Sloka 24 : The person at whose birth Saturn is in the 9th house will be bereft of fortune, wealth children, father and religious merit. He will be wicked. If Saturn should occupy the 10th house, the person born will, be a king or minister, will devote himself to agriculture, will be brave, rich and renowned. The person who has Saturn in the 11th house in his nativity will have a long span of life, lasting wealth and good income, will be brave, free from disease and moneyed. Saturn in the 12th house makes the native impudent, indigent, without children, defective of some limb, stupid and driven out by his enemies.
Sloka 25 : If at a birth Rahu occupy the Lagna, the person concerned will have a short life, possess wealth and strength, and will suffer frog diseases in the higher limbs of his body (head, face, etc.) The person who has at his birth Rahu in the 2nd house will be dubious or insincere in his speech, will suffer from disease in the mouth or face, will be tenderhearted, will get wealth through his sovereign, will be wrathful and happy. Rahu in the 3rd house makes the person born proud, hostile to his brothers, strong-willed, long-lived and wealthy. If Rahu should occupy the 4th house, the person born will be a fool, will cause sorrow, will be short-lived and will be rarely happy.
Sloka 26 : If at a person’s birth Rahu should be posited in the 5th house, he will have nasal touch in his speech will be childless, will be hard-hearted and suffer from stomach-ache. If Rahu be in the 6th house, the person born will be troubled by his enemies, or oppressed by evil planets. He will suffer from an ulcer in the anus. He will be wealthy and long-lived. When Rahu occupies the 7th house, the person concerned will lose his wealth through intrigues with women, suffer separation from his beloved, lose his manhood, become self-willed and silly. If Rahu occupy the 8th house, the person born will be short-lived, will do impure acts, will be defective of limb, will suffer from gout and rheumatism and will have limited issues.
Sloka 27 : If Rahu happens to be in the 9th house at a birth, the person concerned ill be unfavourable in speech. He will be the head of his clan, the headman of a village or mayor of a city and will commit unrighteous deeds. Rahu in the 10th house makes the native famous; the man will have a limited number of issue, will engage himself in other’s business, will not do any good act and will be fearless. If Rahu be in the 11th house the person born will be prosperous, will not have many children, will be long-lived and will suffer from ear disease. If Rahu should occupy the 12th house, the person concerned will be intent on committing sinful acts secretly, will spend much and will suffer from dropsy and the like.
Sloka 28 : The person at whose birth Ketu occupies the Lagna will be ungrateful, unhappy and bearing tales against others. He will be an outcast, fallen from his position, will have a deformed body and will be associating with the wicked. Ketu in the 2nd house makes the native devoid of learning and riches. His speech will be very vile in quality, and he will have a sinister look. He will ever be eating at other’s tables,
Sloka 29 : Ketu in the 3rd house confers on the native long life, strength, wealth and fame. The person will live happily with his wife and eat good food. He will lose a brother. If Ketu be in the 4th house, the person concerned will lose his lands, vehicles, mother and happiness. He will leave his native country and dwell in a foreign place and live at the bounty of another.
Sloka 30 : Ketu in the 5th house at a person’s birth win cause loss of children, disease in the stomach, and trouble from goblins. The native will become evil-minded and wicked. If Ketu should occupy the 6th house at a birth, the person concerned will be very, magnanimous and possess the best qualities. Me will attain everlasting fame, firmness and high authority, destroy his enemies and realize his wishes.
Sloka 31 : The person at whose birth Ketu is posited in the 7th house will suffer disrespect, seek the company of bad women, will be afflicted by a disease relating to the bowels and will suffer loss of wife and vital power. If Ketu be in the 8th house, the person born will be short-lived, will suffer the separation of his dear friends and, engage in quarrels will meet with injury from a weapon and disappointment in all his undertakings.
Sloka 32 : If Ketu should occupy the 9th house at a person’s birth, he will-follow a sinful course, will do unrighteous things and be deprived of his father, will be unlucky, indigent and will slander the good. When Ketu occupies the 10th house, the person born will experience obstacles to the performance of good acts, will be impure, and will be engaged in doing vile acts. He will be energetic, bold and widely renowned.
Sloka 33 : If Ketu be posited in the 11th house at a birth, the person concerned will hoard money, will have many good qualities, will enjoy himself well, will command all the facilities for getting good materials and will be successful in obtaining all his requirements. If Ketu occupy the 12th house, the person born will secretly commit sinful acts, spend money on vile things, will destroy wealth, will be of forbidden conduct, and will suffer from eye-disease.
Sloka 34 : A planet produces the full effect of the Bhava in which it is when its distance (in Navamsas, degree etc.) from the commencement of the Rasi occupied is equal to that traversed by the Lagna-point in the Lagna Rasi. It is declared by the authorities that Rahu is similar to Saturn and Ketu to Mars in giving effects.
Sloka 35 : Planets produce the full effects of the Bhavas respectively occupied by them when they are exactly posited in the (Bhavamsa = Semi-bhava=in the middle or centre of the Bhava). If they should occupy a position less or greater than the semi-bhava, the effects are declared to be correspondingly increasing or decreasing as the case may be.
Thus ends the 8th Adhyaya on The effects of the Sun and other planets in the 12 Bhavas from the Lagna onwards in the work Phaladeepika composed by Mantreswara.
