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Brihat Jataka
By Varaha Mihira |
Chapter 18
Rasisiladhyaya (results of planets in the various signs)
Sloka 1: When the Sun is not in his deep exaltation in Aries, the person will
become famous, clever, traveller, possessed of little wealth and bearer of arms.
When the Sun is in Taurus, the person will sell scents and clothes, hate females
and be clever in drumming and music.
Sloka 2: When the Sun is in Gemini, the
native becomes educated, astrologer and wealthy. In Cancer, he makes the native
angry, poor, doing other’s work, and suffer from fatigue in traveling and other
cares, In Leo, the Sun makes one love the forests, mountains and cattle,
courageous and dull. When the Sun is in Virgo, the person becomes skilful in
writing, painting, poetry, philosophy and mathematics, and possess a feminine
body.
Sloka 3: When the Sun occupies Libra, he makes the man a toddy-seller,
drunkard, traveller, goldsmith and mean. When the Sun is in Scorpio, he makes
the man cruel, adventurous and rash, making profits by sales of poisonous
substances, losing wealth by robbers, and skilled in military weapons, and
destroyer. When the Sun is in Sagittarius, the person will be respected, rich,
angry, doctor and artisan. When the Sun in Capricorn, the person will be mean,
ignorant, seller of low articles, little wealth, covetuous and enjoying at
other’s cost.
Sloka 4: The Sun in Aquarius makes a man mean, separated from
children and wealth, and poor, The Sun in Pisces causes wealth through articles
found in water and fondled by women. When the Sun and the Moon are combined in a
rasi, marks or moles in the organ which is governed by Kalapurusha, are found. Sloka 5: Mars and Aries and Scorpio – Respected by kings, traveller, commander,
merchant, rich, cut or scarred body, thief, running through various sense
pleasures or objects.
Mars in Taurus and Libra – Submissive to women, ungrateful friend, fond of
other’s wives, cheat, fop, timid and unsocial.
Sloka 6: Mars in Gemini and Virgo
– Jealous, sons,, friendless, grateful, clever in music and martial work,
miserly, undaunted and mendicant.
Mars in Cancer – Rich, wealth procured through ships or through traveling,
intelligent, wanting in organs and cruel.
Sloka 7: Mars in Leo – Poor, enduring,
traveling in forests, few children and wife.
Mars in Sagittarius and Pisces – Many enemies, minister, renowned, courageous
and few children.
Mars in Aquarius – Sorrowful, poor, traveller, untrughful and irritable.
Mars in Capricorn – Much wealth and many children, and king or his equal.
Sloka
8: Mercury in Aries and Scorpio – Fond of gambling, borrowing and drinking,
atheist, thief, poor, bad wife, cheating and untruthful.
Sloka 9: Mercury in
Taurus and Libra – Fond of getting instructors, children, wives and wealth,
liberal, and respectful to elders. Mercury in Gemini – Liar, skilled in arts and
sciences, polite speeches, and fond of happiness. Mercury in Cancer – Wealth
through water, and hateful to his relations. Sloka 10: Mercury in Leo – Hateful
to women, without wealth, happiness and children, traveller, stupid, fond of
women, and disgraced by his own community.
Mercury in Virgo – Liberal, learned, many noble qualities happy, patient,
expedient or resourceful and intrepid.
Sloka 11: Mercury in Capricorn and
Aquarius – Engaged in other’s work, poor, not fond of arts, debtor, carrying out
other orders.
Mercury is Sagittarius – respected by king, learned, timely speech.
Mercury in Pisces – Winning over servants to his side, and mean artist.
Sloka
12: Jupiter in Aries and Scorpio – Commander, possessed of large family,
children and wealth, liberal and good servants, forgiving, handsome, good wife
and famous.
Jupiter in Taurus and Libra – Healthy, possessed of happiness, friends, wealth
and children, liberal and popular.
Jupiter in Gemini and Virgo – Surrounded by worldly paraphernalia or titles,
children and friends, minister, consul and happy
Sloka 13: Jupiter in Cancer –
Possessed of great wealth and gems, children, wife, enjoyment, intelligence and
happiness.
Jupiter in Leo – Commander and all the results indicated above in Cancer.
Jupiter in Sagittarius and Pisces – Kind or minister or commander or wealthy.
Jupiter in Kumbha or Aquarius will produce the results ascribed to him n Cancer.
Jupiter in Capricorn – Mean, poor and unhappy.
Sloka 14: Venus in Aries and
Scorpio – Fond of other women, losing money through their flattery and hater of
his race.
Venus in Taurus and Libra – Self-acquired property, respected by rulers, leader
of his men, renowned and courageous. Sloka 15: Venus in Gemini – Doing ruler’s
work or service, wealthy and learned.
Venus in Virgo – Doing very mean acts. Venus in Capricorn and Aquarius – Popular
slave to women, and intercourse with bad women.
Sloka 16: Venus in Cancer –
Gives two wives, mendicant, timid, full of sexual passion and sorrow through it.
Venus in Leo – Getting wealth through a woman, handsome wife and few children.
Venus in Sagittarius – Adorned with many good qualities and rich.
Venus in Pisces – Learned, wealthy, respected by rulers and very popular.
Sloka
17: Saturn in Aries – Ignorant, itinerant, cheat and friendless.
Saturn in Scorpio – Imprisonment, whipping, capricious and merciless.
Saturn in Gemini and Virgo – Childless, poor, shameless, unhappy, not knowing
painting, protective office and chief man. (One reading is skilled in painting.
Another reading says he will be Rakshasapathi or lord of Rakshasas or evil
genii).
Sloka 18: Saturn in Taurus – Connections with prohibited and low caste
women, ordinary wealth and many wives.
Saturn in Libra – Famous, respected by communities, towns, army and village,
wealthy.
Saturn in Cancer – Poor, loose teeth, motherless, childless and ignorant.
Saturn in Leo – bad, childless and unhappy, carrying loads.
Sloka 19: Saturn in
Sagittarius and Pisces – Good death or happy in the end, confident with princes
or rulers, good children, wife and wealth, commander of towns, armies and
villages.
Saturn in Capricorn and Aquarius – Getting other’s women, wealth and other’s
houses, chief of towns, villages and army, short sighted, dirty, permanent
wealth, general prosperity and enjoying. Sloka 20: The results which have been
stated for the presence of the Moon in each rasi, and the results of aspects of
Moon by other planets in the different signs will have to be applied for lagna.
The prosperity and adversity of each bhava must be predicted by the strength of
the bhava and its lord. Index
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