27) O sage, after ascertaining the natural friends, enemies and neutrals, the temporary friends also should be determined. A natural friend who happens to be a temporary friend also, becomes an Ädhimitra (an intimate friend). Similarly, a natural friend would become a neutral, if he has no temporary friendship. A natural enemy who is a temporary friend, would become a neutral. By the same argument, a natural enemy would become a bitter enemy too.
Notes: Here the calculation is to be done from the planet’s Mülatrikoìa Räçi. The lords of the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th houses counted from the Mülatrikoìa of the planet concerned, are his natural enemy of another, according to this rule, becomes only a neutral, if his exaltation house is owned by that planet. For example, for Mars, Saturn becomes a natural enemy, since the latter owns 2 houses viz. 10th and 11th from his Mülatrikoìa, Meña. Still he is only a neutral, as the exaltation sign of Mars, Makara is owned by Saturn.
28) A planet attains positional strength (Sthäna-bala) by its occupation of its exaltation house, Mülatrikoìa, own house and Naväàças owned by itself. Mercury and Jupiter get directional strength (Digbala) when they are posited in the East; the Sun and Mars in the South; Saturn in the West and the Moon and Venus in the North.
29) Planets are said to be strong in their respective seasons and in the Uttaräyana or Winter Solstice; while others get strength by retrograde motion. Planets in conjunction being to the north of others and possessed of brilliant rays are considered to be possessed of Ceçöabäla or Motional strength.
Notes: Planets’ strength is measured in respect of six things viz. Käla, Ceñöä, Ucca, Dik, Ayana and Sthäna (i.e., time, motion, exaltation, direction, declination and position). The Summer Solstice or Dakñinäyana gives strength to Mercury, saturn and the Moon, while the rest get strength in the winter Solstice. The non-luminaries get strength when they are retrograde.
30) The Temporal strength (Kälabala) of planets is explained by scholars thus: The Moon, Mars, Venus and Saturn are strong at night; Mercury is strong always; while the rest are strong by day. Malefics are strong in the dark fortnight while benefics are strong in the bright one.
31-32) Among the planets, Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, the Moon and the Sun, each succeeding planet is stronger than its predecessor. When malefics are powerful and benefics are devoid of strength; when there a eunuch planets occupies or aspects a Kendra, the birth of a sub-human being (say, animal or bird) takes place. The birth will correspond to the nature of the Aàça of the Sun and moon (whichever is stronger). When malefics are in their own Aàças, and benefics in those of malefics, the birth of a sub-human being is to be predicted.
33-34) Where the lagna is weak, in addition, scholars should predict the birth of an animal. In the case of quadrupeds the 12 Räçis beginning with Meìa represent their (1)Head, (2) Face and Neck, (3) Fore-legs and shoulders, (4) Back, (5) Chest, (6)Sides (7) Stomach, (8) Anus and Hind legs, (9) Genital Organ, (10) Testicles, (11) Haunches and (12) Tail.
35)The colour of the animal will have to be predicted from the strongest of the Räçis represented by the Naväàça of the ascendant and those that are occupied by planets. The lines on the back of the animal will correspond to the number of planets in the 7th house or the number of planets aspecting that house.
36) Birds are born when the lord of the ascendant is posited in a Bird Decanate and in the last Naväàça of a Räçi, in conjunction with another planet. Similar is the result when the ascendant is aspected by or is conjoined with Saturn or the Moon. The nature of bird, whether belonging to water or land, is to be deduced from that of the Naväàça of the ascendant. [Or it maybe thus:- If the decanate of the ascendant is connected with the Moon (by aspect or conjunction), the bird must be an aquatic one, while with Saturn, it is a land bird].
Notes: The last decanate of Taurus is called Vihaga or Bird. The first of Siàha and Kumbha and the middle of Tulä are called Gådhräsya or Vulture-faced.
37) When the lagna, the Moon, Sun and Jupiter are devoid of strength, the birth of trees should be predicted. The distinction between water and land trees is to be made on the basis of the Naväàça of the ascendant as given previously.
38) The number of trees that are born on land or water corresponds to the one denoted by the number of Räçis by which the lord of the Lagna is separated form the Lagna.
39) When the lord of the ascendant happens to be the Sun, the trees born are those that are strong internally (i.e., whose pith is strong); if it is Saturn, they would be worthless trees; if it is Moon, they would be milky trees; If Mars, thorny ones; If Jupiter, fruit-bearing ones; and if Mercury, fruitless ones.
40) If the lord of the Lagna is Venus, the trees will be flower-bearing trees; if it is Moon, glossy or juicy ones; if Mars, pungent ones. If the concerned planet be benefic posited in the Räçi owned by a malefic, the result would be a good tree growing on a bad soil.
41) A retrograde planet will yield results similar to those posited in another’s (i.e., enemy’s) Aàça. In this world, the menstrual flow of women takes place every month owing to the interaction of Moon-Mars.
42) When the Moon in her transit comes to an Upacaya House (3, 6, 10 or 11 from the lagna) in the woman’s birth chart and is aspected by Jupiter, man unites with woman for impregnation. If the 7th house from the ascendant at the time of sexual union is occupied or aspected by malefics, the union takes place in a huff; if by benefics, with pleasure.
43) O foremost of Brahmins, men possessed of strong vitality (virility) would be able to beget issue, if, at the time of coitus, Venus, the Sun and Mercury be posited in their own Räçis or Aàças and Jupiter in a Trikoìa house from the Lagna.
