APPENDIX I
ASTROLOGY IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE
1.Now is related the effect resulting from the consonance and dissonance, amity and hospitality, between the stars (and destinies) of a couple proposed to be bride and bridegroom. 2 Having ascertained that the houses (kula), the family names (gotra), and the individual dispositions (svabhava) of the postulants are free from inherent blemish, 3 their Gunas (qualities or requisites) must be determined from the zodiacal signs and the asterisms presiding over their birth.
4.The Gunas, number in total thirty-six, of which at least nineteen are requisite for a prosperous match; and thence upwards, the fruit resulting from their influence is proportional to their number.
Observations upon these subjects will be facilitated by the three following tables:Table I shows the presiding planet, the genus (or nature) and the caste (in theory not in practice) of the questioner, when the zodiacal sign of his birth-time is known. For instance, if Sol be in Aries at the birth of the patient, his planet is Mars; he belongs to the genus quadruped, and he is by caste a Kshatriya or fighting-man.
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Zodiacal Sign |
Presiding Planet |
Genus |
Caste |
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Aries |
Mars |
Quadruped |
Kshatriya |
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Taurus |
Venus |
Quadruped |
Vaishya |
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Gemini |
Mercury |
Human |
Shudra |
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Cancer |
Moon |
Insect |
Brahman |
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Leo |
Sun |
Quadruped |
Kshatriya |
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Virgo |
Mercury |
Human |
Vaishya |
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Libra |
Venus |
Human |
Shudra |
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Scorpio |
Mars |
Insect |
Brahman |
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Sagittarius |
Jupiter |
Man-horse |
Kshatriya |
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Capricornus |
Saturn |
Water-man |
Vaishya |
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Aquarius |
Saturn |
Human |
Shudra |
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Pisces |
Jupiter |
Aquatic Animal |
Brahman |
Table II
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Of Caste the highest No. of Requisites is 1 |
1 |
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Of Vashya, of keeping in subjection, the highest No. is 2 |
2 |
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Of the power of Nakshatras or asterisms the highest is 3 |
3 |
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Of Class the highest No. is 4 |
4 |
TOTAL 36 |
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Of Planets the highest No. is 5 |
5 |
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Of Group the highest No. is 6 |
6 |
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Of Kuta the highest No. is 7 |
7 |
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Of Nadi the highest No. is 8 |
8 |
Table II shows the number of Guna, or qualities, requisite for a prosperous match distributed under eight heads.
Table III shows the group and class to which a person belongs when the asterism. (Nakshatra, or lunar mansion) of his birth-time is known, together with his Nadi, or hour of twenty-four minutes. The twenty-seven asterisms are classed under three heads: of gods, of men and of demons (Rakshasas), and the asterism determines to which the querent belongs. Moreover, each asterism. is divided into four quarters, and of these nine make one zodiacal sign. The name-letter used in last quarter stands for that quarter.
