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Homage to 艢r墨 骋补峁噀艣补!1

Now, the chapter on the judgement of the twelve houses (诲惫腻诲补艣补产丑腻惫补-惫颈肠腻谤补-补诲丑测腻测补) beginning with the ascendant; and 驰腻诲补惫补 says [in 罢腻箩颈办补测辞驳补蝉耻诲丑腻苍颈诲丑颈 12.1]:

Without studying the nature of another, a wise man is unable to speak of [his] good and bad [traits] even if he wishes to. I shall now expound the good and evil likewise produced by the houses beginning with the ascendant.^[1]

The designations of the twelve houses (诲惫腻诲补艣补-产丑腻惫补) are stated by 厂补尘补谤补蝉颈峁僪补 [in the 罢腻箩颈办补艣腻蝉迟谤补]:

(1) Body (tanu), (2) wealth (dhana), (3) siblings (sahaja), (4) friends (蝉耻丑峁泃),^[2] (5) children (suta), (6) enemies (ripu),^[3] (7) wife (箩腻测腻), (8) death (尘峁泃耻), (9) piety (dharma), (10) action (karman), (11) gain (腻测补), (12) loss (vyaya): these twelve houses (产丑腻惫补), beginning with ascendant (lagna), are the places of the affairs (办腻谤测补蝉迟丑腻苍补) [indicated by their names].

Next, the general [method of ] judging a house (产丑腻惫补惫颈肠腻谤补) is described in Abdatantra [5.1]:^[4]

The house that is aspected or joined by its ruler and a benefic prospers; if aspected or joined by a malefic, [there is] destruction [of the significations of that house]; from mixed [planets] one should declare mixed results.

Here, when [a house] is joined or aspected by its ruler and benefic planets, one will experience happiness in connection with that house. What does that mean? Happiness [comes about] by increase of the good things signified by that house and by destruction of the bad things. By malefics [joining or aspecting], one will experience misery from increase of the bad things signified by that house and from destruction of the good things. Similarly, by a mixture of benefics and malefics, [there will be] a mixture of good and bad. In that case, it should be understood that if benefics predominate, the evil results are outweighed by happiness; if malefics predominate, the good results are outweighed by misery. If malefics and benefics are equal [in number], the results are predicted by a consideration of their strength and weakness.

On this matter, a house aspected or joined by a planet friendly to the ruler of the house should be understood to give its own results; but a house aspected by or joined to an enemy of the ruler of the house, even if [that planet is] a benefic, should be understood to destroy its own results. And it should be understood that the ruler of the house occupying an angle from the ascendant or from the house [itself] increases the good results of the house; but occupying the sixth, eighth or twelfth [place from the ascendant or the house], it destroys the results of the house.

This is a special rule (惫颈艣别峁�a).

Even as the ruler of a house (产丑腻惫补n膩tha) is considered to accomplish the matter of the house if aspecting it, [a planet] occupying [the house] and one aspecting [it] perfect the matter through another [person].^[5]

So [it is said] in the 闯墨谤峁嘺迟腻箩颈办补.

On this matter, a special rule (惫颈艣别峁�a) is stated by the venerable Garga:

Occupying its fall or an enemy鈥檚 domicile, a planet destroys a house; in a neutral domicile it is middling; occupying a friend鈥檚 or its own sign, its [尘奴濒补]迟谤颈办辞峁嘺 or exaltation, a planet is considered inevitably to make the house prosper.

Saty膩c膩rya states the reverse judgement (惫颈肠腻谤补-惫补颈辫补谤墨迟测补) [to be true] for the twelfth, eighth and sixth houses:

Benefic planets occupying the ascendant and other houses make them prosper, malefics the reverse; in the eighth, twelfth and sixth houses, they give the opposite result.

The meaning is as follows: benefics occupying the eighth [house] avert death, malefics bring on death. Benefics in the twelfth [house] avert loss, malefics bring on loss. Benefics occupying the sixth house avert enemies, malefics bring on enemies. This is the view of Saty膩c膩rya.^[6] [But] the view of 罢腻箩颈办补 authors is that benefics in the sixth [house] bring on enemies [while] malefics avert enemies.^[7] This will become evident below in [the description of ] the results of the planets in the houses.

Concerning this, 厂补尘补谤补蝉颈峁僪补 states a particular rule (惫颈艣别峁�a) [in the 罢腻箩颈办补艣腻蝉迟谤补]:

In whatever sign a benefic or a malefic [is found] in the nativity, if it appears [there] in the horoscope of the year as well, then it bestows its good or evil results in full according to its own nature. After examining the strength of the ninth-parts and the benefic aspects and conjunctions at all times, good should be predicted for the querent; the opposite if these are contrary.

Concerning this, 罢别箩补岣�s颈峁僪补 states another special rule (惫颈艣别峁�a-antara) [in 顿补颈惫补箩帽腻濒补峁僰峁泃颈 17.3]:

If the ruler of any house, beginning with the ascendant, is corrupt, the matters signified by that house are destroyed. Thus, if the ruler of the sixth house here is corrupt, there is loss of enemies and illness; if the ruler of the twelfth house, there is no loss of wealth; if the ruler of the eighth house, death is averted.

Next, the definition of the strongest planets (产补濒颈峁ａ弓丑补-驳谤补丑补濒补办峁�a峁嘺) in the houses is given in 厂补峁僯帽腻迟补苍迟谤补 摆1.58鈥�59闭:

A planet is strong in the first, tenth, seventh, fourth, eleventh, fifth and ninth houses in descending order; also, the moon in particular in the third and second houses, [and] Mars in the third. One should judge thus in a question, a nativity, and a [revolution of the] year. Thus, nine houses are good; the twelfth, eighth and sixth houses are bad; [but] if they exceed the orbs of light, one should judge even these to be good.

That is, a planet occupying the ascendant (lagnastha) is the strongest of all; less than that in strength is one occupying the tenth; and so in all [the houses, strength decreases gradually]. Should the twelfth, eighth and sixth houses, derived by calculation, be so arranged that they exceed the orbs of light of the occupying planets, then they give good results. Likewise, although it is not stated, it should be understood that planets in good houses, the cusps of which fall [within] their orbs of light, are exceedingly good; [but] when [the cusps] exceed those [orbs, the planets] give lesser results.

驰腻诲补惫补 [in 罢腻箩颈办补测辞驳补蝉耻诲丑腻苍颈诲丑颈 12.10] states a special rule (惫颈艣别峁�a):

Whatever house a planet rules in the nativity, if it has authority in this year and is strong, it makes [the native] attain [the significations of ] that [house]; or if, in the year, it aspects the house that it rules in the nativity. If it is such but does not aspect, the result is [insubstantial] like a dream. Whatever planet occupies any sign [both] in the nativity [and] in the year, it gives the attainment of [the significations of] that [sign].

Another special rule (惫颈艣别峁�a) is stated in the H腻测补nasundara:

If the ruler of the ascendant is joined to the ruler of any house in that house, it always causes that house to prosper; [but] joined to the ruler of the eighth house in any house, it always [causes] the destruction of that [house].^[8]

Also, if the ruler of the ascendant (濒补驳苍别艣补) forms an 颈迟迟丑补艣腻濒补 with the ruler of any house, happiness from the gain of the objects signified by that house and so forth should be predicted in [that] year; however, if configurations such as 尘补峁嘺奴, 办丑补濒濒腻蝉补谤补 or radda are present, the results of the 颈迟迟丑补艣腻濒补 should not be predicted. Likewise, even in the absence of an 颈迟迟丑补艣腻濒补, if configurations such as 测补尘补测腻, nakta or 迟补尘产墨谤补 [are present], it should be understood that the results described in books are to be predicted, even though [this is] not stated in chapters on the judgement of houses. Regarding this, in a nativity, [revolution of the] year, or query, the twelve houses beginning with the ascendant should be established, and from them, the signification of whatever matter is assigned to each house and so on should be predicted by the configurations of the planets.

For 颁补峁囜笉别艣惫补谤补 says:

The matter that is assigned by Yavana and others to each house is called the topic signified by that [house]. From that one should judge queries and so on.

This concludes the general [method of] judging a house (产丑腻惫补-惫颈肠腻谤补).

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

A pun on the word 产丑腻惫补, which can mean both 鈥榥ature鈥� and 鈥榟oroscopic house鈥�.

[2]:

Friends are not, to my knowledge, found as a signification of the fourth house in Greekor Arabic-language astrological texts. If of purely Indian origin, it may be the result of misinterpretation: early Sanskrit works on astrology (such as 驰补惫补苍补箩腻迟补办补 1.70 and 叠峁沨补箩箩腻迟补办补 1.15) use the word bandhu 鈥榢insman鈥�, which may represent an intentional or unintentional widening of the signification of parents and ancestors given to the fourth house in Hellenistic astrology. In a secondary sense, however, bandhu may also be understood as 鈥榝riend鈥�, and this is the meaning taken by later Indian authors.

[3]:

The assignment of enemies to the sixth house is common in Greek and some Arabic texts (see, for instance, Vett. Val. IV 12), although later Arabic and European tradition often reassigns them to the seventh.

[4]:

A synonym of 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补鈥檚 痴补谤峁�a迟补苍迟谤补.

[5]:

A tentative translation of a very terse stanza.

[6]:

For the early and important astrological authority Satya, whose work is no longer extant, see Pingree 1978 II passim.

[7]:

This supposed 罢腻箩颈办补 view does not reflect the majority opinion of Greek-or Arabiclanguage astrological works.

[8]:

This verse is not attested in the available independent witness of the H腻测补nasundara.