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.

candrarāśiśīla(BJ_17) vṛtta ātāmra dṛg uṣṇa śāka laghu bhuk kṣipra prasādo aṭanaḥ | kāmī durbala jānur asthira dhanaḥ śūro aṅganā vallabhaḥ | sevājñaḥ kanakhī vraṇa aṅkita śirā mānī saha uttha agrajaḥ | śaktyā pāṇi tale aṅkito aticapalas toye atibhīruḥ kriye

(The character of one born under the sign Aries:) round-bodied, with reddish (coppery) eyes, hot-tempered, eating little of vegetables, eating quickly, easily pleased, a wanderer; lustful, weak in the knees, of unsteady wealth, valorous, dear to women; ignorant of (proper) service, fond of itching/scratching, with a scar-marked head, proud, born with companions and being elder-born; marked on the palm of the hand by a weapon-sign, extremely fickle, and greatly afraid of water " such is one (born) in Aries.

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.

duṣṭiphala(BJ_19) candre bhūpa budhau nṛpa upama guṇī steno adhanaś ca ajage niḥsvaḥ stena nṛ mānya bhūpa dhaninaḥ preṣyaḥ kuja ādyair gavi | nṛsthe ayo vyavahāri pārthiva budhābhis tantu vāyo adhano sva ṛkṣe yoddhṛ kavi jña bhūmi patayo ayo jīvi dṛg rogiṇau

(Phalas arising from aspects.) When the Moon is in Aries and aspected (by Mars and the other planets in order): a king (by Mars), one resembling a king (by Mercury), endowed with good qualities (by Jupiter), a thief and poor (by Venus and Saturn), destitute (by the Sun). When in Taurus, the man is: a thief, respected, a king, wealthy, a servant (by Mars and the rest in order). When the Moon is in Gemini and aspected by Mars and others: a dealer in iron, a man of the realm (king), learned, by Mercury and the rest, a weaver, and poor. When in its own sign (Cancer): a warrior, a poet, learned, a lord of the earth (king), a dealer in iron, and one diseased in the eye (by the planets in order).

mūka unmatta jaḍa andha hīna badhira preṣyāḥ śaśa aṅka udaye | sva ṛkṣaja ucca gate dhanī bahu sutaḥ sa svaḥ kuṭumbī dhane | hiṃsro bhrātṛ gate sukhe sa tanaye tat prokta bhāva anvito naikārir mṛdu kāya vahni madanas tīkṣṇo alasaś ca arige

When the Moon rises (in the ascendant), one becomes mute, mad, dull, blind, deficient, deaf, or a servant. When the Moon is in its own sign or in its exaltation, one is wealthy, has many sons, and is one's own master with a family in the (second) house of wealth. When in the (third) house of brothers, one is cruel; when in the (fourth) house of happiness, blessed with that and with progeny, endowed with the qualities of the said house. One has no enemies, has a soft body; (when in) the fiery (signs) one is passionate, and (when in) the enemy's house one is sharp and lazy.

cendre aśvi madhya jhaṣa karki mṛga aja bhāge kuṣṭhī sa manda rudhire tad avekṣite vā | yātais tri koṇam ali karki vṛṣair mṛge ca kuṣṭhī ca pāpa sahitair avalokitair vā

If the Moon is in the middle of Aśvinī, in Pisces, in Cancer, in Capricorn, or in the portion of Aries, one becomes a leper; (likewise) if Saturn is in the blood (Mars) sign or aspected by it. By Mars and Saturn occupying the trine—Scorpio, Cancer, Taurus, and Capricorn—and joined with or aspected by malefics, one becomes a leper.

khasthe arke avanije rasātala gate yāna prapātad vadho | yantra utpīḍanajaḥ kuje astamayage saura indunā abhyudgame | viṇ madhye rudhira arki śīta kiraṇair jūka aja saura ṛkṣagair yāte vā galita indu sūrya rudhirair vyoma asta bandhv āhvayān

When the Sun is in the zenith (10th house) and the lord of the watery sign has gone to the nadir (the lowest point, 4th), death comes from a fall from a vehicle; when Mars is in such position, death arises from being crushed by a machine; when Mars is at the setting point (7th) together with Saturn and the Moon at the rising point (ascendant), death occurs through (matters of) excrement and blood. When Saturn and the Moon (cold-rayed one) occupy Libra, Aries, or the Saturn-signs, or when the Moon and Sun have waned and passed through bloody (signs), death (is to be predicted) in connection with the sky, the setting, and relatives.

meṣe tu raktapīḍā ca vṛṣabhe dhānyavarddhanam|h | mithune jñānasampānnaścāndre dhanapatirbhavet|h

When the Moon is in Aries, there is bleeding affliction; in Taurus, increase of grain; in Gemini, one becomes endowed with knowledge; and (in this way) the lord of wealth comes to be.

kumbhabhe dhanalābhaḥ syānmakare'pi dhanāgamaḥ | cāpe bhrātṛjanāt|h saukhyaṃ meṣe mātṛsukhaṃ vadet|h

When (the Moon is) in Aquarius, there will be gain of wealth; in Capricorn too, there will be acquisition of wealth; in Sagittarius, happiness from brothers; in Aries, one should declare happiness from the mother.

āje taskarapaśupālahiṃsrakīnāśanīcaśaṭhaceṣṭāḥ | dharmavratair virahitā niyuddhakuśalāś ca ye manujāḥ

Under Aja (Aries), those men are born who are thieves, herdsmen of cattle, cruel and violent, farmers, base, behaving deceitfully, devoid of righteous observances, and skilled in fighting.

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.

candrastu daśārambhe kulīrabhavanasthito yadā bhavati | strīdoṣakṛtpaśughnaḥ kujabhavane hanti vāstupatim || 13 ||

When at the commencement of the daśā the Moon happens to be situated in the sign of the Crab [Cancer], [the native] becomes one harmed through a woman and a slayer of cattle; in the house of Mars [the Moon] destroys the master of the dwelling.

meṣāśritacandradaśāstrīsutalābhaṃ videśakarmaratim | sahajavināśaṃ kuryādasaddravyavyayāthaśiroruhaṃ janayet || 11 ||

The Moon's daśā resting in Aries brings gain of wife and sons and attachment to work in foreign lands; it causes the destruction of siblings and would produce expenditure on bad goods, and (disorder of) the hair of the head.

meṣe gurvabhilāṣī svavaśo vijayī kālajño'tinadāte | śubhakaro madanāsakto rogī balavān naṣṭasvajanaḥ || 1 ||

With the Moon in Aries, the native is eager for elders, self-willed, victorious, knowing the times, doing auspicious deeds, attached to love, sickly, strong, and bereft of his own people.

candre meṣagate kujādisvacarairālokite bhūpati- rvidvān rājasamaḥ samastaguṇavān coro daridro bhavet | nisvastheyanṛmānyabhūpadhanikapreṣyo vṛṣasthe tathā yugmasthe vikalo nṛpaḥ sumatimān dhīraḥ khalo nirdhanaḥ

When the Moon is in Aries and aspected by Mars and the other planets in their own courses: (by Mars) one becomes a king; (by Mercury) learned; (by Jupiter) equal to a king; (by Venus) endowed with all virtues; (by Saturn) a thief and poverty-stricken. Likewise when the Moon is in Taurus: (by Mars) destitute; (by Mercury) steadfast; (by Mercury again/respected) honored by men; (by Jupiter) a king; (by Venus) wealthy; (by Saturn) a servant. When in Gemini: (by Mars) crippled; (by Mercury) a king; (by Jupiter) of good intellect; (by Venus) firm; (by Saturn) wicked and without wealth.

meṣasthe yadi śītagau ca laghubhuk kāmī mahotthāghnajo dātā kāntayaśodhanorucaraṇaḥ kanyāprajo gogate | dirghayuḥ suratopacārakuśalo hāsyapriyo yugmake kāmāsaktamano'ṭanaḥ suvacanaścandre kulīrasthite

If the Moon is situated in Aries, (the native) eats little, is amorous, suffers from afflictions arising from the great (parts), is a giver, and possesses charm, fame, wealth, and brilliance. When the Moon is in Taurus (the bull), he is a father of daughters; he is long-lived, skilled in the arts of love-making, and fond of laughter. When the Moon is in Gemini, his mind is attached to desire, he is a wanderer, and is sweet of speech. When the Moon is situated in Cancer (the crab)...

śītāṃśurāśīśaminātmajo vā lagneśvaraḥ paśyati dīkṣitaḥ syāt | bhaumarkṣage mandadṛgāṇabhāge mandekṣite śītakare yadiḥ syāt

If the Moon, the lord of the sign, or the son of the Moon (Mercury), or the lord of the ascendant looks on, one becomes initiated (consecrated). If the Moon is situated in the sign of Mars, in a decanate aspected by Saturn, and is aspected by Saturn, it should be so.

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.

bhūpo vidvān bhūpatirbhūpatulya- ścandre meṣe moṣako nirdhanaśca | nissvaḥ steno lokamānyo mahīśaḥ svāḍhyaḥ preṣyaścāpi dṛṣṭe kujādyaiḥ

When the Moon is in Aries, (one becomes) a king, learned, a lord of the earth, or equal to a king; (when aspected) a thief and devoid of wealth; (or) penniless, a thief, honored by the people, a lord of the earth, prosperous and wealthy, or also a servant, when aspected by Mars and the others.

vividhadhanasutāptiviprayogo'rivargai- rvasanaśayanabhūṣāratnasampatprasūtiḥ | bhavati gurujanātirgulmapittaprapīḍā dharaṇitanayavarṣaṃ śītagau samprayāte

When the moon enters [the sign of] the son of the Earth (Mars), there occurs the gaining of various wealth and sons, separation through groups of enemies, and the production of clothing, beds, ornaments, gems, and prosperity; there is distress to elders and affliction by tumors and bile.

yuvatīnāṃ vaśagaḥ syādavinītaḥ krūravit pṛthulavittaḥ | āsavavikrayakuśalo raviḍupayoḥ kriyānipuṇaḥ

He will be under the sway of young women, ill-mannered, knowing cruel deeds, possessed of great wealth, skilled in the sale of liquor, and adept in action—such is one born when the Sun and Moon are (in Aries / in their conjunction).

savarṇāṅgaḥ sirasvaḥ sahajavirahitaḥ sāhasī manabhadrakāmāḥ kṣāmajānuḥ kanakhatanukacaścañcaro mānavittaḥ | padmābhaiḥ pāṇipādairvitatasutajano bakanetraḥ sasedastoyabhīstreṇavikṛtasirāḥ strījito meṣa indoḥ

When the Moon is in Aries: he has a complexion matching his body, is large-headed, devoid of brothers, bold, of moderate desires, with thin knees, slender bodily hair, fickle, and wealthy; with hands and feet like a lotus, having abundant offspring, eyes like a crane's, sweating, afraid of water, with a head deformed by wind, and dominated by women.

asyugrataro nṛpatiḥ praṇatānāṃ mārdavaṃ bhajati jātaḥ | dhīraḥ saṅgrāmaśrī raviṇā dṛṣṭe śaśini meṣe

When the Moon is in Aries and aspected by the Sun, the one born is a very fierce king; he shows gentleness towards those who bow before him; he is steadfast and victorious in battle.

dantākṣirogataptaḥ śikhivātādikṣataśarīraḥ | māṇḍalikaḥ syānmeṣe kuje śaśini tātaḥ

When in Aries Mars and the Moon are present, one will be afflicted with diseases of the teeth and eyes, will have a body injured by fire, wind and the like, and will be a provincial ruler.

nānāvicāraiḥ sadṛśyaḥ syānmanobhīṣṭaḥ | budhadṛṣṭe meṣe niśākare satkavirvipulakīrtiḥ

When the Moon is in Aries aspected by Mercury, one becomes versed in various deliberations, agreeable to the mind's desires, a good poet, and of widespread fame.

bahubhūyadhanasamṛddho bhavati sacivaśca bhūpatirvāpi | meṣagrahe himaradamau dṛṣṭe guruṇā pumān jātaḥ

When the Moon is in Aries and aspected by Jupiter, the man born becomes endowed with much great wealth, and is a minister or even a king.

subhagaḥ sutadhanayukto varayuvativibhūṣaṇo'lpabhoktā ca | meṣe śiśiramayūkhe bhṛgutanayanirīkṣite bhavati

When the cool-rayed one (the Moon) is in Aries, aspected by the son of Bhṛgu (Venus), the person becomes fortunate, endowed with sons and wealth, adorned with excellent young women, and one who eats little.

vidviṣṭo bahuduḥkho dāsyatanurmalimaso'nṛtavāk | meṣe śiśiramayūkhe ravitanayanirīkṣite bhavati

When the cold-rayed Moon is in Aries and aspected by Saturn (the Sun's son), one becomes hated, full of much sorrow, of servile body, dirty (sullied), and a speaker of falsehood.

anṛtapriyaṃ suvākyaṃ kalahasametaṃ ca paṇḍitaṃ kujame | janayati kujena dṛṣṭaḥ pracuradhanaṃ kṣitipavallabhaṃ śūram

In the sign of Mars (Aries or Scorpio), (the Moon) produces one fond of falsehood, of pleasant speech, given to quarrels, and learned. When aspected by Mars, (it produces) one with abundant wealth, a favorite of the king, and valiant.

itihāsakāvyakaraṇaṃ bahudhanaṃ śilpeṣu bhājanaṃ kurute | kujagehe śaśilagnaḥ pārthivaṃ prājñam

When the Moon is in the ascendant in the sign of Mars, it makes one skilled in history and poetry, possessing much wealth, a repository in the arts, kingly, and wise.

meṣe sahasrakaramiḥ saha śaśinā saṃsthitaḥ karotīśam | keralakaṇavāndhradraviḍānāṃ coṭakasyāpi

When the thousand-rayed Sun, together with the Moon, is situated in Aries, he makes the lord (ruler) of the Keralas, Kaṇavas (?), Andhras, Draviḍas, and also of the Coṭas (Coḻas).

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.

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.

karkaṭini mande makare candre madyudrodarakṛtaḥ syāt | pāpāṃśasthe candre kujabhavane śakhavahnibhavaḥ

When Saturn is in Cancer and the Moon in Capricorn, one becomes afflicted with dropsy (water-belly); when the Moon is in a portion (degree) occupied by malefics in a sign of Mars, the disease arises from fire of a wound.

meṣe śaśī tadaṃśe chāgādirasavamāhurācāryāḥ | gomahiṣāṇāṃ gonararūpāṇāṃ tṛtīyake 'ṃśe

When the Moon is in Aries, in its (first) navāṃśa the teachers declare (a dream of) a goat and the like; (in the second navāṃśa, dreams) of cows and buffaloes; and in the third part (navāṃśa, dreams) of forms of cows and men.

meṣe sahasrarasmiḥ saha śaśinā saṃsthitaḥ karotīśam | keralakarṇāṭān āndhradraviḍānāṃ colakasyāpi || 120 ||

The thousand-rayed Sun placed with the Moon in Aries makes one a lord of the Kerala, Karṇāṭa, Andhra, Draviḍa peoples and also of the Cola.

saumya-strī-dhana-lābhaḥ kulīra-gendau bhaved daśārambhe | kanyāṃ dūṣayati naraḥ kuja-bhavane hanti vā yuvatim ॥ 11 ॥

There would be gain of a gentle wife and wealth when [the Moon] is in Cancer at the start of the daśā; in the house of Mars a man dishonors a maiden or kills a young woman.

karkiṇi mande makare candre mṛtyudarodararkṛtaḥ syāt | pāpāṃśasthe candre kujabhavane śastravahnibhavaḥ ||

When Saturn is in Cancer and the Moon in Capricorn, death is caused by dropsy of the belly; when the Moon is in a malefic's degree-portion in a sign of Mars, death arises from weapons and fire.

bhītodaye dinakare candre pāpānvite'sti meṣe | kṣīdetuke hi maraṇaṃ khamandire svādgadanteke ||

When the Sun rises in a state of fear and the Moon joined with malefics is in Aries on the descendant, death indeed occurs; in the tenth house (sky-mansion) it comes from one's own internal ailment at the end.

meṣe śaśī tadaṃśe chāgādiprasavam āthurācāryoḥ | gomahiṣāṇāṃ goṃśe naraprāṇānāṃ tṛtīyāṃśe || 31 ||

The Moon in Aries, in its (first) part, gives birth to goats and the like (according to the teacher Āthura); in the cattle-part (it gives) cows and buffaloes; in the third part, beings of human breath.

The Moon stands as the lord of the mind (mānadhana) for the Mesha lagna; Rāhu in the new house, the radiant Sun shining brightly, with that splendour, and Ketu placed in the proper position — thus the result is told for the one born with the Moon in Mesha.

Mind, Mercury, and Venus brightly through the sacred wand of the sages, when it dawns — in Aries, in the manas, the bright; and in Pisces becoming wealth, abiding, that very thing — this is the great auspicious teaching to be told.

In this birth, as the Sun stands in Mesha, the moon also enters and the earth—the ruler—being placed thus in his own measure prospers; behold this chart as the supreme one, this person prospers, so it is told—it comes to pass.

When Mercury and Moon are in Meṣa as ascendant, and by ordinance Ketu in that nakshatra appears as Guru-vamśa, then exalted Mercury in Mīna is reckoned high—this newly-arisen result, you have come to ask in due order.

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.