Brihajjataka 18

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[Chapter 18:] The Disposition of the Signs [with the Sun and other planets]

When [the Sun] is in Aries, but in its non-exalted degrees, [the person is] famous, clever, wandering, has little wealth, and bears weapons. / In Taurus, [he] earns a livelihood from cloth, perfumes, and trade, hates women, and is skilled in cattle, barley, and the like.

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When the Sun is in Gemini, [he is] learned, an astrologer, and rich; when in Cancer, he is severe, poor, does the work of others, and is afflicted by fatigue from travel; / when in Leo, the man is fond of forests, hills, and cattle, is valorous, and ignorant; when in Virgo, he has knowledge of writing, painting, poetry, and mathematics, and has a feminine body.

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Born when [the Sun is] in Libra, [he is] a distiller of liquor, fond of traveling, a goldsmith, performs base deeds, is cruel, reckless, and acquires wealth through the vaiśya class; when in Scorpio, he meets his end by weapons; / when in Sagittarius, he is honored by the virtuous, rich, severe, a physician, or an artisan; when in Capricorn, [he is] base, ignorant, a petty trader, has little wealth, and takes pleasure in what is obtained through the fortune of others.

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In Aquarius, [he is] base, deprived of children and good fortune, and destitute; in the last [sign], he has wealth from water-borne merchandise and is honored by women. / One should predict a bodily mark on that part of the person's body that corresponds to the sign occupied by the Moon and the Sun.

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Mars in his own domicile makes [a person] honored by the king, wandering, an army commander, a merchant, rich, scarred on the body, a thief, and having extensive sensory pleasures; / in Venus's sign, he makes men henpecked, adverse toward friends, fond of other men's wives, deceitful, well-dressed, timid, and virile.

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When Mars is in a sign of Mercury, [the native] lacks endurance, has sons, is friendless, is grateful, skilled in music and fighting, miserly, fearless, and desirous. / When the son of the Earth is in a sign of the Moon, he is wealthy, having acquired wealth through water transport, wise, deformed, and wicked.

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In Leo, he is destitute, endures misery, roams in forests, and has few wives and sons; in a sign of Jupiter, he has not one enemy, is a minister to a king, renowned, fearless, and has few sons. / When Mars stands in Aquarius, he is afflicted by sorrow, poor, a wanderer, devoted to falsehood, and harsh; when he enters Capricorn, he has abundant wealth and sons, and is a king or equal to one.

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In a sign of Mars, [Mercury makes natives] devoted to gambling, debt, and drinking, atheists, thieves, destitute, having wicked wives, deceitful, and devoted to falsehood; / in a sign of Venus, teachers, having many sons, wives, and wealth acquired, beloved, generous, and devoted to the worship of their guru; and [likewise] in his own sign.

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When the son of the Moon is situated in the sign of the Moon, [the native] is boastful, learned in the scriptures and arts, sweet-spoken, devoted to pleasure in the third house, / earns wealth from water, and is an enemy to his own kin.

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When Mercury enters the sign of the Sun, he is hated by women, devoid of wealth, happiness, and sons, a wanderer, ignorant, lustful after women, and suffers humiliation by his own kin; / in the sixth sign, he is generous, learned, abundant in virtues, happy, forbearing, skilled in stratagems, and devoid of fear.

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When Mercury is in a sign of the son of the Sun, [the native] does another's work, is poor, inclined to crafts, indebted, and performs forced labor; / in the ninth [sign], he is honored by kings, a scholar, whose words are trusted; in the final [sign], he subdues servants and practices low crafts.

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When the guru of the gods is in a sign of Mars, a man is an army commander, has abundant wealth, wives, and sons, is generous, has good servants, is forbearing, endowed with splendor, wives, and virtues, and renowned; / in a sign of Venus, he has a healthy body, has wealth, riches, friends, and sons, is generous, and beloved; in a sign of Mercury, he has abundant retinue, sons, and friends, is endowed with ministership, and happy.

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In the sign of the Moon, he is endowed with jewels, sons, wealth, wives, power, wisdom, and happiness; / in Leo, he becomes a commander of forces, and whatever was stated for the sign of the Moon [also applies]; / in his own sign, he is a regional ruler, a king's minister, or a general, and wealthy; / in Aquarius, the results are like Cancer; in Capricorn, he is low, of little wealth, and unhappy.

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In a sign of Mars, [Venus makes a man] attached to other men's wives, deprived of wealth through litigation on their account, and a disgrace to his family; / when Venus is in his own sign, he has wealth gained by his own strength and intellect, is honored by the king, the chief of his own people, celebrated, and fearless.

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In Gemini, he performs royal service, is wealthy, and knows the arts; when entering the sixth [sign], his actions are exceedingly low; / when the preceptor of the enemies of the gods enters a sign of the son of the Sun, he is charming, subdued by women, and devoted to a vile woman.

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In the sign of the Moon, [Venus makes one] have two wives, be a seeker of wealth, timid, possessed of strong passion and sorrow; in Leo, he gains wealth through women, has excellent wives, and few sons; / when the preceptor of the Dānavas is with horses (in Sagittarius), he is revered for his virtues and wealthy; in Pisces, he is learned, rich, honored by the king, and exceedingly charming.

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When Saturn is in Aries, [the native] is a fool, a wanderer, deceitful, and friendless; in Scorpio, he suffers imprisonment and beatings, is fickle, and unmerciful; / in a sign of Mercury, he is shameless, devoid of happiness, wealth, and sons, slips in writing, and becomes a commander of the guard and an officer in chief.

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When the son of the Sun is in Taurus, [the native] is fond of tabooed women, not exceedingly wealthy, and has many wives; in his exaltation, he is renowned, and honored by troops, cities, armies, and villages, and wealthy; / in Cancer, he is poor, has defective teeth, is motherless, childless, and ignorant; in Leo, he is ignoble, devoid of happiness and sons, and performs forced labor.

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When the son of the Sun has entered a domicile of Jupiter, a man has a good death, is trusted in a king's palace, has good sons, wives, and wealth, or is the foremost leader of a town, army, and village; / in his own domicile, he is surrounded by other men's women and wealth, foremost in a town, army, and village, weak-sighted, filthy, has stable wealth and power, and is a voluptuary.

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They declare the results born of the ascendant to be similar to the conjunctions and aspects of the Moon; / the result here is greater, which should be considered according to the house, sign, and the qualities of the lord of the mansion.

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