Brihadyatra 7: adhyāyaḥ 7

Chapter 7: The Strength of the Moon

Satya said: The moon situated in the natal sign destroys the purpose of travel and action for one desiring to march.

In that case a person is born under physical renovation; on that account it is not remembered as achieving success in undertakings.

And that [opinion] of his has been corrected by many, since the ascendant especially is the physical frame;

assuming equality of physical renovation, why did he declare that rising [moon] in the rising sign is auspicious?

When the Moon, checked through the aṣṭavarga, attains pre-eminence,

then even when situated in the natal sign, it is praised; that which bestows good through the aṣṭavarga is auspicious.

Occupying the seventh, eleventh, tenth, sixth, third, or natal house, it does not bestow the desired result if planets are in the second and eighth,

and it bestows the desired result if planets are in the fourth, twelfth, ninth, and fifth, provided it is in an opposite house.

For whoever holds planetary transit results as authoritative, for him the obstruction result may or may not be accepted.

Generally, however, this is not approved by many, since planetary transit gives results only in a broad manner.

When the lord of the asterisms abandons a man's natal asterism to the left, that king encounters misfortune; / for one marching out, so too when it enters another's sign; when [it enters] that of Venus or the like, there is victory for the marching king over the other lord, but in the dark fortnight, there is decline.

In the sign of the ascendant, in an house of increase, or in the natal asterism of one wishing to march, there is loss when the lord of the asterisms is waning, but growth when it is waxing.

At the beginning of a fortnight, in an house of decrease, loss is proclaimed when [the moon] is waxing; but increase is stated when the Moon is waning, situated at the beginning of the dark fortnight.

Occupyng an house of increase, moving to the right in the bright fortnight, aspiring to a benefic, or situated between benefics,

or occupying the sign of a friend or a submissive sign, and even in the significator's asterism, the Moon grants the fruit of victory and happiness; otherwise, it strikes them down.

Even if waning, even if in a non-upacaya house, one may march with confidence if [the Moon] is in the asterism of a friend, a submissive sign, or a significator.

If it is not so from the rising sign or from one's natal asterism, one should not march even if [the Moon] is full or situated in an house of increase.

When pierced by Venus or Mercury, there is sickness; by the priest of the gods, death; by Saturn and Mars, danger; by a comet, the death of women;

when the Moon's brilliance of rays is dim for one departing, there is an increase of enemies; when its halo is abnormal, there is destruction of the eyes.

Chapter 8: Strength of the Ascendant