The Book of Akbar 21: CHAPTER III.
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 21
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CHAPTER III.
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is in the House of Mercury and Mercury in the House of Venus. Thus three happy influences are combined ;— viz., 1°. the happy influence of Jupiter,—2°. the happy influence of Venus;—3°. the happy influence which Mercury has imbibed from the fortunate twain. This is something very uncommon. The Great Light (the Sun), the benefactor of the universe and moderator of the affairs of mortals, and the special bestower of glory, power, pomp and prestige is in the Third House and in a fixed Sign (Scorpio), signifying the grant of dignity, glory, greatness and magnificence. As he has come out of his fall and his face is set toward his exaltation, he has made the Native’s glory increase, day by day, and as he is in aspect to the Ninth House (Taurus) which is that of travel, the standards of victory and conquest will always be upraised on the march, while he himself protects mankind from the confusions and calamities of the age and is the light-giver of the world. As the Third House which is that of kindred, is Scorpio, it is significant of Scorpion-kinsmen. Saturn there sends those alien relatives (distant-near ones) by calamities and disasters, to the nethermost hell of destruction and perdition.
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The Fourth angle is Sagittarius and is the House of the final issue of things. Jupiter, its lord, is in sextile to it and is contiguous to the ameliorated Mercury, and in his own term and triplicity. Whatever the Native deigns to undertake, will be accomexalted with the greatest ease, and the terminations of his works will be prosperous.
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The Fifth House is that of offspring and is Capricornus, a sign indicative of many children. Mars, the soldier’s planet, is there and is a kadkhuda of the Ascendant which is the centre of the laws of life. It is a glorious thing that this warlike planet is in his House of exaltation, and by face, plicity, darijan adwaitin and dodecatemorion has endowed the Native with long life, and has given him the enjoyment of many sons and grandsons. His sons, too, will be fortunate and capable. He will also have world-traversing, victorious soldiers. It is a beautiful coincidence that in the horoscope of the Lord of Conjunction, (Timur) Mars is in the Fifth House, as mentioned in the Zafarnāma. Experienced philosophers have laid stress on the power of Mars in the horoscopes of princes. The present powerful and holy horoscope excels that of the Lord of Conjunction in that this majestic planet is in his House of exaltation (Capricornus) and has the other dignities mentioned above. This signifies glory and greatness, lofty rank, victory and dominion, and that yet his glory will be greater and better from his path upwards. The Moon who is the intermediary between the celestial influences and the terrestrial elements, having come as an increaser of light, points the way to daily increasing dominion.
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She is also the hyleg, which is the tabernacle of the soul and guardian of the body, and is in the Fifth House. As she is separating (munsarif) from Mars and is in trine to Venus, she is a cause of continual health, soundness of constitution and bodily strength. The Sixth House is Aquarius and signifies armies. Saturn is the dominant and he is in the Third House which is that of allies and helpers. The Dragon's Head (Ras or Anabibazon) is there and signifies soldiers of loyal and devoted clans. The Seventh angle (i.e., the Descendant or west angle) is Pisces at the seventh degree, which is the term of Venus and belongs to her triplicity and darjan. She gives chaste veiled ones who are constant in pleasing service and respects ; and she makes the Native happy and prosperous by their good offices. The Eighth House is Aries; Mars is its lord and his benefic influences have already been described. He is in trine to the Ascendant and signifies the Divine protection in positions of fear and hidden dangers. The Ninth House (Taurus) is that of travel. As its regent (Venus) is posited in the Ascendant—Virgo, she holds in readiness, tranquillity and pleasure in distant journies and makes them a cause of increase of territory.
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The Part of Fortune (Pars Fortunae) is in the Tenth angle which is that of dominion and prosperity (iqbāl). Its lord, the auspicious Mercury, is in trine to it. As the Greater Fortune (Jupiter) is also in trine to it, this signifies majestic sovereignty, perfect reason and justice, and brings the world's treasures into the powerful grasp of the Native. The Eleventh House (Cancer) is that of Hope. Its lord is the crescent Moon. She is in the Fifth House of the horoscope, and as she is in trine to the Ascendant, she is a cause of safety and of the attainment of desires.
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The Twelfth House (Leo) is that of enemies. The Dragon's Tail (Zanab) being posited in it, makes the enemies of eternal fortune downcast and contemptible. It turns every wretch who averts his face from the altar of obedience, topsyturvy into the wilderness of annihilation. Its lord, the Sun, being posited in the Third House, viz., that of allies and helpers, will bring many opponents to repentance and the path of submission and devotion. A wonderful thing in this horoscope is that the Tenth House, that of dominion and sovereignty, is in Gemini of which the lord of the Ascendant, (Mercury) is the regent. It is established that every lord of the Ascendant, desires to promote his own signification (or perhaps, what is committed to him), but that he may be frustrated by obstacles to his power. Now in this auspicious horoscope, Mercury's House is also that of dominion and sovereignty. Seeing that dominion (daulat) is posited in his own (Mercury's) House, why should he (Mercury) hold back from carrying out his own signification (or, from what has been committed to him)?