Garudapurana 1.60

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 60.
Hari said:
Six [years] are known as the period of the Sun; fifteen are taught for the Moon;
eight for Mars; and seventeen are taught for Mercury;

ten are known for Saturn; nineteen for Jupiter;
twelve years for Rāhu; and twenty-one for Venus.

The Sun's period brings suffering, causing agitation and ruin to a king.
The Moon's period brings prosperity, happiness, and pleasant food.

Mars's period brings suffering and ruins the kingdom and the like.
Mercury's period gives heavenly women, grants a kingdom, and increases the treasury.

Saturn's period causes loss of kingdom and distress to kin.
Jupiter's period grants a kingdom and bestows happiness, righteousness, and more.

Rāhu's period causes loss of kingdom, disease, and suffering.
Venus's period gives elephants and horses, and bestows a kingdom, women, and gain.

Aries is the house of Mars; Taurus is spoken of as Venus's.
Mercury is known [as the lord] of Gemini, and the Moon of Cancer.

Leo is the Sun's house, and Virgo is the house of Mercury;
Libra is the house of Venus, and Scorpio of Mars.

Sagittarius belongs to Jupiter, and Capricorn and Aquarius to Saturn;
Pisces belongs to Jupiter: thus are the planetary houses declared.

When there are two full moon days and two Pūrvāṣāḍhās [therein],
that should be known as a double Āṣāḍha; Viṣṇu sleeps in Cancer.

Aśvinī, Revatī, Citrā, and Dhaniṣṭhā are auspicious for putting on ornaments.
A deer, snake, monkey, cat, dog, pig, and birds,

a mongoose, and a mouse on the right are auspicious when setting out.
A brāhmaṇa maiden, a jackal, and of these a conch, kettle-drum, earth,

a flute, women, and water pots full of water are auspicious to see on a journey.
Jackals, camels, donkeys, and the like are auspicious on the left during a journey.

Cotton, medicine, oil, burning coals, serpents,
a woman with dishevelled hair, a red garland, or a naked person are seen as inauspicious.

I shall explain the characteristics of hiccoughing: in the east, one attains a great fruit;
in the south-east, sorrow and torment; in the south, one meets with loss;

in the south-west, sorrow and torment; and in the west, sweet food;
in the north-west, one gains wealth; in the north, there will be quarrel;

in the north-east, death is declared: thus are the good and bad results of hiccoughing.
Drawing the Sun-diagram, the Sun is depicted in the likeness of a man.

Starting with the mansion in which the Sun resides, three should be placed on the head;
three should be assigned to the mouth, and one on each of the two shoulders;

one on each of the two arms, and one on each of the two hands;
five mansions on the heart, and one should be assigned to the navel;

one mansion should be placed on the private parts, and one on each knee;
and the remaining mansions should be assigned to the Sun's feet.

A man becomes short-lived through the mansion on the feet;
[with it] on the knee, travel to foreign lands; when stationed on the privates, he takes another's wife;

stationed on the navel, he is content with little; on the heart, he becomes a great lord;
stationed on the hand, he becomes a thief; on the arm, he falls from his position;

stationed on the shoulder, he is a master of wealth; on the mouth, he obtains sweet food;
if the mansion is positioned on the head, he gains rank and garments.

Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, entitled “Description of Planetary Periods and Related Matters in the Science of Astrology,” in the Section on Proper Conduct, within the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.