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The classic Garga Hora by Sage Gargacharya is one of the ancient scriptures which explains the principles of astrology in brief sutras.
SUTRAS 1-150
1. Jupiter in his own house along with Saturn and Mercury will bestow long life. Such native often will beget wealth.
2. Should Venus be in Pisces along with Jupiter and the Moon, the native will acquire kingly fortunes and will have many sons and family.
3. Should the Ascendant be in a malefic Rāśi, while the Lord thereof occupies the 7th house and Jupiter is posited in the 8th along with the Sun, the child will die at the age of eight.
4. If Mercury and Mars be together in the Ascendant, or 6th, or 8th, the native will either be a thief, or will indulge in awful acts. Such a person will have defect in his hands and legs.
5. Mercury in the Ascendant, or 6th, or 8th can cause death at the age of 4. Even if the native is dipped in nectar, it will be of no avail.
6. Mars and Jupiter in exchange in Rāśi will inflict death at the age of 12. Even though Lord Siva may desire to save the person, it is rare to escape death in such a case.
7. Should Jupiter occupy a house of Mars identical with 2nd, 6th, or 8th from Lagna, this child doubtlessly will face death in its sixth year.
8. If Rahu occupies the Ascendant at birth, while the Moon is in the 6th/9th, the child will die within 20 days of birth. Similar effects will prevail, if Rahu is in the 4th from Lagna, while the Moon occupies one of the angles.
9. Death will be inflicted by Rahu in the 7th from Lagna, while the Moon is in the Ascendant. Even nectar will not be useful to him and the death will come to pass in the 10th year of the child.
10. If the Moon is in the 12th from Lagna, while malefics are in the 6th house, the native will be short lived. He will suffer from stomach disorders.
11. If Rahu occupies the 9th, or the 10th, the native will die at 16, though Indra, Lord of Lords, may try to protect him.
12. Death will come to pass at the age of 20, if Saturn and the Sun are in exchange Rāśi.
13. If Rahu is in the Ascendant, while the Moon is in the 6th (or both of them being together in the 6th) will promote diseases in the rectum, indigestion and deficiency of a limb.
14. Death will be caused due to leprosy, or tuberculosis, if the Sun is in 8th, while Saturn is in 6th.
15. If the Sun is in the Ascendant at birth, the native will be subjected to mental worries and will have no place of his own.
16. The child will die instantly, if Rahu is in the Ascendant, or in 8th and is in aspect to the Moon. Even Indra cannot save such child.
17. The native will have a life-span of 100 years, if two Angles are occupied by Jupiter and Venus, while the Sun is in 12th and Mercury is in Lagna.
18. There will be no Arishtas (evils), if Jupiter is in an Angle, or in a Trine, or in own House/exaltation House, as the Lagna. This will be so throughout the life.
19. There will be no evils whatsoever, if one of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury is in an Angle and with positional strength.
20. There is no evil whatsoever, if Saturn happens to be in the Ascendant, 3rd, or the 6th and be at the same time in Libra, Aquarius, or Capricorn.
21. If the 2nd from the Ascendant is tenanted by Rahu, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and the Sun together, the mother will die soon. Alternatively it can be the father of the child.
22. if the Sun is in Leo, or in Aries identical with the 6th, or the 11th and is aspected by a friendly planet, the evils, if any are simply counteracted.
23. Should Rahu be in the Ascendant identical with Aries, Taurus, or Cancer and be in aspect to a benefic planet, no evil exists in the horoscope.
24. RajaYoga is caused, if Saturn and the Moon are in the Lagna, while its trines are occupied by the Sun and Jupiter. Mars should be simultaneously in the 10th house.
25. Should the Sun be in the 9th in Leo, the native will not have a surviving co-born. If however, one exists, he becomes a king.
26. If Rahu is in Karma Sthana i.e. the 10th house, identical with own house and in the company of Mars, Mercury and Venus, the native will sometimes prosper and yet sometimes will have downfall.
27. The subject is born in a mean descent, if malefics are in the 2nd, Rahu is in the 3rd and Jupiter is in the 5th.
28. If the Sun etc. (i.e. other malefics) are in the 4th, 5th and 9th, the native will lose his first issue, while the later ones may survive.
29. Should malefics be in the 2nd along with Mars and Saturn, while Rahu is in the 3rd, the co-born will not survive.
30. Chatra Yoga is formed, if all planets are in the Ascendant, 2nd, 7th and 12th, he will become a leader of his race.