prārabdhā himagau daśā sva gṛhage māna artha saukhya āvahā kauje dūṣayati striyaṃ budha gṛhe vidyā suhṛd vittadā | durga araṇya patha ālaye kṛṣi karī siṃhe sita ṛkṣe annadā kustrīdā mṛga kumbhayor guru gṛhe māna artha saukhya āvahā

A daśā beginning when the Moon is in its own sign brings honor, wealth, and happiness. In Mars's sign it harms the woman (wife). In Mercury's sign it gives learning, friends, and wealth. In a sign of forts, forests, and pathways it brings agriculture; in Leo, the sign of Venus, it gives food; in Capricorn and Aquarius it gives a bad wife; in Jupiter's sign it brings honor, wealth, and happiness.

saumye raṅga caro bṛhaspati yute gīta priyo nṛtyavid vāgmī bhū gaṇapaḥ sitena mṛdunā māyā paṭur laṅghakaḥ | sad vidyo dhana dāravān bahu guṇaḥ śukreṇa yukte gurau jñeyaḥ śmaśru karo asitena ghaṭakṛj jāto anna kāro api vā

When (the Moon is in) Mercury's (sign), one becomes an actor; when joined with Jupiter, one is fond of song, skilled in dance, eloquent, and a leader of people (or land-steward). With Venus, being gentle, one becomes clever in illusion (magic) and an acrobat. When Jupiter is joined with Venus, one is learned, possessed of wealth and a wife, and full of many virtues. With Saturn, one is to be known as a barber (one who works with beards), a potter, or also a maker of food (cook).

vrīḍā manthara cāru vīkṣaṇa gatiḥ srasta aṃsa bāhuḥ sukhī | ślakṣṇaḥ satya rataḥ kalāsu nipuṇaḥ śāstra arthavid dhārmikaḥ | medhāvī surata priyaḥ para gṛhair vittaiś ca saṃyujyate | kanyāyāṃ para deśagaḥ priya vacāḥ kanyā prajo alpa ātmajaḥ

If the Moon is in Virgo, one is modest, slow in graceful glances and gait, with drooping shoulders and arms, happy, gentle, devoted to truth, skilled in the arts, knowing the meaning of the scriptures, righteous, intelligent, fond of lovemaking, connected with the houses and wealth of others, dwelling in foreign lands, pleasant of speech, having female offspring, and few sons.

dyūta ṛṇa pāna rata nāstika caura niḥsvāḥ kustrīka kūṭakṛd asatya ratāḥ kuja ṛkṣe | ācārya bhūri suta dāra dhana arjana iṣṭāḥ śaukre vadāny aguru bhakti ratāś ca saumye

When the Moon is in the sign of Mars (Aries or Scorpio), one is addicted to gambling, given to debt and drinking, an atheist, a thief, destitute, attached to bad women, a forger, and devoted to falsehood. In the sign of Venus (Taurus or Libra), one is a teacher, blessed with many sons, a wife, and the acquisition of wealth, and is well-liked. In the sign of Mercury (Gemini or Virgo), one is generous, not heavy (i.e. agreeable), and devoted to religious worship.

jyotir jña āḍhya nara indra nāpita nṛ pakṣma īśā budha ādyair harau tad vad bhūpa camūpa naipuṇa yutāḥ ṣaṣṭhe aśubhaiḥ stry āśrayaḥ | jūke bhūpa suvarṇa kāra vaṇijaḥ śeṣa īkṣite naikṛtī kīṭe yugma pitā nataś ca rajako vyaṅgo adhano bhūpatiḥ

When the Moon is in Leo and aspected by the planets beginning with Mercury, the person born will be respectively: (by Mercury) an astrologer, (by Jupiter) wealthy, (by Venus) a king, (by Saturn) a barber, (by the Sun) a king, and (by Mars) a king. If in the sixth (Virgo) aspected by malefics, he depends on women for support. In Libra, when aspected (by Mercury) a king, (by Jupiter) a goldsmith, (by Venus) a merchant, and by the remaining planets a wicked and cruel man. In Scorpio: a father of twins, bowed down, a washerman, deformed, poor, and a king (respectively).

krūre aṣṭame vidhavatā nidhana īśvaro aṃśe yasya sthito vayasi tasya same pradiṣṭā | sat svarthageṣu maraṇaṃ svayam eva tasyāḥ kanyā aligo hariṣu ca alpa sutatvam indau

If a malefic is in the eighth house, widowhood (results). The age at which death (occurs is indicated) by the navāṃśa in which the lord of the eighth (house) is placed. When the benefics are in their own signs, her own death (is indicated). When the Moon is in Virgo, Scorpio, or Leo, few children (result).

śaila agra abhihatasya sūrya kujayor mṛtyuḥ kha bandhusthayoḥ kūpe manda śaśa aṅka bhūmi tanayair bandhv asta karma sthitaiḥ | kanyāyāṃ sva janād dhima uṣṇa karayoḥ pāpa grahair dṛṣṭayoḥ syātāṃ yady ubhaya udaye arka śaśinau toye tadā majjitaḥ

When the Sun and Mars are in the tenth (sky) and fourth (the place of kin) houses, death occurs by being struck on the top of a mountain; when Saturn, the Moon, and Mars are situated in the fourth, seventh, and tenth houses, death occurs in a well; when the Sun and Moon (the cool-rayed and hot-rayed) are in Virgo and aspected by malefic planets, death occurs from one's own kinsmen; and if both the Sun and the Moon are in their rising (ascendant) in a watery sign, then death occurs by drowning in water.

kanyāyāṃ bhrātṛpūjā va taulike priyakṛnnaraḥ | vṛścike pitṛbādhā syāt|h cāpe jñānadhanodayaḥ

When (the Moon or relevant planet) is in Virgo, there is worship of brothers; in Libra, the person becomes one who does pleasing deeds; in Scorpio, there would be affliction to the father; in Sagittarius, there is a rise of knowledge and wealth.

vṛścike kalaḥ pīḍā taulike hyadhikaṃ phalam|h | kanyāyāmatilābhaśca śaśāṃke mṛgabādhikā

When (the Moon is) in Scorpio there is distress; in Libra indeed (there is) abundant result; in Virgo there is great gain; in Capricorn (there is) trouble from deer (animals).

kanyāsutau hataḥ śvaśrūṃ śvaśurañca yathākramam|h | tayorvivāhakāle'taḥ śāntiṃ kuryād|h vicakṣaṇaḥ

The two children born under Kanyā (the daughter and son) destroy the mother-in-law and the father-in-law respectively. Therefore, at the time of their marriage, the wise one should perform a propitiatory rite.

But enough of digression: let us now pursue our main topic. And first, the natures of the zodiacal signs. On this matter, it is said in the Vāmanatājika: As the results [accruing] to all creatures depend on the zodiacal signs and planets, the natures of the signs beginning with Aries are described first. The twelve signs are said by the wise to be Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius are known by the learned as the six fierce signs, and Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces are known as the six gentle signs. The fierce signs are known as male; the gentle signs are known as female. Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are movable signs; Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius are fixed signs; Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces are of a dual nature. Aries, Taurus, Leo, the latter half of Sagittarius, and Capricorn: these signs are known by the learned as having four feet. Cancer and Scorpio are both said to have many feet. Both the signs Aquarius and Pisces are known as having no feet. The signs Gemini, Libra, Virgo and the former half of Sagittarius are said by the sage Yavanācārya18 to have two Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are known as fiery signs; Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are earthy signs; Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are airy signs; Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are known as watery signs. Capricorn, Aquarius and Virgo have half a voice; Libra, Scorpio, Cancer and Pisces are known to have no voice; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Leo and Sagittarius have a voice. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces have much progeny; Gemini, Taurus and Aquarius are said to be middling; and Leo, Capricorn, Virgo, Aries, Libra and Sagittarius, to have few. As this name or epithet is in the plural, an alternative translation would be ‘by the which to base an emendation. the classical Āyurvedic terminology comprising three humours (doṣa): the fiery signs are dry, very hot, and correspond to bile; the earthy signs are dry, somewhat cooler, and correspond to wind (replacing the Graeco-Arabic humour of black bile); the airy signs are moist, hot, and correspond to a mixture of humours (to make up for the missing humour of blood); while the watery signs are moist, cool, and correspond to That is, east, south, west, north. Although several of the colour terms used in this stanza have more than one meaning, comparison with the parallel passage in Samarasiṃha’s Karmaprakāśa 1.7 makes the Leo, Sagittarius and Aries are dry, yellow-hot, of bilious temperament; Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are dry, hot and cool, of windy temperament; Gemini, Aquarius and Libra are hot, moist of body, of equally mixed temperament; Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio are moist, [The four signs reckoned] by repetition thrice over from Aries are ever known to the learned as princes, commoners, menials and Brahmans, [respectively], and as the directions beginning with the east.20 Cancer, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aries, Taurus: these rise with their hinder parts. The rest are known to rise with their heads. Pisces is said to do both. Those rising with their heads are strong in the daytime; the others are said to be strong at night. The own ninth-part of a sign is called the best of its class. Next, Samarasiṃha states the colours of the signs [in the Tājikaśāstra]: yellow, variegated, and brown are the colours of [the twelve signs] Then, Samarasiṃha himself describes [in the Tājikaśāstra] which among the The six [signs] beginning with Capricorn rise crookedly because [their] measure of time is short; the six beginning with Cancer rise evenly because [theirs] is long; [the six signs beginning with] Aries and Libra, Although no zodiacal sign rises completely perpendicular to the horizon even at the terrestrial equator, as the ecliptic (and therefore the band of the zodiac) is inclined to the celestial equator, for places of observation further north or south, the signs with longer ascensional times rise in a more upright fashion than those with shorter ascenthe translation given is the most likely meaning. The verse as a whole, as well as Balabhadra’s explication of it, can only refer to the tropical zodiac, although this is not explicitly stated. In that zodiac, the six signs from Capricorn to Gemini rise in a shorter time than the average two hours per sign, while the remaining six signs take more than two hours each to rise. Aries and Libra themselves do not share the same rising time, as Aries shares the shortest rising time of all with Pisces, whereas Libra shares the longest with Virgo. However, the two halves of the zodiac beginning with Aries and Libra, respectively, do correspond exactly in terms of rising times. meṣādirāśīnāṃ saṃjñāntaram uktaṃ varāheṇa | B G a.c.; śede N; dādaśa K T than āryā, is taken from BJ 1.17 by the same author; LJ 1.18a should properly read kendracatuṣṭayakaṇṭaka-. Either Balabhadra or an early copyist appears to have conflated the two stanzas, which are similar in both subject and composition. Balabhadra is referring to the sun’s equinoctial shadow (akṣabhā), measured at noon on the equinox using a standardized gnomon (śaṅku) 12 digits (aṅgula) high. A midday shadow of the same length thus implies a solar elevation angle of exactly 45°, the gnomon and its shadow forming two equal sides of a right triangle. This angle subtracted from 90° gives 45° as the terrestrial latitude of the place of observation. (Where the two sides are of unequal length, the terrestrial latitude may be found by the formula 90 - tan-1 (12∕s), where s is the length of the shadow.) I am indebted to S.R. Sarma for explaining the details of this Sanskrit convention. Assuming a tropical zodiac, the figures given by Balabhadra do match a terrestrial latitude of 45° north (about as far distant from the equator as Turin in Italy). It seems safe to assume that Balabhadra calculated this example theoretically, without reference to any place known to him personally. A pala is approximately 24 seconds of clock time. The first eleven of these are Sanskritized Greek names: Kriya from Κριός; Tāvuri from Ταῦρος; Jituma from Δίδυμοι; Leya from Λέων; Pāthona from Παρθένος; Jūka from Ζυγός; Kaurpya from Σκoρπιός; Taukṣika from Τοξότης; Ākokera from Αἰγόκερως; and Hṛdroga Although the time cannot become [very] short or long when the degree of latitude is small, it does become so when the degree of latitude is great. For example, where the shadow of latitude is twelve digits,24 the rising [times in] palas of the [six signs] beginning with Capricorn are: And the rising [times in] palas of the [six signs] beginning with Cancer are: From this it can be understood that the rising times of [the signs] beginning with Cancer are much greater than [those] of [the signs] beginning with Capricorn. [In the Tājikaśāstra], Samarasiṃha himself states the purpose of If the moon is increasing within the expansive signs that rise evenly, then there is increase in that year; if the reverse, decrease. Varāha[mihira] gives synonyms of the signs starting with Aries [in BṛhajHe himself states the designations of the angles and other [places, in LaghuFor [the places] following the ascendant, descendant, tenth and fourth [places, which are called] angles, quadrants or cardines, the designation is ‘succedent’, and [the places] following those are designated from Ὑδροχόος. Antyabha means simply ‘the last sign’; however, antya could possibly be a pseudo-etymologized form of Ἰχθύες. Kendra, paṇaphara and āpoklima are all Sanskritized Greek technical terms: κέντρον, ἐπαναφορά and ἀπόκλιμα, respectively. The basic meaning of κέντρον, as of Sanskrit kaṇṭaka, is ‘sharp point, goad’. The translation follows the received text of Laghujātaka 1.18a rather than the confused version of the text witnesses. siṃho vṛṣaḥ prathamaṣaṣṭhahayāṅgatauli| pittoṣṇaśītādiprayojanaṃ rogakartā yatra rāśau ityādi ṣaṣṭhabhāve rogaHe also states the mūlatrikoṇa27 houses of the planets [in Bṛhajjātaka 1.14]: Leo, Taurus, the first [or Aries], the sixth [or Virgo], Sagittarius, Libra and Aquarius are the trikoṇa houses [of the planets reckoned] from the This concludes the natures of the zodiacal signs. Next, the purpose of [knowing] the natures of those signs. Concerning this, the purpose of the signs designated as having two feet or four feet, [belonging to] day or night, should be understood to relate to the results of the places, which will be described below. The purpose of [designating] the signs male or female should be understood to relate to strength by position, as in [the statement by Samarasiṃha in the Tājikaśāstra]: ‘Male planets in male signs, and female planets in female signs, are strong’. The purpose of [designations] such as bilious, hot and cold is to discover the location of an illness from the sixth house, as in [the statement in Varṣatantra 10.15]: ‘In the sign where the [planet] causing the illness is [located]’, and so on. The purpose of the directions of the signs is to discover the direction of a journey. The purpose of [designations] such as movable signs should be understood to relate to the consideration of meals, as in [the statement] ‘When a movable [sign] rises, one eats once’.29 The purpose of [designations of] the signs as living in water and so forth should be understood to relate to hunting, as in [the statement of Varṣatantra 18.34] ‘From the planets and signs called watery being strong, they declare a water hunt’. The purpose of [designations of] the signs such as fiery should be understood to relate to such cases as there being danger from fire when a fiery sign is in the eighth house. The purpose of [designations] such as Brahman and other castes, or as fierce and gentle and so forth, should be understood [as in] the statement by Samarasiṃha [in the Tājikaśāstra]: ‘Age, dimension and castes30 should be known by means of conjecture from the ascendant’. For example, in judging [the question] ‘How will I gain this year?’, gain of substance of the same colours Literally, ‘root-triangle’. This specifically Indian dignity system is similar to but not identical with the Hellenistic signs of planetary ‘joys’; see Gansten 2018. Namely, in the order of the days of the week, as usual in Indian sources: the sun, the Source unknown. Other Tājika works differ, stating that a movable sign rising indicates three or ‘many’ meals. and so on should be predicted through [a person] of the same estate as [the sign in] the eleventh house [or] the ascendant, one endowed with the same fierce or gentle nature and so on, with the same [number of] offspring, who talks correspondingly much or little. This concludes the purpose of [knowing] natures of the zodiacal signs.

vidyāśāstrajñānaṃ mitraprāptiṃ karoti budharāśiḥ | sukhagṛhamānāyāptiṃ jīvagṛhe diśati śītakaraḥ || 14 ||

Mercury's sign produces knowledge of learning and the sciences and the gaining of friends; in the house of Jupiter the cool-rayed one [the Moon] grants comfort, residence, honor, and attainment.

kanyāyāṃ candradaśā videśagamanaṃ parastriyā lābham | kāvyakalāsvatinipuṇaṃ kurute svalpārthakāryasiddhikaram || 19 ||

The Moon's daśā in Virgo causes going to foreign lands, gain through another's wife, makes one most skilled in poetry and the arts, (but) brings about accomplishment of his aims with little wealth.

kanyāyāṃ ripuvairanāśanaratiṃ kurvanti nityaṃ nṛṇāṃ kanyāsantatimartharatnanicayaṃ vidyāprabandhaṃ ca vai | śubhadṛṣṭiyuto vidhuḥ sukhayuto bhāgyaṃ ca nityaṃ nṛṇāṃ tatsthāneṣu śaśī ripuṃ vidadhati strīṇāṃ ca rogaṃ tathā ||

In Virgo (the sixth house) the Moon makes men engaged always in destroying enemies and foes; she grants female progeny, a heap of wealth and jewels, and continuity of learning. When the Moon, joined to benefic aspect and comfort, occupies such a place, she ever bestows fortune; placed there she creates enemies and likewise disease in women.

kanyāyāṃ malino'lpasaukhyavibhavo jātaḥ sudhī dhārmiko bandhudviṭ sukhavān kaphānilayutaḥ kanyāprajo'lpātmajaḥ | mugdhāsyo yuvatipriyo'ticapalo bandhupriyo jñānavān dīrghāyuḥ priyabhāṣaṇo'rthanirataḥ svānto'nyabhārye rataḥ || 6 ||

With the Moon in Virgo, the native is dirty, of little happiness and wealth, intelligent, righteous, hostile to kinsmen, comfortable, of phlegmatic and windy humour, with daughters and few sons, of charming face, dear to young women, very fickle, fond of kinsmen, learned, long-lived, pleasant in speech, intent on wealth, and devoted to another's wife.

lagne sevye bhṛgau kāme kanyāyāmuḍunāyake | cāpe meṣāṃśake lagne jāto yāti paraṃ padam

When the ascendant is in Virgo (the sign to be served), Venus is in the seventh (house of desire), the Moon-lord is in Virgo, and one is born with the ascendant in Sagittarius and the Aries navāṃśa, he attains the highest station.

karkasthe śaśini kṣamāsutamusvairālokite śauryavā- nāryaśreṣṭhalavirmahīpatiryojīvī sanetrāmayaḥ | bhupaḥ paṇḍitavāg dhanī narapatiḥ pāpī vibhuḥ siṃhage kanyāyāṃ dhaniko vibhuḥ prabhusamo vidvān viśīlaḥ sukhī

When the Moon is in Cancer aspected by Mars, one becomes valiant, noble, excellent, and a king. (When aspected) by Jupiter, one is long-lived but has an eye-ailment, a king, eloquent and learned, and wealthy. (When the Moon is) in Leo, one is a king, sinful, and a lord. (When the Moon is) in Virgo, one is wealthy, a lord, equal to a master, learned, of bad character, and happy.

siṃhasthe pṛthulocanaḥ suvadano gambhīradṛṣṭiḥ sukhī kanyāsthe viṣayāturo lalitavāgvidyādhiko bhogavān | taulisthe'mraviprabhaktinirato bandhupriyo vittavān kīṭasthe śaśini pramattahvadayo rogī ca lubdho'ṭanaḥ

When the Moon is in Leo, one is broad-eyed, fair-faced, deep of gaze, and happy. When it is in Virgo, one is afflicted by sensual desire, of charming speech, rich in learning, and given to enjoyments. When in Libra, one is devoted to the worship of gods and brahmins, fond of relatives, and wealthy. When the Moon is in Scorpio, one is distracted in heart, sickly, greedy, and a wanderer.

krūre'ṣṭame vidhavatā nidhaneśvarāṃśe yasya sthite vayasi tasya same pradiṣṭā | satsvarthageṣu maraṇaṃ svayameva tasyāḥ kanyāligohariṣu cālpasutatvamindau

When a malefic is in the eighth house, widowhood is declared for her at the age equal to the navāṃśa of the lord of the eighth house when it is so situated. When benefics occupy the wealth (second) house, her death occurs by her own self. And when the Moon is in Virgo, Scorpio, Taurus, or Capricorn, there is scarcity of progeny.

sutasthe'listrīgohariṣu himagau cālpatanayā yamārārkāṃśarkṣe madanasadane sāmayabhagā | sukhe pāpairyukte bhavati kulaṭa mandakujayo- rgṛhe'śe lagnendū bhṛgurapi ca puṃścalyabhihitā

When the Moon is in the fifth house in the signs of Scorpio, Virgo, or Aries, a woman has few children. When the Moon is in a navāṃśa of Saturn, Mars, or the Sun, or in the seventh house, a woman commits adultery in due course. When the fourth house is joined with malefics, she becomes unchaste. When the Lagna and the Moon are in the house or navāṃśa of Saturn and Mars, and Venus too is so placed, she is declared to be a wanton woman.

candre bhaumagṛhe kujādikathitatriṃśāśakeṣu kramāt duṣṭā dāsyasatī suśīlavibhavā māyāvinī dūṣaṇī | śukrarkṣe bahudūṣaṇānyapatiga pūjyā sudhīviścutā jñarkṣe cchasavatī napuṃsakasamā sādhvī guṇāḍhyotsukā

When the Moon is in a sign of Mars (Aries or Scorpio), in the trimsamsa divisions reckoned in order beginning with Mars and the others: (the woman is) wicked, a servile yet chaste woman, well-conducted and prosperous, deceitful, and one given to fault-finding. When (the Moon is) in a sign of Venus (Taurus or Libra): one with many faults, devoted to a husband other than her own, honored, of good intellect though fallen. When (the Moon is) in a sign of Mercury (Gemini or Virgo): one full of cunning, like a eunuch (sexless), virtuous, and rich in qualities and eager.

rājā jyotirviddhanāḍhyo narendraḥ siṃhe candre nāpitaḥ pārthivendraḥ | dakṣo bhūpaḥ sainyapaḥ kanyakāyāṃ niṣṇātaḥ syādbhūmināthaśca bhūpaḥ

When the Moon is in Leo, (one becomes) a king, an astrologer, wealthy, a lord of men, a barber, and a lord of the earth. When (the Moon is) in Virgo, (one becomes) a skilled person, a king, a commander of armies, an expert, a lord of the land, and a ruler.

ripubāndhavakṛtapīḍā videśagamanārdito bahuvilāpī | budhabhavane dinabharteścandreṇa puruṣaḥ syāt

When the Moon is in the house of Mercury belonging to the lord of the day, the man will be afflicted by his enemies and relatives, distressed by travel to foreign lands, and given to much lamentation.

sakhīlolo lambabāhur amitatanur akhaśvārudantākṣikarṇo vidvān ācārayuktaḥ priyavacanayutaḥ salajjaśocapradhānaḥ | dhīraḥ satvānukampī paraviṣayarataḥ kṣāntisaubhāgyabhāgī kanyāprāyaprasūtir bahusutarahitaḥ kanyakāyāṃ śaśāṅke

When the Moon is in Virgo, the native is fond of friends, has long arms, an unbounded (large) body, beautiful teeth, eyes and ears; he is learned, endowed with good conduct, pleasant in speech, and is predominantly modest and given to grieving. He is steadfast, compassionate towards living beings, attached to others' affairs (or women), partakes of patience and good fortune, begets mostly daughters, and is bereft of many sons.

nṛpakorakaraṃ khyātaṃ gṛhītavākyaṃ viriṣṭakamauṇam | kanyāyāṃ raviṣṭo bhāyāhadīnaṃ śaśī kurute

When the Moon is in Virgo, the Sun being placed there, it makes one renowned as a maker of royal coffers (treasurers), one whose word is accepted, and lacking nothing in respect of fortune.

vispaṣṭāyaṃ khyātaṃ dhanavantaṃ śikṣitaṃ sudhīraṃ ca | kanyāyāṃ kujadṛṣṭo māturaniṣṭaṃ sakṣī kurute

When Mars aspects (the Moon) in Virgo, he makes one clearly renowned, wealthy, educated, and very steadfast; but, being a witness, he causes what is unfavorable to the mother.

jyotiṣakāvyavidhijñaṃ vivādakaleṣu vijayinaṃ yutarām | sātiśayaṃ kanyāyāṃ janayati nipuṇaṃ budhekṣitendraḥ

The Moon situated in Virgo and aspected by Mercury produces a person who knows astrology, poetry and ritual lore, who is exceedingly victorious in disputes and debates, and who is highly skilful.

bandhujanāḍhye sukhinaṃ vikrayakrayakaraṃ gṛhītavākyaṃ ca | kanyāyāṃ gurudṛṣṭo janayati vibhavānvitaṃ candraḥ

When the Moon is in Virgo and aspected by Jupiter, it produces a person rich in kinsmen, happy, engaged in selling and buying, whose word is accepted, and endowed with wealth.

kanyāyāṃ bahudāraṃ vividhālaṅkārabhoginamathāḍhyam | satatamidojitamuditaṃ kurute bhṛguṇā nirīkṣitaścandraḥ

The Moon in Virgo, when aspected by Venus, makes (one) possessed of many wives, enjoying various ornaments, wealthy, ever vigorous and cheerful.

adṛḍhasmṛtidaridraṃ sukharahitamamātṛkaṃ yuvativadhyam | kanyāyāṃ yamadṛṣṭaḥ strībhogyadhanaṃ śaśī kurute

The Moon in Virgo, aspected by Saturn, makes one of unsteady memory, poor, devoid of happiness, motherless, slain by a woman (or in danger from women), and with wealth that is enjoyed by women.

śukreṇa dṛśyamānaḥ strīkṛtakaraṃ samṛddhasubhage ca | budhabhavane raktāṅgaḥ kurute vastrānnamoktāram

When (the Moon, in such a sign) is aspected by Venus, and is in a prosperous and auspicious (sign), and in the house of Mercury, having a reddish body, it makes (the native) one who acts under the influence of women and a giver of clothes and food.

ākaragiridurgarat'aṃ kaṣaikamatiduḥkhabhāginaṃ kurute | atiśūramati ca mathinaṃ yamekṣito budhagṛhe vibhavadahīnam

When the Moon, occupying Mercury's house and aspected by Saturn, makes one fond of mines, mountains and forts, given to extreme misery, very brave and also a destroyer, and devoid of wealth.

paranīcaṃ gate candre kṣīṇo yogo mahīpateḥ | nāśamāyāti rājeva daivajñapratilomagaḥ

When the Moon, being weak, has gone to the depression-sign of another, the yoga of the king meets destruction, like a king who goes against the astrologer.

mūḍhadaśāyāmindoḥ kanyāsu rakṣite candre | paṇyāṅganābhiraniraṃ samāgamaṃ prāhurida yavanāḥ

When the Moon is in the period of confusion and is posited in Virgo, the Yavanas declare that here there is constant association with courtesans (prostitutes).

saumyastrīdhanalābhaḥ kuṭīragendau bhavedasārambhe | kanyāṃ dūṣayati naraḥ kujabhavane hanti vā yuvatim

When the Moon is in a house of Mercury, there will be gain of wealth from women, but no undertaking succeeds; when in a house of Mars, the man defiles a maiden or kills a young woman.

kanyākhyavṛṣabhasiṃhe śītaramayūkhe'lpaputra syāt | putrabhavane śubhayute nirīkṣite vā tathaiva syāt

When the cool-rayed Moon is in the signs called Virgo, Taurus, or Leo, one has few sons; and if the house of sons is joined with or aspected by benefics, it would likewise be so.

mūla-daśāyām indoḥ kanyāsu prekṣite candre | paṇyāṅganābhir niśaṃ samāgamaṃ prāhur iha yavanāḥ ॥ 10 ॥

In the root-daśā of the Moon, when the Moon is aspected in Virgo, the Yavanas here declare union at night with courtesans.

sūryāṅgārakayoḥ khabandhugatayoḥ śailāgrapātodbhavo mṛtyurbhūtanayendubhānutanayaiḥ kūpe khasasāmbubhiḥ | pāpālokitayorhimoṣṇakarayoḥ kanyāsthayorbandhato lagne sūryaśaśāṅkayostimiyuge toye sadā majjataḥ ||

When the Sun and Mars are in the tenth and fourth houses, death arises from a fall from a mountain top; through Saturn, Mars (Mauja/the son of the Earth) the Moon and the Sun, in a well from drowning in water; the cold-rayed Moon and hot-rayed Sun aspected by malefics and placed in Virgo cause death by confinement; the Sun and Moon in the ascendant in the watery twin sign (Pisces) always cause death by drowning in water.

kanyāyāṃ padminīśatruḥ pāpamadhyagataḥ sadā | raktotthaśoṣajaṃ mṛtyuṃ karoti dhruvameva hi ||

When the enemy of the lotus (the Moon) is in Virgo, placed between malefics, it surely and always causes death arising from the wasting (consumption) of the blood.

candre sarvakhagekṣite tu sumahābhāṇḍaṃ labhec chrīkaraṃ sūryarkṣe yadi hemajaṃ rajatajaṃ sthūlendurāśau sthite | bhaumarkṣe yadi tāmrajaṃ budhagrahe ratnāḍhyakaṃ jīvabhe śailaṃ śukragṛhe tu mṛṇmayam idaṃ tallauhajaṃ mandabhe || 47 ||

If the Moon is aspected by all the planets, one obtains a very great vessel (bhāṇḍa) that brings prosperity. If [the Moon stands] in the Sun’s asterism the vessel is made of gold; when it is placed in the Moon’s own sign it is a large one of silver; if in Mars’ asterism, of copper; in Mercury’s, one richly set with jewels; in Jupiter’s asterism, of stone (śaila); in Venus’ house, of clay; and in Saturn’s asterism, of iron.