Sloka 30 : The following are the five recognized connections between two planets:
1) When they occupy mutually each other’s sign.
2) When they are in conjunction.
3) When there is mutual aspect between them.
4) When they are in Kendra positions with respect to each other.
5) When they are in Trikona position with reference to each other.
Thus ends the 15th Adhyaya on the “Study of the effects of the Bhavas” in the work Phaladeepika, composed by Mantreswara.
ADHYAYA – XVI
Sloka 1 : The native will correspond in mien either to the lord of the rising Navamsa, or to that of the planet that has the greatest strength. His hue will be like that of the lord of the Navamsa occupied y the Moon. His body and limbs will be in proportion with the rising sign and other Rasis which, are described as forming the head and other portions of Kalapursha.
Sloka 2 : If the lord of the Lagna occupy a Kendra or a Kona with clear rays (uneclipsed) in exaltation or Swakshetra, when the lord of the 8th house is posited in a house other than a Kendra and when the Lagna is occupied by a benefic, the person born will be long-lived, rich, honoured, endowed with good qualities, will be praised by kings, fortunate, possess beautiful limbs, be of good physique, fearless, virtuously disposed and will have a good and happy family.
Sloka 3 : If the lord of the Lagna be will associated, the person born will live in a good village or amidst good associations. When the associated planet is strong, he- will be under the patronage of a renowned king. When the said planet is in his exaltation, the person will become a king. If the planet should be in his own house, the person will live in his own native place. He will always be on his legs if the planet be in a moveable house. He will be stationary in one place if the planet be in a fixed sign. The effect will be mixed if in a dual sign.
Sloka 4 : If at the birth of a person, the lord of the Lagna be of brilliant rays, he will become famous; if the planet be well-placed, the person will be happy and prosperous. But if he should occupy Dusstthana, be in the house of a malefic or that of an enemy or occupy his depression sign, the native will be miserable and will live in a despicable place, and reside amidst outcasts or vile people. If the Lagna is strong, the person concerned will be happy, thrive well and will come to power and prominence. But if the Lagna be without strength, the man will constantly be overcome by calamities, be sad and will suffer from disease.
Sloka 5 : If the lord of the 2nd house be posited in the Lagna and benefics occupy the 2nd house, the person concerned will be endowed with the best qualities, have a prosperous family, will be rich, affable, and far-sighted. If the planet owning the 2nd Bhava be connected with the Sun (vide XV-30, supra), the native will utilise his knowledge and wealth for the good of humanity. If the association of the said lord is with Saturn the person’s learning will be very insignificant and of a low order.
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Sloka 7 : If the lords of the 3rd house and of the Lagna be connected (vide XV-30, supra) by their mutual exchange of places and be also strong, the native will be brave, valorous, and helpful to his brothers; he will also be capable of accomplishing daring acts.
Sloka 8 : If the lord of the 3rd house be strong and be associated with a benefic and if the Karaka of the Bhava (Mars) be strong and also posited in a benefic house, the prosperity of the brothers is indicated. But should he be weak or badly placed, there will be loss of brothers.
Sloka 9 : If both the Karaka and the lord of the 3rd Bhava be posited in odd Rasis and be aspected by Jupiter, the Sun and Mars, and if the 3rd house also happen to be an odd sign, the native will have as many brothers as are revealed by the Navamsa of both the Karaka and the lord of the 3rd Bhava.
Sloka 10 : If at a birth, the lord of the 4th house as well as the Moon occupy a Dusstthana 6th, 8th or 12th and be devoid of conjunction or aspect of benefics, or be hemmed in between malefics, be also aspected by or conjoined with a malefic, the result will be the death of the mother. But, should the above two planets be strong and be associated with or aspected by benefics, and if benefics be posited in the 4th house, the Yoga will conduce to the mother’s happiness. The happiness of the mother should be declared by a reference to the benefics occupying favourable places reckoned from the Moon.
Sloka 11 : If the lord of the Lagna occupy the 4th house or the lord of the latter be in the Lagna; if the Moon should have the aspect either of these, the person born will certainly perform the mother’s funeral rites. But if these two planets be posited in the inimical or depression signs of each other; or if they were to occupy, sixth and 8th houses with referred to each other and are not in any way connected (vide XV -30, supra) with each other (either by association or aspect), the person will not be able to do the last funeral rites for the mother at the time of her demise.
Sloka I2 : Just as what has been said about the mother from the 4th Bhava, similar remarks should be made in the case of the father, brothers and sons from a reference to the respective Bhavas, Karakas of the Bhavas concerned the planet owning the Bhava, the Lagna and its lord.
