the Moon, they cause the birth of chieftains of armies, cities, towns, and tribes, with modifications similar to their own (the planets’) selves.15. If the Moon in its own navamsha is aspected by Venus at night, it causes the birth of a lord (isvara) ; if it is aspected by Jupiter by day, it causes the birth of one superior to that.
16. By means of this yoga, even if it is only in a friend’s navamsha, the Moon produces the best men; the Moon, if it is aspected by three friends either night or day, produces men who support their friends.17. If the Moon is in the house of a benefit planet away from the ascendant while benefit planets are in the cardines, it causes the birth of wise men of great wealth who have in their retinue those who have vowed to live truthfully.
In the Yavanajataka: the birth of lords (isvara).
18. If the Moon is in a house or a navamsha of a benefit planet and is aspected by three benefit planets without any other, it produces a noble man full of knowledge and science, who is foremost because of the three purities.
19. If the Moon, even though in the house of a malefic planet, is aspected in strength by Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury without being aspected by the malefic planets, it causes the birth of those who have outstanding speech and knowledge.
20. If the benefit planets are in the cardines and the malefic planets in the third, ninth, and eleventh places, the Moon in a friend’s house causes the birth of wise men of good conduct; if it is waning, it produces ascetics.21. If the benefit planets in their own vargas are in the cardines and the Moon is in the house of a benefit planet, they produce ascetics, yogis, and men of excellent qualities.
22. If the benefit planets are in navamsas and houses of the benefit planets in the cardines while the Moon is full and the navamsha of a benefit planet is in the ascendant, they cause the birth of men intent on righteousness (dharma) and sacred tradition (sruti).
 
In the Yavanajataka: the birth of king, of holy men (sadhu).
 
23. If the malefic planets are in the ascendant in the house of a malefic planet and the benefit planets are in the cardines, they cause the birth of leaders of bands of thieves whose hoards are acquired by cruel and wicked deeds.
24. If the benefit planets are in the ascendant and the malefic planets are in the cardines, they produce the strong chieftain of an army and castle; but if they (the malefic planets) are in conjunction with three benefic planets, (they produce) a firm king of wise policy and terrible strength.
25. Even one planet without the configurations mentioned (in the preceding verses), if it has temporal or other strength and is in the ascendant or is aspected by a benefic planet or is in a cardine, causes the birth of a prominent man.
26. A benefit planet aspected by malefic planets and in a bad place causes the birth of a vile, indigent, and diseased man; malefic planets give a result that is greater (i.e., worse) by a third.
27. If the Moon is in a navamsha of a malefic planet, the malefic planets are in the ascendant, and the benefit planets are weak in the houses of the malefic planets, they produce fameless men whose persons and actions are the lowest and who are censured by the world.
28. Examining configurations of this sort, from the signs, navamsas, and aspects, and from the planets, one should determine the birth and family of the vilest among men of highest, middle, or lowest rank.
29. These yogas which, because of the positions and courses of the benefit planets, have been mentioned as producing prominent men are also to be mentioned in reverse as producing wicked men when their connections are with the malefic planets.
 
In the Yavanajataka: the chapter on the births of kings of thieves.
 
 
CHAPTER 10
 
1. If a planet is in the second place from the Moon, those who understand yogas call it sunapha (sunaphi); if it is leaving the Moon, they call it anaphora (anaphora); and if (there are planets) on both sides (of the Moon), they call it daurudhura (doriphoria).
2. If these yogas with respect to the Moon do not occur and there are no planets in the cardines, this configuration, lacking the aspect of all the planets, is called kemadruma (kenodromia); it is of the lowest influence.
3. One finds that the man born under sunapha is wise and strong, of exalted conduct and independent behavior, one who has obtained fame on earth, an excellent person, bedecked and beloved, a man desiring righteousness (dharma).
4. The Moon, entering into anaphara, produces a glorious and eloquent man who is attached to business, an enjoyer whose actions are unimpaired and distinguished and who possesses all noble qualities.
5. One should know that a man born under daurudhura is a rich lord possessing distinguished enjoyments and garments, an independent man whose good conduct is well-known, a man who stands to the fore gaining fame by means of his eloquence, intelligence, courage, and other (virtues).
6. The authorities say that one born under kemadruma is a low slave to others, who does not enjoy family, wife, home, or food, one whose actions and conduct are reviled and who practices various devices.
7. The influences in the configurations called by their proper names have been recited correctly; (now) I will describe these yogas separately and in detail with reference to their connections with the planets.
8. Jupiter, entering into sunapha, produces a famous man whose intelligence is informed by many sciences, a king or one who acts like a king, a celebrated person with a family of great wealth.
9. Venus, entering into sunapha, produces a well dressed master of wife, home, fields, and quadrupeds, one who is honored by the king and endowed with good luck, beauty, position, and courage.
10. One who is born under sunapha in a configuration with Mercury is an eloquent and wise poet who knows music, singing, sacred traditions (Sruti), and sciences, a well behaved man, friendly to (all) creatures, whose fame and wealth increase.
11. One should know that a man born under sunapha of Mars is fierce and strong, often engaging in battle and thievery and devoted to riot and enmity, the destructive but rich leader of an army or tribe.
12. One should say that a man born under sunaphs of Saturn is a clever and prosperous person who is secretive in his actions, a man who is honoured or is the mahattara of a city or town, a greedy fellow of impure character but healthy body.
13. If Jupiter enters anaphara, he is a man with a family who has much wealth and does many things, a poet endowed with inscrutability, intellect, firmness, and courage, a Brihmapa or one who is handsome and of good counsel.
14. One who is born under anaphara of Venus is a handsome man who is fond of sexual intercourse and is lucky with women, a generous and affectionate person who possesses oxen, lands, gold, and merchandise, a glorious king.
15. If Mercury enters into anaphara with the Moon, he is an orator who is clever at writing and transcribing, one who is devoted to music and acts of sexual intercourse, a poet whose deeds are well known and whose knowledge is authoritative.
16. One who is born under anaphara of Mars is a proud and contemptuous leader of a band of robbers, a bold and envious thief who is eager for battle, a self-controlled and haughty man whose splendor is brilliant.
17. One who is born under anaphara of Saturn is rich in extensive lands, iron, and quadrupeds, is listened to and revered among the tribes, and has many sons, but he is unmanly and the husband of a bad wife.
18. The Moon between Jupiter and Venus produces a master of forces whose intelligence, firmness, courage, and bravery are renowned and who has hoarded much, or the supreme head of the merchants’ guilds.19. The Moon between Jupiter and Mercury produces a clever and eloquent poet who is learned in knowledge, science, sacred traditions (sruti), and righteousness (dharma), a man who does his duty.
20. The Moon in daurudhura of Jupiter and Mars produces a man of enormous wealth whose deeds are famous, one who quarrels much, will not put up with insult, and is on his guard.
21. The Moon in daurudhura of Saturn and Jupiter produces a famous, wise, revered, happy, and glorious man, a handsome and calm person who is clever in the knowledge of strategems (naya).
22. The Moon between Venus and Mercury produces a wealthy man who speaks sweetly, one who knows about debating, singing, and drama, and who has good food and possesses clothing and victuals.
23. The Moon between Mars and Venus produces a handsome and competent man who is lucky with other men’s wives, a generous person who indulges in gymnastics, heroics, weaponry, and debates, and who desires to win.24. The Moon between Saturn and Venus produces an honored, prosperous, and clever man who is in a position of authority, the head of his clan, but one who is a favorite in sexual intercourse with aged and sinful women.
25. If the Moon enters daurudhura of Mars and Mercury, he is a greedy and dishonest man who speaks many lies, but the chief of his tribe or a man with lots of land and money.
26. If the Moon is between Saturn and Mercury, he is a man of little knowledge who wanders in foreign countries striving for wealth, one who is honoured among other peoples but opposed by his own, a person quick to beg from others and to pay them homage.
27. If the Moon is between Saturn and Mars, he is an irate and slanderous man who has many enemies, a prattler tormented by miseries who has many acquisitions and much wealth, but whose hoard is insecure.
28. If, in these configurations, the malefic planets are in their mulatrikonas, houses, or navamsas, or in the sixth and eighth places, or in the signs of their dejections or their enemies’ houses, or if they are overcome, they injure whatever is related to (that particular) sign, navamsha or portion (bhaga).29. They say that a benefit planet whose strength is increased by its being in the sign of its exaltation or in some other place, if it is in a cardine and aspected by a benefit planet, in these configurations causes the birth of a man who is superior in the world and has great qualities.
30. If the Moon is in a yoga in one sign, it is said to have an influence equal to that of the benefit or malefic planets (it is with); whatever influence was mentioned previously for the course of the Moon is to be maintained with respect to the planets in conjunction with the Moon.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to the yogas of the Moon.

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