SIGN OCCUPIED BY QUERIST

Stanza 77. � In order to create conviction in the questioner, the astrologer should
study
the Arudha Lagna and read therefrom what experience the questioner had on the way.
Stanza 78. � If Rahu or Saturn is in Arudha or fifth or eighth house from it, then
the
messenger might have seen very low people on his way. If Mars or Mercury stands at
the above
positions, he might have met people belonging to Sudra caste.
Stanza 79. � If Jupiter or Venus is in Arudha or 5th or 8th from it, then Brahmins
must
have been seen. If these are associated with or aspected by evil planets, then
thread-wearing
Hindus,
Stanza 80. � If the Sun, then distinguished personages or officials; if the Moon or
Venus,
then a woman. If the Moon and Saturn are together there, he might have seen bad
women; if
Venus (without any evil planets), chaste women.
Stanza 81. � The nature of the people he has met on the way depends on the
association
or aspects of evil or good planets. Further, predictions will have to be made from
the direction of
querent and his gesticulations.
Stanza 82. � If the Sun occupies the eighth house from the Arudha, then predict
royal
displeasure or trouble from the army and this must have happened on the previous
Sunday. If he
occupies Jiva Navamsa, then say it was the ruler himself. Predict also some loss
befitting the
Navamsa the Sun occupies � Dhatu, Jeeva or Moola (mineral, vegetable or animal).
NOTES
In odd signs (Aries, Gemini, Leo, etc.) the 1st, 4th and 7th Navamsas refer to
Dhatu
(mineral), the 2nd, 5th and 8th refer to Moola (animal) and the 3rd, 6th and 9th
refer to Jeeva
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(vegetable). In even signs (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, etc.) the 1st, 4th and 7th refer
to Jeeva
(vegetable), the 2nd, 5th and 8th to Moola (animal) and the 3rd, 6th and 9th to
Dhatu (mineral).
In 80 st. has been translated as distinguished personality or officer.
Stanza 83. � If the Moon occupies the eighth house, then say that the querist had
to
starve on the previous Monday or he had to live on mere rice-water.
NOTES
According to the commentator, if the Moon was strong then the querist would have
lived
on rice-water.
Stanzas 84 and 85. � If Mars is in the 8th, then the questioner had a fall. Mars
with
Gulika reveals that the person was wounded severely. According as Mars occupying a
dhatu,
moola or jeeva or sarisripa Navamsa, the querist was hurt by some weapon, lacerated
by thorns,
scratched or wounded by nail or teeth or was bitten by a snake or scorpion, on the
previous
Tuesday.
NOTES
Sarisripa Navamsas are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
Stanzas 86 and 87. � If Mercury occupies the 8th from Arudha Lagna, the questioner
was obstructed in his work the previous Wednesday. According as Mercury is in
Moola, Dhatu or
Jeeva Navamsa, the questioner had to lose or be without betel leaves and nuts, or
was sick, or
had to exchange harsh words or be without chunam (lime).
Stanzas 88 to 92. � If Jupiter stands on the eighth, say on the last Thursday his
performance of daily religious duties was delayed (in the case of twice-born) or
there was loss of
articles. If Venus is in the 8th house, he had separation from his beloved or loss
of clothes or his
clothes were soiled by dirt. If he is in Moola Navamsa, his clothes were torn by
thorns. If he
occupies Jeeva Navamsa, they were torn by his finger nails or he gave them away as
gifts. If he
occupies Sarisripa Navamsa, his clothes were bitten by mice or eaten away by white
ants on the
previous Friday. If Saturn stands on the eighth from Arudha, say that he had to
take food very
late or had to face a great danger on Saturday last.
Stanzas 93, 94 and 95. � If Rahu stands on the eighth, say that his legs were
affected by
some pain on the way. If he stands on dhatu Navamsa, say it was caused by stones.
If he stands
in moola Navamsa, some thorns pierced into his feet. If he is in Jeeva navamsa, the
querist was
bitten by a serpent on the previous Saturday. If Kethu stands on the eighth house,
say that his
legs dashed against rocks last Tuesday. If he is with Gulika, then predict that his
legs were very
much wounded.
Stanza 96. � If evil planets occupy the third house from Arudha, then the
questioner had
to fast on the days governed by such planets.
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Stanza 97. � The third, sixth and twelfth houses are also evil as eighth house.
Hence
predict evil to have happened last week allotting suitable days to those planets
that occupy the
above houses.
NOTES
These stanzas are clear enough and they do not need any explanations. The
situation, of
the different planets in the 3rd, 6th, 8th and 12th houses from Arudha Lagna and in
certain
Navamsas indicate the happenings � some trivial � on certain week-days, pertaining
to the
planets concerned. Readers may test these principles and find out for themselves,
the usefulness
of these combinations in the modern age.