Sloka 12 : The person at whose birth malefics occupy the Sun’s Hora in odd Rasis will be strong and sturdy, cruel in his behaviour and wealthy, while the one born with benefics posited in the lunar Hora of even signs will be brilliant in appearance, will speak mildly, will be pleasant and graceful. If it be other wise, the effect also will be otherwise. If it be mixed, the effect will be mixed. In the case of a nativity where the Lagna and the Moon are very strong and the lords of the signs occupied by them be also similarly strong, the person concerned will be endowed with long life without any sorrow and will be widely renowned.
Sloka 13 : The last decanates of Simha, Mesha, Dhanus, Tula and Mithuna, the first ones of Dhanus and Mesha, the middle ones of Kanya and Mithuna are termed Ayudha Drekkanas or ‘armed’ decanates. The middle decanate of Vrichika is called “Pasa”, (or noose). The first Drekkana of Makara is called “Nigala” fetters decanate. The first decanates of Simha and Kumha and the middle one of Tula are vulture-faced. The last decanate of Vrishabha is a bird (Pakshi) and the first decanate of Karkataka has a face like that of a pig.
Sloka I4 : The first decanates of Scorpio, the last one of Cancer and the last one of Pisces are termed Serpent decanates. The second of Mesha and Vrishabha, the first of Leo and the last of Scorpio are called quadruped decanates. Persons born in these (i.e., when these decanates are rising) will be without wealth, cruel in disposition vile in character and indegent. In a dual sign, the 3 decanates in their order will be Adhama or bad, (Madhyama or moderate) and Uttama or good, while, in the case of a moveable sign, this order will be reversed. In a fixed sign, the order will be bad good, and mixed. Thus will the effects also be, when these decanates are rising. So say the wise.
Sloka 15 : If the lord of the (rising) decanate be in his own Varga, of associated with a benefic planet or be in his own exaltation or friendly house; if the lord of the (rising) Trimsamsa, Dwadasamsa or Hora possessing strength be in a similar position, the person concerned will be endowed with all good qualities; will always be pure, clever, long-lived, merciful and wealthy, will possess children, will be widely renowned and enjoy all comforts in a royal style.
Sloka 16 : Note the Rasi 0ccupied by Mandi at a birth and note also where the lord of that Rasi is posited. The Lagna at birth will be a position triangular to that of the aforesaid lord or one triangular to the Navamsa occupied by the owner of the sign representing the Navamsa occupied by Mandi. It may be triangular to the Navamsa Rasi occupied by Gulika. When the Moon is strong, the Lagna should be deduced similarly through the Moon alone instead of through Mandi.
Sloka 17 : The Moon if posited in her own or in a friend’s decanate will make the native beautiful in appearance and possessed of good qualities. If she has attained an Uttamavarga, she will also make him very lucky; if she be posited anywhere else, she will endow the native with such qualities as belong to the planet owning the house occupied by her. Planets that are in their own Trimsamsas will do all that have been ascribed to them as Karakas. If there be at least one planet in his own or exaltation house and at the same time aspected by or associated with a friendly planet, the native will become a king endowed with riches.
Sloka 18 : A planet is blazing when he is in his exaltation; he is happy in his Moolatrikona; he is confident in his own house; he is delighted in a friend’s house; calm when he has reached the Varga of a benefic planet. He is capable when he shines bright with unclouded splendour.
Sloka 19 : He is tortured when overcome by another planet. He is base by union with the Varga of a malefic planet. He is exceedingly distressed when he occupies an enemy house. He is greatly afraid when he is in his depression. He is failing when he has set or disappeared.
Sloka 20 : In the case of a planet in a Pradeeptavastha, the good effect will be full, while it will be nil for a planet in a Vikala state. In the case of the intervening condition (Avasthas), the auspicious effects will be decreasing proportionately while the unpropitiousness of the effects will correspondingly increase. The nature of the effects of the several Avasthas will be quite in accordance with the appellations they bear.
Thus ends the 3rd Adhyaya on “Divisions of the Zodiac” in the work Phaladeepika composed by Mantreswara.
ADHYAYA – IV
Sloka 1 : The strength of a planet is said to the six fold and they are in the following order: (1) Kalaja or temporal, (2) Cheshta or motional, (3) Ucchaja or that derived from its exaltation position (4) Dik or directional, (5) Ayana or that derived from its declination (north or south) and (6) Sthana or positional. In the night-time, Mars, the Moon & Venus are strong. Mercury is strong at all times. The rest or strong during the day. In the bright-half of a month the benefics, and in the dark-half the malefics, are strong. Planets when they, happen to be the lords of the year, month, day and hour get ¼, ½, ¾ and 1 Rupa respectively.
Sloka 2 : The Moon gets Cheshtabata when she is full. The Sun gets it when he is in his northern course; the other planets, when in their retrograde motion. In planetary war, those that are posited in the north and who have got brilliant rays should be considered as victorious. Planets have their full Uchchabal when in their highest exaltation. As regards directional strength, the Sun and Mars are strong in the 10th; Venus and the Moon in the 4th; Mercury and Jupiter in the 1st and Saturn in the 7th. Mercury, Saturn and the Moon have their Ayanabala in their southerly course. The rest have the same in their northern.
Sloka 9 : The strength accruing to a planet in the six Vargas (viz., Rasi, Hora, Drekkana, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa and Trimasamsa) on a consideration of its being posited in its exaltation, its own and its friendly signs etc., is termed its positional strength. That arising from its being in Kendra and other Bhavas (i.e., Phanapara and Apoklima) will be one 1, ½ and ¼ Rupa respectively. The hermaphrodite planets are strong in the middle, the male ones at the initial and the female ones at the concluding portions of a Rasi. Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, the Moon and the Sun are in their order increasing in their natural strength.
