p. 100Planets must be fixed with reference to the time of birth. Good Native Almanacks giving the daily positions of the planets are available, and those who wish to he p. 101more careful should take the trouble of making calculations which require a previous training and a considerable familiarity with the use of figures, and therefore for all ordinary purposes -good almanacks can be relied on. Having known the birth time find out in what sign Sun is moving at the time. The solar month always determines the zodiacal sign at the time of the sunrise. If we take a few living horoscopes and fix their birth sign the reader will be better able to follow me than by simple theoretical rules.

EXAMPLE A.

A male child born on the 24th of March, 1883 at 6 a.m. in Phalguna of Chitrabhanu. Solar day 12th of P.

At sunrise the zodiacal sign is that in which Sun is moving and that is P. But Sun came to P 11 days ago, and

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therefore has gained over ghatikas=^y= 1 gh. 28 Y. gh. P has 4 ghts. for its period and the birth of the child is fixed at 6 a. m. Therefore P remains ghts.

after his birth, and he was born therefore while P was ascending. The zodiac with the planets stands at the time thus.

Here the lord of the house is Jupiter, and he is male, Sun is in the birth and he is male. These two influences acted strongly and made the child male.

Venus.

Rahu.

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EXAMPLE Mercury.

A child born on the 6tli May 1853, at about 31 gbatikas after sunrise, solar day 26th of A, in the year Pramadicha. As per rule given above, at sunrise we have the zodiacal house A rising, Sun has passed 25 days already in it, and therefore we have 200 Y. ghts =3

ghts. 20 V. ghts. At sunrise there is only 40 V. ghts. of A to pass. We have next Taurus Gemini 5^, Cancer 5£, Leo 5£, V 5J and L 5£, t.otal=31 ghts. 55 V ghts. It is clear that the child was born at about 31 ghts and the birth time falls in L. Per almanack of that year the planetary positions are thus given : —

though they aspect the counteract against Sun and

Mercury.

m c.

Venus.

T.

Male child. Born 31gbts. after Sunrise

G.

Kt.

Birth

birth, their influences cannot Mars.

EXAMPLE Moon.

A child born on the 19th October 1891. 4th day of the Solar month L. at 6 a. m.

At Sunrise we have the Zodiacal sign L. Sun has passed 3 days already in it and therefore has gained

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ghts to pass at sunrise. The child is born at sunrise p. 103and therefore the birth sign falls in L. The planetary positions at the time are : —

lines of procedure in predictions.

DEATH IN EARLY LIFE.

I have shown the reader how to fix the birth sign and the planets, and now proceed to give combinations for early death. This is by its very nature a very important portion and must be carefully studied.

1. A child born 48 minutes before sunriseor after sunset, when Moon's horais rising, and when evil planets occupy the last Navamsas of any of the signs, will die soon.

2. Moon in any one of the quadrants, with other evil planets in the rest predicts early death. That is Moon, Saturn, Mars and Sun in 4 quadrants make the child die.

3. If the birth falls in Cancer, or Scorpio, with evil planets in 10, 9 the child dies.

4. There will be death if evil planets occupy 12, 2, 6 and 8 without any conjunction of good planets

5. Evil planets in 1, 7 and Moon in any housein conjunction with an evil planet without the aspect of good planets, the infant dies.

Moon,

Rahu.

G.

Female

Born at Sunrise 19th October

Kt.

Birth

Mars.

ASTROLOGICAL SELF 1NSTUUCTOR.

6. If weak Moon occupies 12 with evil planets in 1 and 8, without good planets in quadrants the child dies.

7. If Moon with evil planets occupies 7, 12, 8, 1 and is not aspected by good planets occupying otlier than quadrants the child dies. If good planets occupy quadrants the child will not die.

8. (a) If Moon is in 6 or 8 aspected by evil, but not by

good planets the child dies within a month

(b) If such Moon is aspected by good planets and not

by evil planets the child dies before 8 years.

(c) If such Moon is aspected by good and evil planets

together the child dies before 4 years.

(d) If such Moon is not aspected by any planet good or

evil the child dies within a month.

9. If good planets ara in 6 and 8 aspected by powerful evil planets the child dies before a month.

10. If the lord of the house is conquered in the planetary fight by an evil planet and occupies 7, the child dies before a month.

11. If week Moon occupies birth sign and evil planets are in 8, 4, 7 and 10 the child dies soon.

12. If Moon is in 4, 7, 8 and has two or more evil planets on both her sides the child will die at once.

13. Moon in the birth, evil planets in 2, 12, 7, and 8, and none of these has any good aspect, the child and mcther will both die.

14. If Moon occupies the last Navamsa of any sign, and not aspected by good planets, and with evil planets in 5 and 9 the child dies soon.

15. Moon in birth and evil planets in 7 will kill the child.

16. Moon with Saturn, Rahu, and Mars occupy 8th the child and mother will loth die.

17. If Sun with Saturn or Mercury, and with Rahu, occupy birth, and Mars in 8 the child as well as its mother, will be put to death by weapons or will be murdered.

18 Sun or Moon in birth, without good aspect and evil planets in 5, 8, and 9, the child and mother will die.

19. Saturn in 12, Sun in 9, Moon in birth, and Mars in 8, and these are not aspected by good planets, the child dies, but if Jupiter is in 5 and aspects all these powerfully there is no fear for the child .

20. If weak Moon with evil planets, not aspected by good ones occupy 5. 7, 9, 12, 1, or 8 the child dies soon.

21. If Mars without good aspect occupies 1, while Saturn is in 6 or 8, or if Mars and Saturn together occupy 7 without good aspect the child dies at once.

22. Children born while Cancer is passing and Leo rising, or So passing and Sagittarius rising, or P is passing and A is rising will not live long. Here the last half ghatika of the passing and the first half of the rising are considered to be unfavourable.

23. If Sun and Moon occupy 3 owned by evil planets and aspected by them the child dies before 3 years.

24. If Sun and Mars occupy 7th house from Moon and the 3 Drakkanoms of the birth are occupied by evil planets the child dies before 10 days after birth.

25. If weak Moon is in birth and the other planets occupy 3, 6, and 12, the child dies soon.

26. If the lord of the birth is weak, and evil planets occupy the birth sign, children born during eclipses under such combinations will die in 2 or 3 months.

27. If Rahu with evil planets, without the aspect of good planets occupy any one of the quadrants the child dies early.

23, If weak Moon is with Rahu in birth, aspected by evil planets p. 106the child dies soon. This has two exceptions ’1) when Rahu is in Aries, (2) when Rahu is in Taurus, in these cases there will be sickness, but no danger for life.

29. If Jupiter is not in 8, the lord of birth is with an evil planet aspected by Saturn, and an evil planet occupies birth sign, the child dies.

30. If Sun is in 7, Saturn in 1, Mars in 8 and Moon is not aspected by good planets the infant dies.

31. If Jupiter is in Scorpio, or Gemini aspected by Sun, Moon, Mars, and Saturn, and these are not aspected by Venus the babe is born dead.

32. If Moon is in the 20th part of A (divide the signs into 30 equal parts as already explained in the preceding chapter), 21 of Leo, 8 of Taurus, 22 of Cancer, 4 of L, 20 of Capricorn 1 of V, 18 of Sagittarius, 10 of P, 22 of Gemini, then the infant dies at the ages respectively denoted by the figures.

33. If Sun, Saturn, and Mars occupy birth, Venus in 7 and Moon is weak and not aspected bp Jupiter the child dies before 7 years.

34. If Rahu is in 7 and is aspected by Saturn, Sun and other evil planets the child will live up to the 12th year.

35. If Aquarius, Scorpio or Leo becomes the birth sign with Rahu in it aspected by evil planets but not aspected by powerful Jupiter the boy dies before 17 years.

36. If Sun, Moon and Mars occupy 5 without being in conjunction with or aspected by good planets the child dies before 9 years.

37. If the lord of birth is there with all the evil planets and is not aspected by good ones, the child dies before 4 months.

38. If the lord of the birth occupies 3, 6, or 12 and evil planets occupy 8 and 6 without the aspect of good planets the boy will not survive his J6th year.

39. If the lord of birth is in 8 and the lord of 8 is in 1, and the lord of 2 occupies 6 or 12 the boy dies in his p. 10718th year

40. if retrograde Saturn occupies A. or So, and if Mars is in 6, 8 or any one of the quadrants without good aspect the child dies before two years.

I have given at considerable length the planetary positions for early death, for without proper foundation no superstructure will be permanent or lasting. This is very important and requires to be carefully studied and remembered. I have not exhausted the combinations for early death, but I have given the most important for the guidance of the reader. The principal points here seem to be that the birth sign should not be between two evil planets, as also the 7th, that Moon should always have some good aspect, that evil planets should not occupy quadrants without good aspect, that the lord of the birth sign should be well situated and aspected, that good planets should occupy quadrants or trienes aud that the 8th house and Saturn should also be powerful. In these cases the child’s life will be long. I shall here state a few combinations which counteract against the above influences for early death.

1. Jupiter powerfully situated in birth sign will avert all evil.

2. If the lord of the birth has no evil aspect, but has the aspect of good planets situated in quadrants there is no danger.

3. Even when Moon is placed in 8, if she occupies any of the Drakkanams of Jupiter, Venus, or Mercury,. there is no danger to the child.

4. Full Moon in good house, placed between two auspicious planets, and aspected by Venus will give long life.

5. If Venus, Mercury or Jupiter is powerfully placed iu any one of the quadrants even in conjunction with evil planets the child will have good long life.

6. If Moon is in 6 but occupies any of the Drakkanams of Jupiter,

p. 108Mercury or Venus there is no danger.

7. When Moon is between two powerful good planets there is no fear.

8. Even when Moon is in 6 or 8, if she is full, she will protect the child born during the nights of full moon days or the days of the new moon days.

9. When full Moon aspects birth aign with G-in one of the quadrants there is no danger.

10. When Jupiter, Venus, full Moon and Mercury occupy auspicious houses, Drakkanams or Navamsas they protect the child's life against all evil influences.

11. If evil planets ^re in auspicious sub-divisions aspected by good planets in auspicious Navamsas the child will live long.

12. If any one of the good planets has suffered defeat, and is aspected by another auspicious planet the child has long life.

In determining the good and evil influences, we have always to take into account the planetary states, occupations, exaltations, debilitations, positional, diurnal, nocturnal, lateral and periodical strength, and then say which planets have the greatest power. If the evil planets are stronger, and are unfavourably situated they give death or prolonged sickness, but if the good planets are stronger and are favourably situated, they give health wealth and long life. If they are equally balanced then partly good and partly bad life.

SHORT LIFE.

By this is meant those that die before they are 32 but after 8 years old. The combinations already explained indicate death, with a few exceptions, before the 8th year and it is technically called Balarista. Short life in Sansp. 109krit works is termed Alpayu, and this refers to those that die after 8 but before 32 years. The combinations are given for a few of these cases.

1. Evil planets in 8, 6, 12, with lord of the birth weakly placed without the aspect of good planets give short life.

2. If evil planets occupy quadrants without the aspect of good planets, and the lord of the house is not powerful the child will have short life.

3. Evil planets in 2 and 12 and occupying evil sub-divisions without good aspect give short life.

4. If Sun is debilitated or occupies ai^ unfavourable position the child will have short life.

MIDDLE LIFE.

Those that die after 32 but before 70 years of age are said to have Madhyayu or Middle life and the following combinations give a few examples of middle life.

1. If Moon is in Aries, or So, as the birth sign, aspected by evil planets with good planets occupying other than quadrants the boy dies in his 33rd year,

2. If the lord of 8 with evil planets and Moon occupy quadrants or trienes, and evil planets aspect 10 the man dies in his 33rd year.

3. If the lord of the birth is in 6 or 8 with evil planets, not aspected by good planets the man lives up to 45.

4. Moon in Aries, lord of the birth is powerful, aspected by good planets he dies in the 47th year after a successful life.

5. Saturn in birth, Moon in 8 or 12 and other planets in 11, the man dies in the 52nd year.

6. Jupiter in Sagittarius being the birth sign, Mars and Rahu in 8 kill the man in the 57th year. p. 110man in the 57th year.

7. Moon with evil planets, and the lord of the 8th in the 7th kill the man in the 58th year.

8. As being the birth, Jupiter in 8, and evil planets in the quadrants make a man charitable, holy, learned, and kill him when he is 60.

9. Saturn in birth, Moon in 4, Mars in 7 and Sun in 10 with Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury occupying unfavourable houses give him 60 years of life.

10. Venus in 10 aspected by Mercury, Jupiter and Moon make the man live up to 60.

11. Venus in Birth, Mercury and Saturn in quadrants, and other planets exalted occupy 3 and 11, the person will have a bright life up to 60 years.

12. Sun with lord of the birth in 10, Saturn in the birth sign, Jupiter in 4 give the person 68 years of life.

13. Birth sign Cancer with Moon in it, Saturn in Aries and Sun in 7 will give 65 years of life.

14. Saturn debilitated occupying quadrants or trienes and Mercury with Sun or without him occupies quadrants, give the person 70 years of life, and make him good, charitable and learned.

15. Good planets occupying quadrants, 8th house without any aspect from them, and the lord of the birth with the aspect of the evil planets give a man 70 years of life.

16. Mars in 5, Saturn debilitated, and Sun in 7 the person will have 70 years of life.

LONG LIFE.

Those who live above 70 and up to 120 are said to

enjoy long life and generally such cases are not many.

The following combinations show long life : —

1. All good planets in the first 6 houses from birth, and

all bad planets in the next 6 houses make a man rich, educated, good natured and live up to 80 years of age,

2. Good planets in quadrants, 8 not occupied by evil

planets, and Moon in 6 give the man 86 years of life.

3. Jupiter in quadrants from the lord of the birth, and evil

planets are not in quadrants or trienes the person lives up to 100.

4. Leo birth sign, and four planets occupy the trienes the

man lives for 100 years.

5. If Taurus or Cancer is birth sign with Jupiter in it and 3 planets are

exalted, the person lives up to 100 years. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, and if that becomes birth sign, the exaltation of two more planets is enough to give this long life.

6. Venus in 4, Jupiter in birth, and Moon and Saturn in 10 give the person

long life, good name, high education, aad moderate wealth.

7. If the birth sign falls in the 2nd half of Capricorn, with Mars

in the first half, Moon in birth sign and Jupiter occupies one of the quadrants the persen lives for more than a hundred years.

8. If the birth time falls in the last Navamsa of P, Moon in

the 5th Thrimsamsa of Taurus and other planets are exalted, the peoson lives for 120 years and 5 days.

From time immemorial we have historical as well as ordinary legends which give out the names of persons who have lived for more than 120 years and 5 days the age fixed for the ordinary mankind. The Bible Kuran and our own Puranas give the names of persons who have lived for hundreds and thousands of years. If the rules I of life are carefully known and the circumstances of a p. 112man's career are favourable and be possess an abundant supply of nervous energy given by auspicious planetary influences, I do not see that such long lives or either impossible, or could not have been !enjoyed. The Encyclophaedia Brittanica gives the names of persons who have lived quite recently for more than 150 years, and it might have been possible, and/ many still be possible provided we have the necessary planetary combinations to lead such long lives. The following combinations indicate unlimited terms of life.

UNLIMITED PERIODS OF LIFE.

1. If birth sign is Cancer with Moon and Jupiter there, Venus and Mercury in quadrants and Mars, Sun and Saturn occupy 3, 6 and 1 1 the person will live for a very long time.

2. Birth sign Leo with Jupiter, Venus in Cancer. Mercury in Virgo evil planets in 3, 6 and 11 the person lives for a thousand years.

3. If birth sign is Aries, Sun in Cancer, Saturn in Capricorn, Mars in Libra, and powerful Moon in Pisces, the person lives for 2,000 years.

4. No evil planets in trienes, no good planets in quadrants and no evil planets in 8, will make a man live for a long time.

5. Birth sign in Taurus with Venus, Jupiter in quadrants, and the rest in 3, 6, 10 and 11 will give a man very long life

6. Birth sign in Cancer, Saturn in Libra, Moon in Taurus, Jupiter in Capricorn will give a man very long life.

7. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus must be in quadrants to each other, if so they give very longlife.

8. If birth sign is Leo, Jupiter, Moon, Venus and Mercury occupy quadrants, with Sun, Saturn, and Mars in 3, 6 and 11 the person lives four thousands of years.

I shall give here a few combinations for becoming yogees, who live as long as they please, and depart this p. 113life at their pleasure and will.

1. The seven planets must commence from Cancer, and occupy consecutively the following signs viz, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius. There should be no break in the middle. Then the person will become a great yogee.

2. If all the planets are between Moon and Jupiter, then the person becomes a yogee.

3. If all the planets are between Saturn and Mars, the man becomes a yogee.

4. When Capricorn is the birth sign and all the planets are between Sun and Mars he becomes a great Mahatma.

5. If the birth time is in the last Navamsa of A, with Jupiter or Venus in it, Moon in 2 and Mars in Simhasanamsa or in the 5th Navamsa of Sagittarius, the man becomes a great Mahatma.

6. If Cancer is Birth sign with Jupiter in it, Saturn in Libra, Moon in Taurus, Venus in Gemini, and Sun and Mercury in immovable signs, the person becomes a great Muni.

7. When Moon occupies Davalokamsa, Mars in Paravatamsa, and Sun in Simhasanamsa he becomes a Muni.

8. If Aries is birth sign, Sun in 10, Jupiter in Cancer, and the rest of the evil planets occupy 3, 6, and 11, the person will have great spiritual excellence.

CHAPTER IV.

MISFORTUNES.