Sapthasankhya Sahodara yoga
Definition.-Lord of the 12th should join Mars and the Moon should be in the 3rd with Jupiter, devoid of association with or aspect of Venus.
Results.-The native will have seven brothers.
Remarks.-A large number of combinations is to be found in traditional astrology bearing on the determination of the number of brothers, their prosperity and adversity and other peculiarities connected with them. Since people possessing a definite number of brothers such as seven or twelve are
not a common phenomenon, combinations bearing on this peculiarity are of typical interest. Hence the distinction attached to their inclusion in this book. Generally, the number of Navamsas gained by the lord of the 3rd or Mars determines the number of brothers-the surviving ones depending upon the number of benefics intervening from the first navamsa to the one occupied by the planet in question.