Brihajjataka 12

Celestial Combinations

Nine, ten, and eight multiplied by three, three, and four give the combinations arising from two, three, and four [planets];
three times that six hundred is detailed by the Yavanas, and those that follow are equal to them.

Satyācārya declared the positional combinations Rajju, Musala, and Nala from movable [signs] onwards;
and from the cardinal houses occupied by benefics or malefics, the two called 'half' [combinations], Sraj and Sarpa, were stated by Parāśara.

The positional combinations correspond to Yava, Abja, Vajra, Aṇḍaja, Golaka, and the like;
others say that the two called 'half' [combinations] have the results stated for those occupying the cardinal houses, and do not bear separate fruit.

When [planets] occupy two adjacent cardinal houses, [the yoga] is called Gadā; when in the ascendant and descendant, Śakaṭa; when in the tenth and fourth, Vihaga;
when in the ninth, fifth, and ascendant, Śṛṅgāṭaka; and when in signs other than the ascendant [forming a trine], the experts declare it to be Hala.

Like Śakaṭa and Aṇḍaja, with benefics and malefics [respectively], is Vajra; with the reverse, Yava;
Kamala, however, is formed by them placed mixed [in all cardinal houses], or Vāpī if they are outside the cardinal houses.

In accordance with ancient texts, Vajra and the others have been composed by me;
[yet] how could Mercury and Venus ever be in the fourth house from the Sun?

When planets occupy four signs beginning from a cardinal house,
they are called Yūpa, Iṣu, Śakti, and Daṇḍa from the ascendant and other cardinal houses successively.

Similarly, [when occupying] seven signs, they are Nau, Kūṭa, Chatra, and Cāpa;
Ardhacandra, however, is stated [when occupying seven signs] beginning from houses other than those of Nau and the rest.

Samudra is produced by [planets] occupying six houses at alternate intervals;
and Cakra by [planets] occupying [six alternate houses] starting with the ascendant: this is the summary of shape-based [combinations].

The number combinations are: when [planets] occupy seven signs, [and so on] with the subtraction of one each time, Vallakī, Dāminī,
Pāśa, Kedāra, Śūla, Yuga, and Gola, setting aside those previously mentioned.

One born under Rajju is envious, fond of foreign travel, and eager for the road; under Musala, proud, wealthy, and attached to many duties;
under Nala, maimed, steady, wealthy, and clever; born under Sraj, endowed with pleasures; and under Sarpa, an experiencer of much sorrow.

Those described as positional [combinations] become fruitless when mixed with others;
those with which they are mixed yield the result, whereas unmixed they bestow their own fruit.

Under Gadā, one performs sacrifices, enjoys wealth, and is ever fond of money; under Śakaṭa, one lives by that [trade], is sickly, and has a bad wife;
under Vihaga, one is indicated as an envoy, a wanderer, and a instigator of quarrels; under Śṛṅgāṭaka, happy for a long time; and under the one called Hala, a cultivator.

Under Vajra, they are happy at the end and the beginning [of life], charming, very heroic, and endowed with valour; under Yava, happy at the end of life;
under Padma, endowed with celebrated fame and boundless happiness and virtues; under Vāpī, having steady physical happiness, a hoarder of treasure, and not a giver.

Under Yūpa, one is generous, self-controlled, and performs sacrifices with excellent rites; under Śara, cruel, an overseer of prisons, and a maker of arrows;
under Śakti, base, lazy, and bereft of happiness and wealth; under Daṇḍa, separated from dear ones and pursuing low occupations.

One born under Nau has fame, unsteady happiness, and is miserly; under Kūṭa, a liar, a mariner, and a jailer;
one born under Chatra brings happiness to his kin and has happiness at the end of life; and born under Kārmuka, brave and happy at the beginning and the end.

One born under Ardhacandra is charming, has an attractive body, and is eminent; under Samudra, like a king and an experiencer of pleasures;
under Cakra, his feet are illuminated by the luster of kings' crowns; and born under Vīṇā, skilled and fond of song and dance.

Under Dāman, a giver, devoted to the work of others, and a herdsman; under Pāśa, acquires wealth through deceit, surrounded by servants and relatives;
one born under Kedāra is a farmer and brings great utility; under Śūla, brave, scarred, eager for wealth, and poor.

Under Yuga, bereft of wealth or a heretic; under Golaka, impoverished, filthy, yet endowed with knowledge, a clumsy artisan, lazy, and a wanderer.
Thus have the celestial combinations been declared here together with their fruits; they should be considered as yielding fixed fruits throughout all the periods.