Sloka 9 : The Moon has a huge body, and is young as well as old; he is lean and white; has fine lovely eyes, black and thin hair. He governs blood. He is soft in speech, wears a white garment and is beautiful in complexion. He has wind and phlegm in his composition and is mild in temperament.
Sloka 10 : Mars has a slender waist, curled and shining hair. He has fierce eyes, he is bilious and cruel in nature. He wears a red garment, and is of a reddish hue. He is wrathful but exceedingly generous. He has a youthful appearance and governs marrow in the body.
Sloka 11 : Mercury is green as the blade of a Durva or panic grass. He is a mixture of the three humours (Vata – wind), (pittha – bile) and (Kapha-phlegm). His body is full of veins. He is pleasant in his speech. He has red and long eyes and is clad in green, He governs the skin, is fond of fun and possesses even limbs.
Sloka 12 : Jupiter has a body of yellowish hue. His eyes arid hair are brown. He has got a fat and elevated chest and possesses a big body. He is phlegmatic in temperament and is exceedingly intelligent. His voice is similar to that of a lion or the sound of the conch. He is always after wealth.
If be the reading, the translation will be “He governs fat.”
Sloka 13 : Venus is clad in a garment of variegated colour. He has black curled hair. His limbs and body are huge. He has much wind and phlegm in his composition. His body has the colour of the Durva sprout. He is very lovely and has broad eyes. He has treasured his virile power.
Sloka 14 : Saturn is dark in form, lame, and has wind in his composition. He has got deep eyes, and a lean and tall body full of arteries and veins. He is idle, and is exceedingly calumniating. He governs the muscle in the body. He is cruel and has no pity. He is dull-headed. He has got large nails; teeth, stiff hair and limbs. He is dirty and is of sinful disposition. He is fierce and is a personification of anger. He is ripe with old age and wears a black garment.
Sloka 15 : The following are places frequented by the Sun: A temple belonging to Siva, an open area, an open place where there is light, a region destitute of water and the Eastern quarter. The Moon’s abodes are place where Goddess Parvati is kept, the spot occupied by a female, a place where there is water, a herb or plant a spot where honey or liquor is kept and the North-west quarter. The places resorted to by thieves, or occupied by low people, one where there is fire, a battle-field and the Southern quarter are declared to Delong to Mars. Mercury governs the places frequented by learned men, the spot where God Vishnu is kept, an assembly a recreation ground, a mathematical hall and the Northern quarter.
Sloka 16 : The places belonging to Jupiter are: Treasury, the Aswattha (Pipul) tree, the dwelling of Gods and Brahmins, and the North-east quarter. The places of Venus are: courtesan’s quarters, the harem, the dancing hall, the bed room, and the south -east quarter. Saturn’s abodes are the lines where low people (out-casts) live, dirty places, Western quarter and the temple of the deity (Sasta-generally known as aiyanarkoil in Tamil and analogous to in Kannada). The places of Rahu and Ketu are: an ant-hill, the dark holes occupied by serpents and the south-western direction.
Sloka 17 : A worshipper of Siva, a physician, a king, a performer of a sacrifice, a minister, tiger, deer, and the ruddy goose, are signified by the Sun. One who worship Sasta deity, a female, a washer man, a cultivator, an aquatic animal, a hare, an antelope crane and the Greek partridge – are denoted by the Moon.
Sloka 18 : Matters relating to the cook (in the kitchen), an arms bearer, a goldsmith, a ram, a cock, a jackal, a monkey, a vulture and a thief belong to Mars. A cowherd, a learned man, an artisan, a clever accountant, a Vishnu bhakta (worshipper of Vishnu), Garuda, a chataka bird, a parrot and a cat are represented by Mercury.
Sloka 19 : An astrologer, a minister, a preceptor, a Brahmin, a Sanyasi-chief, an important personage, a pigeon, a horse and a swan relate to Jupiter. About a musician, a wealthy man a sensualist, a merchant, a dancer, a weaver, a courtezan, a peacock, a buffalo, a parrot and a cow, one ought to ascertain through Venus.
Sloka 20 : An oil monger, a servant, a vile person, a hunter, a blacksmith, an elephant, a crow, and the cuckoo-these have to be assigned to Saturn. A Buddhist, a snake-catcher, an ass, a ram, a wolf, a camel, a serpent, a place enveloped in darkness and the like, a mosquito, a bug, an insect and an owl-all these should be declared to belong to Rahu and Ketu.
Sloka 21 : Mercury is the Sun’s neutral; Saturn and Venus are his enemies. The Moon’s friends are the Sun and Mercury; the rest are all neutrals to him. Mars’ neutrals are Venus and Saturn, and Mercury is his enemy. The Moon is Mercury’s enemy; Venus and the Sun are his friends.
Sloka 22 : Venus and Mercury are the enemies of Jupiter; Saturn is neutral to him. Jupiter and Mars arc neutral towards Venus. Saturn and Mercury are his friends. Jupiter is neutral towards Saturn. Venus and Mercury are his friends. In cases where certain planets have been omitted, they must be considered to fulfill the relationship that has not been mentioned.
Notes
It will be appropriate here to furnish the reader in a simplified manner the general rule to find out the natural friends of planets. This has been put in a neat form by Satyacharya.
Planets are friendly to any given planet when they happen to own the 5th, 12th, 2nd, 4th, 8th and 9th houses counted from the planet’s Moolatrikona Rasi or when they happen to own the planet’s exaltation Rasi. The rest are his enemies.
