Brihajjataka 19
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Results of aspects.
19.1
When the Moon is in Aries [and aspected] by Mars and the rest, [the native is respectively] a king, equal to a king, virtuous, a thief, and poor; in Taurus, [aspected by Mars and the rest, he is] destitute, a thief, honored by men, a king, wealthy, and a servant; / in Gemini, a dealer in iron, a king, a scholar, a weaver, and poor; in his own sign, a warrior, a poet, a scholar, a king, living by iron, and suffering eye disease.
19.2
In Leo, [the Moon aspected] by Mercury and the rest [yields] an astrologer, a wealthy man, a king, a barber, a king, and a commander; likewise in the sixth sign, [aspected by benefics, he is] endowed with kingship, army leadership, and skill; by malefics, dependent on women; / in Libra, a king, a goldsmith, a merchant; aspected by the rest, dishonest; in Scorpio, having twin fathers, submissive, a washerman, crippled, poor, and a ruler of the earth.
19.3
In Sagittarius, [the Moon aspected by benefics is] a shelter to his kinsmen and kings, and by malefics, deceitful and rogue; in Capricorn, an overlord of the earth, a king, a scholar, wealthy, of little wealth, and a king; / in Aquarius, a king, equal to a king, and devoted to other men's wives; aspected by the rest, [likewise]; in Pisces, witty, a king, and a scholar; and when aspected by a malefic, he is wicked.
19.4
When the Moon is aspected by planets stationed in the half-sign of the lord of the horā, it brings good fortune; situated in a decan, it is praised when aspected by the lords of those [decans] or by planets in friendly signs; / whatever result was stated for the aspects in each zodiacal sign, that is remembered in the dvādaśāṃśa; likewise, when the Moon is aspected by the Sun and the rest, it should be known in the navāṃśas henceforth.
19.5
When [the Moon] is in a navāṃśa of Mars, [the native] is a watchman, fond of killing, skilled in wrestling, a king, wealthy, and a creator of quarrels; / in a navāṃśa of Venus, he is a fool, devoted to other men's wives, a good poet, an author of good poetry, devoted to pleasures, and approaches other men's wives.
19.6
When the Moon is in a navāṃśa of Mercury, [the native is] an actor, thief, chief among poets, minister, knowledgeable in song, and skilled in crafts; / in its own navāṃśa, [aspected by planets], he has a small body, is greedy for wealth, an ascetic leader, a protector of women, and engaged in illicit deeds.
19.7
In a navāṃśa of Leo, he is wrathful, favored by the king, lord of treasures, powerful, sonless, and engages in very cruel deeds; / in a navāṃśa of Jupiter, he has renowned strength, instructs in battle, knows humor, is a minister, lust-free, and of mature character.
19.8
With few children, sorrowful even when possessing wealth, devoted to pride, attached to his own work, / desiring wicked women, and miserly when the Moon is in Saturn's navāṃśa; likewise for the Sun when aspected by the Moon and the others.
19.9
The good that has been declared in vargottama, one's own, and another's [navāṃśa] is full, medium, and slight respectively, and the bad in reverse order. / When endowed with strength, the ruler of the navāṃśa checks the prior result of the aspect upon the sign and gives the result of the navāṃśa.
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