CHAPTER 7
1. The Moon in its exaltation produces a man who is rich in savory foods, clothing, and ornaments; Jupiter in its exaltation one whose name is famous and who is honored by the king, a noble and wise man of good righteousness (dharma) ;
2. Mars in its exaltation produces a glorious man, a praiseworthy and prominent hero whom it is difficult to assail; Venus one who engages in coquetry, laughter, listening (to music), and singing, a well-dressed man who is lucky with women;
3. Mercury in its exaltation a distinguished man who speaks cleverly, a wise man who is rich in the arts; the Sun a great and very fierce man who thinks of many things; and Saturn one who obtains a command from the king.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to exaltations.
4. The Moon in its mulatrikona produces a man who is wealthy because of his family and who enjoys (good things); the Sun a leader; Jupiter a mahattara, a niyukta; Mars a leader of thieves;
5. Venus a rich man who is the headman (varistha) of a city or village; Mercury one who engages in quarrels and wins; and Saturn produces a hero who is satisfied with himself and his possessions, one who is the eldest in his family.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to mulatrikonas.
6. The Moon in its own house produces an intelligent and kindly man who delights in righteousness (dharma); the Sun a reddish man, intolerant and fierce, one whose actions are evil; Mercury is a wise man of charming speech;
7. Jupiter one who knows about poetry and the sacred traditions (Sruti) and whose actions are good; Mars a rich man, fierce and fickle; Venus a wealthy farmer; and Saturn a respectable man who knows no unhappiness.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to their own houses.
8. The Moon in its friend’s house produces one who obtains happiness from anything; the Sun a famous man whose friendships are firm; Jupiter one who is honored among good men; Mercury a man whose speech is filled with cleverness and humor;9. Mars one who jealously protects his friends’ wealth; Venus a man who is dear to his friends and has a wealth of advice (for them); and Saturn a lord (of men) who eats the food of others.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to the friends’ houses.
10. The Moon in its dejection produces a sickly man of little merit; Mars a poor man distressed by miseries; Jupiter a filthy man who has earned contempt; the Sun a servant who is rejected by his relatives;
11. Venus a man of no independence who has lost his wife; Mercury a stupid man who quarrels with his relations; and Saturn a pauper whose behavior is condemned and whose good character is destroyed.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to dejections.
12. The Moon in its enemy’s house produces a man with heart-trouble; the Sun a pauper injured by poison; Mars a deformed man whose enemies are united; Jupiter a fool and a homosexual who acts in an ignoble manner;
13 . Mercury an ignorant man who is deprived and is a slave to many; Venus one who serves a woman and has no authority; and Saturn a man whose body is tormented by griefs such as sickness.
In the Yavanajataka: the rules relating to their enemies’ houses.
CHAPTER 8
1. The influence (of the planets) in the degrees of their exaltations is complete; in their navamsas, as in their mulatrikonas; in their dvadashamshas, as in their houses; and in the degrees of their dejections or of their enemies, it is the least.
2. When they are in these (places) in the vargottamamshas, they have the best influence, but of varying strength; and when they are aspected by benefit planets, they are beneficial, attaining good fortune in accordance with the aspects.
3. One planet in its exaltation produces the results described (in the last chapter); two a man who is famous and wealthy; three the defender of a city or its governor (isvara), the general of an army who collects his own revenue, a noble man;
4. four a rich and glorious king, noble and attached to his own righteousness (dharma); five a famous and most excellent king whose treasury is increased with much wealth;
5. six a man who has inherent in him the power to acquire the wealth and strength of the king of kings, and power with respect to giving and to honour; seven planets in the signs of their exaltations produce one who is lord of the earth bounded by the seas.
6. Even one planet in the sign of its exaltation, if it is aspected by its friends which have positional or temporal or other strength, produces a king whose strength and valor are renowned and who has many friends
as his allies.
7. If two planets are in their mulatrikonas, he has a family and is a prominent leader on sea and land; if three, he has wide-spread fame and is of good family, of great wealth, and foremost in his town and tribe;
8. (if four, . . . ; if five,;)
9. if six, he is a king of good conduct and righteousness (dharma), one who has strength and courage and is the measurer of his kingdom; if seven planets are in their mulatrikonas, he is a lord of me” with the appearance, harem, and paver of a king.
10. Two planets in their own houses produce a ma” who is prominent in his family and honored by his people; three the wealthy and honored establisher of his line, a man who knows many sciences;
