Now Avasta effects for Rahu.
388.390. Rahu in Sayana Avasta: (a) One with Rahu in Sayana Avashta will experience anguish and much grief. He will be affected by morbid enlargement of feet, will lose money and will be harmed.
(b) Rahuin Gemini, Leo, Virgo and Taurus with this Avasta will usher all kinds of happiness.
391. Rahu in Upavesa Avasta: Morbid enlargement of feet, diseases, loss of money and harm will all follow Rahu in Upavesa Avasta.
392 – 396. Rahu in Netrapani Avasta: (a) One with Rahu in Netrapani Avasta will have eye diseases, will be subjected to har11l particularly from tigers, will concentrate on unjust deeds be trans-sexual, wealthy and inwardly cruel. He will be very bold, garrulous and will incur disorders of the privities. His childhood will be marked by diseases. He will be greatly inimical to his kinsfolk.
(b) Rahu in the ascendant or in the 7th house with this Avasta will destroy everything and will give all kinds of grief.
(c) If Rahu is in the 9th or the 10th house with this Avasta, the person will suffer from diseases of the privities and will incur danger through water.
397. 398. Rahu in Prakasa Avasta: (a) Rahu with Prakasa Avasta will make one wealthy, virtuous, live in foreign places, enthusiastic, gentle and serve the king.
(b) In Leo and Cancer, Rahu with this Avasta will cause severance of head, according to Vishnu.
399. Rahu in Gamanechcha Avasta: One with Rahu in GamanechchaAvasta will have many sons and abundant wealth. He will be a scholar, be virtuous, liberal-and be the best of men.
400 – 401. Rahu in Gamana Avasta: One with Rahu in Gamana Avasta will be subjected to various kinds of diseases and financial decline. He will have injured teeth, be a tale-bearer will blame others and be endangered through tigers, snakes and fetters. He will be a wicked person and will incur destruction of his spouse and wealth. He will be devoid of kinsfolk.
402 – 403. Rahu in Sabha Avasta: (a) One with Rahu in Sabha Avasta will be a miser. He will be rich, virtuous in many ways, munificent, scholarly and pure.
(b) If Rahu is in SabhaAvasta in the ascendant, 10th or the 5th, the subject will incur destruction of his spouse, progeny and wealth. He will be very unstable in disposition.
250. Rahu in Aagamana Avasta: Should Rahu be in Aagamana Avasta, the subject will experience all kinds of grief and anguish, and will lose his friends and relatives.
405 – 407. Rahu in Bhojana Avasta: (a) One with Rahu in Bhojana Avasta will be a great miser, will have poor digestive power and will incur health disorders and grief. He will be cruel and fond of quarrels.
(b) If Rahu is in Bhojana A vasta in the ascendant or the 2nd house, one born in lunar dynasty will be a fallen person.
(c) Rahu will destroy one’s spouse and cause obstacles in meritorious pursuits if he be in Bhojana Avasta in the 7th or the 10th house.
Notes: (b) It is not clear why “lunar dynasty” is exclusively referred to in this context” It is only meaningful that this restriction is removed for a better application of this principle. The real concept thus should be: Even a person of royal scion will turn base if Rahu is in Bhojana Avasta & C.
408 – 409. Rahu in Nrityalipsa Avasta: (a)Rahu in NrityalipsaAvastain the ascendant will produce a hermaphrodite. The subject will incur great diseases, will lose his sight and be wicked.
(b) In other houses, Rahu with this Avasta will make the person wealthy of a great order, give him all kinds of happiness, virtues, two wives and many sons.
410 – 412. Rahu in Kautuka Avasta: (a) One with Rahu in Kautuka A vasta will be endowed with all virtues and all kinds of wealth. But he will suffer from bilious disorders.
(b) Barring the 5th, 7th and 10th houses, Rahu in this Avasta will cause much grief and will deprive one of spouse and progeny.
(c) If Rahu be in exaltation or own sign, these evils will never occur. Further, the subject will enjoy all kinds of auspicious effects.
413. Rahu in Nidra Avasta: (a) One with Rahu in Nidra A vasta will incur grief and diseases.
(b) Should Rahu be in Nidra Avasta in the 9th or the 10th the subject will wander all over the world due to his poverty.
Notes: For effects of Ketu’s various Avastas, refer to slokas 135 -146, ch. 45, volume 1,Brihat ParasaraHora Sastra, English translation by R. Santhanam.
Thus end the effects of Rahu’s Avastas.
