Garudapurana 1.61

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 61.
Hari said:
The Moon residing in the seventh, the houses of increase (upacaya), or the first is auspicious everywhere;
moreover, in the bright fortnight, in the second, fifth, and ninth,

the Moon, being honoured by the worlds, is regarded like a guru.
There are twelve states of the Moon; hear those as well.

Dividing the lunar mansions three by three, beginning with Aśvinī, I explain:
residing in absence, seen again, in the state of death, bringing victory,

in the state of laughter, in the state of sport, and in the state of joy;
in the state of sorrow, in enjoyment, stationed in the state of fever,

in the state of trembling, and in the state of happiness: it passes through twelve states.
Absence, loss, death, victory, laughter, sexual pleasure, happiness,

sorrow, enjoyment, fever, trembling, and happiness: such are the fruits in order.
Stationed in the natal house, it produces contentment; in the second, there is no peace;

in the third, honour from the king; in the fourth, the approach of conflict;
by the Moon in the fifth, there is indeed the acquisition of women;

arrival of abundance of grain in the sixth; sexual pleasure and honour in the seventh;
danger to life in the eighth; accumulation of treasury in the ninth;

completion of one's business in the tenth; victory is certain in the eleventh;
by the Moon in the twelfth, death alone occurs, without doubt.

One should travel eastward under the seven mansions beginning with Kṛttikā;
one should go south under those beginning with Maghā, and west under Anurādhā and the rest;

and travel to the north is praised under the seven beginning with Dhaniṣṭhā.
Aśvinī, Revatī, Citrā, and Dhaniṣṭhā are auspicious for putting on ornaments;

Mṛgaśīrṣa, Aśvinī, Citrā, Puṣya, Mūla, and Hastā are always auspicious
for giving away a daughter, for setting out on a journey, and in consecration rites and the like.

Venus and the Moon situated in the natal sign and in the second bestow auspiciousness;
and the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter in sign after sign in the third;

in the fourth, Mars, Saturn, the Moon, the Sun, and Mercury are best;
in the fifth, Venus and Jupiter, combined with the Moon and Ketu;

Saturn, the Sun, and Mars in the sixth; Jupiter and the Moon in the seventh;
Mercury and Venus are best in the eighth; Jupiter stationed in the ninth is auspicious;

the Sun, Saturn, and the Moon in the tenth; all planets in the eleventh;
and Mercury in the twelfth, as well as Venus, brings happiness.

Capricorn is best with Leo; Aries is excellent with Virgo;
Pisces with Libra; Cancer with Aquarius;

Taurus is best with Sagittarius; and Scorpio with Gemini:
this six-eight relationship brings mutual affection without doubt.

Thus ends the sixty-first chapter, named “Determination of Auspicious and Inauspicious Positions of the Planets”, in the Treatise on Astral Science, in the section on Conduct, in the first part called the first section, of the holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, named “Determination of the Measure of Ascendant Ghatikās and the Like”, in the Treatise on Astral Science, in the section on Conduct, in the first part called the first section, of the holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. / The holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 63