Brihadyatra 10: adhyāyaḥ 10

Chapter 10: Positional strength of planets

The Sun in the rising sign causes burning, sorrow, sickness, and obstacles; in the second, it takes away welfare, honour, strength, and joy;

In the third, it gives gold, food, coral, gems, and land; in the fourth, it gives despondency, quarreling with relatives, and dissatisfaction;

In the house of children [the fifth], misfortune to sons and success in acquiring wealth on the road; in the sixth, attainment of desired fruit and destruction of enemies;

In the seventh, Savitar causes quarrels with wives and loss of wealth; in the eighth, death and sickness;

In the ninth, Savitar destroys righteousness and gives wealth; having struck in the sky [tenth], it gives unknown, toilsome deeds;

Situated in the eleventh, it causes abundant arrival of jewels; situated in the twelfth, having caused expense, it yields little wealth.

The Moon in the ascendant causes quarrel and grief when not full; in the second house, it gives women, horses, gems, friends, and sons;

Situated in the third, it bestows young women, gems, and wealth; in the fourth, it brings acquisition of relatives, but their destruction when waning;

Situated in the fifth, it gives wealth and causes grief over sons; in the sixth, it creates hostility with friends and no happiness;

In the setting house, the Moon bestows wealth, land, and young women, but when small, it causes loss of wealth; in the eighth, it causes death and grief for the traveler;

In the ninth, one returns quickly and accomplishes one's purpose; when waning, there is decline in the tenth; otherwise situated, there is increase;

In the eleventh, one obtains sovereignty, pleasure, and gain of wealth; and when gone to the twelfth, distress, ruin, expense, and danger.

Mars in the ascendant causes affliction by poison, fire, hemorrhage, and weapons; situated in the second, it breaks the army and later produces wealth;

Situated in the third, it brings attainment of young women, gems, wealth, and garments; in the fourth house (hibuka), the earth-born [Mars] gives ruin of relatives and fear of enemies;

Situated in the fifth, the son of the earth causes misfortune to sons; gone to the sixth, it destroys enemies without delay;

Stationed in the setting house, it causes loss of wealth, discontent, and affliction by illness; in the eighth house, it causes imprisonment, loss of wealth, disease, and fear of death.

Mars situated in the ninth house does not accomplish duty; he is praised in the sky (tenth house), though [by] others he is said to not bestow good.

In the eleventh house he grants success in wealth and influx of power to the march; and gone to the twelfth house, he causes great loss of wealth.

When Mercury is in the ascendant, he attains fame, pleasure, wealth, intellect, and victory; in the second house, wealth;

In the third house he attains freedom from passion along with yearning, and obtains all desires;

In the fourth house [he attains] couches, food, drinks, and riches; in the fifth house, obtaining of sons;

In the sixth house, when the son of the Moon is there, he meets with harassment by enemies, and hardship befalls the marcher.

When Mercury, unfallen from the Sun, is in the seventh house, there is acquisition of excellent women, clothes, and wealth;

When he is gone to the eighth house, some consider there to be distress, while others declare auspiciousness;

In the ninth house there is increase of duty; when he is in the sky (tenth house), there will be desired success;

In the following [eleventh house] there is acquisition of learning and wealth without effort; and in the twelfth house, expense is to be pronounced.

When Jupiter is in the ascendant, there is fame; in the second, accomplishment of wealth; when he is in the third house, there is affliction from hunger and fatigue;

When he is in the fourth house, pride in the essence of duty [occurs]; even an unachievable undertaking succeeds when he is in the fifth;

When Jīva is in the sixth house, the enemy falls under control; some say he goes under the enemy's control;

In the setting [seventh house] they experience misfortune, women, and infamy; in the eighth house he destroys life, but others say not;

In the ninth house, when Jīva is there, there is birth of a son and accomplishment of duty; in the tenth house, accomplishment of wealth and fame;

In the eleventh house the desired undertaking attains success; when he has reached the twelfth, one is afflicted with numerous sufferings.

When Śukra is in the ascendant, there is acquisition of the pleasures of courtesans, wealth, garments, garlands, and meals;

In the second house there is gain; gone to the third house, he does not sink and attains excellent Vedic lore;

In the fourth house there is arrival of friends; in the fifth house, arrival of position, wealth, and honor;

In the sixth house they declare defeat by enemies, discontent, and grief; others say otherwise in that place;

Śukra gone to the seventh house gives women and wealth, [yet] causes severance from one's own territory;

In the eighth house he accomplishes the task, and in the ninth he quickly performs what is desired;

Gone to the tenth house he gives abundant wealth to the marcher; in the eleventh house he grants victory and wealth;

Gone to the twelfth house he causes useless expenditure, [though] he is praised by others in the twelfth.

When the son of the Sun is in the ascendant, [the marcher] receives bondage and slaughter; in the second, loss of wealth as well as auspiciousness;

Gone to the third house he strikes down the enemy's force; gone to the fourth, [there is] fear of relatives from enemies;

When the son of the Sun is gone to the fifth house, there is no success of wealth; when he is in the sixth, one creates enemies without effort;

In the seventh house there is breaking of energy and eye disease; when he is in the eighth, death by poison, fire, weapons, and the like;

In the ninth house he does not obtain duty or happiness; in the tenth, hindrance to vehicles and fruit of action [occur];

When Manda is in the eleventh house, [he obtains] victory and gains of wealth; when he is gone to the twelfth, the marcher does not attain wealth.

They have generally declared that the malefic planets,

standing in the third, sixth, tenth, and eleventh houses, are auspicious, setting aside the son of Savitar standing in the sky (tenth house);

Benefic planets produce auspicious fruit in all places,

excepting the guru of the gods' enemies (Śukra) standing in the setting [seventh house] for one desiring conquest.

Some say that Śukra is best, having left aside the places of the enemy, the twelfth, the setting, and the third;

The son of the Moon (Mercury) is [auspicious only when] situated in the twelfth, ninth, third, and seventh, not otherwise;

The Moon situated in the eleventh, fifth, second, ninth, third, and sky (tenth) is honored;

Jīva, declared by Manittha, is auspicious in all houses, but not desired when residing in the twelfth, sixth, and seventh.

According to one view, Śukra is indeed declared by some to be auspicious, except in the twelfth, fifth, and eleventh;

The Moon [is auspicious] standing in the third, sixth, eleventh, tenth, and seventh; Mercury standing in the seventh, ascendant, eleventh, fourth, and twelfth.