43. When this yoga occurs with respect to mid-heaven and hypogee, they call it “wisdom” (vidya); (those born in it) think of unrighteousness (adharma) and are evil in the world; they are chastised by kings and are incompetent in the five duties (pancaprayoga) and in the good.
44. These are the yogas of images (described) by the Greeks or those which are said to be undistinguishable (from them) at birth; now I will describe the other yogas which give results through number and relate to the places.
45. If (all the planets) are bunched together in one place, they call this yoga “the ball” (golaka); it causes the birth of men who go astray and are grieved, of dirty fellows whose retinues are bad.
46. If they are all in two places and do not duplicate previously described yogas, they know it as “the yoke” (yuga); (it causes the birth) of unstable men whose wealth is lost and who are injured and maimed; of heretics and ruined men who resort to others.
47. If all the planets are in three places and do not duplicate previously described yogas, they call it “the spike” (sula); one born in it is tormented by gout, and his family and wealth are lost and gone before him.
48. If they are in four places and do not duplicate the previously described yogas, they call it “the meadow” (kedara); a man born in it is rich with a wealth of arable land and cows, and is lord of family, grain, food, and friends.
49. If all are in five places and do not duplicate the previously described yogas, they call it “the noose” (pasa); it gives birth to men oppressed by kings, obstructed by bonds, and making efforts for many and varied reasons.
50. If the planets are in six places and do not duplicate previously described yogas, they call it “the foot-rope” (damani); one born in it is generous, carrying objects for others and obeying the commands of others in sexual intercourse and business.
51. If all the planets are in seven places and not close together, those who are wise in the science call it “the lyre” (vina); a man born in it has wealth and connections acquired by his own prowess, and his excellence and (knowledge of) the meaning of the sciences are famous.
52. If the benefit planets are in the sixth, seventh, and eighth places, while the malefic are in the corresponding places with respect to the ascendant, theysay it is applicable in the births of the best of men; (it produces) one who is free from enemies, toil, disease, and sorrow.
53. Having determined the likeness-yogas (sadrsyayoga) and the number-yogas (sankhyayoga) on the basis of the planets in the places, there is also a name-yoga (samjnayoga) which exercises its influence; if the benefit planets are strong, a famous king is born in this yoga who possesses other people’s wealth.
54. If all the planets used in this yoga are in moving signs, it is called “the rope” (rajju); establishing a bad influence in this yoga, there is born one whose wealth is accumulated by wandering in foreign countries.
55. If all the planets are in fixed signs, it is called “club-shaped” (mausala) ; establishing an influence of another sort, it determines the birth of men with families whose positions are secure, who have large bodies, and who are the best in their families (kula).
56. If they are in ambiguous signs, the yoga is called “the reed” (nala) and is another establishing an evil influence; it causes the birth of men who take many positions and perform clever actions.
57. If these yogas which have been described are influential and are mixed with other strong yogas or have their strength increased by yogas of planets being in their own exaltations, then each exercises its own influence as described.
58. Those yogas which excel with regard to planets and places are said to be influential at birth; the rest are to be recognized (as being influential) always in the astakavargas and in the dasas, with sub-periods of fruition arising in the course of time.
59. Thus is described the whole of the method relating to the birth of people which has various signs, distinguishing marks, and characteristics, together with the changes which are caused with respect to each other by the outgo and income of the signs, planets, yogas, and times.
CHAPTER 37
1. The planets at birth, from the application of their courses through the navamsas of thr signs, give (the native’s) length of life in order; and the ascendant gives years qua1 to the navamsas traversed by the ascendent; for the years are appointed by the signs to which that navamsaa belongs.
2. They obtain a double amount in their own (base-)triplicities, in the navamsas of their own houses, in their own houses, or in vargottamamsas; they give a triple number of years when at full strength in their exaltations or retrograde.
3. A planet – except for Venus and Saturn – subtracts a half from its period when in its dejection, an enemy’s house, or the descendent; if (several planets) are in the one sign, the strongest one destroys its own period.
4. A malefic planet in the twelfth place from the ascendent destroys its entire share, a benefic half; if two malefic planets are there and are aspected by a malefic, they destroy the whole life.
5. The malefic planets in reverse order (in the places from the eleventh to seventh destroy from their own dasas fractions ranging from one-half to one-sixth; the length of life is the sum of all the dasas.
