623 – 625. (a) There may arise a doubt in the present context. Declaring the effects of year etc. (as discussed in the current chapter) will be futile since there are no guidelines about the time of their maturity. But it is not so. Dundhi Raja in his Jatakabharanam has stated in respect of results of week day, Nakshatra, Thithi, Karana, Yoga and others as under.
(b) Results due to birth in a given (Jovian) year will mature in the dasa ruled by the planet who rules the Savana year at birth; that of Ayana and Ritu of birth in the dasa of the Sun; that of the month of birth in the dasa of the lord of the month of birth.
That of Gana, Nakshatra and Paksha of birth in the dasa of the Moon;
That of Thithi and Karana of birth in the sub period of the Moon under the dasa of the Sun;
That of the week day of birth in the dasa ruled by the lord of the week day of birth;
That of Nitya Yoga or Dina Yoga of birth in the dasa of the stronger of the luminaries;
that of the natal ascendant in the dasa of the natal ascendant lord; that of the Moon sign at birth in the dasa of the Moon’s dispositor; and that of the Bhava in the natal horoscope will come to pass, in the dasa of the lord of the Bhava in question.
Notes: Knowledge of lord of the year, month etc. is necessary to understand these instructions. These are too detailed to be reproduced here. I have discussed these in great detail in my notes in chapter 27 of Volume 1 of my English translation of Briaht Parasara Hora Sastra. Reference may accordingly be made by the reader.
In the same way, the results for birth in day time and night time be declared to occur in the dasas of the Sun and of the Moon in order.
Thus end instructions concerning effects of Years and others.
626.629. (a) The effects of Shadvarga (six divisions) are being stated infra. For this, the degree of ascendant is to be computed.
Brahma Siddhanta stipulates, “The Ayanamsa (or precessional) value should be added in case of the ascendant, the Sun and Chara (ascensional differences).”
According to this, the Sun’s degree should be increased by the Ayanamsa value. The ascendant calculated with the help of tropical Sun will also be tropical. Again, the treatises of sages contain no instruction to reduce the Ayanamsa value from the tropical ascendant. Hence Shadvarga effects should be declared based on tropical ascendant only, and not on sidereal ascendant. (That such doubts may occur in some minds, is the fear of the author. Hence, his following clarifications.)
But that is not the case. For the Sun God in Surya Jataka instructs to deduct the precessional value in the degree of tropical ascendant and to base effects for Shadvarga (and others) on sidereal ascendant.
The Sun God states: Add Ayanamsa of the epoch concerned to the Nirayana Sun to get tropical Sun (and call it “A”). Note the ascending duration of the resultant tropical Sun sign (as at “A”) and call it “B”. Multiply “A” by “B” and the resultant product is to be known as “C”. Divide “C” by 30 and arrive at “D”. Reduce “D” from the time of birth to get “E”. Remove from “E” the various wholesome durations, of the signs subsequent to the tropical Sun sign. The balance left out in this process be multiplied by 30 and be divided by the ascending duration of the sign next to the last of the signs deducted from “E”. The resultant figure be increased by the left out portion of the last of these signs from which Ayanamsa value should be expunged. Thus is arrived at the Nirayana ascendant. (This applies to day birth.)
In case of night birth add six signs to the Sun’s position and conduct the rest of the process as above.
630 . 631. Shadvarga: Hara Pradipa has the following to state in respect of effects of the six divisions of the ascendant. Physique from the ascendant, wealth from Hora, effects of work (i.e. livelihood) from Drekkana, brothers (and sisters) from Saptamsa, progeny from Navamsa, spouse from Dvadasamsa, and death from Trimsamsa are to be considered, according to the learned in astrology.
632 . 634. Aries Ascendant: One born in Aries ascendant will be given to anger, very miserly and will live in foreign lands. He will be content with a limited number of children. His eyes will resemble that of a goat. He will stammer in speech, be skilful, an excellent personage and will perform excellent deeds. His co–born and friends will be inimical to him. He will have little intelligence and be fickle-minded. His kinsmen will be mean. He will be timid, firm, wealthy, and disconsolate. He will do small
635 – 636. Taurus Ascendant: One born in Taurus ascendant will be fortunate, famous and will achieve his desires in respect of robes and ornaments. He will be a miser in regard to food and drinks, and be fond of his beloved or virgins. He will follow the same line of work as his father. His chest will be prominent. He will be troubled by his own men and be a uniquely religious person. Phlegmatic and windy disorders will trouble him. His wealth will emanate from business activities, tilling, gambling and water resorts. He will be firm, skilful and will patronize his dependants and be famous. His wife will be very fierce, odd and be an evil person, and his kinsfolk will be fierce. These are the effects for Taurus ascendant.
Notes: “Dayita” means a beloved as well as wife. “Beloved” is more suitable to the context, followed by the expression “virgins” as an alternative.
637 – 639. Gemini Ascendant: One born in the third ascendant – Gemini – will speak affably and be greatly munifIcent. He will be skilful in the meanings of scriptures, music and arts, fond of enjoying pleasures, subdued by lust and will possess an excellent spouse and two mothers. He will be the best among those deserving honour, be skilful and will have excess or deficiency of limbs. His enemies will be nowhere, i.e. defeated. He will be unmanageable, mean and endowed with family, wealth, will have evil sons, be impartial, will have a limited number of relatives, and be indolent in religious matters. He will not delay matters concerning accumulation of wealth, will have many wives, be diseased, will destroy his foes, confine to his own place, make efforts to dispel diseases, acquire precious stones, wool, gold and landed properties, be a famous orator and be modest.
These are the effects for Gemini ascendant.
640 – 642. Cancer Ascendant: One born in Cancer ascendant will have crooked disposition, will live in many places, honour gods and Brahmins, be magnanimous, intelligent, kind to destitute men and be phlegmatic and windy in constitution. He will be of unstable mind, will be hasty, timid, will spend his wealth for others’ sake, be honourable, excellent among his men and be lustful. He will possess wicked sons, be garrulous, will ‘ I have good relatives, will have (more) daughters (than sons), and be tender-hearted. His possessions will also include cows, buffalos. wealth, grains, robes and ornaments. He will be adventurou and very bold. He will live in foreign lands and (some of) his kinsfolk will be of evil conscience. He will differentiate between sin, truth and the good.
These are the effects for Cancer ascendant.
Notes: As for relatives, two contradictory versions are found in the text. Hence it should be understood that some of his relatives will be good while some will be evil.
643 – 645. Leo Ascendant: The face of one born in Leo ascendant will resemble that of a lion. He will be endowed with great radiance and strong shoulders and chest. He will earn royal honours, be bold, profound, endowed with strong positions, fond of meat, will speak sparingly and cause happiness to others. He will combat (lit. kill) his co-born and kinsfolk, if they are found to be evil. He will be more of windy constitution, will endure grief, be very irascible, will wander in forests and mountains, will torture others, be a miser, will destroy his foes, will patronize his family members for his own sake, be interested in agriculture etc., endowed with friends and relatives, be a spendthrift, attached to other religions and will consume filthy food. His spouse will be aged, a dancer, an ascetic, inferior or business-minded.
These are the effects for Leo ascendant.
Notes: For a native of Leo ascendant, attributing “filthy food” is not correct. This is against the nature of lion denoted by the Sun, the lord of the ascendant.
“Miserliness” is also incorrect. In fact “spendthrift” appears later in the text which is correct and is in line with the disposition of 2nd and 11th lord Mercury.
646 . 648. Virgo Ascendant: One born in Virgo ascendant will be soft-spoken, kind, lustful, charming and modest. He will be knowledgeable in music, poetry, Behaviour, arts, Donorship, Civility and Love (all these – as subjects of study). He will have I a penchant for acquiring daughters, affection, enjoyment and might and will enjoy others’ wealth. He will be lovely or noble bydisposition, be a wanderer, dual-natured, more windy in constitution, will have limited number of (or foolish) progeny, be righteous and honourable. He will receive honours from the members of his race, be mighty, a family man and industrious. He will not be favourable to unchaste women. He will go against his co-born. His anger will accumulate due to uncivilized and inimical lot.
These are the effects for Virgo ascendant.
649 – 651. Libra Ascendant: One born in Leo ascendant will possess handsome features. His complexion will be dark with a mix of blood-red shade. He will be of unstable mind, be indolent in disposition and be tall. An ungrateful person, he will diminish his earnings. He will have crooked limbs. An orator, he will be highly intelligent, righteous and be much in grief. He will travel through the country, will have (medical) knowledge of phlegm and wind, will follow the codes laid down in scriptures, will promote strife and possess a beloved. He will be pure, will own large conveyances, will perform fire sacrifices and be honourable. His father is of questionable origin. The subject will be fond of his co-born. His spouse will have a base background. His kinsfolk. will wish ill of him. His sons will destroy his family. He will be sinful and be physically weak. His foes will be soft in disposition. Poetry will be his calling.
These are the effects for Libra ascendant.
Notes: “Kritagna Pujyah” in sloka 650 should read as “Krita Yagnah Pujyah” which means performing fire sacrillces and being honourable.
These are the effects for Libra ascendant.
652 – 654. Scorpio Ascendant: If the 8th sign – Scorpio¬ascends, one will have broad and stout chest, a drooping belly and tawny eyes expressing profundity. He will be of more bilious constitution. He will have a pendulous nose and be a betrayer. He will be evil for his mother, be firm, fierce, of crooked disposition, jealous and will betray his friends. He will posses large landed properties and will yet live on others’ food. He will promote violence and quarrels, be heroic, will hav3 illicit connections with other women and will earn foes. He will have royal associations, will gather wealth through sinful means and be a family man. He will be mean, fierce, devoted to his work, will have progeny, and will seek Lord Siva’s mercy. He will patronize those who are modest, be interested in eminent women and be a wanderer.
These are the effects for Scorpio ascendant.
655.657. Sagittarius Ascendant: One born in Sagittarius ascendant will have a stout and prominent physique. He will be bashful, and will possess large eyes and defective nails. His enemies will be subdued. His chest, shoulders, arms, belly, teeth, ears and nose will all be large. He will help others and will excel in the knowledge of many scriptures. He will be fierce, intelligent, truthful in his calling and be the best person among his family members. His righteous acts will be for his own sake. He will be fond of his kinsmen. He will have knowledge of arts and be skilful. He will resort only to peaceful means to achieve his aims. He will have many wives and sons, be more phlegmatic and windy in constitution, will incur diseases of the mouth (or face) and eyes, will have a lot of movements and be very mean to achieve his family ends. His wealth will be destroyed by the king or by
These are for Sagittarius ascendant.
658.660. Caoricorn Ascendant: One born inCarpricorn ascendant will be ugly, emaciated, will have a face resembling that of deer, be timid, very tall and be endowed with much wealth and much soft disposition. He will have well-risen (or prominent) and curly hair, white tinged eyes and a broad chest. He will be fickle-minded and be troubled by hunger. Devoind of orthodox conduct, he will move in mountains and forests. He will have knowledge of music and scriptures, be very munificent, devoid of affection, be more windy in constitution, will possess a mean spouse, be indolent, a spendthrift, will possess beautiful eyes and waist, be bereft of jealousy, be righteous and will live in foreign lands. He will a\gather wealth through king, arts trading and velour, will have many daughters, will have good behaviour, be mean, fickle-minded, a family man, subdued by his spouse and will have wicked relatives and crafty enemies.
These are for Capricorn ascendant.
661 – 664. Aquarius Ascendant: (a) One born in Aquarius ascendant will have widely split nose-tip. He will be mean, though born in an excellent family. He will promote strife, be independent, given to anger, ever thirsty, more phlegmatic and windy in constitution, emaciated, a well-wisher of others, talebearer and notorious. He will be inclined to perform being tasks among men, be very indolent and will lose friends and family members. He will be immersed in pleasures form women, gambling and attaining the four human ends. He will live in foreign lands, be spendthrift, crafty, troubled by co-born, and wicked and blameworthy in his deeds. He will acquire a skilful spouse who will promote quarrels. His friends. will be crafty and not be well-intentioned. He will be jealous and troubled by phlegmatic disorders.
(b) Varaha Mihira states as under. Satyacharya does not consider Aquarius ascendant as an auspicious one. Yavanas condemn even its Dvaydasamsa divisions. Vishnu Gupta counters, “which then is the sign that has no Dvadasamsa of Aquarius?”
665 – 667. Pisces Ascendant: One born in Pisces ascendant will be interested in jobs like pulverizing (i.e. associated with activities producing flour and the like), will incur skin diseases will have a round face, be fond of liquor and meat, be bold: physically strong, intelligent, pure, will follow scriptural laws and be modest. He will be learned in music, female’s routines (i.e. domestic chores) and craftsmanship. He will have (more) female issues, be endowed with conviction and fame and be unmanageable. He will have a large and unstable family. He will be fortunate, firm, will have splendorous co-born, be predominantly of phlegmatic and windy constitution and be grain-whisker (Cf. association with flour stated earlier). He will have dealings with fruits, be magnificent, will have mean and fierce foes, be soft-spoken and smiling and will incur diseases caused by snakes, fire and blood. He will have a physique weakened by poison.
These are the effects for Pisces ascendant.
Notes: Pulverizer and grain-whisker denote professions related to agricultural fields and flour mills.
Now effects of Hora or half of a sign.