7-8. House, treasure, entry into caves and other holes, great medicines, cultivated lands, fields, orchards, friends, water, ceremonies in connection with ancestors, coming and going, village, happiness, demotions, loss of post, gains, entry into a house, increase, parents, deeds relating to one’s native country and gains therefrom – all these are to be judged from the fourth house.
9. Deeds of many kinds, humility, execution, planning, learning, Niti, intellect, hymns, chanting, compromise, pregnancy, children, intellect and happiness derived through children and wealth are matters to be judged from the fifth house.
10. Ill health, bad state, enemies, servants, cruel deeds, heavy actions, witchcraft applied by enemies with an intention of killing enemies, doubts, wars, uncle, buffaloes, diseases, etc. are to be considered from the sixth house.
11. Buying, health, trade, debates, lust, servants, wife, women, thefts, returning from travel, sister’s son (nephew), coming and going – all these are denoted by the seventh house.
12. Longevity and enmity, death, ruling powers, strife, quarrels, cleft, quarrels among relatives, hatred, places difficult to approach, fort, destruction of wife and enemies, crossing of rivers etc. are to be seen from the eighth house.
13. Sacred study of books, intention in vedic temples, travels to holy places, love, coronation of kings, preceptor, meritorious deeds, reservoirs of water (wells, ponds, lakes etc.) brother-in-laws, brothers of husbands and wives and governmental favour are matters to be seen from the ninth house.
14. Clues from the sky, rains, actions of one’s father and his place, respect, merit, country, power authority, cows, fall from position, (displacements, demotions, etc.) are judged from the tenth house.
15. Advancement of one’s actions, success in enterprises, gains from trade, elephants, houses, dress, transport, vehicles, bedding, loss of gold and wealth, gains of damsels and elephants, father-in-law are judged from the eleventh house.
16. Renunciation, enjoyments, sacrifices, marriage, donation, cultivation, expenditure, injury, maternal uncle, mother’s sister, wife of maternal uncle, wars, defeat in a war are matters to be seen from the twelfth house.
17. The objects that are to be judged from the different houses as proclaimed by the great Acharyas, Yavana, etc. become the functional names attributed to the house. From the corresponding house, the objects should be judged, in a query.
18. While answering queries, whatever object is under consideration, the house representing the same should be treated as the ascendant and the results declared.
19. From the functions attributed to the different houses, the ascendant has to be determined as told above. Past has to be judged from the 12th house and future from the 2nd house.
20. Combinations for success of the object of the query: If the ascendant falls in a Shirshodaya sign or in the sign of a benefic planet, the result of the query will be auspicious. Under opposite circumstances, results will be just the reverse. If the circumstances are mixed, results will also found to be of mixed nature.
21. All the desired objects are achieved if the benefics occupy the quadrants (1, 4, 7 & 10) and the trikona houses (5 and 9) and at the same time malefics are situated in the house 3, 6 and 11 and they do not occupy the angular house (1, 4, 7 & 10) and the 8th house.
22. If the lord of an angular house is placed in the ascendant or the friend of the lord of the ascendant be placed in an angular house and malefic planets do not occupy Kendras, 8th house and the 12th house (1, 4, 7, 10, 8 and 12), the result of the query will be auspicious.
23. In the ascendant falls in a human sign, and be aspected by benefic planets or if benefics occupy 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses, and malefics occupy 3rd, 6th and 11th houses, good results, gains and financial prosperity have to be foretold.
24. The signs Gemini, Virgo, Tula, Aquarius are termed human signs. If benefics are placed in these signs, results will be auspicious. Malefics in the 11th and 12th houses will not yield good results. Weak Moon in the ascendant is not good. But in the 10th house it is good.
25. If the ascendant falls in a biped or a quadruped sign and is aspected by a malefic planet troubles will arise. But if aspected by benefic planet good results will arise. If there is a human sign on the ascendant, all the results will be good.
26. If the ascendant and the Moon are aspected by benefics, results will be good. But if they are aspected by malefic planets evil results happen. Thus have been declared the results arising from the Moon
Chapter 3 – Gains and Losses
1. If benefics are placed in the 11th, 7th, 5th and the 3rd houses they cause gain. Malefics placed in these houses do not yield desired result. Benefics placed in the 10th or 7th bestow status and position upon the native. When they are placed in the 2nd, 5th or 1st house they confer respect, honour and wealth upon the native.
2. If the Moon is placed in the 7th, 10th, 2nd, 6th, 3rd or 11th places and is aspected by benefics, the person will get good results through a lady or he will have gains through the help of a woman. But if the Moon is placed in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th or 9th houses aspected by evil planets, he will cause fear. There will be destruction or failure in undertaking and expenditure of wealth. If benefics are situated in these houses, they will confer status, wealth, property and other good results upon the native.
