Notes

(a) Such as elephantiasis and the like.

8. If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy a place between Saturn and Mars and the Sun occupy sign Capricorn, such person will be afflicted with asthma, consumption, the diseases of the spleen or internal abscess; and if at the time of birth, the Sun and the Moon occupy each the sign or the Navamsa of the other, the person will be afflicted with pulmonary consumption, and if the Sun and the Moon occupy together either Cancer or Leo, the person will be reduced to a skeleton.

9. If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy the 5th Navamsa of Sagittari (a) or the Navamsa of Pisces, Cancer, Capricorn, or Aries (b), and be either accompanied or aspected by Saturn or Mars, such person will be afflicted with leprosy (c). Again, if the 5th or the 9th house from the Ascendant be sign Scorpio, Cancer Taurus, or Capricorn and be either occupied or aspected by Saturn and Mars, the person will also be afflicted with leprosy (d).

Notes

(a) That is the Navamsa of Leo in sign Sagittari.

(b) These may be Navamsas of any sign.

(c) According to Yavanacharya, if the Moon be aspected by benefic planets also at the same time, the person will be of disfigured body resulting from scratching.

(d) In other words, the rising sign must be one of the triangular signs (1) Vrishabha, Kanya, Makara or (2) Kataka Vrischika, Meena.

10. If, at the time of birth of a person, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and Saturn occupy the 8th, 6th, 2nd and 12th houses in any way, such person will become blind by causes pertaining to the most powerful of the four planets (a).

Notes

(a) It the powerful planet be the Moon, blindness will be caused by phlegmatic affections. If such planet be Mars, it will be caused by bilious affections; if it be the Sun, then by heat or wood; and if it be Saturn, it will be caused by windy affections, by stones and like.

11. If, at the time of birth of a person, the malefic planets (a) occupy the 9th, 11th, 3rd and 5th houses and be not aspected by benefic planets, such person will become deaf by causes pertaining to the most powerful planet; if such malefic planets occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant, (b) the person will be of deformed teeth.

Notes

(a) The Sun, the Moon, Mars and Saturn. (b) And not aspected by benefic planets.

12. If, at the time of birth of a person, the eclipsed Moon, occupy the rising sign, and if Saturn and Mars occupy the 5th and 9th houses from the Ascendant such person will be subject to the influence of ghosts. Again, if, at the time of birth, the eclipsed Sun occupy the rising sign and if Saturn and Mars occupy the 5th and 9th houses from the Ascendant, the person will lose his eyes.

13. If, at the time of birth of a person, Saturn occupy the 7th house and Jupiter the Ascendant, such person will be afflicted with windy complaints. If, at the time of birth, (1) Mars occupy the 7th house and Jupiter the Ascendant, or (2), Saturn occupy the Ascendant and Mars occupy the 5th, 7th or the 9th house, or (3), the waning Moon and Saturn occupy the 12th house, the person will become insane or an idiot.

14. If, at the time of birth of a person, one of the four planets - the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the Moon, the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter - occupy the Navamsa of the lord of its depression sign or an inimical Navamsa, such person will serve under other men for his livelihood; if two of the four planets occupy either the one Navamsa or the other, he will become a slave; and if three of the planets or all the four occupy the one Navamsa or the other, the person will be the son of a slave.

15. If, at the time of birth of a person, the rising sign be Taurus, Aries or Sagittari and if malefic planets aspect it, such person will have ugly teeth; if, at the time of birth, one of the malefic signs (a) or sign Sagittari or sign Taurus be the rising sign and if such sign be aspec- ted by malefic planets, the person will be bald-headed; if the Sun occupy the 9th or the 5th house from the Ascendant and if he be aspected by malefic planets, the person will be of weak sight; if, at the time of birth, Saturn occupy the 5th or the 9th house and be aspected by malefic planets, the person will be afflicted with various diseases; and if at the time of birth, Mars occupy the 5th or the 9th house and be aspected by malefic planets, the person will be of defective limbs.

Notes

(a) These are the signs of Aries, Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Aquarius.

16. If, at the time of birth of a person, the malefic planets occupy the 12th, 5th, 2nd, and 9th houses in any way, such person will suffer imprisonment and restraint of the nature of the rising sign(a). Again, if, at the time of birth, the rising Drekkana be either a Sarpa (b) (snake)

Drekkana or a Pasa (c) (rope) Drekkana and if the sign (d) represented by its lord be powerful and be aspected by a malefic planet the person will also suffer imprisonment of the nature of such sign.

Notes

(a) If the rising sign be Aries, Taurus or Sagittari, the person will be bound with ropes. If the rising sign be Gemini, Virgo, Libra or Aquarius, he will be loaded with fetters. If the rising sign be Cancer, Capricorn or Pisces, the person will be shut up in a fortress but will be taken care of. If the rising sign be Scorpio, the person will be kept in a subterranean cellar.

(b) Bhujaga Drekkanas: These are the first Drekkana of Cancer, the 1st and 2nd of Scorpio, and the 3rd of Pisces.

(c) Nigala Drekkana: This is the 1st Drekkana of Capricorn.

(d) That is, if the rising Drekkana be the first Drekkana of Cancer, for instance, the lord of such Drekkana is the Moon whose sign, again, is Cancer. If the rising Drekkana be the 2nd Drekkana of Cancer, its lord is Mars whose sign is Scorpio and if it be the 3rd Drekkana of Cancer, the lord of such Drekkana is Jupiter whose sign is Pisces.

17. If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon be accompanied by Saturn, aspected by Mars and be surrounded by a halo, such a person will be a man of harsh speech, will be afflicted with epilepsy and with consumption (a).

If, at the time of birth, the Sun, Saturn and Mars occupy the 10th house from the Ascendant and if they be not aspected by benefic planets, the person will be a servant of varying rank - dignified, of moderate rank and of a low rank (b). 27

Notes

(a) If the Moon be subject to the first of the three malefic Yogas, the person will be a man of harsh speech; if she be subject to the 2nd Yoga, the person will be afflicted with epilepsy; and if to the 3rd Yoga, the person will be afflicted with consumption.

(b) If one of three planets occupy the 10th house the person will be a dignified servant. If two planets occupy the 10th house he will be a servant of middle rank and if three occupy the 10th house he will be a servant of low rank.