1. A guide to Hindu astrology_T.S. Narayanaswami Iyer

A

GUIDE

TO

HINDU ASTROLOGY.

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T. S. NARAYANASWAMI IYER,

AUTHOR OF

Jyotishn Prugyanadip&e .. &e.

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appearance of this work. He is well aware that, even now, it is far from perfect, and will gratefully welcome any suggestions or corrections in order that the book may be improved in a second edition.

MONTENTS.

Page. PREFACE 1

CHAPTER I. Planetary Influence

CHAPTER II. The Alphabet of Astrology 8

CHAPTER III. Planetary Aspects 10

CHAPTER IV. How to fiud one's Birtl Sign 12

CHAPTER V. How to find out the sign of a particular point of time 12

CHAPTER VI. How to erect a horoscope 17

CHAPTER VII. How to find the precise time without clock during day or night 18

CHAPTER VIII. Of the Twelve Houses ... 20

CHAPTER IX. Friendship, enmity and indifference daring the conjunction or meeting of planets 21

CHAPTER X. The various results which the different planets produce accord- ing to their position in the zodiac ... 23

CHAPTER XI. Of the influence of the planets when approaching, or in conjunc- tion with, the signs of the zodiac 25

CHAPTER XII. Description of the twelve houses indicating the strength of each house to be consulted in casting a horoscope ... 29

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CHAPTER XIII.

To know whetber a horoscope is male or female ... 31

CHAPTER XIV.

How to find Dasas, Buktis, Antrams, &c. ... 31

CHAPTER XV. Description of persons indicated by the signs of the zodiac ascending at birth, the form given by each planet in the twelve signs, the position of the planets and the significa- tions of the planetary aspects in a nativity 33

A DEFENCE OP HINDU ASTROLOGY 125

REMARKS ON SIR T. MADHAVA RAO'S PAMPHLET ON ASTROLOGY 138

PREFACE

A LTHOUGH Science has taken such immense strides of late, although it is said over and over again that we are living in the most intellectual age of the world, how little encouragement, or rather how much discouragement, has been given to astrology! The very fact that it not only exists, but also numbers among its votaries many a name distinguished in the annals of science is an incontrovertible proof that there is in it the vital principle of truth. "Give a dog a bad name, and hang him" is a homely English proverb, but all the efforts of the most hostile critics have failed to eradicate popular belief in astrology. Many a modern astronomer refuses to acknow- ledge astrology as a true science, but is this not just the verification of what Faraday, that starry light of philosophical science, aptly designated " as presump- tuous judgement uniting all lovers of knowledge to avoid that besetting intellectual vice of the times. It is much to the disadvantage of astrology that it should be treated with so much disdain, and that by the very men who from their philosophical attain- ments, their scientific fame, and their rank and posi- tion in society would be naturally expected to give a dispassionate hearing to its just claims. There are, I admit, many mischievous pretenders, and in India, I may add, too many, who by defraud- ing the ignorant by pretending to predict future events which from their very nature are impossible, injure the reputation of this science; since intelli- gent critics very naturally avail themselves of these statements, and from such particular instances are

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only too ready to hurl their sweeping censures on all assertions or conclusions, valid or invalid, that may be drawn from the given premises. Would it not be equally unjust to condemn all other branches of science just because- there are, and from the na- ture of the case must be, mischievous pretenders among its professors? Originally, according to Josephus, astronomy and astrology were one science; and it was only in the time of Kepler and Flamstead that they became separated in Europe. In India, however, from the earliest times down to the present day, they have been regarded as twin sisters. ""Astrology," says an eminent authority, "is that science which treats of the alleged correspondence between the position of the heavenly bodies and human events." It must, however, be remarked at the outset that astrology is essentially a science of tendencies. No doubt it is often loosely said that such and such a position of the planets causes sickness, wealth, or whatever it may be; but it is more correct to say that such and such a position indicates danger, good prospects, &c, which may or may not be actually realized. The simplest statement of the claims of the astrologer is that, given an accurately drawn horoscope, a certain state of human affairs can be inferred therefrom, which inferred state will be found to coincide with that actually existing at the time and place for which the horoscope was drawn. A horoscope is simply a map of the heavens at any given time. Generally it is a map of the heavens at the time of some individual's birth, but a horo- scope may also be drawn with reference to some parti- cular event. The horoscope gives the following information : the apparent position of the signs of the zodiac with

PREFACE

reference to the time and place for which the horo- scope is drawn, and the position of the planets with reference to the zodiacal signs and to one another. These positions must be ascertained with mathema- tical accuracy. The interpretation of these data proceeds according to certain fixed rules called directions." Each of the planets and each of the signs are supposed to exert a certain "influence" of their own, which influence may be changed or modified accord- ing to their relative positions. Now the difficulty in all this lies in the fact that there is no satisfactory answer to the questions : Why do the planets and signs indicate this or that ? How were these indications first discovered ? All the astrologer has to reply is : Try yourself and you will find the "directions" hold good in actual life. But as astrology demands a considerable amount of study, and to calculate with certainty some know- ledge of mathematics, few take the trouble of veri- fying it. The origin of astrology is lost in antiquity. We find that every nation that boasted of anything like a civilization had its system of astrology, and, as far as we can gather, all the systems are practically one and the same. Even now there are in Europe and America many votaries of astrology, and it is stated that some of the most successful speculators never undertake any transaction without first consulting the stars. In England several astrological almanacs are annually published. The best of these, Zadkiel's, has a circulation of over a lac of copies per annum. The Saturday Review, July 4th, 1863, said :- .' Without doubt there are a million people who have some sort of confidence in Zadkiel; certainly there is ample encouragement to them in the countenance afforded to Zadkiel by the many great and wise, and

learned of the land." "Society believes in Astrology." The writer also stated that

But we are well aware that, at the present day, the youngest school-boy who has crammed up a few science primers, must be looked upon as wiser in such matters than the wisest of his ancestors. 'We therefore omit all that is said in favour of astrology in the records of the past, and we omit all mention of great men, such as Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, who have been firm believers in astrology, presumably, because they found that, on the whole, astrological predictions tended to be correct and confine ourselves to pre- senting instances of the correctness of astrological directions relating to recent times, and therefore capable of easy verification by any one who takes the trouble to make the necessary calculations.

Considered merely as curious coincidences, these instances deserve to rank among the most remarka- ble ever recorded. Astrology is to astronomy as the grammar of a language is to the dictionary of that language. In the history of the progress of every science it is, therefore, easy to perceive that, though the exis- tence of the one implies that of the other, yet, astrology follows astronomy in the order of time. Astrology also greatly influences a man's character generally for good ; for supposing a man is told in his horoscope that at such and such a period of his life he is likely to be in danger of incurring the displeasure of the civil authorities, he is very cautious in his behaviour and relations to others, and by a particular observance of his rules and duties, and by placing a strict watch on every thought, word and deed, he very often successfully averts the predicted danger.

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The horoscope drawn up and offered you by the astrologer must be regarded by you as good advice for the guidance of your future conduct, for, as above affirmed, astrology is a science of tenden- cies, and unfavourable tendencies may be modified, if not entirely averted, by careful and cautious conduct. The great Gautama Sakya Muni was a profound astrologer; after him, among the Jains, the great Yavanar, Savanar, and the sage Sainya Muni are con- spicuous names in the annals of Hindu Astrology. The great eighteen sages commencing with Bramha, Surya, Vyasa, Vasishta, Parasara, &c, have, in a series of 14,50,000 volumes, almost exhausted this science. Of these, more than one lac of volumes are still extant. Subsequently the great Varaha Mihira Chariar, the palace astrologer of the renown- ed Vikramarka, added much to the pursuit of this science. During the prosperity of the ancient Hindu Pandya and Chola lines shone those brilliant stars named 'Ollum Wodiyar' and the royal Edikattar of Pandya. These were all under the special patronage of the sovereigns, and had the same rank and respect as those of the prime minister. In fact one of the required qualifications of the prime minister was that he should be a good astrologer. During the Moghul period encouragements in the shapes of rewards, scholarships, emoluments, &c., were held out to the young astrological student, while the successful veteran in astrology secured an entailed pension to himself and his heirs; many such pensions are still being paid by the present Government. These facts show that astrology was highly honored and eagerly sought for by the wisest and noblest of the land.

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In conclusion, the author hopes that each of his readers, after reading these pages with unprejudiced mind, will be led to take an interest in the study of this noble science, a science that was held in such high estimation by his great ancestors. It had in those days the support ofGovernment and the counte- nance of the sovereign, and hence no quacks were tolerated. Now, however, though having lost this external support and influence, it is a great pity that it should be allowed to die an ignoble death.

In the following pages, the rudiments and general principles and rules of the science are set forth, and the author is confident that every attentive reader will be able, by following the directions given, to draw out his own horoscope for himself, and not be dependent on pretentious and ignorant astrologers.

. S. N. MADRAS, TRIPLICANE, May 1889.

A GUIDE

TO

HINDU ASTROLOGY

CHAPTER I.

Planetary In uence.

Influence and flux are derived from the same Latin Root influo to flow in upon ; hence by the term planetary influence is meant the flowing forth from the planets of some ethereal fluid to the earth. The immense distance of the planets from the earth is no valid argument *nst astrology. Locke says: " We are wrong to think that things contain those qualities that appear in them to us. Did we under- stand them aright, we ought, perhaps, to look for them beyond the fixed stars. We see certain motions and opera- tions in things about us, but we know not whence the streams come that cause them; perhaps things would, with us, put on a very different face did some great star or body, incomprehensibly remote from us, alter or cease to be." Have not the experiments of the great De la Rue proved that: "Out of an equal quantity of light incident upon the two bodies, Jupiter reflects fourteen times more of the chemical rays than the moon does" ? That the principal planets are those near the earth, and that therefore their influence must be more direct and powerful than the more remote ones would be readily granted. Now these planets are composed of the same elementary parts as our earth, and there is therefore this ethereal flow between them and the earth by the chemical law. Now the body of man is composed of various gases, and from his nature these gases are never quiet; they are in constant circulation, and he is constartlexhaling and in- haling divers gases.

8 THE ALPHABET OF ASTROLOGY. [CHAP.

The same process must, from the nature of the heavenly bodies, be going on among them. That all these heavenly bodies, along with the earth, rotate round the sun is one of the axioms of science : by this double rotation one around its own axis and one around the sun wind is caused in this huge solar system of ours, and how various in degree, direction, and rate must be the effect of the ethereal fluid passing from one to the other I

As one among many instances of the truth of the above, it has been adduced that the epidemic disease called catarrh or influenza derived its name from the fact that it was always and with good reason believed that so general a disease could only be disseminated through the atmosphere from some influence beyond the earth. We observe strange and at present unaccountable coinci- dences around us. The philosophical law of all coincidences is that when two phenomena always coincide, they are either connected by the law of 'cause and effect,' orare the effects of a ' common cause.'

CHAPTER II.

The Alphabet of Astrology.

The Alphabet of Astrology consists of thirty-two symbols with which the student should make himself familiar. 1. The nine planets and their characters are: English Name. Tamil Name. Dragon's head Rahn. Saturn Sani. சனி. Jupiter ... Guru. Mars Kujan. The Sun .. Suriya. கூரியன். Venus Sakkran. Mercury ... Bud ban. The Moon Chandra. Dragon's tail ... Kéthu.

The positions of these planets in the firmament may be easily ascertained from any book on astronomy.

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2. The 360 degrees of the zodiac circle are divided into twelve signs of 30 degrees each. The unchanging order of the signs in all nations is :-

6 NOLTHERN. Latio names. Tamil Dawes. Eoglish names. Aries மேஷம். Ro m. Teorus ... சிபம். Bull. Gemioi ..- மிதனம். Twins. Cancer ... சர்கடக்ம். Crab. சிம்மம், Lion. Virgo கன்னி. Virgio.

6 SOUTHEKN.

Libra Scales. Scorpio ... தலசம். Scorpioo. Sagitterios Archer. Capricoro He-goat. Aquarius கும்பம். Water-carrier. Pisces மீனம். Fisb. ...

It will thus be seen that the nomeocleture of Westero as- trology coincides with the time-bonored one of ourgreat San- ecrit forefothars-snother overwbelming proof of the con- clusiondrawn by philologists that Western literature received its impolse from the East. 8. The differences of longit ade called aspects are :- Coujunction or parallcl, wheu two or mere besvenly bodies bave the same loogitude, aud ranging from (° to 8" inclosive. S.+ the Semisextile wheo their diference of longitude ia 80 degrees (Bhaghas) or 1 sigo (Grr@), is always good, and ranging from 9° to 30° ioclusive. S. or the Semi-equare or Semi-quertile or forty-five de- grees or 1 signs, is always bod, and ranging from 31°to 45° inclosive. Q. The Quiotile 72º or two sigos aud twelve degrees, (Bhagas) is slightly good and ranges from 61° to 72° in- cnaive.

The Bextile, wbeo their difercuce of lougitado is sizty degress or Lwo sigoa, is almuga good, nud ranging trou 4G- to t0° iuclosive.

10 PLANETARY ASPECTS. [CHAP.

The Square 90° or three signs, is always evil and ranges from 73° to 90° inclusive. The Trine 120° or four signs, is always good and ranges from 91° to 130° inclusive. The Sesquiquadrate 135° or 4 I signs is always evil ; and ranges from 131° to 135° inclusive. Opposition (180°) or 6 signs is always evil, and ranges from 136° to 180° inclusive.

CHAPTER III.

Planetary Aspects.

MAJOR ASPECTS. 1. From 0° to 8° aud 353° to 360°. Very good & very . powerful. and 331 °-352°. Always good. 0 2. 3. 31°- 45° and 316°-330°. Alternately goodand bad. 4. 46°- 60° and 301°-315°. Always good. 5. 61°- 72° and 289°-300°. Very bad and slight- ly good. 6. 73°- 90° and 271°-288°. Entirely had. 7. 91°-120° and 241°-270°. Always good. 8. 121°-135° and 226°-240°. Always bad. it 9 136°-144° and 217°-225°. Slightly good, very bad .. 10. 145°-216° MINOR ASPECTS. Very bad.

1. 22°- 25° and 336°-340°. Bad. 2. 96°-100° and 249°-254°. Good. 3. 195°-203° and 170°-180°. Slightly good. These degrees should be reckoned from the number of degrees each planet is from others, independently of the signs of the zodiac.

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The six southern signs of the zodiac, commencing from Libra downwards, correspond respectively with their oppo- site signs thus. The first aspect or position is the conjunction, which is when two or more planets are in the same sign, and the nearer they are to each other the more powerful becomes the aspect, and it is most powerful when these planets are in the same degree. This holds good with all the aspepts. For instance, let Jupiter be in Taurus six degrees, and the Sun in Aries twenty-eight degrees; now from Aries twenty- eight degrees to Tauras six degrees is (30-28) or 2+6 8. and therefore ,the sun would he approaching Conjunction with Jupiter. It must, however, be bornein mind that Conjunction is not so powerfol when separating as when applying or approach- ing within eight degrees, the limit of separation. The Moon applies to or approaches all the planets because it is the swiftest in motion. Mercury and Venus approach all the other planets except the Moon. Similarly each of the other planets approaches all the other planets except the preceding. Their order is 1. The Moon. 2. The Sun. 3. Mer- cury. 4. Venus. 5. Mars. 6. Jupiter. 7. Dragon's head and tail. 8. Saturn. Each of these planets approaches or applies to all the remaining ones after it in the order noted. Thus the Moon applies to all the other eight planets, the Sun to the remaining seven, Mercury to the remaining six, and so on. It must also be noted carefully that the above planetary aspects imply a knowledge of astronomy and of the names and positions of the planets. Now in casting a horoscope the first thing to be done is to draw amap of the heavens with the several planets in it at,the time of ;birth. Hav- ing done this, we should next see what points require to be .ascertained. Suppose for example A desires to know what aid the Sun can give him. As will be seen afterwards, the Sun has power over .our prospects for good, unless its influ- .enoe is.modified by the bad aspects of other planets. We must, therefore, see how many other planets give good influ- ence and how many bad. Then, ascertaining which influ- ence is in the majority, A's worldly prospects will he in the ascendant or descendant according as the (influence of the good is in the majority or minority.

CHAPTER IV.

How to nd one's birth sign.

In order to find ont one's birth sign, find out, first, the sign in which the sun happens to he at the time of birth. Find ont then what degrees and minntea the sun has spent in that sign with reference to the time of birth. Add to those degrees and minutes the degrees and minutes com- prised under Ayanamsakalas .* The sign which is obtained >y the degrees and minutes resulting from this addition should he sought out, and the degrees and minutes of that sign should he deducted from the total number of degrees and minutes, and this remainder should be multiplied by the sw 'a mana vinadis or Indian minutes, and this again should be divided by 30. The quotient so got will be so many vinadis which the sun has to spend in that sign, that is, in that in which he happened to be at the time of birth.

CHAPTER V.

How to nd out the sign of a particular point of time.

If you wish to find out the sign of a certain hour on a certain day, convert the time from sunrise of that day up to the moment in question into vinadis or Indian minutes, sub- tract therefrom the number of Indian minutes which the snn has to spend in the sign in which he happens to he at the time (finding this latter as per directions ahove), and, from the remainder thus obtained, go on subtracting the namber of minutes belonging to each successive sign fromtha of the sun himself, until you come to that sign the minutes o which cannot he anbtracted That sign will be the one be- longing to the particular point of time in question. Thes minntes should then he multiplied by 30, and the result h divided by the total number of minutes of that sign. Th quotient will give the degree in that sign in which the per-

"Ayanamsakala ia found by subtracting 3,600 years from the tota number of yeara passed since the beginning of Kaliyuga, multiplying the remainder by 9, and dividing the result by 10, the quotient thus obtained must betaken to be so many minutes.

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son is born. The remainder, if left, should be multiplied by 60, and the result divided again by the total number of mi- nutes of that sign. The quotient thus got will give the mi- nutes, then subtract from the degrees and minutes of birth thus obtained the degrees and minutes of Ayanamsakalas ; the remaining degrees and minutes will be those in which the person is actually born.

Note down accurately to a second, if possible, the time of birth; ascertain the respective positions of each planet at that time, noting exactly the number of degrees and minutes.

Zadkiel's or any similar correct Almanac will furnish the necessary information. Arrange the planets as situated at the time of birth accord- ing to their degrees, minutes, seconds, &c., in their respective places in the twelve signs of the zodiac. The twelve signs of the zodiac make one complete revolution in one day or twenty-four hours. Ineach month one or other of the twelve zodiacal signs corresponds with the rising of the sun.

The sun enters Aries on or about the 12th of April every year (in Tamil Chittirai). To again appear at the same point in Aries,after successively passing throu h all the signs, the sun takes 365 days 6 hours 12'30". T is period is called one year. Table A. The time in which the iun rises in each of the signs is as follows : Days. Hours. Min. Sec. Months. Aries *. 30 22 12 48 in Chittirai. Taurus .. 31 9 40 48 Vykasi. Gemini .. 31 14 39 12 Aunee. Cancer .. 31 11 16 48 Audi. Leo 3L 52 Avani. ... ... Virgo 30 10 56 48 Purattasi. Libra * 29 21 38 48 Ippasi. Scorpio 29 12 9 36 Karthigai. Sagittarius 29 8 21 12 Margali. Capricorn 29 10 54 24 Thye. Aquarius 29 19 21 36 Masi. P'ia ces 30 8 8 30 Panguni.

Total ... 365 6 12 30

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Table B. Period of time during which each house or sign of the zodiac is in the ascendant. The time is given according to the meridian of Lanka or Ceylon. 1. Aries is in the ascendant for 255 Indian Min. 2. Taurus. 285 do. 3. Gemini 815 do. 4. Cancer. + 330 do. 5. Leo. + 815 do. 6. Virgo. + 800 do. 7. Libra + 300 do. 8. Scorpio. + .815 do .. 9. Sagittarius + 880 do. 10. Capricorn 815 do. 11. Aquarius 285 do. 12. Pisces - 255 do.

Total ... :3600 do.

N.B. When a minus sign (-) is prefixed the meaning is that the sign is negative, and, as will be seen below, the number must be subtracted. Conversely plus (+) indi- cates that the sign is positive, and the number must be ad- ded. Table of Indian Time. 6 Breathe make one Indian minnta. 60 Ind. min. make one Ind. hour or Naligai. 00 Ind. bours = 1 day or 24 Eoglish boure. .60 Ind. houra =24 English hours. 2!Ind. min. = 1 English min. & 2;Tnd. hours= 1 English hour. To compare the corresponding time when each house is in the ascendant in other places, the following rule must be observed. First, on a perfectly level surface, fix a perpendicular rod one foot long marked off into twelve inches, in the months of Chittirai or Ippisi, when bhe sun ia in the Zenith. Draw a line in the direction of tl risline from the foot of the perpendicu- lar and in the plane on which the perpendicular falls, of equal

inches. length to the perpendicular, and also marked off into twelve Ascertain the exact distance to the fraction of an inch to which the shadow falls when the sun is in the zenith.

V.] HOW TO TIN QUT TBS BIGN OF A PARTICULAR TIME. 15

Now this quantity is the constant common factor for the re- quired place. To find the correct time of the required place in each house, multiply thecommon factor by 20 Ind. min. or Vinadis for 1st,4th, 7th and 10th signs from Aries. By 16' for the 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th signs from Aries. By 6g,'for the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th signs from Aries. Now add or subtract the quantities obtained, according as the signs are positive or negative. Suppose that the shadow at Cuddalore is 2 inches at noon in Chittirai. For the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th signs multiply 2₺ by 20. Now the exact time for 1st or Aries will be 255 Ind. min. - (20 x2;)or 255-50 or 205 Ind. min. Similarly for the 4th sign or Cancer it would be 380 4- 50 or 880 Ind. min. And so on to determine all the other houses. This will give the correct time of the required place (Cuddalore for in- stance) when each house is in the ascendant.

Having done this, find out on that date how many days the sun has spent since entering that house, and the precise time he has yet to spend in that house from table A. Ascertaining by our tables the total number of min. the Sun remains for the total number of days in that sign, find Cut the particular number of min. the Sun will yet remain for the remaining number of days in that sign. If during the remaining number of minutes a person is born, then he is said to be born in that sign. The sign under which he is born will be the same as that in which the Sun is. If the hour of birth exceeds the number of min., ascertain from the given tables to what sign the number of min. will lead. This is the sign in which he is born.

Erample .- Suppose a child is born on April 13th, 1888, at 2-15 P.M., in Ceylon. That month the Sun enters Aries on or about the 12th. Out of 30 days 22 hours, 12' 48" the Sun has still about 29 days more to stay in Aries from the time of birth, t,e., the 18th. According to our table, for

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about 29 days in Aries the Sun will therefore remain f 8 of 225' or about 2464' at the time of birth, the Sun having passed 8 hours and 15' since dawn, i.e., 20gInd. hrs. or 1,287} Ind. min. Now take that 246₺ min. and add the next period, viz., Taurus's which is 285 min. This too being exhausted, add the next period, 315', which is Gemini's. Even this is insufficient; next add Cancer's 330'; this too is insufficient, for these four signs give a total of 11764 Ind. min .; we have still 61 Ind. min: in Leo. Hence Leo is the sign of his birth. Similarly proceed for every other sign. Bimule .-- Suppose yon have to find out the sign of birth of a parson boru in Kaliyuga 4964 Rodrothkari on the 15th day of Vaikasi at abont 12 Naligais from daybreak. The Sun being in the month of Vaikad in the aign callad Yriahsbham-Tanrus-14° 88'# add to thie the Ayanam- saksla of that year, <. s., 4964. It gives 20° 26. The mom total ia 35°4, dedocting 30° of the sign in which the son is the remsinder ia 5° 4. This must be multiplied by the total nomber of mioutes for Taurue, which is 299. 4 x299=1196', divideit by 60:"* =19gf or 20'. Simi- larly 5 x 299 M = 24 #% = 25°. Subtract this 25° 20' from 80° the remainder is 4° 40' or 280'. 12 Naligaie which have expired from daybreak give 720. Deducting from thie 280', the remainder is 440.' Thie 440 should be carried until it reaches the sige whose minutes cannot bs subtracted therefom. Thus, the minutes of the net sigo being $22, we get 118' remaining sfter that sign. As the total number of minutes of Cancer are in excess of 118, the sign of birth of the parson is Cancer.

In order to fiod out the precise deg. and minntes in this sige (te.) Cancer, this 118 should be multiplied by 30, which givee 3,540', and divided by the total number of ininutes of Cancer-which is 822. + Thua m = 10° giving a remsiuder of $20, which again should be mnlti- plied by 60=820 x60 18009 =59, leaving out the amall fraction. Therefore the person in question is born in Cancer at 10° 59. *

Thia ia nocording to the moet correot Almanan + deoor ding to the Bwaders Matia Vichdie in ColmbaLig

CHAPTER VI.

How to erect a horoscope.

There are various forms of this diagram, and it is not material which is selected.

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Padas-chayatand add 7 to the remainder. Then take one-half of the Ah as t of the day, multiply it by 7, and divide the result by the abovesaid length of your shadow. The quotient will give so many Indian hours. The remainder, if any, should be multiplied by 60, and divided by the same length of your shadow ; the quotient thus got will be so many Indian minutes. During night :- Thestars from which the time during night is to be calculated are twenty-seven in number begin- 'ning from Asraniand ending with Revati. From Chithirai up to four months, that is np to Adi, calculate from Pusam (inclusive) the number of etars that lead up to the star in the 'ascendant oh the particular night including that also, and multiply that number by 2t and subtract therefrom for 'every month that has passed since Chithirai the number, 5,- that is, if 3 months have passed from Chithirai-the first month -- the number to be deducted is 5 x 3= 15; in thi the month in which the time is required to be found shoul be excluded. If Chithirai is the month iu which the tim is required, then nothing need be deducted as that is th first month .:. For each day in the giveu month, subtract 10 Vinadi or Indian minutes '. , With regard to the next four months, that is from Awani to Karthigai,the process to be followed is the same excep that the number of stars to be calculated up to the oue i the ascendant should be calculated from Anusham. Simi- larly for the next four months from Uthirattathi. Desd. Mana Vinadis or Indian minutes arrived at with regard t

Similarly for Gemini and Libra :- for the 1st 10 degrees 1 foot, for the "2nd 10 degrees 1t ft-, for the 3rd 10 degrees 2 ft. .For Cancer and Pisces :- for the 1st 10° 2 ft., for the 2nd 10ª 11 ft. for the 3rd 10° 1 ft. For Scorpio :- for the 1st 10° 2 ft., for the 2nd 10° 21 ft., for the 3rd 10° 3 ft.

3rd 10°4 ft. Sagittarius :- for the 1st 10° 3 ft., for the 2nd 10° 3 ?. ft., for th

10° 8 ft. . Oapricorn :- forthe 1st 10° 4 ft., for the 2nd 10° 3& ft., for the 3rd

10° 2 ft. Aquarias :- for the 1st 10° 3 ft., for the 2nd 10° 2i ft., for the 3rd

tPadas-chaya is that part of the shadow of a person which belongs to his feet, and it is always half a foot. 'J This is the time between sun-rise and sun-set. This is usually known by referring to a correct almanac.

20 OF THE TWELVE HOUSES. [CHAP.

each of the twelve signs of the zodiac, must be referred to each country. The vinadis for one sign in one country will not be the same for that sign in another country.

CHAPTER VIII.

Of the twelve houses.

We have up to this been treating of the signs of the zodiac, and the planets and their positions and influences in the signs of the zodiac. We shall now proceed to note the influences of the planets in the houses in a horoscope. The house of birth is always reckoned as the first house. Now every fourth house, taking the birth house as the first, is the angle house, [Sanscrit, Kendra). So these angle houses or Kendras must be four in number, namely the first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses. When good planets occupy these positions they produce great good. When bad planets occupy them they produce great calamity. If Jupiter is the owner of the fourth, seventh, or tenth house, the result is very bad; if Venus is the owner, it is three-fourths bad. If Mercury is the owner, it is half bad. If any 'of the remaining six planets be the owner, the result is very good. There is, however, a special point with regard to the angles or Kendra positions. When Sun, Mars or Ketu are in the tenth house, the influence is for good ; their natural power indicated in page 28 is increased. When Mercury or Jupiter si in the first house, the same result follows. When Saturn or Rahu is in the seventh house, the same result follows. Venus or Moon being in the fourth house, the same result follows. The second, fifth, eighth and eleventh houses are called the Succedent houses (Sanscrit Pannapara). When good planets are in the first two succedent or Pannapara houses, they give a good prospect, and bad planets give a bad prospect. Again when bad planets are in the second two succedent houses (viz., 8th and 11th), they give good prospects. And when good planets-are in the second two succedent houses,

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they give ahad prospect. The third, sixth, ninth and twelfth houses are called Gadent houses t Sanscrit, Apocleema). The same rule applies as to the Succedent houses. Planets in the Kendra or Angles within 10° are most powerful and give good fortune. For the remaining 20° they give moderate good. In the succedent or Pannapara from 10° to 20° planets give the same influence as stated above. In the Apocleema or Cedent houses from 20° to 30> planets give their own influence. Therefore, in calculating the tendency of a horoscope, note down the meaning of the twelve houses (Sanscrit Bhávas) and of each of the nine planets. Again the Suu and moon are lights, luminaries. Rahu and Ketu, Saturn and Mars, are malefics or bring misfortunes. Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, bring good fortune. All further particulars about the planets can be ascer- tained from the tables at the end of the book.

CHAPTER IX.

Friendship, enmity and indifference during the conjunction or meeting of planets.

A .- FRIENDLY CONJUNCTIONS. The conjunction of Moon, Mars and Jupiter with the Sun. 2. Do. do. Mercury and the Sun with the Moon. 3. Do. do. Jupiter, Moon and Sun with Mars. 4. Do. do. Venus and Sun with Mercury. 5. Do. do Sun, Moon and Mars with Jupiter. 6. Do. do. Saturn and Mercury with Venus. 7. Do. do. Mercury and Venus with Saturn. 8. Do. do. Mercury and Venus with Rahu. 9. Do. do Jupiter with Ketu.

22 FRIENDSHIP, ENMITY AND INDIFFERENCE, &C. [CHAP.

B .- INIMICAL CONJUNCTIONS.

1. Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu in conjunction with the Sun. 2. Rahu and Ketu do. do. Moon. 3. Mercury do. do. Mars. 4. Moon do. do. Mercury. 5. Mercury and Venus do. do. Jupiter. 6. Jupiter, Sun, Moon do. do. Venus. 7. Sun and Moon do. do. Saturn. 8. Sun, Moou and Venus do. Rahu and Ketu ..

C.PLANETS OF EQUAL INFLUENCE WHEN IN CONJUNCTION.

J. Mercury with the Sun. 2. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, or Venus with the Moon. 3. Saturn or Venus with Mars. 4. Saturn, Mars, or Jupiter with Mercury. 5. Saturn with Jupiter. 6. Mars or Jupiter with Venus. 7. Jupiter with Saturn. 8. Saturn with Rahu. 9. Mars with Ketu.

N.B .- Ifinthe horoscope of a certain person there should be any of these plauets of equal strength in the same house, each will give its respective strength independent of the rest.

D .- RESPECTIVE SUPERIORITY OR INFERIORITY OF THE PLANETS.

1. Mercury is inferior in strength to all the planets. 2. Mars is superior to Mercury. 3 Saturn is superior to Mars. 4. Jupiter do. Saturn. 5. Venus do. Jupiter. 6. Moon do. Venus. 7. The Sun is superior to the Moon. 8. Rahu and Ketu do. the Sun.

When any superior planet is in conjunction with any in- ferior planet in the same house, the superior planet takes away the strength of the inferior one, and itself produces the good or bad results which the inferior planets are capable of producing. When the good planets mentioned above areinthe third, sixth, eighthortwelfth house from the

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house of the sign at birth, they produce evil. In any of the remaining eight houses they produce the highest good. The bad planets in any of the above houses' will produce an opposite effect to that produced by the good time of birth in the house in which each planet comes. When the above planets are in favourable positions and when the majority are powerful, then the influence indicated nuder each plauet is favourable. When however they are in opposite positions, and when only a minority is favourable and the majority unfavourable, the nature of thnt star and house will have all the influences indicated above tending to the worse. The independent nature of the planets is as follows: - 1. Sun is the soul, the life. 2. The Moon is the body. Hence in every horoscope both of these must be favour- able, since the one is essential for the existence of the other. Both of these therefore control the five elements, viz., fire, air, earth, Ac. 3. Mars is fiery. 4. Mercury airy. 5 Jupiter earthy. 6. Venus watery. 7. Saturn ethereal. If in a horoscope the planets in the same house are natural- ly opposed to one another, then the effect is injurious to the horoscope. In finding out the influences of planets from the horoscope, the influences of planets must be considered according to the form B. No. I in my Aryan Astrology, when calculating the influences of planets standing between the zodiacs 1 to 6; but when calculating the influences of planets standing between the zodiacs 7 to 12, the influences of planets must be considered according to the form B. No. II.

CHAPTER X.

The various results which the differentblanets produce ac- cording to their position in the zodiac :- 1. Sun .- Givesan inclination to worship the god "Siva," gives inheritance to paternal property,causes health or sickness in the body, gives information about Govern- ment employment, gives fame, spirit and heroism, incites to travel in forests and on hills, incites to offer sacrifices and to make penance, tells about venereal diseases, causes ficklemindedness, causes head-ache and fever, indicates immobility, creator, central region, roundness, diseases of the chest. Kshatrya,red colour, masculine, moderate stature, great heat.

24 RESULTS OF DIFFERENT PLANETS IN THE ZODIAC. [CHAP.

2. Moon .- Makesone believe that there is only one true God, treats of the mother's family, acquires favour of great men, indicates health or ill-health of body, bathing and cleanliness, use of spices and perfumes, flowers and use of princely fans, swords, fruits, fame, pearls, silver, sweet things, milk, clothes, meals, beauty, wandering, biliousness, cold, Vaisya caste, whiteuess, shortness, patience, rapid rotation, body, south-eastern direction, square-shaped shoulders.

3. Mars .- Land, brothers and sisters, sudden death, marriage, worship of Durga, heroism, spiritedness, battle, hatred, thieving, inventing new things, debt, pleasure, courage, military command, small-pox, gold, cousins, enemy, piles, Kshatrya caste, rubies, shortness, southern-direction, fiery, triangular.

4. Mercury .- Worshipf Vishnu, philosophy, education, maternal grandfather, maternal uncle, eloquence, sacred study, skill, intelligence, sacrifices, ceremonial duties apper- taining to Vishnu, truthfulness, the neck, sculpture, trading, engraving, comicality, childlessness, Vaisya or trading class, green colour, tall, firm and rapid, sculptor, painter, engraver.

5. Jupiter .- Coldnd bilious sickness, mentality, self- restraint, appreciation, the eight siddhis, religious teacher, initiator, veda (sruti and smriti), sudgati-enjoyment of heaven, godliness (deva), Brahmanism, strict observer of religious rules,worship of goddess Brahma or Gayatri,acquir- ing the favour of or propitiating the goddesses, comforts of viceroyalty, equal to the king, becoming king, though tful- ness, law (Dharmasastra), flatulence, a judge, having sons, wealth, broad-chested, mental sickness, yellow complexion, masculine, North, oblong, horses, carriages.

6. Venus .- Prosperity(wealth, children, etc.), vehicles, cloths, prison, treasure-trove, face, all kinds of comforts, longing for pleasures, voyages and ships, diamond trade, building temples, acquiriug favour from a goddess, worship- ping a goddess in its peculiar language, thoughtfulness, pleasure, diabetes. Brahmin caste, white colour, feminine, moderate stature, watery, East, figure of a pentagon, crea- tive power. 7. Saturn .- Eaterof flesh, meanness, drunkenness, improvement of buffalo breed, debt, slavery, cultivation,

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punishment from Government, theft, length or shortness of life, foreign travel, convert to another caste, defective limbs, speaking against religious law, diseased legs, childlessness, heat in the body, dropsy, sin, diabetes, bilious- ness, madness, Sudra caste, blue colour, short, firm and rapid, air, West, crescent shaped, thigh, motion by air and by steam, mining, iron manufactures, chemist, legerdemain.

8. Rahu (Dragon's head), grandfather (paternal), fear of prison, salvation, power of wandering through and enjoy- ing the pleasures of the seven heavens, emigration, punish- ment from Government, war, danger from a sinking ship, fear of water accidents, leader of thieves, loss of caste, doing what he ought not to do, speaking like a buffoon, defect in limbs, loss of a limb in battle, wounds, small-pox, cold, flatulence, disease of sides of belly, bilious cold, faint- ing, convulsions, tolerance, black colour, tall stature. 9. Kétu .- (Dragon's tail), loss of presence of mind, paleness from poorness of blood, leprosy, belly-ache, study of philosophy, relieves all want, without desire, mother's family, ulcers, fear from fire, licking the body, doing mean things, death by fire, catastrophe, living in a foreign country, perpetrating sinful things, eating flesh and drinking; sel- fishness, arrogance, poverty, sorrow, imprisonment, bonds, strangulation. 10. The Planet called the son of Saturn Gulika (specially used in Travancore, &c.) Funeral rites, treasure-trove, skins or leather, gold, finding things under ground, hatred, cause of death, killing animals, charms to kill men or animals (witchcraft), life in a monastery (matham), life, death, sel- fishness.

CHAPTER XI.

Of the influence of the planets when approaching, or in conjunction with, the signs of the zodiac. As considered in themselves, apart from the planets, the nature of the zodiacal signs is aa foll ows. These are Trigons, the four triplicities.

26 INFLUENCE OF PLANETS AND SIGNS OF ZODIAC, &C. [CHAP.

1. Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, fiery. 2. Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn, earthy. 3. Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, airy. 4. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, watery. When planets of an opposite nature to the abovemen- tioned elements approach, or are in conjunction with, the zodiacal sign of the horoscope, bad results are indicated : but when sympathetic planets occur the results are favourable. When a planet is retrograde, (Sanskrit Vakkrum) or moving backwards in the zodiac, as from Taurus to Aries, it has the influence and properties, not of the house in which it is moving, but of the preceding house, i.e., the house it has left. There are five things to be considered in order to know the respective strengths of each planet. (1) Highest posi- tion. (2) Lowest position. (3) Ownership. (4) Friendship. (5) Enmity. All these correspond to the five elements. The highest position corresponds to the earth, ownership to water, friendship to tejas (fire), enmity to wind, lowest position to ether. These things are useful to know in indi- cations of death, etc.

I. Highest position is indicated when- 1. The Sun is in Aries or Mesham in 19°. 2. The Moon in Taurus in 3°. 3. Mars in Capricorn in 28°. 4. Mercury in Virgo in 15°. 5. Jupiter in Cancer in 15°. 6. Venus in Pisces in 27°. 7. Saturn in Libra in 21°. 8. Rahu and Ketu in Scorpio in 21°. II. Lowest Position : The seventh house from each of the highest positions is said to be the lowest position of that house, but they corre- spond respectively in degrees. III. Ownership is indicated when 1. The Sun is in Leo in 11°. 2. The Moon in Cancer in 9°. 3. Mars in Aries and Scorpio in 14°. 4. Mercury in Gemini and Virgo in 21°. 5. lupiter in Sagittarius and Pisces in 19° 6. Venus in Taurus and Libra in 12°.

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7. Saturn in Capricorn and Aquarius in 26° 8. Rahu in Capricorn in 26. 9. Ketu in Aries in 14°.

Astrologers and astrological works of all lands exactly agree with regard to the position of the planets that indicate Highest Position, Lowest Position and Ownership, but they differ considerably with reference to Friendship and Enmity.

To explain them, I give an account of them on a separate basis and from separate calculations. Before the calculation of friendship is made, Mula triko- nam, or the triangular position should be clearly compre- hended. Mula trikonam is the proper place of each planet in the sign in which it is mostpowerful, thoughnot more so than when each is in its own house. These are called the mula- trikonamor exaltation of the planets. First then we should ascertain the mula trikonam of each planet, as shown be- low :-

1. The Sun in Leo is the triangular or mula trikonam position for the sun in 15° 2. The Moon in Taurus. 6° 3. Mars in Aries. 21°

2. Mercury in Virgo. 11° 5. Jupiter in Sagittarius. 19°

3. Venus in Libra 9" 7. SuturninAquarius. 17ª 8. Rahu and Ketu in Scorpio. 17°

It should be clearly borne in mind that if each of the abovementioned planets is not in its specified mula tri- kona position, but in the second, fourth, sixth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh house from the above specified mula trikona position, they are powerful for evil even among these six; the particularly evil houses are :- For the Sun all except the ninth. For Mars fourth and tenth. For Mercury » tenth For Jupiter all except the second and fourth. For Saturn the ninth. The remaining houses from the mula trikona position,

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namely the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, and twelfth are moderately favourable.

Even among these five moderately favourable houses,

For the Sun all except the third house are moderately fa- vourable. For the Moon third and seventh For Mars eighth For Jupiter ninth For Venus eighth and twelfth For Saturn the third and twelfth For Rahu and Ketu the seventh

The influence of the particular houses excepted above for each planet is specified in page 29.

All these tables will enable the student to understand the strength of each planct.

OFTHE USUAL STEENGTH OF EACH PLANET FOR GOOD OK FOE EVIL IF A PERSON BE BORN.

First in the white moon, i.e., when the moon is in its growth. Both Jupiter and the Moon give full good.

Venus three-fourths of Jupiter's good; Mercury half; Saturn and Rahu full bad ; Ketu and Mars three-fourths of the evil of Saturn ; and Mercury gives half.

Secondly, in the case of a person born in the black moon, i.e., when moon is in the wane, the influences given above are directly opposite, i.e., for 'good'read 'bad' and vice versa. Now if you wish to ascertain any particular point as-

I. Employment, Marriage, &c, first refer to Chapter XL A, B and C, to find which planet is able to give that infor- mation ; from the horoscope of the enquirer ascertain in what house of his horoscope the planet stands, and what other planets are in conjunction with it or arc approaching it, and the aspects mentioned in Chapter B on the nature of the aspects. See how many of these are good. The result will be a favorable or an unfavorable tendency according to the majority or minority of the good planets.

CHAPTER XII.

Description ofthe twelve houses indicating the strength of each house to be consulted in casting a horoscope- I. or the house in which a person is born, gives 1, Com- plexion. 2, Strength of body. 3, Head and belly. 4, The five intellectual senses and the five physical senses. 5, Memory. 6, Mental anxiety. 7, Fame and Travelling. 8, Religion. 9, Pleasure. 10, Happiness. 11, Length of age. 12, Whether human birth or otherwise. II. The next house to the house of birth gives, 1, Family and relations. 2, Wealth. 3, Eyes. 4, Education and learning. 5, Landed property. 6, Truthfulness. 7, Know- ledge of sastras (Scripture) in general. 8, Poetical com- position. 9, Intentions. 10, Gold coin. 11, The nine kinds of Gems. 12, Practice of yoga. III. House (1), Voluptuousness, (2) Servants, (3) Music, (4) Valour, courage, (5) Brothers and sisters, (6) Ears, (7) Pain in ears, (8) Vessels in which food is taken, (9) Religion or Devotion, (10) Conquest, (11) Length of life, (12) Debt. IV. House-(1) Mother and mother's fami \y, (2) Education (3) Conveyances or vehicles, (4) Joyful circumstances, (5) Trade, (6) Residence, (7) Fame in war or by overcoming obstacles, (8) Health, (9) Treasure-trove, (10) About the world, (11) Cattle, milk, &c, (12) Travel in a northern direction. V. House-(1) Mother and mother's father, (2) Mother's brother, (3) Good done in former birth, (4) Composition of poems in one's native language, (5) Sons and daughter, (6) The uterus and purushagarbham, (7) Magic learning, (Man- travidya,) (8) Knowledge, (9) Intellect, (10) Brothers and sisters, (11) The next birth, (12) Practice of yoga. VI. House-(1) Disease, (2) Grief, (3) Wound from sharp weapons, (4) Enemies, (5) Drowning, (6) Hostility of cou- sins, (7) Bodily pains at time of death, (8) Boils, ulcers, &c., (9) Theft, (10) Venereal diseases, (11) Poisonous bites from snakes, scorpions, &c, (12) Prison. VII. House-(1) Relations, (2) Travelling in westerly di- rection, (3) Wife, (4) Marriage, (5) Lawsuit and Disputes, (6) Sons and Daughters.by a wife other than the first, (7)

30 DESCRIPTION OF THE TWELVE HOUSES, &C. [CHAP.

Presents and Honour from monarchs, (8) Can gain affection without exertion, (9) Trade, (10) Wives other than the first, (11) Death, (12) Enmity between the native and his son.

VIII. House, (1) Death in battle, (2) Dangerous injuries from crowds, (3) Falling from a height, (4) Long illness, (5) Failure in enterprise, (6) Sorrows through debt, (7) Extra- vagance, (8) Death by murder, (9) Enmity and quarrels, (10) Danger from poison or poisonous bites, (11) Prison, (12) Defeat.

IX. House-(1) Father, (2) Father's property, (3) Alms- giving, etc., (4) Good fortune, (5) Building charitable and public institutions (religious, literary, etc.), (6) Encouraging or supporting schools and education, (7) Building temples, (8) Receiving religious instructions (upadesam), (9) The eight siddhis or powers, such' as clairvoyance, etc, (10) Building tanks and wells, (11) Wisdom (Gnanapadam), (12) Living in hills or forests. X. House-(1) Religions acts done in a past birth, (2) Good acts and life,(3)Landed property, (4) Mercy, clemency, (5) Religious devotion, (6) House property, (7) Devotion to God, (8) Courage, (9) Fame, (10) Semen, (11) Apparel, (12) Changes of dwelling place to an eastern country. * XI. House-(1) The eldest brother or sister of the nati ve, (2) The good or bad fortune of the same, (8) Adultery,(4) Skill in language of the King or ruler, (5) Wealth from landed property, (6) conveyance carried by men, as palankeen, etc, (7) Freedom from grief, (8)Apparel,(9)Music or Dan- cing as a profession,(10) Wisdom, (11) Royal favour acquir- ed through writing, (12) Sea voyages. XII. House-(1) Travelling around the world, (2) Em- ployment in a foreign land, (3)Loss of money, (4) Enjoyment of all kinds, (5) Enjoyment in eating and sleeping, (6) Pu- nishment from king caused by quarrels, (7) Licentiousness, luxury, etc., (8) Practices, (9) Export and import trade, (10) Enjoyment in this present life resulting from deeds done in a former birth, (11) Alms-giving, (12) Sacrifice and religi- ous ceremonies. TO ASCERTAIN THE STRENGTH OF EACH PARTICUEAR INFLUENCE IN BACH PARTICULAR HOUSE. First take the house of birth and observe in what relation each of the 9 planets is to this house. If the majority be

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favourable, all the effects pointed out in the above 12 houses. will be favourable; if the majority be unfavourable, all the above effects will be unfavourable. For farther particulars and details the student should refer to the author's " Aryan Astrology."

CHARTER XIII.

To know whether a horoscope is Male or Female.

In a day the number of breaths taken by each man comes to 21,600. During this interval seven kinds of animal life come into existence of which mankind is one. The time which is taken for 28 inhalations and 74 exhalations, and which is the very last period out of that required for the said 21,600, is the time during which mankind are born. The first half of this period is the period during which females are born, and the second half that in which males are born. Find- ing out the particular number of breaths at which a person is born, divide it by 28 and divide the quotient again by 2. The remainder tf: odd, is male for the following days of the week :- Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, if the other three days, female. Ifit is even only on the said four days from Sunday, it will be a female. Male for the other three days.

CHAPTER XIV.

How to find Dasas, Buktis, Antrams, &c. We give below the various stars and the Dasas which commence at the time of birth of an individual born under a particular star : -

Aswati PERIOD. Makam Ketu. .7 Years. Mulam Baruni Puram Venus. 20 do. Puradam

32 HOW TO FIND DASAS, BUETIS, &c. [CHAP.

Kartigai PERIOD. Uthiram Uthiradam מנול 6 Years.

Rohini Astham Moon 10 do. Thiravonum M i rngasirisham) Chittirai +. Mars do. Avittam Tiruvathirai Swathi Rahu .18 do. Sathiam Punarpusam Visakam Japiter. .16 do. Purattathi Pusam Anusham Saturn 19 do. Uthirattathi Ayilyam Kattay Mercury. .17 do. Ravathi Total number of Stars 27-Period 120 years. Learning according to this the Dasa at the time of birth, find out how long the star at the time of birth remains alto- gether, and how much of its period, if any, has passed at the time of birth, and how much of it yet remains. Taking the entire duration of the star as corresponding to the total number of years of the particular Dasa-deduct propor- tionately as much of it as is due to the time which the star has spent at the time of birth. The remaining number of years represents the remainder in the particular Dasa, and then go on adding to it the Dasa periods of the succeeding Dasas which follow the order pointed above. To find out the period of a Bukthi in any Dasa, multiply the total period of the Dasa by the total period of the Dasa of the planet whose Bukthi period has to be found out, and divide the result by 10. The quotient represents so many months, and the remainder multiplied by 3 so many days, both which constitute the Bukthi period of the planet in question. Adding the period thus got for every planet, the total will give the total period of Dasa. Dasa is the period during which each planet remains under-a particular star. Bukthi is the ninth part ofa Dasa. Antaram or Chidram is the ninth part of a Bukthi.

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To find the Autaram take the whole period of each Bukthi, multiply the months thereof by t, the result of which will be so many days, and multiply the days thereof by , which will give so many Indian hours. Then multiply these days and hours by the total Dasa period of the planet whose Antara period you wish to calculate. The result will be so many days constituting the Antara period. The Dasa Bukthi Antara effects we mean to publish in monthly pamphlets. But they are roughly given in the first part of this work in treating of Lagnas and Lagna Bhavas. These Lagnas and Lagna Bahvas treat only of single planets in each sign, but do not treat of the conjunction of planets in the same sign. This too will appear in the monthly publication referred to-as also the particular degrees or each sign occupied by the planets which vary the effects.

CHAPTER XV.

Description of persons indicated by the signs of the zodiac ascending at birth, the form given by each planet in the twelve signs, the position of the planets, and the significations of the planetary aspects in a nativity.

ARIES. When Aries is the house of birth it indicates («) Mental qualities : Royal favourite; insinuating speech ; determina- tion ;. firmness; covetousness ; conscientiousness; anxieties either in youth or old age ; (b) Circumstances: Involved in debt; though in the lowest position, will always have autho- rity over a tew; inclination towards the liberal arts. WHEN ARIES IS THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun or Mars being with Mercury iu Aries when one is horn in Aries :- he will have a hot body, kingly fortune ; will be wise, hot-tempered, famous, courageous, successful in war; will marry many wives; will live up to middle age; though possessing much wealth aud fortune will lose it towards the end; will not care for relatives or great men; will lose wealth and position in youth and middle

fortune , but will gain them afterwards and will have sons an

34 TWRT.VE SIGNS OF ZODIAC AT BIRTH, &. [CHAP.

2. Moon or Venus in Aries; will lose his mother's relations in his youth; will be miserable owing to his wife ; will enjoy good through many women ; will be fair without being tall; quarrelsome; will in middle age be subject to much anxiety and quarrel ; will travel through several countries and have some comfort; will have more daughters ; will be entangled in dispute and lose money owing to his father's or his own wife; will suffer from and escape cold and consumption ; will suffer from and escape bad humours in the eye andthe sense organs.

3. Jupiter or Mercury in Aries; will be wise, of good conduct and genial disposition, will be happy, and patriotic, will learn politics and many languages, will be of a strong constitution, will have much wealth and fortune. 4. Saturn or Dragon's head in Aries; will be dull, of bad conduct, will be miserablo and have enemies, will lose his ancestral property and parents, will be ugly, aud will either be diseased or without some member of his body.

WHEN TAURUS IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun or Saturn in Taurus; will have a dark and dirty-coloured body, of a bilious and windy constitution, will have wealth and fortune, will be sinful, aud the sin will prevent the birth of sons, will have disease and enmity owing to wife, will be fickle-minded, will lose his ancestral property, but will regain a little, will be a traveller, will be irreligious, distrustful, and commit mistakes, will act con- trary to his caste rules, will be miserable, suffer loss aud have enmity in his connection with the Government.

2. Dragon's head or Mars in Taurus; will suffer iu childhood either death or serious disease, will become infa- mous, will lose without cause what he earned, will be sub- ject to poisonous bites, of a weak body, will be subject to danger from fire and poison. 3 .. Jupiter or Venus in Taurus ; will be powerful of tongue, fortunate in the Government, well-versed iu litigation, but will not earn anything therefrom, influential, famous; will have increase of family and be happy, long-lived and patriotic, sensible, will love his own religion and have a captivating tongue. 4. Moon or Mercury in Taurus ; will talk mildly, will be a linguist, will be a poor man, and in middle ago will suffer

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enmity and misery from the Government in his profession ; but these will pass, will be clever in trade and many pro- fessions, will be a loser of children.

WHEN GEMINI IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Saturn, Mars or Dragon's head in Gemini; of loose morals, will earn a very bad name from venereal diseases and licentions character ; will be brotherless, or if he has brothers will be separate from them, will become a servant of the low, will lose the ornaments iu his ear, will be a debtor, will suffer from want of blood in middle age ; will suf- fer imprisonment from Government or many enemies ; either himself or some one of his brothers will have ear-pain. 2. Venus or Moon in Gemini; will be famous and for- tunate through his brothers, will get fortune from females, will be in an authoritative position ; will become a dancer, player or singer, will have a fortunate wife and will have two wives. 3. Jupiter, Mars, or Sun in Gemini; will have increase of brothers ; will he fortunate, but will suffer in youth, will suffer loss and be subject to quarrels owing to his father's two wives or owing to women, but this will pass away; will be a high servant, will be learned in the State language and be famous, will get much wealth.

WHEN CANCER IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun, Moon, or Jupiter in Cancer; will be fortunate, happy, and attain the fortune of a king, will be a linguist, will possess several vehicles, and though famous owing to trade and other transactions will lose his mother, will build public buildings in many places, will suffer in middle age injury from riding or driving, will have a fortunate mother's side, will have authority up to his last moment, will lose while young his mother. 2. Mars, Saturn or Dragon's head in Cancer ; will lose old property, suffer much during old age, will have no vehicles orcattle, will be a traveller, quarrelsome and of bad conduct, drunkard, enemy to his own religion, of middle life. 3. Mercury or Venus iu Cancer ; learned in foreign langu- ages, eloquent, traveller over the seas, original writer, cap- tivating speaker, imitative, will have vehicles, charitable and wise, will lose his post in middle age, will belong to a good profession, pnblic spirited, an instructor in philosophy, two wives, instructor, judge.

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WHEN LEO IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun and Mercury in Leo ; will acquire wealth, but lose it by thieves and kings, will quarrel first but win after- wards, will have Government service for some time, but will thereby incur loss and enmity, litigious, fortunate in youth and old age, limited number of children, learned in many arts, courageous, hot-tempered, deep-minded, will have to make long and persevering efforts for success, will lose father's side and parents in youth. (If Mercury be not with the Sun, there will not be so much good fortune.) 2. Saturn, or Jupiter in Leo; will lose parents in youth, will not have old property for a long time .. 8. Venus, Mercury or Moon in Leo; venereal dis- eases, a short life, wealth acquired will be enjoyed by others, himself being in difficulties ; will lose parents in early age; and will also be full of cares. Will have many wives, the best being short-lived. Relatives will prove unfriendly. During middle age troubles caused by kingly authority will be apprehended, but they will prove unfounded; will have a sickly wife. 4. Mars or Dragon's head in Leo; miserable on ac- count of sons; miserable, and will be either imprisoned or fined, quarrels will arise with respect to lands and buildings and will bring on loss of money. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Jupiter or Sun in Virgo ; debtor-for money spent for purposes of fame and other good things. Will be un- friendly with many ; will lose children ; will be distressed with a fear of being imprisoned after middle age, but this fear will vanish soon. 2. Saturn, Mars or Dragon's Head in Virgo; will triumph over enemies, will suffer from heat, (hoemorrhage and diseases of the blood.) For some time will live in a foreign country, will observe several religions, will not be happy through bis wife, miserable in youth, fortunate in later life, will suffer for sons first and will then have them, will learn foreign languages and be of middling intelligence, lover of his own religion, in youth will regain lost property, will have enmity in later life. 3. Moon or Venue in Virgo; suffering from enemies syphilitic and consumptive, miserable for loss of parents

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miserable in youth, traveller, linguist and learned in many arts, not wealthy, ascetic, mild of speech, fortunate by his wife's side.

WHEN LIBRA IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun or Moon .- Pareutsill be degraded. Will have many wives. Will be very unsettled in the choice of a

B.right prospects will fail; money aud lands will be squan- dered. Will travel much. Will be a practical man. 2. Venus or Mercury .- Willhavemore than one wife. Will be happy iu old age. Will be skilled in various profes- sions. Fickle-minded. The best wife will be short-lived. 3. Saturn or Jupiter .- Willbecourageous. Though wealthy will yet be a debtor; will embrace various religi- ons. Talkative and litigious and will have enmity in middle age, a wanderer and sufferer on various accounts, but will be happy for some time, will not learn anything, of low profes- sion, debtor, litigious and liable to kingly punishment. Will travel in foreign countries. Will acquire wealth through political means. Will learn various professions. Very suspicious character. Much wealth will be lost through father or brothers. Will be practical aud litigious. In middle age will be found fault with for disobedience, and after many attempts will establish his innocence.

4. Mars or Dragon's Head .- Willhave a bad wife and bad children. Will be involved in quarrels. Relatives will suffer much loss in divers ways, and wife will suffer from cough, and relatives will die a sad death. During middle age will have many enemies, will lose wealth, and will suffer severe misfortune. Will fall iuto disrepute through his wife or brothers. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Saturn, Moon, or Jupiter .- Willbe short-lived, will be subject to protracted diseases aud much suffering. Will be the enemy of every one, indebted, and a sinner. 2. Mercury, Sun, or Venus .- Willloseall relatives on the parents' side. Will not inherit any property. Will live to middle age. Will have a debauched wife. A prosperous career at the beginning iu life, but subsequently attended with much shame and suffering. Will travel. In youth life will be in peril owing to accidents from fire, or attack of beasts. Will have defective organs.

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8. Mars or Dragon's Head .- Likelyto die during minor- ity. Will not be prosperous in money matters; will be poor. Will seek various professions. Will suffer death by murder. WHEN SAGITTARIOS IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Jupiter with Sun or Mercury .- Will possess wealth surpassing even that of kings, will have a fortunate family and permanent kingly authority, will be charitable, cunning of tongue, will be an able writer, will have much ancestral property, will be a wealthy man in the enjoyment of many comforts and possessing good wife and sons, gardens and public buildings. 2. Saturn or Mercury .- Willembrace a foreign religion, will lose ancestral property, but have self-acquired property, fond of foreign languages, will live in foreign countries, will learn many arts, will lose his father's side, will not care for any body, will have enemies, will have the fame of acquir- ing wealth after first losing it.

9. Mars or Dragon's Head .- Will be a debtor; will have neither wife nor children ; will wander, afraid of the tyranny of kings ; will lose the Government position gained in youth ; his lands, wealth and servants will be dispersed in various ways ; will involve himself in sin.

10. Moon or Venus .- Slavery,trade, contracts ; these will be the means of livelihood; licentious. Will attain fame through women. Will have no immovable property. Loved by many. Will travel by sea. Will be grieved for want of male children. Will get into disrepute through parents. Ill-versed in mother-tongue. Will lose parents in early life. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Mars, Venus, or Moon .- Will possess wealth in the form of lands, &c. Will be of kingly fortune. Will hold authoritative position. Very lustful-even incestuous. During middle age will travel in foreign countries. Having attained to high official position in middle age will lose it and will endeavour to win back the same ; will earn liveli- hood by means of manufacture and litigious undertakings. Will be able to compose verses. Will be desirous of per- forming the rites and ceremonies pertaining to his caste; will gain glory through women.

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2. Saturn, Sun or Dragon's Head .- Will be a menial servant for some time and for some time a teacher, then take to some mean profession. Will be impious. Will have enemies. Will have no education. Will he influenced in his conduct by religious tenets other than his own; will have thieving propensities. Will suffer punishment for for- gery. Will be miserable both in youth and old age. Un- settled profession. Will not he of service at parents' death- bed. 3. Mercury or Jupiter .- Willlose all ancestral immova- ble property. Will be indebted. Will suffer severe mis- fortune in youth. Though disposed to doing good actions will lack opportunities for the same. He will lose his property through rashness ; not profiting by learning and trade; will attain to mediocre fortune in after life; and will suffer losses by contracting debts. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 11TH HOUSE. 1. Jupiter, Venus or Sun .- Charitable, famous, authorita- tive ; will have more than one wife, will have increase of sons and fortune, will obtain fortune and living through two states, will have fortunate elders. 2. Mercury, Saturn or Dragon's Head .- Miserable ; will fail in all attempts, will lose elder brother's side; old proper- ty and self-acquired property will be lost by new speculation. WHEN PISCES IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Very fortunate when old on account of his having been a famous officer in a kingdom. Honorable, unhappy, of a very obliging nature. 2. Moon .- Will be a manager in a Zemindari or some such place. Will lead a comfortable life, famous in middle age. 3. Mars .- Of a despotic nature, honorable, a debtor. Unfortunate in middle age. 4. Mercury .- A wholesale merchant. Will be put to difficulties by the State and will thus lose much in the beginning, but will recover his loss. 5. Jupiter .- A tutor, honorable. Tolerably wealthy. A debtor. Loss of sons. Venus .- Always happy. Wealthy, beautiful. Hono- rable but fickle-minded.

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7. Saturn .- Fickle-minded, of gentle nature. Will be entangled in troubles even when young. Will earn much and lose much. Unhappy throughout. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willhave no perma- nent situation in life. Fickle-minded. Will be put to troubles on account of some money transactions. Will have all kinds of enjoyments when old.

TAURUS. A man born in Taurus or Vrishabham, will be religious and respectful, honest in his dealings and gentle in his conversation .; will take but a small quantity of food and be balky in his constitution ; will have servants, know mathe- matics, and possess good appearance; during his 5th, 16th, 19th, 27th and 47th years he will suffer for a month from enemies and from diseases.

WHEN TAURUS IS THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. The Sun in Taurus signifies one whose blood is hot, who will acquire fame, possess good stature, red colour and long life. 2. The Moon .- He will suffer from asthmatic complaints and have a lean body, many sisters and a short life. 3. Mars .- Hewill have a sense of self-respect, heart (disease, impure blood and a eickly wife. 4. Mercury .- A deep-thinking, sensible man, having prosperous ancestors on the maternal side; he will become the heir of another's property; his life will be of average length and he will maintain himself by his education. 5. Jupiter .- A debtor who will lose all his possessions, but have long life and self-respect. 6. Venus .- He will have good features and prolonged life, will be cheerful and somewhat lustful and will have many carriages. 7. Saturn .- Willbe always bashful and become power- ful; his property will be unstable; he will labour in difficulties in middle age and his ancestry will be ruined. 8. Dragon's Head .- He will live in foreign countries, suffer from boyhood, will come by hidden wealth supposed to be lost and get magisterial power. 9. Dragon's Tail .- Will do all sorts of business and

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have a diseased frame; will be troubled by enemies and be a debtor. WHEN GEMINI IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Theman will be involved in quarrels on account of property, will have eye-disease. His words will carry some weight with them; he will have a desire for im- movable property and possess ornaments and coins. 2. Moon .- He will get wealth of two kinds; he will have few descendants ; his heart will be bad, but his words sweet and he will become rich. 3. Mars .- Otbers will carry away his wealth; he will have a good amount of landed property at first, but in the middle of his life it will be lost; will be employed iu Government service, where he will have some enemies from whom he will be free afterwards, his sons will have a similar life. 4. Mercury .- Will acquire wealth by merchandise and by other means; will be soft in speech, poor in family and shortsighted. 5. Jupiter .- He will learn several languages, and with all his learning he will suffer from want of money; what he has he will sell at a low price and lead a hard life between 20 and 40. 6. Venus .- Hewill be a good talker; and he will play away his wealth and also bis honour with women. He will be pale-eyed and have some taste for literature. 7. Saturn .- He will lose his parents in youth ; after half his life his family will be ruined; he will be a stingy fellow, who, though possessing lands and wealth, will not enjoy them; he will suffer from eye-sore. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head fy Tail .- Hewill be in danger of being poisoned; will be a debtor and many will hate him. WHEN CANCER IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Signifies voluptuous disease; his wife will have blood disease; he will be a slavish Government servant with diseased eyes, and he will have fortunate brothers. 2. Moon .- He will have many sisters and will live by his education; will care for the good of the world, and become great, and be sometimes prosperous and will some- times suffer.

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3. Mars .-- He will have no brothers; his wife will have blood-disease; he will be impure and unclean; will be fortu- nate enough to marry a widow ; will be angry in his temper, will have ear-disease and will not take good food. 4. Mercury .- One born to enjoy ; will have but few brothers; will be a coward ; his brothers will be happy; he will be a painter; and he will suffer from syphilitic diseases, 5. Jupiter .- Willhave a wife of high birth ; through women and by quarrels on account of property he will lose his wealth and become ignominious; he will have many brothers and good fortune ; will suffer from dropsy and have many daughters. 6. Venus .- Happyin his wife; long life ; will have a dowry ; singer ; traveller in foreign countries; will suffer from diseases, i.e., asthma, &c., in middle age; will earn much money and thus become famous in the state; will suffer from nervous diseases; will become well known through sister's family. 7, 8 & 9. Saturn, Dragon's Head fy Tail .- Atimid man ; shameless and somewhat deaf, without any issue.

WHEN LEO TS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willhave ancestral property, and will be put to difficulties in middle age on account of this property. His mother will die in his youth, or his maternal side will be ruined. Land and carriages, though possessed, will not be enjoyed ; fear of death will bring him into danger under a wicked Government. 2. Moon .- Hewill be rich at first, but will soon lose his wealth ; though well educated he will suffer in the early part of his life, when he will lose his brothers, and then enjoy a short period of happiness. 3. Mars .- Shewill become a lean, weak and diseased mother ; her maternal side will not prosper, and he will not possess many lands or houses. 4. Mercury .- Will enter many departments of com- merce and be a respectable man ; his mother's side will do some good to him; will be happy after 30 years of his life. Iu his youth his mother will die. 5. Jupiter .- Hewill own lands and furniture; will

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be an honest man and love his religion, and will become famous and praised by all, and will have a prosperous maternal side. 6. Venus .- A man without firmness; he will be raised by his brothers and he will study philosophy and law ; will enter Government service and obtain two appointments and will be prosperous from his middle age. 7. Saturn .- Will be bashful and have enemies every- where and lose his mother's side in early life and father's also; he will do mean actions. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head fy Tail .- Relatives will be enemies; will have no movable property of his own; for a very short period there will be a glimpse of good life which will end; he will despise his brothers. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. The Sun .-- He will have no sons; his family will soon be etinct; tre wil do things prohibited ; Will be stub- born and become rich and famous ; or be will be born in a great family; will lose his paternal side. 2. Moon .- His maternal uncles will have many daugh- ters, but himself few ; he will be an enemy to many; will be skilled in three sciences, and he will have no rest. 3. Mars .- In middle life he will lose his sons and will be greatly distressed ; he will have no fame; his descen- dants will-be groat, but will die in their manhood. 4. Mercury .- No sons. His nncle's side will be brought to an end ; he will become rich and will manage some other family. 5. Jupiter .- No sons. In quarrels for property he will go out of his country, yet he will manage to live by his argumentative power and get famc. 6. Vanus .- He will become a dancer, and will also enter many other professions, and all will be useless. His wife will die in youth. He will have daughters. 7. Saturn .- Will have many wives, but no sons and no fame; his maternal side, though prosperous at first, will soon lose all; syphilitic disease. 8. Dragon's Head .--- Always quarrelsome and oppressed by enemies and leading an unhappy life. 9. Dragon's Tail .- No descendants.

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WHEN LIBRA IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Mother and her side will be lost in boyhood. He will lose his ancestral property, his relations will be his enemies, and he will lead a troubled life. 2. Moon .- For the sake of his mother and his daugh- ters he will have quarrels. His brothers will not be favour- able; he will have ear-disease. Wicked kings will oppress him, and he will afterwards be free from them. 3. Mars .- Signifies blood disease. He will die either by fire or by beasts; will live in foreign countries, and after forty will lead a troubled life owing to quarrels. 4. Mercury .- Willbe troubled in mind. All his accomp- lishments will fail and will be of no use to others when they need it; his property will decrease. 5. Jupiter .- Hewill have nerve-disease; his high posi- tion will bring him many enemies. Some enemy in the guise of a friend will do him some injury before 35; he will . suffer on account of his king's anger. 6. Venus .- A diseased wife will bring him enemies ; he will suppress them. 7. Saturn .- All will be friends. His king will inflict some injury upon him, but it will not be oppressive; thieves and enemies will trouble him and make him lose much of his wealth. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail .- Thieves and women will carry away some portion of his wealth, and he will have much to lose. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 7TH HOUSE." 1. Sun .- Relativeswill make him happy ; he will have a diseased wife; his paternal side. will be men having many wives; he will be skilled in politics; will get magisterial power and deal out justice ; after forty he will become famous. 2. Moon .- He will have many wives; a wicked wife will put him to much trouble. By quarrels and by the favour of kings he will improve his position. 3. Mars .- His first wife will render him unhappy; he will have much skill in debate aud be cruel in temper ; will be obstinate till forty-five; he will try his best to raise himself, and will succeed only after that age.

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4. Mercury .- From fifty years of age he will be a rich man; the king will favonr him. 5. Jupiter .- Hewill have debts and enemies ; though his wives will be of high birth he will live on good terms with them; after trying his best in law and politics he will not become either rich or great. 6. Venus .- Many wives. Will enter into mean and dis- honourable professions, as dancing, &c. 7. Saturn .- Nomarriage and no happiness. Will meet with failure everywhere. 8. Dragon's Head .- A quarrelsome, stubborn man- will have enemies. Will be always angry with somebody or other. The middle of his life will be disturbed by quarrels. 9. Dragon's Tail .- Will be put to shame by his wife and will suffer from disease. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 8TH HOUSE. I. Sun .- Hewill become a debtor and lose his parents and his happiness. There is a weakness in some limb, and old age will make him unable to move. He will be a wicked fellow, and an enemy to the interest of the people. 2. Moon .- Willlose his mother in early youth, will have few brothers, and is destined to suffer from early youth. 3. Mars .- Being a debtor he will lose his lands and his honour; will be happy inearly life and unhappy afterwards. Will die an untimely death. 4. Mercury .- By several deeds he will be eudangered ; will have blood disease ; being bound for another, he will, after 20, undergo difficulties and lose his wealth. 5. Jupiter .- Debtor. Although he might become versed in many departments of knowledge, none of this will help him in time; he will be unhappy. 6. Saturn .- By theft and in jail he will find his means of life ; a mean fellow that will live long. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tuil .- Either by poison or through his enemies he will be endangered; being troubled in his early life, he will afterwards become happy. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- By his lands, wife's house or his uncle, he will have enemies. He will do good actions. Being employed

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in Government service he will be troubled in middle age, and afterwards have better fortune.

2. Moon .- He will get the property of another family. In youth his mother and father will meet with loss, and he will become a merchant.

3. Mars .- He will become an oppressive magistrate; many times his life will be endangered and afterwards he will be free; his brothers will be fortunate; all this will take place after 30. 4. Mercury .- He will have servants; he will be a mer- chant and make much profit. He will be a means of power to some persons. He will hesitate and stand in doubt over everything; sometimes he will be under the protection of petty kings, and will then lose it. He will have no fixed residence. 5. Jupiter .-- Although of high birth he will do mean duties ; though his intentions be good, yet, not being able to carry them into practice, he will be troubled and undergo much loss of wealth. 6. Venus .- Hewill conduct himself honourably in an act which requires nothing but deceit and falsehood. He will be a teacher, and his wife will bring him some property. 7. Saturn .- Lands and other things will come to him by chance ; will have few sons; his attention will be away from what he is doing; his object will be somehow to get from others what they have. He will lose his parents. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail .- Parentswill die in his early youth. His conduct will displease all. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- During minority his father will not be favour- able to him. In Government service he will be endangered in middle life, and afterwards he will be free from danger. 2. Moon .- Will be a very petty servant under Govern- ment, will lose his parents in his yonth; will always be teased by his brothers, and he will have no issue. 3. Mars .- In middle life he will lose his wife and sons and lands and all; will go to foreign countries and live by inflicting punishment on others as ajailor, etc. 4. Mercury .- Will be troubled by want of a son. By

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merchandise and by teaching he will gain money ; will be intelligent but will do mean actions. 5. Jupiter .- Bygood deeds he will be prominent; will be charitable. Will have few sons; his profession will be to teach philosophy and morals. 6. Venus .- Wilbe learned in dramatic literature, and gain wealth through his wife ; will have fertile lands, rich houses and excellent furniture, and good Government ser- vice ; all this in his old age. 7. Saturn .- Will be a slave engaged in working machines, will live in other countries, and will not improve his lands. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail .- Willo mean and sinfulactions, will have neither a settled life nor a fixed residence; by gainsaying often and often he will be brought to trouble.

WHEN PISCES IS THE 1 1TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Hewill gain much in Government service and become high in situation; will be charitable in middle nge; he will be in danger from those above him two or three times; his elder brothers and sisters will prosper. 2. Moon .- Alwayshated by many and suffering disea- ses; will manage his sister's property; sometimes he will earn a good name, and sometimes a bad one. 3. Mars .- Will have much landed property; by quarrels and civil cases he will gain money; some great family will be endangered by this man ; will spend more than he earns ; will be a traveller. 4. Mercury .- Adebtor, being obliged to others ho will be in difficulties in old age ; will be learned and be troubled by women. 5. Jupiter .- Tilhis death wealth will be acquired ; his friends will be enemies; his elder brothers will lose their sons and their wealth. 6. Venus .- Thoughgetting money, through women he will not improve ; he will enjoy much pleasure, gain little, spend much, be merry, and marry many girls. 7. Saturn .- Wilbe weak in body, and diseased; will spend more than he earns; lose his brothers and suffer.

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8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail .- Wilbe put to shame by his elders ; will be a debtor; will stake his honour and get disease.

WHEN ABIES IS THE 12th HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Wilbe honoured in foreigu countries and get power; from youth he will gain the friendship of kings and will live many years in a mountainous country. 2. Moon .- Littlehappiness; will go on voyages ; he will be in danger of kings many times and will suffer and get better afterwards, and he will have good sleep. 3. Mars .- Willhave no sleep and will be engaged in quarrels for property; will be in the army and have many wives; will suffer in old age and lose his means of life.

4. Mercury .- Willbe jointly engaged with another in manufacture and trade; he will not be happy; will trouble himself much for the good of the world; and he will spend much. 5. Jupiter .- Adebtor, aud he will be put to shame many times; will go to foreign countries to preach his own religion. 6. Venus .- Wilbe a player and go from place to place; even from his youth he will begin all kinds of arts and many books; will act the part of a woman ; will join with other women and gain wealth. 7. Saturn .- Inforeign countries he will be engaged in mean service; will enjoy no kind of pleasure; in middle life he will come to a good position by all kinds of wicked deeds. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail .- Will make voyages to many countries; will find his means ofliving by sinful deeds and will punish others for their faults; in general cases he will be the winner; in arguing for a wicked purpose he will show much skill; he will be fond of voyages; and he will suffer in his youth.

GEMINI. A man born in Gemini will be very bashful, prudent, hypocritical, true to his religion, a smooth talker, of win- ning address, patient, dropsical. In the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 18th or 28th month or year from his birth he will suffer from sickness.

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WHEN GEMINI IS THE 1ST HOURE. 1. Sun .- A heated body, many brothers and sisters, freckled skin, prosperity by brothers and sisters, short life or moderate. 2. Moon .- Hooping cough, short or medium height. Early death. 3. Mars .- Diseases exhibiting blood outside, short life, litigious, quarrels with partners, punished by the State in youth. 4. Mercury .- Moderate health, long life, sagacious, patient, learned in morals, mathematics, science or me- chanical arts. 5. Jupiter .- Forensic skill, quick perception, inheriting disease, long life, upright. 6. Venus .- Affuent by women, particular about his honour, arbitrator, fair complexion, long life. 7. Saturn .- Short stature, skin disease, ventriloquist, short-lived, likely to lose brothers and sisters. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Swarthy, moderate complexion, disposed to disease, will reach average life, in his prime will endure many calamities; will lose his wife very early. WHEN CANCER IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Poverty of brothers and sisters, profuse wealth, loss of ancestral property, defect in eyes, hot tem- pered, will be wise. 2. Moon .- Acquisition of property by various means, soft tongued, desirous of white apparel, prosperous in youth, subject to calamities in old age, agriculturist, maintained by mother's relatives. 3. Mars .- Poor, fatal to brothers and sisters, melan- choly, cynical, loss of property and hardships in youth as well as in old age, unjustly punished in middle age by the State. 4. Mercury .- Reserved, fickle-minded, persevering, adopting many trades but sticking to none, of small wealth, will be enriched after his 35th year by a woman. 5. Jupiter .- Will be in debt at the beginning of his life, well versed in the language of the State and in the

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sacred language, a dispenser of laws, sincere, wealthy in old age and conspicuous in the State. 6. Venus .- More prolific descendants on female side, sudden acquisition of strange property, owner of horses, carriages, &c.,scarcity of inherited property. 7. Saturn .- False, unfaithful, dishonest, mischievous, offspring very unfortunate, shortsighted, melancholy, 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Jack-of-all-trades-and- languages, master of none, misappropriation of his property by strangers. WHEN LEO IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Abundance of brothers and sisters; coura- geous, lord over many for 30 years. 2. Moon .- Very merciful, timid, nnchastity of female relatives .; equal distribution of brothers and sisters. 3. Mars .- Loss of brothers and sisters, subject to vene- real disease in middle age ; passionate but bold. 4. Mercury .- Though dependent he will yet hold an honourable position. Timid, subject to hardship in youth, will be supported by his maternal relatives, decrease of ancestral estates, few brothers and sisters. 5. Jupiter .- Meek, will have many brothers and sisters, will have royal favour in middle age. 6. Venus .- Scarcity of brothers and sisters. Many sad deaths in his family, polygamy, will live by arbitration, mnsician, fond of women. 7. Saturn .- Loss of health through indulgence in plea- sure, loss of honour and name by means of his mistress ; subject to skin diseases, will lose his brothers and sisters. Will be subject to punishment and disgrace by the State in middle life. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Tendency to capital punishment from the state, addicted to sensual pleasure in whatever degree, or time, or place it he procurable. Off- spring of brothers and sisters few, and even these few will be lost in middle age. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Loss of ease, vain toil, loss by standing secu- rity for anower, toas of maternal relatives in. youth. Fond of rambling and roving.

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2. Moon .- Acquisition of maternal wealth. Eminence obtained by skill in statecraft, inventor. He will increase and improve his inheritance. Tendency to be a private tutor to royalty or a minister. 3. Mars .- Illness of mother, ruin of maternal relatives in early age, loss of lauded property. Will become an enemy to, or disagree with, brothers and sisters. Defect in person or members. 4. Mercury .- Poverty of maternal relations. Will never live in one house. Will prosper from youth. A scientist and a mathematician.

3. Jupiter .- Benefit from maternal relatives. Poly- gamist ; will acquire in middle age lands, houses, carriages, horses, cattle, &c, by his own exertions. 6. Venus .- Very quick to dispose of old property and purchase new, but will fail in both. Fond of, and given up to, servile and mean habits, and will have a greater number of female children. Though versed in many sciences, will scarcely be noticed till he has passed his prime. 7. Saturn .- Lossof maternal relatives in his early age. Will be a heterodox believer or an apostate. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Versedin languages written from right to left, involved in debt, will cause loss to his parents. WHEN LIBRA IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Loss on the maternal side. Blessed with children when reduced to poverty. Famous in youth, but the fame will gradually decrease, loss of patrimony. 2. Moon .- Will be profited by females on the maternal side, will have many children. Will become famous in learned disputations, will obtaiu riches by the offspring of his second wife. 3. Mars .- Loss of children and children of brothers and sisters. Will be variously afflicted in old age. Will lose ancestral wealth by paying former debts and by grant- ing loans that will not be realized, very forgetful. 4. Mercury .- Will be a philosopher, profound theo- logian, will live in foreign lands. Tendency to be a statesman, scarcity of children. Will have manly chil- dren by his second wife, very sagacious, affable. Will be learned and esteemed, enriched by his maternal relatives.

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5. Jupiter .- Willhave few children, decrease of wealth in manhood. Will be exiled owing to the enmity and jealousy of brothers and relatives. Will possess neither supremacy nor kingly favour. 6. Venus .- By the aid of women he will become famous as a learned man or enjoy royal favour, very charming looks, will support himself by his learning. Cleanly in habits, will prosper without any cares in youth ; but will be prosperous in old age, will be an author or player, an instructor. 7. Saturn .- Willhave children by his second wife, will lose his wife in youth, destitute of inheritance, profound in thought, magnanimous, will lose his children when they are young, will be famous in learning by the help of his mother. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- A sage. Famous as a moralist even in youth, will be patronised by others, will be famous through women, will be wealthy. Will have few brothers, and even those diseased. Loss of his elder brother's children.

6TH HOUSE OR SCORPIO. 1. Sun .- Diseased parents, enmity of brothers. In his prime, by the anger of the king, he will lose his situation, will be disgraced, subject to hardships and liable to diseases affecting the brain and head. 2. Moon .- Will undergo sufferings owing to his free- dom of opinion, will lose maternal relatives. Sojourner in strange lands, consumptive. 3. Mars .- Will always make enemies. By enmity sub- ject to continual loss, in youth and old age will suffer from piles. 4. Mercury .- Not of an irritable disposition. Will have skin diseases when young. 5. Jupiter .- Destituteof inheritance, loss of wealth by enmity, will live in strange lands, will have two wives, a debtor. Will not long enjoy one particular livelihood. A learned and famous disputant from youth. 6. Venus .- Will at any rate overcome his enemies, will sail over the sea, will be enriched by women in various legal disputes, lustful.

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7. Saturn .- By royal oppression will forego his under- takings in his prime and be engaged in servile occupations. In his prime he will be tormented by robbers and enemies, subject to skin diseases. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will triumph over his enemies. Passionate, particular about his good name. Famous in distant lands, fickle, having diseased legs. WHRN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- A man well-versed in the language of the State and a famous speaker, will be famous and enjoy kingly honour through his wife. Will gain his object by bringing actions against the State. 2. Moon .- Will be a master of Law, will be honoured by all, have two fair-complexioned wives, will be happy. Affluent by mother. 3. Mars .- Displeasure through wife. Affected by dis- eases caused by heat. Disturbed by his enemies, a debtor.

family. Having no ancestral property. Extinction of elder brother's

4. Mercury .- Will have a varied and inconstant enjoy- ment of vehicles, a charming speaker. Miserable iu youth, loss of wife in youth, fortunate in old age. Arbitrator. 5. Jupiter .- Amiable, will have enjoyment in foreign countries, having no ancestral property ; fair-complexioned, having fortunate brothers. A famous lawyer in his prime, happy in his wife. 6. Venus .- Voluptuous. Will have different kinds of vehicles. Will have subordinates. Will have new and grand buildings. Misfortune and distress through the king, in his prime. 7. Saturn .- Untimely marriage: unhappy in his wife. Will have enemies; a debtor. Will have venereal diseases. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Miserable through wife. Will wander in his prime. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Ancestral debt. Loss of parents in youth. Much disease. Will suffer from poisonous bites and from tyranny of kings in prime. 2. Moon .- Miserable in youth. Will amass immense

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fortunes in foreign countries in old age. Extinction of mother's family. WiH suffer from consumption. Prema- ture death. A debtor. 3. Mars .- Will suffer much from the disturbance of brothers and enemies. Will lose much of his .wealth through fire or deceit in his prime, but will afterwards recover it in his old age. 4. Mercury .- Will derive no benefit from his learning. Mnch disease. Mother's family will be fortunate in hia youth, but afterwards will decline. 5. Jupiter .- Will not be benefited by his learning. Will travel in foreign countries. Having ancestral pro- perty ; miserable in hia prime owing to the loss of children. 6. Venus .- Leading no happy life even though he be a friend of kings. Extravagant; will travel on sea. 7. Saturn .- Will suffer from bile, defective in a leg, will be put to shame by kings. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will suffer from poisonous diseases. Will have many enemies. Miserable in his prime. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- An influential man in the State. Loss of parents in youth. A famous man, 2. Moon .- Loss of money. His family will become extinct. 3. Mars .- A sickly father. Will make enemies with his superiors. Uncharitable. 4. Mercury .- Having wise and wealthy parents and many wives. Loss of mother's side in his youth. Will be blessed with a few children. 5. Jupiter .- An observer of religious principles. A charitable man. An influential man in the State owing to his skill in logie; good-natured. Will be blessed with children through his second wife. 6. Venus. -Royal fortune from youth. Wealth through women. 7. Saturn .- A debtor. Loss of ancestral property either from theft or law-suits. Will be a vulgar volup- tuary.

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8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Hisparents will live long. Loss of ancestral property. Loss of fame in prime. WHEN PISCES IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Having no ancestral property. Loss of father in youth. Famous in his prime. 2. Moon .- A landlord, will lose ancestral property. Will be unhappy even if he has immense wealth. Fortune and misfortune coming alternately. Loss of mother's side in youth. Will be master of another's property without any endeavour on his part. 3. Mars .- Will be involved in troubles on account of his situation. A non-observer of religious principles. 4. Mercury .- Will have a knowledge of the divine truth. Will have good fortune daring the latter part of his life. Having small ancestral property. Will have a tendency to revere foreign religion. of his profound learning. Will not become famous in spite

5. Jupiter .- Good-natured. An observer of good prin- ciples. Independent, a great landlord and a wealthy man in old age. Will he unhappy because of not having an- cestral property. 6. Venus .- Having many wives. Extravagant. A traveller in distant countries. Loss of fame and wealth through women. A happy man aud a high officer in old age. 7. Saturn .- Will hold a low appointment. Will always speak ill of religion. A forger. A sceptic. Having a sarcastic turn of mind, stubborn. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Wealthy. A well- wisher. Shameless, taking no interest in observing re- ligious principles. A traveller; will change religion. Will he a wicked man and will he punished in youth.

WHEN ARIES IS THE 11TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will inherit wealth from his brothers or re- latives. Famous by descent. Will be blessed with brothers. 2. Moon .- A wealthy and a fortunate man. Honourable, will have many sisters. His mother's side will be happy at first, but will be involved in troubles afterwards. Will suffer from consumption, very subject to colds. taste and ideas. Miserable in his second wife. Original in

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3. Mars .- Loss of brother's family and much money; will make a good surgeon or soldier. A debtor, even though he be a great landlord. 4. Mercury .- Will know something of many languages. Unhappy in youth. Will be exiled; will lead a happy life by being tutor to princes from his prime. Will have friends among scientific men. 5. Jupiter .- At first a teacher, then a newspaper editor, and lastly a famous independent officer (as a lawyer) in the State. Will be blessed with children. Honourable. 6. Venus .- Lossof a fortunate brother in his prime. A landlord, and an owner of grand buildings. Authoritative situation and happiness in his prime. 7. Saturn .- Lossof acquired wealth by granting loans. Loss of ancestral property. Unfortunate brothers, having mental suffering. Happy in youth but miserable in age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- A fickleminded man. Partial good fortune in his prime through a king. Afflictions from brothers. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Having wealth and pleasure by illegal means. Fortunate from his prime owing to acquaintance with kings in foreign countries. 2. Moon .- A servant of petty kings. Happy for a short time. Quarrels with mother's side. A sailor. Will main- tain himself by different occupations. A debtor. 3. Mars .- A magistrate; a drunkard; haughty; fortu- nate from his prime, Loss of fortune through misconduct. 4. Mercury .- Will live by learning a useful language and by the favour of kings. Having no happiness from ancestral property, will be involved in troubles through females. A preacher. 5. Jupiter .- Will live by his knowledge of law and science, fortunate and famous from his prime. Very intelli- gent, happy in his second wife. 6. Venus .- Having a good vehicle and a comfortable living. Kingly fortune through females. Loss of an- cestral property and acquisition of new lands and wealth. 7. Saturn .- Will wander idly in many countries. Having private and deceitful enemies, will live by car-

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pentry, &c. Will not follow a particular profession for a long time. Will be miserable and unfortunate by the dis- turbance of kings. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will make enemies aud will be quarrelsome. A debtor. A magician; an instrument maker. Will travel in foreign countries. Will lose his fame iu his prime, will be happy in his old age.

CANCER. One born under Cancer will be of a tall figure, of a dim color, will be fond of walking, a traveller to many countries, a wealthy landlord reaping good harvests, will be blessed with many children, will have his mouth or face deformed, will be of a good disposition, will be of an evil smell, will revere his teacher, his veda, and his shastras, will be immoral, will have moles in hidden parts, will suffer from disease iu his old age, will be subject to risk iu the 5th, 16th, 20th, and 25th years of his life.

WHEN CANCER IS THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Hisbody will be hot, will have a bright color, and be of a tall figure, will have a good reputation, will suffer from stomach-ache iu the middle of his life and will be easily restored. 2. Moon .- Will be long-lived, will be of a bright color, will inherit some property from his mother's side. 3. Mars .- Will live to the age of 50; will suffer from itches aud boils; will be of a black color. 4. Mercury .- Will be short; color fair; will have a modest tongue ; will waste his ancestral property; will not live long. 5. Jupiter .- In the beginning as well as in the end of his life will be involved in serious litigation ; will live long; will be a friend of kings; will suffer from venereal disease. 6. Venus .- Will be of a scarlet color; will be a very happy man ; will not brook shame; will live a long life; will be a wealthy landlord, having a good house and good vehicles; will be a good politician ; will follow a temporal walk of life ; will have many brothers. 7. Saturn .- Will be of a black colour and tall figure; will waste the little that he iuherits ; will be of a corpulent

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and bilious constitation; will suffer from venereal disesse; will be an apostate. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be a leper; will live in foreign countries; will live to a good old age ; will have a light body and a tall figure; will be emaciated by disease; will be involved in much litigation throughout his life. WHEN LEO IS THE 2NB HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will be a wealthy man ; will suffer from an affection in the eyes and be soon restored; will have an influential voice in all matters; will be happy as a king from the middle of his life; will be rewarded with lands and riches by kings; will generally have his expectation realized. 2; Moon .- His family will incur a severe loss; will be entangled in litigation ; will suffer from affections of the eye; will be a very poor man. 3. Mars .- Will belong to a consumptive family ; will have many enemies ; will lose all his property in early years; will be able to make a good fortune for himself. 4. Meroury .- Will speak many languages; will be a wise man; will be moderately rich ; will, in his early years, suffer from hereditary consumption, and in his old age will be happy; will be a chronic debtor. 5. Jupiter .- Will inherit abundant riches; will destroy all his riches; will be a debtor; will have many enemies and many defeats in his worldly callings. 6. Venus .- Will have a family mainly constituted of females; will become opulent; will have a mellifluous voice ; will have good landed estates and extensive power; from his youth he will be fortunate and grow rich. 7. Saturn .- In his youth he will have to encounter domestic quarrels, losses, and miseries; will be very poor; will be a chronic debtor ; will suffer from sore affliction in the eye. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be very rich ; will in his manhood acquire property by illicit means; will have many enemies; will be an irascible person ; will have bad smelling breath; will in his manhood suffer from royal disfavour; will raise many enemies during the continuance of, his royal dignity and will soon be entangled in great difficulty.

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WHEN VIRGO IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have consumptive brothers; will he en- tangled in difficulty owing to the mischiefs of his brothers ; in his youth his brothers will be very prosperous, but in manhood will have a hard lot. 2. Moon .- Will have many brothers ; will enjoy a little; will be prosperous in his old age. 8. Mars .- Wi ll have no brothers; if he has brothers he will in his manhood suffer from disease; if he has daughters he will suffer much in his youth as well as in his old age, will lead a miserable life. 4. Mercury. Will have brothers and sisters ; will Be learned ; will be unfortunate; will become prosperous in middle life; will live in foreign countries. 5. Jupiter :- Will have many brothers,; will be unhappy in his manhood owing to the reverses of his brothers; win be versed in music, the secret sciences, &c. 6. Venus .- Will be fortunate in his sisters ; will waste much of his wealth on females; will be deformed ;< will be versed in various arts; will be a slave for some days; will acquire regal dignity in bis manhood ; even that will soon fly away ; will have favours from princes. 7. Saturn .- Will have a weak brother; in his manhood will encounter miseries on account of his brother ; will in- herit no property; will marry an ugly, deformed, bad smelling wife; will be bereft of his paternal ancestors in his youth ; will lose his means of livelihood in old age; his Sons will be invalids. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have no brothers or sisters; will try to become an apostate; will be up to any mean action ; will be a slave; will suffer much in his old age; will spend all his manhood in travels, troubles, and losses. WHEN LIBRA IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose his ancestral landed property, &c .; will suffer in his old age; will lose his house and vehicles ; will be bereft of parents in his youth; will hate his family. 2. Moon.Will be bereft of his maternal 'ancestors; Will have a small landed estate and a small house'; will be versed in some arts.

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3. Mars .- Will have no house, no land, no vehicle; in his manhood will depend upon others and yet be happy ; will be bold; will spend his last years in ease aud comfort; can speak many tongues. 4. Mercury .- Will have very few relations on his mother's side, will be poor ; cannot expect any helpfrom his brothers; will know the rudiments of arithmetic and medicine; will not be happy; will risk his name and lose his property in extravagant trades, and aspirations to royal position; will be a traveller to various foreign countries. 5. Jupiter .- Will be an enemy to his maternal relations ; will lose his lands in liquidating his debts ; will, in his search after gain, incur defeat and shame. 6. Venus .- Will temporarily have land and a vehicle; will be happy for some days; unhappy afterwards; will be well versed in the language of the ruler: will yet shine only as a lamp burning within a pitcher. 7. Saturn .- Will have a deformed wife ; will lose his parents in his youth, and his sisters and brothers in their prime; will have no permanent house, land or vehicle till his old age; will be fortunate in his children. In his manhood he will lose his means of livelihood owing to no mistake on his part ; will suffer many reverses ; will thereafter depend for maintenance upon a lord. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will destroy his maternal ancestors ; will fall from his vehicle and fracture some part of his body ; will suffer many ills in his manhood. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have many children ; will be much in- debted on that account, though in his old age he will become wealthy through his sons, will not enjoy happiness, will live like a rajah ; iu middle age will temporarily suffer without means of livelihood. 2. Moon .- Will lose his children; cannot expect any happiness from his children ; will have descendants; will not be very wise; will stoop to mean occupations. 3. Mars .- Will be unfortunate in his youth and will be engaged in much litigation; will be happy in his later years; will have many children; will love his children much ; will have substantial landed estate.

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4. Mercury .- Willhave unfortunate children; will have many wives; till middle age will not firmly adhere to one calling but will be always changing; will not be fortunate, though master of many arts; will not be happy; on the whole a miserable man. 5. Jupiter .- Willnjoy regal happiness in his later life; will have many children ; will have a high sense of honour; will be a genius; will be a deep thinker; will be a lord ; will be a sage; will be a lover of his own religion. 6. Venus .- Wilhave sons who will die soon; will have female descendants; will be a weak man; will have no ancestral estate; will make a fortune for himself, and live a king; is likely to lose his fortune all on a sudden. 7. Saturn .- Wilbe unhappy in his children; will have an ugly, deformed wife; in his old age will be miserable on account of his famous brothers; will be miserable though he live as a king, will have fortunate children by his second wife; will lose as soon as he earns; will not have any ancestral estate.

8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Inhis later years will have many children by his second wife; will lead a precarious life; will be miserable.

WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willbe involved in serious quarrels on account of money transactions; will be a debtor; will be a blot upon his father's prestige ; owing to his unquenchable anger will suffer various losses, miseries and shame. 2. Moon .- Willsuffer from cutaneous diseases; will be involved in many quarrels; will suffer from asthma, will not live long. 3. Mars .- Willbe an enemy to many nobles and kings; in middle age will suffer much; will lose all his lands; though he will inherit paternal property will not be happy; will suffer from corruption of blood.

4. Mercury- Will create for himself many enemies on account of his brothers; will be an invalid; will be very weak and diseased; will have no maternal ancestors ; will live in a foreign land; will not be happy though expert in many arts. 5. Jupiter .- Willin middle age become an enemy of

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his friends and brother; will m middle age suffer much; will be a chronic debtor. 6. Venus .- Will lose all his wealth and position by debauchery; will always be involved in quarrels; will suffer from venereal disease; will lose his wife, house, and vehicle in his youth ; will enjoy very little in his later years. 7. Saturn .- Will defeat his enemy; will be a clever blacksmith and an expert in various arts ; will be 'happy in his later years; will suffer from nervous diseases in his legs and neck. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willdefeat his enemy ; will be hated by many and will be involved in serious liti- gation in middle age; will suffer from cutaneous diseases; will be a debtor; will be a good mechamist; will be a good sargeon ; will be a traveller.

WHEN CAPRICORN 18 THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will suffer much through females; will be a slow enjoyer; will in later years incur the hatred of the king and be ruined ; will travel to various countries to obtain his livelibood; will be an expert in mensuration. 2. Moon .- Will be happy in his wife; will in the middle of his life succeed in some commercial enterprise and become opulent. 3. Mars .- Will have good landed ostates; will always triumph in argument; will become famous in his after life; will be an intrepid man. 4. Mercury .- Will not have much happiness in his second wife; will have a host of enemies; will lose much of his wealth ; will suffer much loss and misery iu middle life. 5. Jupiter .- Will not be very happy; though expert in many arts will be miserable ; will be a bankrupt; will suffer from heart disease; will lose all his little fortune in middle life in liquidating old debts; will not firmly adhere to one calling. 6. Venus .- Will not possess his handsome wife for long; will have some property for himself; his wife will be a source of quarrel; will be very happy after he passes middle age. 7. Saturn .- Will marry two wives; will be miserable; will Waste his ancestral property; will be thach troubled hy

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cares and anxieties in: his old age ; will, not be happy in. his sons; he will be an enemy of, many; on account ot his wife ; will be a chronic debtor; will be ever involved. in litiga- tions. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and. Tail .- Will be involved in litigation on account of: hja ancestral property ; will be very angry; will waste all his property ; will depend for his maintenance on many ; will marry many wives. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE. 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will die prematuraly; will, suffer from ner- vous diseases. in. the prime, of, life; will be a. bankrupt; will, not, be happy; either, his father or the king; will, be the qause of his sorrow and anxiety, in. the prime of life. 2. Moon .- Will be short-lived; will be consumptive; will suffer much on. account, of, some loss on his mother's side. 3. Mars .- Will die of gout: will fall from a horse and fracture his. limb,; in, middle; life will, lose his property and be miserable. 4. Mercury .- Will rather injure than better himself by education; will always be servile; will be a pauper; will live to a, tolerably, good age. 5. Jupiter .- Will live to a good old age; will be a bank- rupt; when he is on the threshold of prosperity will lose it on acsount of some quarrel with the king; will be tempo- rarily defamed in middle life. 6. Venus .-- WilMive to a good old age; will defend his wife's property; will fall from a. horse and have some limb permanently diseased; will hate his wife and be miserable; will suffer from venereal diseases. 7. Saturn .- Willlive a very long life ; will have a bili- ous and corpulent constitution and suffer from venereal diseases; will be.sickly in his youth. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Bankrupt; will be the cause of many quarrels in middle life. WHEN PISCES IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .-- Will have a sickly father; will be bereft of all his maternal ancestors in his, youth; will lose his ancestral property; will waste his property in preparations against kings and in courts; will be miserable in his old age.

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2. Moon .- Will have fortune from mother's side; will be bold; will possess fertile lands in middle life as well as in old age ; will be very charitable. 3. Mars .- Will inherit substantial ancestral property; will be bereft of his parents; will be very voluptuous; will be tyrannical and far from charitable. 4. Mercury .- Will inherit very little ancestral property; will in the prime of life lose his paternal ancestors; will be a versatile manufacturer. 5. Jupiter .- Will lose all his ancestral property ; will af- terwards make for himself a good fortune; will have many happy children; will "be a minister or adviser and conquer many obstacles; will practise yoga; will he a man of good conduct. 6. Venus .- Will be involved in serious quarrels on ac- count of his female paternal relatives; will earn his food in court; will have princely brothers. 7. Saturn .- Hispaternal line will become extinct; will be much troubled by various cares and anxieties ; will be a pau- per from his youth ; after middle life will make his own for- tune ; will not stick to one mode of life or one locality. 8. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have ancestral pro- perty ; his fortune will decrease in the middle of his life ; will be very miserable ; will incur much sorrow through his wife and brothers; will lose his parents in middle life; will be a bankrupt; will be bold.

WHEN ARIES IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have much ancestral estate ; his parents will live long; from his youth he will be regarded with favour by the Government; will be a famous man ; will have estates in various quarters. 2. Moon .- Destined to be a king; will have a high sense of honour; will be subject to many ills; though he is an expert in many arts will not earn much by them ; will be happy in old age; will be a master of lands and houses. 3. Mars .- In middle life will find a deal of difficulty in earning his livelihood; though he exercises power in many places will in the end save nothing ; will have brothers equally fortunate; will suffer misery on account of some reverses to his famous brother.

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4. Mercury .- Willbe unfortunate in his brothers; will have a high sense of honour; will earn his livelihood from many ; will be a famous wise man ; his fame will be dimmed in his old age. 5. Jupiter .- Will for a long time enjoy regal happiness; will in middle life unexpectedly become the king of some foreign place; will for some time be a tutor ; will be very fortunate afterwards, but will become poor in bia old age. 6. Venus .- Will speak very mellifluently; will be a dealer in gems; will be subject to misery on account of his wife; will be very miserable in his old age. 7. Saturn .- Willbe unfortunate from his youth; will then lose all his wealth and lands; will be a shameless man ; will be successful in all undertakings; will be a professional liar; will be clever in mean arts and jugglery; will mix in mean company; will do very unbecoming things. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willbe of an angry disposition; will subsist by war; will lose his means of liveli- hood in middle life; will lose his honour; will become rich. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 11 TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willsucceed to his brother's wealth, house, and land; will not be fortunate; in middle life will have nothing more than bare maintenance; eveu this will be in- termittent. 2. Moon .- Will have good crops and be wealthy; will be very timid; will have many sisters. 8. Mars .- Will have many brothersyet will be unhappy; will be miserable; will lose his ancestral landed estate in his youth, but later he will regain it all; will be fortunate in his old age. 4. Mercury .~ Willhave no ancestral property ;will make a paltry fortune for himself; will have no settled locality till

be a sage. his old age; will spend charitably more than he earns ; will

5. Jupiter .- Will be a baukrupt; will have a keen sense of honour; will in middle life suffer misery on account of reverses to his brother; will have a second wife. 6. Venus .- Willbe slightly indebted ; will inherit a good estate through his wife; will lose his first wife; will have fortunate sisters.

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7. Saturn .- Willnot have happy brothers; by fair or foul means will take hold of others' property ; will be great and fortunate ; will be very fortunate in his later years. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will in middle life be entangled in dissensions among his brothers; will never have permanent substantial estate; will in his old age lose the high post which he enjoys; will be very weak; will have very little ancestral property ; witt have a deformed wife. WHEN GEMINI IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willhave no ancestral property; will be be- reft of parents in his youth; will have Government employ- ment in foreign places; after middle life will begin a new mode of life; will be bankrupt. 2. Moon .- Will be very weak; will not like nice delicate food and bed ; will be a saviour of the world; will not be vain ; will travel to distant places.

8. Mars .- Willtravel to various places; will be a tyrant ; will fall into disrepute in middle life. 4. Mercury .- Will try various trades in various places, and at last adhere to commerce; will barter his knowledge for money ; will be happy ; will be a philanthropist. 5. Jupiter .- Willbe well versed in the shastras and will be a tutor; a man of good heart; will help in time ; will be a philanthropist; will not care for his own interest. 6. Venus .- Willhave good vehicles and be very happy; will cross the sea ; will succeed to good property through his wife; will be a good debater. 7. Saturn .- Willnot stick to one trade; will travel to foreign countries for nothing; will fall into disrepute by hav- ing treasonable intercourse with foreign princes; will be a bankrupt. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will travel to foreign countries to earn his livelihood; will at first suffer much and in his later years become very happy; will be engaged in two different trades in his youth and old age; will be a bankrupt; will earn a livelihood by litigation; will suffer much in the middle of his life ; will be happy in his old age; will succeed in protracted litigation.

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LEO.

One born in Leo will be fond of eating, devoted to God, of a charitabledisposition, will possess metaphysical knowledge, will have in youth shadow-like diseases (i.e., not real but imaginary), butthey will pass away, will be fond of his own profession, will help the public, will have fever in 5th, 10th and 27th years and months after birth.

WHEN LEO IS THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Longlife and fame, of tall stature, will have a high sense of respect, and will have a high temperature.

2. Moon .- In middle life (i.e., up to 66), a wanderer from place to place, eloquent, of an argumentative disposition, in youth addicted to unlawful sexual pleasure; an epicurean, will do good to the public, will in youth be subject to the abuse of supporting religions other than his own, of short stature and delicate health. 3. Mars .- Short-lived,will have a body much disfigured in youth by ulcers, carbuncles, and wounds by weapons, will possess hereditary estates, and be one after whose birth the property will be lost to the family ; in old age will suffer from piles. 4. Mercury .- Will, though of an improving family and decent living, not enjoy the fruits thereof, will have a mind full of cares, of middle life, of a proportionate body, but a bilious constitution. 5. Jupiter .- Willbe successful in all his undertakings, scrupulous about formalities and religious ceremonies, very just aud pious. 6. Venus .- Will be versed in many languages and skilled in many arts, will live up to middle age, will squander all his wealth in profligacy, will suffer from cutane- ous diseases. 7. Saturn .- Black, ugly, and spiteful, will commit mean actions and argue sophistically, and will be a heretic addicted to actions and systems quite opposed to his own nationality and religion. Will suffer in youth and in old age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be very clever and acute in argument, will not be happy though able to

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carry on with energy many trades and manufactures, will be subject to infamy in middle age, short-lived, will commit actions not consisteut with his own nationality and family, a misanthropist, will live by tale-bearing, perjury and for- gery. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will squander his wealth iu his life time though rich by inheritance, will have a commanding aud a kind tongue, rich in old age, will have his eye-sight spoiled in the end, will earn landed property. 2. Moon .- Will not live with his family though blest with a large one, a charming talker, will have no ancestral property, will have much self-earned property, will be a jaok-of -all - trades. 3. Mars .- Poor, hot-tempered, will possess lands, and suffer from eye-diseases. 4. Mercury .- Hissight will be dimmed in middle age, will be a learned speaker, courageous, will have elder brothers and sisters iu good positions, rich. 5. Jupiter .- Wilhave estates though in debt, steady and strict in speech and promise, will have lauds, will have a large improving family and riches, and iu middle age will have good prospects aud fortune, and immediately his prosperity will wither away. 6. Venns .- Though versatile and skilled in many tac- tics, will not be benefited by them till middle age, will have an enticing tongue, will be poor. 7. Saturn .- A terrible liar, a pauper, will lose his wealth by civil suits, by damages, and speculations; an epicurean in youth, and in after life unhappy, his family win bein distress and he will be a follower of many religions. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- A tale-bearer, a troublesome spirit, a poor man, will be infamous in middle age, will be a victim of royal oppression in middle age, will squander almost all his ancestral estates, and will in after life have limited means.

WHEN LIBRA IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willhave few brothers aud sisters, all his pro- jects will end in failure, will be ever vexed by cares and anxiety, will suffer from bleeding and pain in the ears.

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2. Moon .- Will suffer from syphilitic disease, will be by profession a menial servant, and happy in foreign lands through the help of his brothers. 3. Mars .- Will have no brothers and sisters, courage- ous, will have affections in the head and the chest, and in middle age will be distressed by calamities of brothers and sisters. 4. Mercury .- Will have brothers that will become wandering ascetics, will lose his ancestral property, little learning, little spirit and courage, and his spirits will be damped in middle age. 5. Jupiter .- An extremely licentious man, an enemy to his brothers and sisters, in distress and trouble on account of his father or his brothers and sisters, and in middle age will enjoy short-lived prosperity. 6. Venus .- Will be in debt through women, will have taste and skill in music, will be skilled in the art of negotia- tion and the art of punishment. 7. Saturn .- Will have brothers and sisters in distress, a large number of brothers and sisters, in youth will have his attempts frustrated by ill-health, will attempt in youth to follow a religion lower than his own, will love a wife not very fair, will never stoop to do menial service, will be rich and influential through his wife, will first lose and then regain his ancestral estates. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have few brothers and sisters, prosperous in middle age, will know many ways of success, will have disease in the ears in youth, will despise sensuous pleasure and will become a sage. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will not enjoy, even if he has old houses and estates, will be happy in middle age ; with new prosperity will have his parents living till his old age, his parental side will decay. 2. Moon .- Will regret his mother's death in youth, will be adopted by another family, will not have house and lands at first but will obtain them afterwards, will have energetic commercial enterprises with far-off lands. 3. Mars .- Will live by lands and temporary appoint- ments, will lose his mother in middle age, or will have a

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sickly mother, will have no chance to enjoy his father's estate though he possesses it, will be rich and famous through his brothers. 4. Mercury .- Will lose his ancestral estates, will earn little in old age, will have a strong sense of self-respect, will be sorry on account of calamities on the mother's side, will acquire others' property, will have little learning. 5. Jupiter .- Will be proficient in the arts of ruling, ethics, and legal studies. Will acqnire riches by his learning from middle age, and in old age will be prosperous and happy with newly-acquired lands and houses. 6. Venus .- Will lose hia lands, etc., through profligacy, will reside in foreign lands, will be skilled in the art of trading and be learned, will be happy in youth, and in old age will suffer from distress. 7. Saturn .- Will lose all landed estates, will lose his parents in youth, will be vexed with cares and sorrows, will prosper by dint of zeal and with self-acquired riches in after-life, will be fickle in attempts. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willtravel from land to land, will not be happy in the end, even after many at- tempts and holding many lucrative places of power, and the maternal side will first be in the zenith of prosperity, but afterwards decay. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will be illustrious in name and have royal grandeur from middle age ; famous, will be strong in his sense of respect, a traveller to many countries, will be a chief dispenser of royal justice, will in old age achieve royal glory, and will have many sons. 2. Moon .- Will have no sons but will have daughters, a sage, will not shine in spite of his attainments and learn- ing, will lose his ancestral property first and then acquire very limited means, will be happy through the joy and prosperity on the maternal side, loss of father in youth, very intelligent, slow and gloomy, will travel to far-off lands, a philanthropist. 3. Mars .- Hot tempered and harsh, will have no happi- ness through his sons, will have rude and wicked sons, will De happy through the wife's side.

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4. Mercury .- Will have wealth and gain in old age, will be vexed with cares and anxieties and ever anxious in youth, a sage versed in ethical studies. 5. Jupiter .- Of a good disposition, will have sons at a later age, will be slow in all things ; though rich by his skill in the art of ruling and knowledge of regal arts, will care for nothing, will be unlucky in youth, will be a little in debt, will have a strong sense of respect. 6. Venus .- Anenemy to his own sons and father, will spoil his estates through his love for women, and in middle age be a victim to royal oppression. 7. Saturn .- Willhave no sons, will have many wiveB, very lustful, will have nervous diseases, will be by profession a killer and murderer, will believe in nothing, and trust nobody, will be a daring murderer and ruffian. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be sorry on ac- count of his sons, a heathen or an infidel, will be subject to infamy in middle age, will be in debt, will prefer the many irreligious trades in life.

WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- An enemy to one's own relations; will, in middle age, suffer much by royal oppression, will be vexed with cares, will have diseases in the eyes and bowels; and even in youth will have many law-suits and enmities, and will not be happy. 2. Moon .- Will suffer in middle age from many injuries consequent upon the displeasure of foreign kings, but will be relieved of his troubles, will suffer from consumption in old age and will be in debt. 3. Mars .- Willsuffer on account of inveterate hatred, but will subsequently triumph over his adversaries; of very rude behaviour and in middle age will first suffer wrongs from kings and then triumph over them. 4. Mercury .- Will have no enemies, no wealth, will have a delicate constitution, will have disease in the eyes, and be moderate in his pleasures and enjoyments. 5. Jupiter .- Willlose his wealth through partition suits, in middle age and old age will suffer many troubles, and in old age will be subject to infamy, loss of property, and poor living.

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6. Venus .- Willlose much of his wealth through women, will be in debt, will suffer from syphilitic diseases, will be of an unsettled mind, will suffer by enmity, and have sorrow on account of his wife, and will be unhappy. 7. Saturn .- Though he conquers his enemies, will still have some, in middle age will be subject to fear of oppres- sion, will have sorrow on account of his wife, unhappy. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail. - Will conquer his enemies, will have a strong sense of respect, will earn much wealth and then lose it, and in the end be distressed ; will suffer from the ruin of the families of his brothers and sisters, and suffer from chronic diseases in bones. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willalways be in disputes and serious quarrels, will be injured by the State, and give up his attempts there- by and, though his wife may live with him long, he will not be happy. 2. Moon .- Will have many wives, will have a sickly wife, will make voyages. 3. Mars .- Very lustful, will be very prosperous, from middle age will be very stubborn in disputes. 4. Mercury .- Will have many wives, but will have no happiness from them, and in middle age will engage iniufa- mous pursuits. 5. Jupiter .- Will become very rich through wife's side and by dint of his own exertions, will have only one wife, of virtuous behaviour, in youth will suffer many troubles and be in debt.

7. Venus .- Will be a profligate, and through licentious- ness will be an enemy to his teachers and elders, will be prosperous through women, powerful in the art of speaking, and fortunate from youth. 7. Saturn .- Skilled in all disputes, slow in action, deeply contemplative and thoughtful, unscrupulous, shame- less, rich by living in foreign lands. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose his name and estate through enmity and disputes, a wanderer, will get a bad name.

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WHEN PISCES IS THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have no ancestral rights, will suffer from diseases on account of impure blood and disorders in bowels, will have his several attempts frustrated just at the point of fruition, by disease will lose paternal side, will have an easy death.

2. Moon .- Will lose his mother and other elders early in youth, will have an unsettled mind, debtor, for a time a heretic against religion and nationality, and in middle age will suffer many troubles, of short life. 3. Mars .- Of short life; will die a hard death, will lose his life by fire, will be in debt, and lose his fortune, of vici- ous behaviour.

3. Mercury .- Of short life ; will die from effects of a fall, will be in debt, and in middle age subject to infamy. 5. Jupiter .- Will be in debt and poor in spite of his great learning and high family, moderate in expenditure, will spend his life in preaching. 6. Venus .- Will have many wives, will get prosperity and adversity through women, will suffer in middle age and have head-ache. 7, 8, & 9. Saturn, Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willhave bilious affections ; in middle age will undergo penalty at the hands of the king, and in after years will be happy; will lose his wealth and sustain injuries at the hands of robbers and enemies. Will lose his estates through enmity, robbers and fire, will be afraid, in youth, of oppression, will be in debt, a drunkard, extremely vicious. WHEN ARIES IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willlose his father in youth, aud his parents will not be happy on his account, will be a benevolent sage, will be very intelligent and have long life, and in old age famous, his property will be spoiled by his relations and be will then obtain limited means. 2. Moon .- Will have many disputes, his maternal side will be ruined; will have an unsettled mind, will live to middle life, and in middle age lose his father ; though pos- sessed of ancestral property will not enjoy it. 3. Mars .- Though prosperous will enjoy only in old

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age, will lose his father iu middle age, will be an enemy to hia family. 4. Mercury .- Will be a proficient in all departments of learning, a philanthropist, will for a time be a preacher of morals aud subsequently industrious iu the pursuits of life, charitable, and in middle age will lose his wife. 5. Jupiter .- Thoughvery fortunate in middle age, will, when old, suffer much, long-lived, wealthy, charitable, will have his father alive for a long time. 6. Venus .- Will lose his parents in youth, will not be happy iu spite of his skill aud learning, will have many con- veyances, lands and buildings. 7. Saturn .- Will have his paternal side ruined in youth. Will be unfortunate, will have many cares and anxieties, will often entertain fears in his mind, and in old age will be least happy. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose his father in middle age, will have many cares, will entertain malicious thoughts, will have a strong sense of respect, in debt, will have widespread fame. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willgain his living by regal arts, will iu the end, afterdisputes in the kingdom, triumph, will be famous, will be respectful, will do good acts. 2. Moon .- Will in old age attain high position iu foreign lands, will for a time be famous and for a time noto- rious, and will make a voyage. 3. Mars .- Will live by oppression, command many, be respectful, become rich, conquer enemies, aud in middle age have the power of life and death. 4. Mercury .- Will live by studies in ethics, medicine and accounts, will be very charitable. 5. Jupiter .- Willlive by deciding disputes in the capa- city of a well-known Judge, will do good actions, courage- ous, happy aud wealthy by children. 6. Venus .- Willhave carriages, houses and lauds and subsequently lose all, will be very influential and wealthy, will live by poetry and various commercial enterprises. 7. Saturn .- Willbe a slave, a perjurer and a forger, and

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in middle age will be wealthy and possess lands aud riohes. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willlive by manufac- ture of tools aud machinery and the like, will be respectable, will have disputes, debts, cares and troubles, and losses, and then be relieved of these, will live in foreign lands.

WHEN GEMINI IS THE 1 1TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willhave elder brothers ; wise; a Government servant, will lose his position in middle age but will regain it. 2. Moon .- Learned in many arts; eloquent, will con- quer all. 3. Mars .- Will have no elder brothers ; if he has any they will have two wives; will be very fortunate from middle age; will dislike Government service; brothers and sisters will be childless or their children will die young. 4. Mercury .-- Will have land and fortune but will spend more than he earns. 5. Jupiter .- Though a debtor, will in middle age, have buildings, laud and fame ; will be employed under Govern- ment. 6. Venus .- Willbe miserable towards the beginning and close but happy in the middle of life; fortunate through women. 7. Saturn .- No elder brothers; famous through agri- culture ; will earn his living by litigation and falsehood. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will do business in various countries and will be famous; courageous ; fortune earned iu old age will alone last; learned iu arts; will have enemies. WHEN CANCEB IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- A high servant iu a foreign State; self- respecting; self-sacrificing ; will do public good ; famous. 2. Moon .- Selfish, will have ordinary living and fame. Miserable in the first and happy in the last part of his life; self-respecting. Will travel iu foreign lands. 3. Mars .- Unpatriotic will lose his pursuits in middle age aud take to other professions ; will lose old estates. 4. Mercury .- Will not benefit by his learning ; miser- able; poor. 5. Jupiter .- Famous ;will, in middle age, be in Govern-

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ment service, but will lose it though without becoming the worse for it; extrvagant. 6. Venus .- Very happy ; will enjoy many vehicles and lands in latter life; famous ; will lose old estates by extrava- gance and show. 7. Saturn .- Will, in middle age, be miserable in various ways, will be a debtor, losing mach; will be rainous to his family. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will travel in foreign lands, but will not succeed in business; in later life fort- . nate by Government service. Miserable by litigation; miserable in his family and in various ways; in youth'will hate many.

VIRGO. A man born in Virgo will be happy, poor for some time, apparently religious, learned in many arts, sickly, fortunate in the latter part of his life, in the early part of his life, though wealthy, will lose all and be miserable. In his 5th, 10th and 18th years he will be subject to several diseases, litigious, passionate. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose ancestral property, diseased, tall, will lose his father's side in youth. 2. Moon .- Subject to diseases from cold, short, short- lived. 3. Mars .- Miserable in youth in various ways; will have enemies; short-lived. 4. Mercury .- Will live to middle life; weak. 5. Jupiter .- Subject to diseases owing to debility, will live to middle life, famous. 6. Venus .- Will lose wealth and lands in the early part of his life, but will regain them in thelatter part thereof, self- respecting, many wives, long-lived. 7. Saturn .- Long-lived, very fortunate, self-respecting, will be subject to various concerns in middle age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Short-lived, will lose ancestral property, will be either diseased or defective in limbs, debtor, enemy to his family.

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WHEN LIBRA IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Debtor, extravagant, miserable on account of his family and in various ways, will be miserable through his parents in early life. 2. Moon .- Wealthy after middle age, will have a large family, diseased eyes. 3. Mars .- Miserable on account of his family, litigious, will lose lands and ancestral property. 4. Mercury .- Short-sighted, will gain fortune by liis learning, mild of speech, of decent fortuue. 5. Jupiter .- Though learned in the arts, yet not fortu- nate, debtor, large family and many wives. 6. Venus .- Very wealthy and fortunate, will have a very captivating tongue, self-respecting, fortunate by ancestry, his father will have two wives, wise, fortunate by trade. 7. Saturn .- A waning family, du!l-tongued, fortunate in the latter part of his life. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have many quar- rels in his youth, qnarrelsome, will lose parents in youth, will lose his fortune, dweller in foreign countries, will conquer enmity. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Miserable on account of brothers, fortunate in foreign countries, and that fortune will be shared by his brothers. 2. Moon .- Fortunate by his sister, will have many comforts, will lose brothers, will suffer much in youth. 3. Mars .- Will lose ancestral property, lustful, will be subject to heart and chest pain. 4. Mercury .- Will lose brothers in early life, miserable, litigious, will suffer in middle age. 5. Jupiter .- Fond of brothers, fortunate, religious and learned in the arts, fortunate through women. 6. Venus .- Will have two wives, fortunate frou middle age. 7. Saturn .- Will have few brothers, will be miserable on account of brother's family, will earn others' wealth, just. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Brotherless, debtor,

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will lose bis property in old age on account of deceit, miserable, will be subject to fear from kingly authority in middle age. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 4TH HOUSR. 1. Sun .- Will learn the State language, famous on ac- count of ancestral property, honourable, God-fearing, very learned, long-lived. 2. Moon .- Will lose his mother in early life, jack-of-all trades, will carry on fraudulent trade, will have various kinds of trouble in middle age, but will gain a livelihood by carrying on some trade. 3. Mars .- Will become famous in foreign countries, through mother's relations will learn archery, will lose his mother in middle age. 4: Mercury .- Wealthy through his mother, a miser, long life, a landlord, will get permanent gain in middle age, a wise man. 5. Jupiter .- Will not become famous in spite of his learning, a happy man in the latter part of his age, long- lived. 6. Venus .-- Will have many buildings of various kinds and different kinds of carriages, will become wealthy in middle age, loss of mother in middle age. 7. Saturn .- Will lose ancestral property at first, but afterwards will recover it, honourable, sorrowful, will be entangled in civil suits from youth, loss of maternal relations while young. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have to wander in different places in early life, will have happiness and sorrow alternately, will have no settled position in life, loss of maternal side. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will suffer from diseases arising from heat, very intelligent, will be blessed with a son in old age, will have some knowlege of astronomy, will feel uneasy, will have untimely enjoyments. 2. Moon .- Will have a daughter, will earn money in foreign countries or enjoy others' property, will have few elder brothers, will suffer from diseases arising from cold.

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3. Mars .- Loss of sons in middle age, will be en- tangled in various troubles in early life, will be happy in old age, will havelanded property, will be a good gymnast, will have many enemies. 4. Morcury .- Will enjoy good fortune during the latter part of his life, a wise man, honest. 5. Jupiter .- Loss of ancestral property, will be dis- honoured in middle age, will not have long-lived sons, a debtor. 6. Venus .- A wealthy man, will have daughters, well skilled in State language, a pleader, will have kingly fortune through women in middle age. 7. Saturn .- Loss of sons, miserable from early age, will lose ancestral property and have to wander in foreign coun- tries, will live by base means, of slow perception. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Loss of sons, will have few sons in old age, will suffer much from king's anger, a debtor, unfortunate, will have various kinds of trouble, will know something of everything. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose money through his relations, un- happy, much disease, will be dishonoured in middle age. 2. Moon .- Loss of elder brother's family, unhappy through women, consumptive, miserable, will have to wander in middle age in foreign countries. 3. Mars .- Will be punished by the king in middle age, and will lose his appointment, loss of brothers, loss of an- cestral property, a debtor. 4. Mercury .- Loss of mother's family, will do mischief to himself, will enjoy untimely happiness, will live to middle age, weak constitution. 5. Jupiter .- Happy in old age, honourable, will lose his fame and wealth in middle age by becoming a debtor, will be put to severe troubles because of his wealth, will not be very learned. 6. Venus .- Will be unhappy in his wife in his prime, will commit adultery, what he does hoping that it will turn out well will turn out badly, will have serious trouble through women.

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7. Saturn. -Will haveenemies, much disease, will have trouble owing to the king's anger, bat will afterwards be relieved, will be dishonoured in middle age, miserable. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be much troubled by king's anger, but will afterwards be relieved, much dis- ease, a debtor, will have many enemies. WHEN PISCES IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- An unhealthy wife, unhappy, will quarrel with the State, a debtor, loss of wife in middle age, will not derive any benefit from his father's side. 2. Moon .- Will early marry a good wife, will have to un- dergo trouble on account of women, will have a famous elder brother, wealthy. 3. Mars .- Will have quarrelsome wives, unhappy, will be a master of others' property. 4. Mercury .- Miserable while young, will gain a liveli- hood by his learning, will live to middle age, will have many wives, a merchant, an arbitrator. 5. Jupiter .- A noble and wealthy wife, famous through his wife's family, hononrable, kingly fortune from middle age. Venus .- Will have a beautiful but disobedient wife, very lustful, loss of wife's property, a judge, will make 6.

voyages. 7. Saturn .- Poor but loving wife (not very beautiful), the wife will have some defect in her body and will be black, will carry on base trade. 8 & 9. Dragon's Heud and Tail .- Of a weak consti- tution, will be unhappy in his wife, wise and honourable, will have no caste distinction and will travel to various coun- tries, miserable in youth but happy in old age. WHEN ARIES IS THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have comfortable meals and bed, untime- ly enjoyment, will be unsuccessful in the accomplishment of any object at first, but will afterwards gain it; will have some trouble owing to his transactions with the State, but will afterwards be relieved from it. 2. Moon .- Loss of parents in youth, will- have few brothers, happy and comfortable in old age, will suffer from diseases arising from cold, consumption in middle age.

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3. Mars .- Will have many enemies in middle age, loss of ancestral property, a debtor. 4. Mercury .- Short-lived, of weak constitution, much disease, loss of all the members of his family. 5. Jupiter .- A debtor, will apparently be very fortunate at first, but will suddenly be entangled in troubles, some- what happy in old age, loss of sons. 6. Venus .- Happy in youth, miserable in old age, loss of ancestral property, loss of wife. 7. Saturn .- Will be poor and miserable in youth and middle age bat wealthy when old, will be successful in civil suits, and thus add to his wealth. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will suffer from various kinds of diseases from an early age, very miserable in middle age, will live to middle age, will suffer much from poisonous bitesin youth, famous inspite of his being a debtor. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Traditional fame, will have ancestral property, will become famous through father's side, kingly fortune, somewhat unhappy in youth, very famous in middle age. 2. Moon .- Will have brothers and kingly fortune, hononrable, honest, somewhat miserable in old age. 3. Mars .- Will be famons only in middle age, loss of father's side, loss of parents in early life. 4. Mercury .- Loss of father's side, somewhat fortunate, will not be much benefted by his learning. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived and fairly well-to-do parents, honourable, famous, kingly fortune in old age. 6. Venus .- Very fortunate and famous from an early age, matrimonial felicity. 7. Saturn .- Miserable in early life, loss of money and buildings, fortunate in old age, authoritative. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Proud though wealthy and wise, loss of parents in early life, will be very miserable in old age, and will wander in foreign countries. WHEN GEMINI IS THE 10TH HOUSR. 1. Sun .- Will be a handicraftsman in a State, very famous in old age, very brave and wealthy.

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2. Moon .- Will have many subordinate workmen, will lead an honourable life, charitable, will have landed property. 3. Mars .- Will not have a permanent position in life. will lead an independent life. 4. Mercury .- Will carry on different kinds of trade, will have no permanent situation in the early part of his life, bnt will have one in old age. . 5. Jupiter .- Will live by learning, a tutor, wise and famous. 6. Venus .- Will teach logic, rhetoric, and Vedanta philosophy, kingly fortune, very famous from middle age, & jadge. 7. Saturn .- Will have subordinates even though he be in a low position, will live by dishonest means, will do vicious deeds, will have no religious scruples. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be an artist and & mechanician, will become very famous, will wander in different countries, wise and charitable. WHEN CANCER IS THE 11TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Very extravagant, his elder brother's family will be famous, will become famous. 2. Moon .- Will earn mach, honourable and charitable. 3. Mars .- Will lose ancestral property, a debtor. 4. Mercury .- Will learn difforent languages, happy in old age. 5. Jupiter .- Famous and wealthy, a lord, kingly fortune through brothers. 6. Venus .- Will have many wives, will have a varied and inconstant enjoyment of vehicles. 7. Saturn .- Will have a quarrelsome wife, a debtor, will be dishonoured in middle age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Loss of elder brother's family, increase of wealth, famous and honourable, brave, happy in old age, charitable, a persuasive talker. WHEN LEO IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- An officer in the State from middle age, famous, honourable, fairly wealthy, loss of parents in oarly life.

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2. Moon .- Will make voyages, unhappy in early life but happy in old age, untimely enjoyment. 3. Mars .- Will have happiness and sorrow alternately, loss of landed property. 4. Mercury .- Will not derive mnch benefit from his learning, sorrowful, loss of parents and wealth in middle age. 5. Jupiter .- Will become famous by being a just judge in foreign countries, very happy, honest, kingly fortune in old age. 6. Venus .- Will have varied and inconstant enjoyment of vehicles and buildings, wealthy but indebted, liberal. 7. Saturn .- Unhappy in early life as well as in old age; very famous in middle age, will travel to foreign countries, not wealthy, a debtor. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will wander in foreign countries, will have no permanent sitaation, a debtor, very miserable in early life and tolerably happy when old.

LIBRA. A man born in Libra will have many wives and chil- dren, will attach much respect to his family, wealthy, wise, well versed in Yoga philosophy, a friend of kings, will suffer from diseases of various kinds in the 7th, 12th, 19th, 28th, 42nd years of his age. WHEN LIBRA IS THR 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will suffer from diseases arising from heat, will lose his fame in old age, will live to middle age. 2. Moon .- Rheumatic constitution, wealthy. Will have children, will suffer from inflammation of the eye in old age, short-lived. 3. Mars .- Will have troubles on account of enemies, a debtor, will have disorder in the stomach, short-lived. 4. Mercury .- Will live to middle age, body of moderate size, short-sighted, fortunate when old, wealthy. 5. Jupiter .- An observer of religious principles, of good temperament; long-lived, well versed in Dharma shastras, a wealthy landlord in old age.

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6. Venus .- Happy throngh women, long-lived, will have a defect either in one of bis limbs or in his eye, fortanate and famous even while young, happy in his sons. 7. Saturn .- Will liveto middle age, willsnffer much from bilious diseases, will be dishonoured in middle age, lustful, nuhappy, tolerably fortunate when old. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will not have a perma- nent footing anywhere, long-lived, fortunate when old, will make enemies and suffer from poisonous bites. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Loss of wealth and brothers in early life, tolerably wealthy. 2.Moon .- Will earn much money and learn different languages. Honourable, will have few children. 3. Mars .- A warrior, loss of ancestral property in early life, an enemy to his brothers, unhappy, wealthy in old age. 4. Mercury .- A debtor, will have many enemies, will learn .different languages, loss of elder brother's family, short-lived. 5. Jupiter .- Will learn foreign languages, loss of parents in early life, famous in old age, wealthy and happy. 6. Venus .- A persuasive talker, honourable, just, lustful. 7. Saturn .- Poor in early life, will live by base means, illiterate, will have no issue, dishonest, will have servants in middle age, and will become notorious. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will earn money by dishonest means, bad tempered, wealthy in old age, quarrel- some, despotic, but honourable, inflammation of the eye in old age, a warrior. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have brothers, and suffer from venereal diseases, courageons, famous. Well-versed in the State language. 2. Moon .-- Will have few brothers, a singer, wealthy, will derive much benefit through mother's family. 3. Mars .- Loss of brothers, bonourable, of angry temperament, a debtor, will have many enemies, tolerably wealthy.

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4. Mercury .- Will havefew brothers, learned and smooth- tongued, wise. 5. Jupiter .- Will learn different languages and will have many brothers, will not derive much benefit from his learning. 6. Venus .- Loss of brothers in middle age, hononrable, will be enriched by women of an attractive tongue. 7. Raturn .- Will be put to difficulties by his brothers, sorrowful, poor when young, fairly happy when old. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Quarrelsome, will have few brothers, of angry temperament. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have ancestral property, famous, loss of parents in early life. 2. Moon .- Will have varied and inconstant enjoyment of vehicles, wealthy, will be troubled much by mother's family, a landlord. 3. Mars .- Loss of ancestral property, a debtor, much disease, will be dishonoured in middle age, miserable when old. 4. Mercury .- Will live upon others' property, a handi- craftsman, will suffer from extreme poverty when old. 5. Jupiter .- Will be fortunate and famous when old, a persuasive talker, very charitable, will build temples, inns, &c. 6. Venus .- Will possess different vehicles, will have an- cestral property, will learn the State language, a singer, will perform magical feats, somewhat miserable when old, will have few children. 7. Saturn .- Will lose ancestral property and become extremely poor, will be entangled in difficulties on account of his wicked actions in spite of his learning, a debtor. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will travel in foreign countries, will suffer much from diseases of various kinds when young, will not be affectionate towards his relations, fairly happy when old, loss of mother's family, will be put to various difficalties when young, extravagant. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Very famous, lastful, loss of sons in middle age, well-versed in the State language.

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2. Moon .- Will live by his learning, famous and honour- able, will have children, happy when old, a landlord, will recover lost property by civil suits, wealthy. S. Mars .- Will not be happy in his sons, will earn much money and lose it afterwards, of angry temperament, of despotic nature. 4. Mercury .- Will have few sons by his first wife, an artist, honourable. 5. Jupiter .- Loss of sons, will earn much money and lose it on account of his wicked actions, will become broken- hearted by the death of some of his nearest relations. 6. Venns .- Will have sisters and daughters, very learned and intelligent, wise, wealthy, will incur the displeasure of the king in middle age. 7. .Saturn .- Will become wealthy in old age, will have no permanent situation in life, honourable, will have few sons, famous in old age, will subdue his enemies. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Loss of sons, will suffer much from poverty in middle age, but will become fairly happy when old, wise. WHIN PISOES IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will be put to difficulties by his parents, much disease, will have many enemies, will lose ancestral property but will recover it at last, courageous. 2. Moon .- Will be an enemy to his mother's family, will be extremely unhappy till middle age, a debtor, loss of landed property. 3. Mars .- Will have quarrelsome relations, a debtor, will lose ancestral property, will suffer much from various diseases of the stomach. 4. Mercury .- Venereal diseases, will wander in foreign countries in middle age, a debtor. 5. Jupiter .- Will find his relations enemies, will not have ranch happiness in spite of his proficiency in different languages, a debtor, loss of sons. 6. Venus .- Will be put to much inoonvenience by women, will be afflicted with family cares, loss of money. 7. Saturn .- Will suffer much from a disorder of the

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liver, all his good prospects will be marred by his enemies, will be dishonoured in middle age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have severe troubles on account of the king's anger, loss of money, change of dwelling, a debtor, will be afflicted with various cares. WHEN ABIES IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Of noble parentage, will marry a lady of noble family, kingly fortune from middle age, a wealthy landlord, increase of wealth through brothers. 2. Moon .- Will have many wives, of kingly fortune, will learn different languages by the material assistance of his relations. 3. Mars .- Will become wealthy through his wife, brave, increase of wealth by brother's sid. .. 4. Mercury .- Honourable, will learn different languages, wise, timid but cunning, loss of wife in middle age. 5. Jupiter .- Happy in his wife, long-lived, will be up- right in his dealings even though his occupation be mean, of sickly constitution, a debtor, will live comfortably when old. 6. Venus .- Charitable, famous, will have varied enjoy- ment of vehicles, just, will be a subordinate for some time and a master at another time, happy from middle age. 7. Saturn .- Untimely comfort, poor for the greater portion of his lifetime, fairly happy when old, will be dis- honoured by women in middle age, will have many wives. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willlose much money in the attempt to recover ancestral property and will be successful in his attempt, wealthy, unhappy in his wife, very fortunate when old. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Loss of parents in early life, loss of ancestral property, will be entangled in some criminal matters, but will afterwards be relieved in middle age, will live to middle age. 2. Moon .- Loss of parents' relations, will have enemies, miserable in the former part of his life, but happy in the latter, short-lived.

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3. Mars .- Will die a cruel death, will be entangled in difficulties, unhappy in middle age. 4. Mercury .- Will live to middle age, happiness and sorrow alternately, will be in no way benefited by his learn- ing, miserable. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived, a debtor, wealthy when old, loss of children and brothers in middle age, honest. 6. Venus .- Will suffer much from diseases of various kinds when young, will live somewhat comfortably when old, honourable, will live to middle age, will have no female issue in his family. 7. Saturn .- Willbe much troubled by the king, will lose honour and fame in middle age, morally bold, short-tived. 8 & 9. Dragon's Bead and Tail .- Willsuffer from dis- eases of a poisonous nature, will be entangled in various difficulties, a debtor, will have enemies. WARN GEMINI I8 THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose much money on account of his father's relations, will be afflicted with cares and sorrows, will have ancestral property, honourable, loss of sons in middle age. 2. Moon .- Of noble parentage, dishonest, tolerably rich, will teach good principles to others, somewhat famous. 3. Mars .- Will become known through brothers, miser- able when old, a debtor, dishonour will overtake him in middle age, but afterwards it will be wiped out. 4. Mercury .- Will not have much ancestral property, wise, charitable, a very learned man and an artist, famous when old. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived, charitable, will spend much money in building inns and giving donations to the poor and helpless; God-fearing, famous through brothers. 6. Venus .- Ancestral fame, honourable, wealthy through women, will havea good and accomplished wife, will become famous by a new appointment he will obtain when old. 7. Saturn .- Loss of father's as well as of maternal ancle's side, will earn much money, happy, will be honoured when old.

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8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will have civil suits, honourable, miserable when young bub happy when old, will become master of others' property by illegal means and thus become wealthy, loss of sons, will have enemies.

WHEN CANCER IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willhold a very high appointment in the king- dom, honourable, famous, very intelligent. 2. Moon .- A wealthy laudlord, will become famous by doing his work satisfactorily, honourable. 3. Mars Will lead a servile life, will have trouble through treacherous relations in middle age, loss of ancestral property, loss of brothers in middle age. 4. Mercury .- Willcarry on trade, not very learned, happy when old, wealthy. 5. Jupiter .- Will become a prime mivister, Bextraordi- narily intelligent, very fortunate, happy when old. 6. Venus .- Willhave varied enjoyment of vehicles, will be a teacher at first, but will hold an authoritative appoint- ment afterwards, will incur the displeasure of his superiors, but will soon win their favour. 7. Saturn .- Willhave no religious scruples, will give false evidence, will lead a wandering life, dishonest. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willbe an enemy to his relations, unwise, fickle-minded, irreligious in spite of his learning. WHEN LEO IS THE HITH HOUSE.

1. Sun .- Will have brothers, very wealthy, will be honoured by kings, very courageous, will have much ances- tral property. 2. Moon .- Willhave few brothers, will recover certain lost property by civil suits, happy in middle age. 3. Mars .- Lossof brothers in middle age, will wander in different countries and lead an ascetic life. 4. Mercury .- A jack-of-all-trades, a debtor, luxurious. 5. Jupiter .- Wise, virtuous, wealthy, . will become much indebted in middle age, but will soon be relieved, very generous, famous through brothers, happy.

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6. Venus .- Will become wealthy through women, will be noble-minded. 7. Saturn .- Extinction of brother's family, will have enemies, of rheumatic constitution. 8 & 9. Drag on's Head and Tail .- Wi1l have no off spri ng, will have enemies, a debtor, but will pay his debts when. old, well versed in Vedanta philosophy. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Very fortunate when old on account of his having been a famous officer in a kingdom, honourable, un- happy, of a very obliging nature. 2. Moon .- Will be a manager of a zemindari or some such place, will lead a comfortable life, famous in middle age. 3. Mars .- Of a despotic nature, honourable, a debtor, nnfortunate in middle age. 4. Mercury .- A wholesale merchant, will be put to difficulties by the State and thus lose much in the begin- ning, but will recover his loss. 5. Jupiter .-- Atutor, honourable, tolerably wealthy, a debtor, loss of sons. 6. Venus .- Always happy, wealthy, beauti ful, honourable but fickle-minded. 7. Saturn .- Fickle-minded, of gentle nature, will be entangled in troubles even when young, will earn much and lose much, unhappy throughout. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willhave no perma- nent situation in life, fickle-minded, will have trouble on account of money transactions, will have all kinds of enjoy- ments when old.

SCORPIO. One born under Scorpio will be very affectionate towards his parents and relatives, lustful, a dabbler in all arts, very sweet and clever in speech, persevering and successful in his attempts. In the 4th, 5th, 10th, 12th, 18th and 40th years of his life he will be subject to disease. WHEN SCORPIO I8 THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have a hot constitution and will be short- lived, a source of sorrow and misery to parents. Will

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waste his wealth in youth. Will be wealthy in manhood, will wield magisterial powers or follow the military pro- fession. 2. Moon .- Lean-bodied, of a doubting nature, always troubled, early life very troubled, but advanced life happy, will live to middle age. 3. Mars .- Very irascible, will have many enemies, will hate his relatives, will live to middle age, will have a sickly constitution. 4. Mercury .- Wild-natured, a debtor, miserable in boy- hood, sickly, elder brothers and progeny will not thrive, near-sighted and short-lived. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived, wealthy and born of a famous family, miserable in later life, truthful, an eloquent speaker, thought-reader or shorthand writer. 6. Venus .- Beautiful person. In later life will lose a limb ; of middling stature. During middle age will have troubles arising through his wife, will suffer humiliation through women, spendthrift. 7. Saturn .- Short-lived, fickle-minded, will suffer from bile, an ugly person, very loose morals, will lose brothers. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose his parents in early life, sickly constitution, long-lived. Being in humble circumstances in early life, will rise to good fortune in later years. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Willrise to great fame, will inherit enormous wealth with additions from issueless relatives, will speak weighty words, no issue, eyes subject to irritatiou, will not scruple to commit theft if the gain is enormous. 2. Moon .- Will inherit a small fortune in the shape of land and a house, will earn wealth by his own exertions, eyes watery, self-respecting, will have a small fortune; a polyglot, will suffer from phlegmatic disease. 8. Mars .- Will have moveable and immoveable pro- perty, will have many family troubles, will be fortunate in later life; will talk at the top of his voice, very courageous, will lose wealth to the king or by litigation. 4. Mereury .- A flatterer, a preacher, a polyglot, will have

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issue in later years, will not be happy in manhood though learned. 5. Jupiter .- Thoughwealthy will lack fame, a stingy man, will suffer from diseases of the chest, truth ful, a man of weighty utterances. In old age will lose all his wealth, will be famous. 6. Venus .- A debtor, but spending money for land- able purposes, will convert everybody into a friend, will keep mistresses. All through his life he will be fond of personal adornment, will get others' wealth. 7. Saturn .- Willlose his wealth and will be a forger, full of sorrows, a debtor, in middle age will suffer shame, will become insolvent. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- A persuasive talker, will spoil his prospects by rashness, will lose all his an- cestral property, will earn a great deal, but will be unable to enjoy it; stubborn, always thinking of evil actions. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will suffer great anxieties through his bro- thers. During middle age fears from the ruling authorities will take possession of his mind, but will soon vanish. 2. Moon .- Willhave many sisters, will follow various professions, will be skilled in fine arts, painting and music, &o. Being in very affluent circumstances in early life he will be impoverished in later years. 3. Mars .- Wilhave no brothers, will earn his livelihood by undertaking litigious duties, will suffer from venereal disease, will have little comfort in middle age.

4. Mercury .- Will lose wife and children, will have quarrels among his relatives, will be a handicraftsman. 5. Jupiter .- Wilhave few brothers, will not be wealthy. Inheritance will be subject to severe disputes, will lose sons. 6. Venus .- Willhave many daughters, will be wealthy. Self-respecting, will get many additions to his wealth with- out effort on his part, will be an adviser of kings. 7. Saturn .- Duringmiddle age valued brothers will suffer severe sorrows. He will not be happy. Will live in foreign countries, will often change his religion. & & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Wilhave few brothers,

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during middle age he will give up his appointment, will die of grief. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose his parents in early life, during middle age will hold high appointments owing to his profi- ciency in State language; will not support his relatives, an- cestral property will be lost. 2. Moon .- Will lose parents in early life, will acquire lands and buildings; for a time he will serve his king and then will be a tradesman, will be grieved on account of his education. 8. Mars .- Will lose mother and her relatives, will not hesitate to murder and behave riotously, will squander bis ancestral property; will lose his brother during middle age. 4. Mercury .- Though very learned he will not be happy in early life, will be a good mechanic and painter, will be very wise and will be addicted to Toga, will be a wan- derer among the hills and will make voyages. 5. Jupiter .- Will get much assistance from mother's relatives, will use others' vehicles, will have many sons and be wealthy. 6. Vonus .- Will be a debtor, will inheritwealth from females, will lose wives, he will not enjoy the possession of things long, will make voyages. 7. Saturn .- Will bny old houses, will earn wealth by dishonest means, will not support his parents. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will be a liar, will earn wealth in various ways, but will lose it as soon as obtained, will suffer shame at the bauds of the authorities in middle age, will earn his livelihood in various ways, will travel much. WHEN PISCES IS THE 5TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose sons, in old age will have diseases of the eye, will hold high appointments under the king, but in middle age he will lose his wealth owing to quarrels, will lose parents in early life as also his ancestral property, will suffer sorrows in middle age owing to his sons. 2. Moon .- Will earn his livelihood in various ways, but will succeed as a tradesman; many daughters. In the beginning he will serve the king, but will soon give up the profession.

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3. Mars .- Will lose his ancestral property, in old age he will lose grown-up sons, will be a " black magician", happy in old age, will earn wealth by dishonest means. 4. Mercury .- Very intelligent and very learned, but these qualifications will not help him much in life, childless. 5. Jupiter .- Learned in law, a Yogee, fickle-minded, not a man of greed, prosperous in early life, but not so in later years. 6. Venus .- Will marry a rich and beautiful wife, but will lose her in middle age, trustful, will live in towns on the sea coast, will make voyages, will be learned in the State language. 7. Saturn .- Willlose sons, will not succeed in his edu- cation, an enemy of his parents, will earn wealth by dishonest means, in middle age will suffer shame in his profession. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Debauched, will lose soDs, will wilfully commit sins and will be irreligious, a drunkard, in middle age he will lose his fortune. WHEN ARIES IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will be claiming his ancestral property for a long time, but will succeed in the end; sickly constitution, will lose his parents in early life, will be a debtor. 2. Moon .- A sickly wife, will be subject to phlegmatic diseases, in early life his mother will die, will be involved in quarrels by females. 8. Mars .- Will suffer diseases pertaining to a bad condi- tion of blood, will not be on good terms with his relatives ; during middle age he will suffer punishment at the hands of the authorities. 4. Mercury .- A friend of everybody, a debtor, a dabbler in all departments of knowledge, in youth will have a fall which will leave a mark on his body. 5. Jupiter .- Debtor, will suffer from diseases of the lungs, short-lived, he will not enjoy his property. 6. Venus .- Will have many wives, but none loveable, will live in foreign places, will suffer from venereal diseases. 7. Saturn .- Will suffer from nervous diseases, will not have issue, will earn much. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will suffer punish-

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ment at the hands of the authorities, will suffer from poison- ous bites, to avoid enemies he will travel in foreign countries. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have a thievish wife, many enemies, he will gain his ancestral property by litigation, and he will earn much by the help he renders to persons of high rank; on the whole he will be happier during middle age than at any other time. 2. Moon .- Will have a sickly wife, and will marry twice, will be a handsome person, will bear some mark on his face, during old agehe will be very happy. 3. Mars .. Will not be happy with his wife who will be born of a poor family, he will lose much property to his enemies. 4. Mercury .- Will have many wives, will be short-lived, will suffer from diseases of the kidneys. 5. Jupiter .- Will love his parents and wife i in middle age his enemies will spoil his prospects; long-lived ; in early life he will be a debtor, but in later years will be wealthy ; his sons will be inimical. 6. Venus .- Will have a beautiful wife, but will be lust- ful and licentious, will travel a great deal, will be clever in poetry and logic, will be happy in the beginning but will suffer troubles later on. 7. Sturn .- Wilhave many wives, he will not enjoy what he earns, dull-headed and of dilatory habits. . 8 & 9'. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Sickly wife; his fortune will be diminished through his wife, in early life he will tive in foreign countries owing to troubles. WHEN GEMINI IS THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose parents in early life, also ancestral property; sickly constitution, during middle age he will make many enemies in his profession and will triumph after Spending much money. 2. Moon .- Will lose parents in early life, will be un- happy during middle age, short-lived. 3. Mars .- Will die a hard death, will be an enemy of his relatives, very courageous. 4. Mercury .- Will live to middle age, will have a fall

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which will injure some limb in early life, will study medicine. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived, in later life will attain to high position, will change religion often, will be a debtor. 6. Venus .- In early life he will suffer accidents either in water or through a fall, will live to middle age, will lose a good wife in middle age. 7. Saturn .- Long-lived,will have many enemies, very unhappy in boyhood but fortunate later on, will suffer from poisonous bites. .8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willsuffer difficulties caused by women, will pass for a bribe-taker, will be at- tacked while travelling either by enemies or thieves, will die of diabetic boils. WHEN CANCER IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose parents and property in early life, will hold high position under Government, will be a poly- glot, will build temples and choultries. 2.Moon :- Will be wealthy, will get others' property, will be happy in old age. . 8.' ' Mars .-- Will lose parents and brothers in early life, will be a surgeon, fond of fighting, will be a sceptic, but in Old age will be a believer. 4. Mercury .- Debtor,will be a teacher of religion, will compose poetry, will be poor, but in old age he will be happy through receiving help from others. 5. . Jupiter .- Debtor,will earn a living in various ways, a scientific man; very moral and religious; will establish schools and choultries, a hater of co-religionists. 6. Venus .- Will earn wealth and be happy through females, will hold high position in foreign conn tries in old

7. Saturn .- Will be a man of stationary wealth, will inherit other meu's property; very irreligious, a forger. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willtravel far; clever in criminal law. WHEN LEO 18 THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will be fond of religious rites, will be a wanderer among hills and travel much, will be a friend of kings, will gain much moveable and immoveable property.

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2. Moon .- Will loae his means of livelibood in middle age, will inherit othera' property, will do good deeda .: S. Mars.Will lose immoveable property, an enemy of relatives, stingy. 4. Mercury .- Liberal-minded; poor, a lover of know. ledge, will become an suthor. 5. Jupiter. For a time be will be a tescbe .and will hold other high places; atudent of religion; will do good deeds; during tiddle age he will rise to grest fame. 6. Venus .- Always happy ; a magician; will gain landed property; will be the agent of kings., 7. Soturn-Meane of lirelibood very base ill make voyages, uncharitable, irreligiona. 8 & 9. Dragow's Head and Tadl .- Will travel in foroiga coontries, a handicraftamaa, bold, will be happy in old aga WEEN VIRGO 18 TRE lTa HouA1n 1. Sua .- Will rise to great calebrity, will be a friend of kings; conning; disobedient ; elder brothets will rise ito great famo; 12. Moon. Will hare elder siatera: wrill bare two wiveij in later yeara will be conenmptive; clever in mathematich. 8. Mors.Will have many brothera; in middle aga fortane will be crippled by the enmity of superiora; very fond of women ; may be conneotod with dacoite. Mercury .- Clever in mathemstics and medicjpe trathfnl; however much be may. esrn, in the end he will be poor, 5. Jupiter .- Will have a rich wife, will be a friend. of kinga, will found choultries, will be uniformly tortanate. 6. Venus. Sickly wife, will lose elder brothers and sistara, will enjoy others' property, bht during niiddle age he will lose it. 7. Satum .- A sceptio, will be wealthy, many daatbt among children, dissase of the stomach, unhappy in old ige. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tatl .- Elder brothera will not proaper, a gymnast, a mechanic. WEEN LIBRA 18 TER 12TB HOUER: 4:t waGr 1. Sun. Will travel moch for his firelihood, mubappy.

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will suffer from disesees of the eyes inold age, doring middle

cessfully. aye wuT oe Tuvoiyou m nogedion yhich will perminaw mup

2. Moon .- Will loss parents in carly life, will make voy- ages, will not onjoy bis ancestral property, will bave watery

3. Mars. Will follow the military profession, unbap 'oelf-respecting, will buffer Lromsevere disessas doring miaa

4. Merewry. Will be an itinerant lecturer, will have

S. Jupiter. Will be weslthy, will not have children, will folow variode profetsions, wilt speak weighty worde. 6. Venw, Will hare a good wife and will be fortuuste th other ways, will get wealth throngh women, will rise to great fame t middle age, very libral.#. 4 7. BakeBiney, wedmy yetdnbappf, will do base notiona for money and wrill baves bed repdtetion, in'the end wil) have no childrsn to inherit bin property.timo; 8&9. Dragon's Heod and Thi Will die a bard death; wealtby in midale age, anbappr, willearn woslth by eolawful means, will travel fot. auwiz BADITTAREOR. One born with this sa the rising eign will ba of a very compromising nature and fond of flattery, be will be lnstfal and will triomiph over bis enemies, ha will be jurelligent and will soquire diffioslt arta even in yooth, Hs will travel a great deal; in 12th, 15th, 82nd and 40th jears he will have disenses of the ayes. i8 Tae lar Houar. 1. Bun. Famons, will hald good eppointments ander the king, lesn, hot constitation, wil `loss ancestral pro- perty, long-lived. 2. Moon Will eoffer from digorders of the stomnob and will heve a blosted body, kia de,t hort-lired, will lesa paronto in early lito. S. Mart .- Short lived, self-rompecting, in yooth wil do shamefel actions, copper-coloured completion, boils in vari- ous parta of the body. zi.i ? righa 4.n: ... 'f, :

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4. Mercury .- Many wives, will study medicine and mathematics. Very mild and: wise, will live to middle age. 5. Jupiter .- Sickly wife, fair complexion, tall, famous, full of knowledge, long-lived, will earn and lose wealth, liberal, self-respecting, lover of religion. . 6. Venus .- Ruddy complexion, short stature, in old age will suffer from disease of the kidneys; wife will be either sickly or inimical, debtor short-lived. 7. Saturn .- Long-lived, defective limbs, ugly person, dull-headed, will lose brothers and wife in old age, will rise to fame. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willnot enjoy ances- tral property, in early life he will go to foreign places, will change religion in his youth, and in old age will stick to, the good, will rise to fame by meana of foreign, kings, licentious, witt get issue in later life.

WBEN CAPRICORN IS THE 2ND HOUSE. -V: 1.1: Sun .-; Relatives will bring discredit on him, wealthy. but a debtor in old age, eyes diseased, rapid and harsh speaker. 2., Moon ... Mild speaker, debtor, relatives inimical, in youth eyes watery. 8. Mars .- Loud speaker, greedy of gold, will lose wife and children, diseases of the blood, an engineer. ... 4. . Meroury .-- Mild-natured, no increase of wealth, hazy vision at dusk, will learn many handicrafts, will paint and thus earn livelihood. 5. Jupiter .- Happy in early life but indebted in old age, will live to middle age, in his early life his words will be valued, but later they will be despised. 6. Venus .- Will lose wealth owing to enemies, white spot in the dark surface of the eyes, more daughters than sons, debtor, wife of higher rank than himself, during middle age means of livelihood will be endangered. 7. tfafarn .- ^Childless, blue eyes, dull-headed, untruth-' ful, wealthy, will inherit property from various families. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willlose parents in

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early life, bold apesker, debtor, in middle age -will travel moch, will rocover lost wealth. WEEN AQUARITA IS THE SRD HOOsE. Sux .- Famous brothers, but they will beof no assist ance to him ; bold, will bare many servaota ,will ancceed io life. 2. Moon .- Will lose brothers, impotent, will lone wealth oring to women; will caffer from car ache. 8. Mors .- In middle age boila in the ear, sickly, will sffer freqhent loas owing to robbery, short-lived .: Mereury .- Impotent, will be a cervant, during middle ago will be repated a thief, poor, bappy iq old age. 5. Jupiter. Will bave many brotbers, wealthy, good etjorment will rise to great fame in midale.ago, for p mirthful, un velusble jenels agd dones, in old age very feligious and devotionlly anclingd 6. Venw. Doring middle age will be ruinod by women, nrioary disesses,ears wntory, very tappy io old aga. 7 . Satura.Few brotbard, very lostfal, will become doaf io middla 8 &9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Bold, Jastfal, few brothora, long life-In:old age will earo deomt liveli hood, io middle age will Icee much peth b standing sorsty, will be repated a dacait

WEEN PiA 18 SAL TH HoweL. 1. Sun. Will lose anoestral property, will eard moder And be happy, will trade in varices thinge, thoagh eduosted will not earo mobey thereby. ' In old age will be happy end will boild honses. 2. Moon. Good penman, io middle age will noquire some landa, very ansettled profession, crooked leg. ief :s. 8. Mom. Will lose ancestral property, will travel in milwaja and steamere, will be e bleckamith .... 4 Mercury. Will be s painter and ' handiorafterian, ansettled profession, will for tome time bew merchent, will get wealth throagh-women, bet wal lose it in old age. 5. Jupiter -In middle agevill get into vdii pate! throngh women. Thongh lesrped in gungee will. not

XV.] TWELVE SIGNS OP ZODIAC AT BIRTH, &C. 101 prosper by his learning. In dld age will soquire lands aud honses. Very obliging. 6. Venur .- In middle age will soffer calamities censed by women. Will be a literary man, will be an acrobat. 7. Safwrn .- Property onstable, learned, will' earn bis livelihood in petty states, will be a sceptic aud scoffer. .. 8 & 9. Drejon's Head and Tail. Unsettled profeesion aud domicile, ontrastworthy, will enjoy others' property, will be guilty of bresch of trast, litigions. . WHEN ARIED IS THE 5TH HOOSE. 1 .. Su .- Famona, leared in various professions, will loee parenta in eariy life, will lose sons in middle age, vers celebrated acholar, will learn the eecret aciences. 2. Moon, Will loce wocs, short-lived, in youth he will stody Janguages. wtuh Jtt 9. Mora .- Will be a tagistrate resh, sons will die hard deatha, in middle age he will have an accident by fire. 4. Morcuty. Wise and learned, very sby and wanting in display of knowledge, will bave few sons, will inberit property from the mother, echeming and a clever writer.

5. Jupiter .- Good adviser, few sons, will protect many, good composer of poetry, will study languages, unhappy in middle age. 6. Venus .- Debtor, very bad sons, in middle age he will suffer from poison administered by enemies, will be a mechanic.s mh veons an. 7. Saturn .- Nosons, infamous, will not protect parents, forger. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Unhappy,few sons, in youth will lose parenta, bent on doing evil, unhappy owing to son8. WHEN TAURUS I8 THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- In middle age will often lose and regain profes- sional position, sickly, will be attacked by thieves during travel. 2. Moon .- Phlegmatic diseases, will have no support from mother's family, will live in hilly places, short-lived. 3. Mars .- Will lose property owing to enemies, will

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travel'to avoid enemies, will divorce his wife will be duped of his earnings. 4. Mercury .- Though learned he will be. unhappy, will be supported by his wife, will be happy in old age owing to sons, weak constitation: 5. - Jupiter .- Debtor, by standing surety br by being a trustee he will lose much of his own wealth, in middle age win suffer punishment, consamptive. . 6. Venus .- Nervous diseases, will snffer. hnmiliation owing to females, will be a logician. . /. : ; /. 7. Saturn .- Willhave: enemies, will have nervons and skin diseases, during middle age will have a '· fall and will be maimed, will earn his living by dishonest means."' '8 & 9 .: ,Dragon's. Head and Tail .. -Litigions, but always successful, valetudinarian, will be a debtor, fcut will become insolvent, unsettled home aud profession, , WAEN GEMINI 8 THE 7TH HOUSL: .AL bd ]f Bun'"-Learned and will earn decent Livelihood; in- ventor and patentee, famous, many wives, good student of

,v 2." Moon." Debtor, will spend wealth for bad parposes, will make voyages, will keep mistresses not being married, 8. Mars .- Willdie ahard death, so also will his wife; traveller, spendthrift. 4. Mercury .- Dilatoryhabits, happy in old age, learning of no avail in youth, moderately wealthy ... ' 5. Jupiter - Good'wifabringing property with her, will be famous in foreign countries, self-respecting, good lawyer. 6. Venus .- Wilmarry late, lustful, will keep mistresses, will acquire land and house in old age. 7. Saturn .- Nohappiness from women, traveller, hater of his religion, will be a hireling preacher. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tad .- Imiddle age will have troubles through his wife, will follow various profes sions, sudden death.

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2. Moon .- Short-lived, will have many accidents by water, phlegmatic diseases, no ancestral property, will follow base professions. 3. Mars .- Will die a hard death, unhappy, will lose wealth owing to enemies, unhappy owing to sons. 4. Mercury .- Unsuccessful, education poor, sickly, will live to middle age. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived, will have many enemies, will learn difficult arts, will be duped of his wealth, happy in old age. 6. Venus .- Unbappy owing to women, will not survive his parents, intelligent. 7. Sat urn .- Short-lived, wicked, will be a cheat, no issue. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .-- Will die a hard death, will suffer imprisonment in middle age, will rise to high position and will fall. WHEN LEO 18 THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose parents in early life, charitable, famous, self-respecting, learned, a good adviser. 2. Moon .- Dull-headed, drunkard, will resume previous charitable grants, will spend wealth for bad purposes. 3. Mars .- Will acquire lands and buildings, but will lose them in middle age; will lose sons, hardhearted, courage- ous. 4. Mercury .- Wild-natured, regardful of life, learned in various arts, slow writer, fickle-minded. 5. Jupiter .- Very thoughtful, charitable, and will estab- lish choultries at others' expense, famous, unhappy in old age, will lose sons, will be a debtor but will earn money su bsequently. 6. Venus .- Enemy of his parents, wealthy, trustfal. 7. Saturn .- Stingy, stubborn, sickly. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose parents in early life, will spend others' wealth for charitable purposes, will earn a living by dishonest means, very fortunate sons, will travel by water.

104 OOSWBEN VIRGO 18 THE 10TH HoUSZ. 1 Su-Famous, sathoritative position, legialator, will acquire landa and buildings, very religious. 2.Mooh Dotruthfol, will lose property in early life, will loss hia parenta, fickie-minded, weak 'constitation,

8. Mars .- Will follow the police or military profession; poor, traveller, will murder his rolativee. 4. Merciry.Learned in: varions arte, fickle, will gain and lose often, very benevolent aud merciful. 5. Jupiter. will do good deeds and will be famous, will be a divine, will be well protected, thonghtful nud origiual auithor. 6. Venus. Nawapaper editor, usuooesefol edacationsl HiTr

career, anhappy with wile, prqtector of varions fa miljes. daturnWill inherit, otbers' property, migereble in boybood but happy in old age, will carn livelibood in varions ways, for some time a seraut. 8 & 0. Dragon's Head and Tall Will ron 1 erranda, sealthy Dold tgef y nla Tf tot WAEN LIBEA Ne TEE JITH HOUsr. 1. Tanded proprietor, good gardons will wealth by plabiog women, unbappy in old age. 2. Moon .- Trading Io soimals and mad, will marry twice, tnbappy." grain, bandicra fte-

8. Mor. Many brotbers unsettled profession, aban doned by bis wife, in tiddle age will suffer serioosly at the handa of authorities, will be an actor. 4. Merury: Dancing msster, will obtain some land and . a honse in later yearn. 5. Jupiter.Prosperous brothera, famona, will lomea good wife, in middle age happy owing to sons, wil keep a palanquin. 6. Venur .- Debtor, yet very bappy, fond of soente, wil reap good harveste in land, many wives, will . soffer from congh. 7. Saturn. Will be very weslthy, infsmond, nrnary dimanes in old age, will have no issne.

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8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Self-respecting, wealthy, will lose .sons, will earn wealth in various ways, ostentations. WHEN SCORPIO 18 THE 12TH HOUSE., 1. Sun .- Will travel, will have disease of the; heart; sudden death, practical man, friend of kings. 2. Moon :- Will make voyages, will change and re- vert to his religion in early life, a friend of kings but dater .on will tarn an enemy, always troubled in mind. :1 3. Mars ... Will go to foreign places for war, for some time will live incognito, wealth in later life, will Jose sons .: 4. Mercury .- Unhappy owing to sons, will marry late, stndent of law, happy in early life, charitable. 5. Jupiter .- Very famous in middle age, will be a friend of kings, protector of many, will establish choultries. " 6. Venus .- Many comforts, will inherit others'. fcro* perty, will rise to fame in foreign countries, will saffer lqss owing to enemies, from poverty he will rise to affluence, good judge. , 7. Saturn .- Will do menial service, will do evil deeds, no.enjoyments in life, will be litigious. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will wander among hills, wealthy, sickly, will lose wife aud children, oucharita- ble, bold and rough.

CAPRICORN. One born in Capricorn will have broad eyes, but a black- ened surface about the orbit of the eyes, he will be tall, sickly, firm-minded and conscientious, fair complexion, in his 1st and 10th years he will suffer from fever; in 12th or 32nd year he will travel, in 37th year death due to poi- ¡soDous reptiles. WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 1ST HoUSE. 1. Sun .- Short-lived, rash, hot constitution, lean, debtor, will lose parents in early age, will suffer from head- ache or eye disease. 2. Moon .- Urinary disease, lean body, short lived, many wives. 3. Mars .- Middle age, will have oncmies, in middle age

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will have a fall or will be engaged in a combat which will leave marks on his body, will lose .mother in early life, no ancestral property. 4. Mercury .- Short-lived, will lose parents in early life, unhappy, will engage in varions professions, -but will not succeed. 5. Jupiter .- Will live to middle age, debtor, poor, un- happy, will not enjoy ancestral property, ear diseases. 6. Venus .- Will triumph tover . enemies, will inherit

fong-lived. .. 7. Saturn .- Longlife, Will travel, will be a surveyor or engineer, tall, will have many wives, will rise to fame, very patient. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .-- W ill have boil-marks on his body, will live to middle age, wealthy, will suffer loss in middle age, will suffer from 'indigestion or from diseases of the chest. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Debtor, will fall into* disrepate' in middle age, will lose many relatives, diseases of the eye, being a forger he will suffer a great deal of evil.'. 2. Moon .- Enemy of relatives, spendthrift, watery eyes, no good education. 3. Mars .- Bold and intrepid speaker, will acquire land. 4. Mercury .- Mild speech, will lose ancestral property, polyglot, will study mathematics and medicine, in old age he will not be able to see during the night. 5. Jupiter .- Will speak weighty words, will be a teacher, then will study law and earn a livelihood, he will rise to great fame but in middle age. 6. Venus .- Witor buffoon, cunning, licentious, will gain precious stones, wealthy. 7. Saturn .- Liar, cunning, learning will not bring liveli- hood, will go mad in middle age, will lose wealth owing to enemies. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will get a wife from

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a poor family, will be a buffoon, will be an actor, will earn a livelihood in various ways. WHEN PISCES IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose young brothers, will suffer from venereal disease, unhealthy parents. 2. Moon .- Will have many sisters, fond of music, watery ears. 3. Mars .- Courageous, trustful, and will suffer humi- liation, drunkard, rough. 4. Mercury .- Few brothers, wanting in manliness; during middle age will become insane. 5. Jupiter .- Many brothers, poor, impotent, good speak- er, in early years will travel a great deal, brothers wealthy and famous. 6. Venus .- Self-respecting,sisters very wealthy, wealth and prosperity will be due to females, singer. 7. Saturn .- Will lose brothers, no good fortune, will do menial services, dull-headed, agriculturist. . 6 & 9 .. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Handicraftsman, self- respecting, few brothers, will suffer from accidents in middle age, debtor in old age. WHEN ARIES IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Sickly parenta, fickle-minded, will never possess vehicles, will be a contractor. 2. Moon .- Will lose mother in early life, will not live more than sixteen years. 8. Mars .- Will lose ancestral landed property, will be houseless, unhappy. 4. Mercury .- Interrupted education, easily pleased, will be dependent on others for support, but will be happy, will earn livelihood by handicraft. 5. Jupiter .- Some times he will have vehicles and at other times none, will be unhappy, will be educated. . 6, Vonus .- Will have many vehicles, mirthful, will build houses, will triumph over enemies, in middle age will come into possession of gardens and lands. 7. Baturn .- Sorrowful, no vehicles, will lose parents in early life, no education, poor.

.0 & g.Dragon's Hcad and Tail .- Will travet vory far, will trade in bad articles, sickly, happy in old age, . . ... WARN TADECd is The 5re Hobsr. 1. 8um Wil lose parent in early le, will inhert other men's property, will lose soos dnring madle het, AAlE sofar. evil at the hsnde of anthoriticet ma df d/- 2. Hoon. Wealthy, will have many danghters, #ill' atady phildnphy and mabtras. 9. Mar. Fond of war and gymndstice, will wond weupons, stabboro, will lose pmmising rhildren :inmiddle

.4. Mercury .-- Will have enemies, will have ekin disesse, will itudy philosophy .. 5. Jupiler .- No sona, will stady law and toye,nF be farodrite of kinge, will -risa to gredt. fame ds middle. age. 6 Vemr .- Happy, mirthfol, weslthy/ the esding tof early life will be spant in debenchers, foy condee bsingct y Batwn-No cons, heppy in eatly life bet mitatable ii later years, to bappiness from womedy soofot.3,:+7a7T 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tall pm -tadmidr enemiea, will be a forger, self-reapcotiog; wellthy. WHEN GEMIRI TO TEL OrE Hoo 1. Svn .- Will uot be prosperoos ih tielicholy death, debtory siokly perents. hia profession

2. Moon. Will suffer frow phiegmetio dia mined by women daring widdle ege, will lore.weklth.y being robbed. S. Marr. Will be mained by ehemie, laoded property, will enffer from polsondes binw. 4. Mercury .- Friend of alt, weak body, debtor. 5. Jupiter .- Debtor, wise, will bave protraoted litige- tion involring criminal charges ; uehappy. 6. Fonw .- Will suffer from paln in the chest, will bive ao accident on the water, will beur the turk of troand; bappy in old age. :. 78dure. Wil have many ensuie, wil mimabo- ture wicked medicines, thierisb.

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9T tRad and Tal In middla age will enfer panichment, will caro & hving by dishoneet means, valetndinnrion .. WHRN CANCET IE TRE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Wil lose wife and parents in early life, will soffer bamiliation i middle age, hot constitotion. 2. Moon, Wife disobethient and highhanded, will travel, will die of diseagen caonad by cold. S. Man. Witlhaven bad wife who will bedivorced by I'sofer from diseases of the blood, will soffer sbame

4 Mercury. Wives will be cources of unhappiness, will suffer from indigestion, will serve the State in the Negitining bat will give it tp for tende. 5. Jupier .- Will bare an intelligent and learned wite Who wilt bes great belp to bim, durie aniddle age will bed ferodrite of kings, will havd many brothera. : goi pag stTyutfal wife, will carn ivehbood by follow- ing the legal profassion, in old age he will bare a yoong

7. Saturn .- Wil murry late very bad conversation- alist ; scaptic, will diea bard desth: 8 & 9. Dragon's Hodond Tail-Many wives, nbsettled profession, fond of lectoring, happy in later years.

Ih dtd uge. T.SAong lited, protracted bariness, very unbappy

2. Moon .- Will die of phlegmatic diseases, debtor, tinbappy throogh bis wife. 9. Marr. Will die & painfal death cansad by a blow or'e fall 'short lived. 4. Mertury .- Will auffer from asthma, bad and inter- rapted edecation. . 5. Jupiter. Long-lived, will bave & slight attack of

3. Venun. -Onbappy with wife, will lona hia vehicles, wife nickly ..

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7. Saturn .- In old age he will fall into disrepute, will die amidst strangers, short-lived. ... 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Unbappy, in middle age will suffer from poisonous bites, in youth there will be a defect in the limbs, intelligent. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Parents of no help, charitable, will rise to greatness in the State. 2. Moon .- Will inherit property, fond of agriculture and'trade, sometimes prosperous and sometimes unhappy. 3. Mars .- Wealthy, not famous, will misappropriate money intended for charity, will be a handicraftsman, and will be a tradesman.

8. Mercury .- Will be a painter, accountant, wealthy in old age, will have ancestral property, self-respecting. :. 5. Jupiter .- Will hold an authoritative position, will establish choultries, Ac, at others' cost, will be a teacher, 6. Venus .- Will lose ancestral property, unbeliever; a bad adviser. 7. Saturn .- Will lose parents in early life, a vile preacher, will lose ancestral property. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Unhappy parents, uncharitable, hating neighbours, sickly. WHEN LIBRA IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose high position in middle age and will get into difficulties. Bribe-taker, of religious habits, will acquire landed property, but will not enjoy it because it will be made over to others. 2. Moon .- Will acquire lands and houses, debtor, self-respecting will travel. 8. Mars .- Unhappy, will squander his wealth, will have many enemies, unsettled profession, will be a landed proprietor 4. Mercury .- Handicraftsman, fickle-minded, will in- herit others' property. 5. Jupiter .- Fora time he will be in subordinate servica but will.soon rise to independence, of a doubting nature, will learn various sciences, but will not profit by them.

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6. Venus .- Will rise to great fame in old age, will acquire lands, will do good deeds, wealthy, will inherit property from women. 7. Sal urn .- Though doing menial service yet he will be the head, will live in foreign places, will be a clever forger, irreligious, a scoffer. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willdo low work, will suffer humiliation in middle age, will lose sons, traveller. WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 11TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Enormous greed, and will suffer humiliation for it, self-respecting, no lands, will earn livelihood by low services. 2. Moon .- Will be an agriculturist, nnhappy, parents of no help, not intelligent. 8. Mars .- Will lose ancestral property, will marry more than once, unhappy, separated from hia brothers. 4. Mercury .- "Poor parents,: will lose brothers, will not earn much, will do menial service, charitable. 5. Jupiter .- Will earn wealth by honest means, con- scientious, will be an agriculturist, persevering to the end. 6. Venus .- Happy through wife or other females, famous of his family, will enjoy vehicles, wise, fine speaker: 7. Saturn .- Learning of no avail, bad speaker, fickle, though wealthy yet will not enjoy, snspicions. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Wealthy, will rise from a low to a high position, handicraftsman, will voyage on the seas. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Famous, will travel far, will have family troubles in old age, during middle age will lose his son, will lose his profession in middle age, but will regain it. 2. Moon .- Weak enjoyments, will lose his wealth in middle age, weak body. 3. Mars .- Unhappy, venereal disease, will lose his earn- ings, traveller. 4. Mercury .- Traveller, spendthrift, self-respecting, nnhappy in old age, asthma.

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5. Jupda. .Will travel in good places, famone, good Spenker, knowe law, will composs verse. 6. Venu. Will enjoy worldly pleasores, will rise to grentuess in an tnexpestanioca, obaritsble, will entfer lons in trade .< 7. Soturn -- Umettled profession, will cara from low people wur eurn a nring by dishonest means, irreligions. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail. Traveller, happy, will earn a living bylitigationyeelfrempectipg, will bave enemies, will lose childran, will quffer from wretched frienda, will Jive to middle age,

AQUARIUB. One born under Aquarius will be boastful and elauderone, short. Imperfect koonledge, bilions conatitntion, gratefdl, Ticeutoos, in the 11th year will sudfer trom ferer, in the 19th year will euffer from detirou, Tire!

1. Sun Famous, wealthy, traveller, will marrylate, will tarn livelibood by Itig tion, long-lined, cickly conetitution. Lan oilMon Sickly cootithtion, sbort lived, sill bave edpmies, eelf.meapecting. d*run.': B -.- Bicki tconatitution, sbort itntare, spend- thrift, irascible, poor in early life bat happy later om. Lostfol in later life he will wo der bomiliation. 4. Metcury .- Patient; wise, celf-respeoting, few desires, wil flearn warions thinga, laan, ip ooth he will lose eweglth bythe int igues of pnamiss,. 5. Jupiter .- Long-lived, will rise to great fame. Happy, in yooth be will soffer, serions evil, but later on will be heppy Will rogsin loat wealth. 6 .- Venus .-- Will lone werlth by the intrigues of enemies, will bave many wive, wil inberit others' property. Will be wvery happy in middle ege, long-lived. 7. Safurn,Tall and ogly. Will be very anhappy in early life bot ilater on will snicy some bappines. Will live to middle age, alwaya melancholy, will lose aged brothera during middle age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will live to middle

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age, fair, forger, will earn money by dishonest means. In age some defect of limb will occur.

WHEN PISCES IS THE 2ND HOUSE.

1. Sun .- Wealthy, no issue, diseased eyes, in later life his means of livelihood will be endangered by his enemies. Will speak weighty words. 2. Moon .- No issue, cunning. Will acquire lands, will be a debtor in middle age, will be an anthor. 3. Mars .- Will be a blacksmith, &c. Though high born will be fond of manual labour, sickly constitution. He will be deprived of his property. 4. Mercury .- Poor, will lose his relatives. In middle age will suffer from blindness during night. Will expose his own crimes. 5. Jupiter .- Good thinker. Good legal adviser, during middle age will earn much. In middle age he will be unfriendly with those who helped him. 6. Venus .- Sweet talker. Licentious, musician, during middle age he will acquire much property through females. 7. Saturn .- Will lose ancestral property. Blue eyes, shallow knowledge. Fickle-minded, not very wealthy. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Irascible. Will have a slight defect in one eye, will gain varions things. Will be wealthy and famous in old age.

WHEN ARIES IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- In middle age brothers will get into trouble. Lstful, few brothers. 2. Moon .- Few brothers, but many sisters. Happy, for a time will be dependent but will be free subsequently. 3. Mars .- Few brothers, but if many, a source of unhappiness. Lustfnl. 4. Mercury .- Few brothers, few pleasures. Will suffer from earache, will be happy in early life, but unhappy inold age. For about ten years he will be separated from his family. 5. Jupiter .- Many brothers and sisters. Wealthy, happy, very clever, and learned.

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6. Venus .- Many sisters. . Will have many wives, fond of music, will be wealthy. 7. Saturn .- No brothers. Will be unhappy through brothers if there be any, atheist .. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Atheist, will earn much wealth, good practical man, will travel. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will enjoy others'' property and vehicles. Will be unhappy owing to parents in early life, will earn livelihood in various ways, will have no honse .... n. 2. Moon .- Will build houses with borrowed money: Will lose parents in early life. 8.' Mars .- Will suffer loss by converting ancestral property. Frustrated in his attempts, Bickly parents, un- happy. : 4.Mercury :- Wise, will learn " many things, wealthy, very happy in old age .! Fond of trade, will travel much. 5. Jupiter .- Will be as happy as a king, will enjoy vehicles, ostentations. ; 6. Venus .-- Will have buildings and gardens. Unhappy in old age. 7. Saturn .- Willlose the affection of parents in youth. Will be troubled by his father's debtors, will lose his self-respect through female relatives: 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Travel ler, will regain his ancestral property. . Will lose his/ parents in early life. WHEN GEMINI : 18 THE STE HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Famous, will get help from his mother's relatives. Will lose sons in middle age. 2. Moon .- Will lose sons, 'not wealthy. Will lose mother's relatives, will get support from relatives of his father's side. 3. Mars .- Will lose grown-up sons in middle age. Will lose relatives on either his father's or mother's side. 4. Mercury .- Will inherit others' property, will lose sons, intelligent. 5. Jupiter .- Few sons ; high-born mother, will study law, given to much mental work,

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6. Venus .- Will compose verse, will have many daughters, will learn magic, intelligent. - 7. Saturn .-- No sons, will be unhappy through them if any; though learned he will not entertain high thoughts, will be very unhappy through mother, brothers and sisters, will regain all lost property. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose sons, un- happy in youth, traveller. WHEN CANCER IS THE 6TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will have powerful enemies, hot constitution, will suffer humiliation in middle age, sickly father. 2. Moon .- Sickly mother, will have many enemies. 8. Mars .- Will lose his landed property, relatives un- friendly, will bear marks of wounds on the body, will fall into disrepute during middle age. 4. Mercury .- Will be a judge, sickly, will lose mother's relatives, bad memory. .,5. Jupiter .- Will not be liked by his superiors, un- settled profession, debtor. 6. Venus .- In middle age will suffer humiliation through women, will have two or three accidents by water, will have diabetes. „7. Saturn .- Always sorrowful, debtor, in middle age he will be robbed and beaten, will travel to avoid enemies, will suffer punishment, windy and bilious constitution. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Willtriumph over ene- mies, will suffer punishment in middle age, will snffer from poisonous bites.

WHEN LEO IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Sickly wife, self-respecting, will rise to fame in middle age. 2. Moon .- Many wives, will lose sons, will suffer from phlegmatic diseases, will acquire lands. 8. Mars .- Wife will be a source of unhappiness, very rough, very litigious, sickly. 4. Mercury .- Many wives, will study law, traveller, sceptic.

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5. Jupiter .-- Wife. of very noble birth, happy, wealthy. 6. Venus .- Many wives, will study logic and grammar, will follow various professions, will lose wives and sons. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Hen-pecked, practical man, will lose ancestral property. In middle age will suffer from bilious diseases WHEN VIRGO IS THE 8TH HOUSE. , 1. Sun .- Will lose parents in early life, very irascible and insubordinate. Though obliging will get into difficul- ties will suffer from diseases of the blood or nerves. 2. Moon .- Will suffer from diseases of the' brain, debtor, short-lived. 3. Mars .- In middle age he will spoil his prospects by mahness, siokly. 4. Meroury .- No education, will have many' enemies, sickly, will lose sons. 5. Jupiter .- Will lose sons ; but will get sons in; old age by another wife. Happy in early life, debtor. 6. Venus .- Will lose parents in early life, will have marks of wounds on the body, sorrowful, will suffer humilia- tion through women. 7. Saturn .- Poor, unhappy, long-lived, will lose parents in early life. In later life he will be free from troubles. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Short-lived, will lose wealth through relatives or enemies, will be a wrestler, will die a hard death. ..

WHEN LIBRA IS THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose parents in early life, very, charitable and famous, will be fond of buildings, will be a tradesman. 2. Moon .- Will lose relatives on the father's side, will misappropriate wealth intended for charitable purposes, will build houses and dig tanks. 3. Mars .- Stingy and uncharitable, will be a robber or murderer. Will lose ancestral property, enemy of rela- tives. 4. Mercury .- Will be a teacher, will establish charitable institution with public help, will be an author, born of poor parents.

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5. Jupiter .- Will squander away ancestral property, will be a commentator on legal topics. Sons born in old age will alone survive, will be a thought-reader. 6. Venus .- Will inherit a good estate, very religious and devotional, charitable, will establish charitable institu- tions in middle life. Many wives. 7. Saturn .- Stingy, forger, will earn wealth by dis- honest means. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose parents in early life. Will suffer humiliation at the hands of rela- tives, will lose brothers, many wives, wives will die imme- diately after parturition, shallow knowledge.

WHEN SCORPIO IS THE 10TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .-- Will not be. present at parents' deathbed. Will rise to great fame in middle age. 2. Moon .- Will regain ancestral property, but only to lose it again, wealthy, will inherit others' property. 3. Mars .- Will not have landed property, will do menial service, courageous, traveller, blacksmith. 4. Mercury .- His learning will be a source of livelihood, not very wealthy, unhappy in early life. 5. Jupiter .- Will acquire much wealth, mathematician, lecturer, will perform religious rites. 6. Venus .- Singer or actor, will have landed pro- perty, will do menial service in early life, but will be famous later on. 7. Saturn .- Will do menial service, engine-driver. Miserable, unhappy in youth and old age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head & Tail .- Will do menial service, will serve others expecting remuneration, but will be disappointed, irreligions, will be a scoffer. WHEN SAGITTARIUS IS THE 11TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Self-respecting, will lose possession and enjoy- ment of his property, but will ultimately regain it. In youth will have a fall which will endanger life, but will survive. 2. Moon .- Agricnlturist, prosperous. Unhappy through elder brothers, will suffer humiliation in middle age.

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3. Mars .- No brothers, will suffer from earache, un- happy though wealthy. 4. Mercury .- Polyglot, will be a chief, will have much property. Will lose relatives on the mother's side. 5. Jupiter .- Many brothers, very fortunate and wealthy,; will rise to great fame in old age. Will know logic, not an infidel. 6. Venus .- Many sisters, fond of enjoyment, will have gardens, will be a judge. A clever writer. 7. Saturn .- Few brothers, will fall into disrepute . in. middle age, will lose wives, traveller. 8&9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- No brothers, insub- ordinate, will have many family troubles in youth. N CAPRICORN 18 THE 12TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will earn livelihood in foreign states. No wealth, no enjoyment. 2. Moon .- Will make voyages. Will trade in various things, will do menial service for a time. 3. Mars .- Will wield weapons. . Venereal disease, liti- gious. 4. Mercury .-- Traveller, will be a tradesman, charitable, wealthy. 5. Jupiter .- Debtor. In old age will suffer from dis- eases of the eye, will lose his own property by committing breach of trust. 6. Venus .- Will travel much, charming speaker. No ancestral property, will enjoy buildings and gardens. .... 7. Saturn .- Will travel incognito, will not be happy till middle age, will be an agent. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head & Tail .- Will earn much in' middle age, but subsequently will lose all and travel. Will fall into disrepute.

PISCES. One born under Pisces will be wealthy, heroic, of a hand- some person; Wise, sometimes a sceptic, fond of flowers and scents, very fond of relatives and useful only to them, stingy, extremely greedy. Will suffer from earache or

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will have a defect in the leg. Unscrupulous, in the 12th and 20th years will suffer from fever. In the 38th or 50th year he will suffer from asthma ; consumptive. WHEN PISCES IS THE 1ST HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Sickly, will lose parents in early life. No support from parents' property, will not be on good terms with his superiors, short-lived. 2. Moon .- Middle-sized, will live to middle age. Phleg- matic diseases, very little ancestral property. 3. Mars .- Hot constitution, wealthy, will have to contend for his property, self-respecting. 4. Mercury .- Many wives, unhappy, lean body, short- lived, self-respecting, wise. 5. Jupiter .- Very clever. Long-lived,. wealthy, very fortunate, stout and strong, fair, wise, will learn many things, intelligent. 6. Venus .- Dissipatedhabits. Handsome, will lose his wealth in middle age. 7. Saturn .- Ugly, will lose ancestral property. Un- happy, will live to middle age. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head & Tail .- Sickly, will live to middle age, debtor, traveller.

WHEN ARIES IS THE 2ND HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Debtor, will lose ancestral property. Will have diseases of the eye, sickly parents. In middle age he will spoil his prospects by rashness. 2. Moon .- Very troubled in mind, will try to learn many languages, lean body, not very wealthy. In middle age he will lose his wife and children, will have watery eyes. 3. Mars .- Very courageous, will serve well and grow wealthy, very rough. 4. Mercury .- Mild nature, near-sighted, learned. . Jupiter .- Unhappy in youth but wealthy in old age, clever speaker, truthful. G. Tenus .- Will be a buffoon, polyglot, happy in youth. 7. Saturn .- Willlose his wealth, will be an apostate, will have diseases of the eyes. Broken fortane, unhappy.

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8 & 9. Dragon's Head & Tail .- Ateacher, will be given to mental work, wealthy in old age, will get into trouble. WHEN TAURUS IS THE 3RD HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Will lose brothers in middle age. Asthma, for some time dependent and subsequently independent. 2. Moon .- Will follow various professions, many wives, happy. Will do menial service for some time. Will be a hand icraftanan. 3. Mars .- No brothers, will marry late. will snffer from ill-health in middle age. 4. Mercury .- Few brothers, will be a painter, intelligent, lean body. Few enjoyments. 5. Jupiter .- Very good wife who will bring him wealth. Religious, will stndy sciences 6. Venus .- Licentious, will enjoy lands and buildings in foreign places. Will trade upon his learning. 7. Satur .- Will marry late, will suffer humiliation in middle age, timid, few brothers. 8 &9. Dragon's Head and TailVery lastinl. Will lose brothers, will have disease of the ear in youth. WHEN GEMINI IS THE 4TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Famous, self-respecting, will not enjoy his ancestral property, will live in foreign places. 2. Moon .- Sickly, will lose parents in early life. In middle age he will acquire land. 3. Mars .- Unbappy, will have good property. Will fall into disrepute in middle age. 4. Mercury .-- Intelligent, will be a Yogee. Will know many things, very comprehensive intellect, will tose rela- tives on the mother's side in middle age, motber long-lived. 5. Jupiter .- Mother's brothers and sisters very fortu- nate, ever happy, will learn many things, thoughtfal. 6. Vonus .- Will enjoy good vehicles, will lose sons, licentious, will acquire lands and buildings. 7. Satur .- Will renounce the world in middle age, will travel. Will lose mother's relatives, mother sickly. 8 &9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Will lose motber

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8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail. Debtor, chest, sickly. WHEN VIRGO IS THE 7TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .-- Sickly wife, will lose wife, will be unhappy in youth, happy in old age, sickly, debtor. 2. Moon .- Happy in old age, Self-respecting, sickly. 3. Mars .- High-handed wife, unhappy, will acquire land in old age, rash. 4. Mercury .- Patient, lean body, not wealthy, will know mathematics and law, will be a pandit, will travel. 5. Jupiter .--- Will study much, will be a guru, will be respected by kings, sickly, wealthy in old age, wife will live long. 6. Venus .- Will lose Wife, lean body, will be fortunate in early life, sudden death. 7. Saturn -Will lose wife, bf :middling stature, short- lived, unhappy, will rise in middle age but will soon fall, will deal in medicines or explosives. ' .... 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail.Unhappy through wife, sickly, tall, traveller, will lose wife in old age, lazy. WHEN LIBRA 18 THE 8TH HOUSE. 1. Sun .- Sudden death, very unfortunate, unhappy. 2. Moon .- Sudden death, very unfortunate, will study in foreign places, but he will not rise in his native place, will lose family. 3. Mars .- Hypochondrisc, sickly,. will die. in e foreign place, will create enemies in middle age. h. in i dtm 4. Mercury .- Short-lived, lean body, nnenc ssfal edu- cation, will lose relatives on the mother's side. 5. Jupiter .- Will live to middle age. Tall, unhappy, debtor. 6. Venus .- Will get wealth through women, will lose a fortunate wife in middle age, will be drowned, will have a fall which will produce a defect in the limb. 7. Saturn .- Long-lived, will have enemies, will live in foreign countries, unhappy. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Long-lived,will lose wife and children, debtor, self-respecting.

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WHEN SCORPIO I8 THE 9TH HOUSE. 1. Sun." Wealthy and famous, will be unhappy in middle age, sickly, will not enjoy ancestral property. 2. Moon .- Willget wealth from various quarters, will lose sons in middle age. 3. Mars .- Will acquire much wealth, stingy, will lose sons in old age, bold., 4. Mercury .- Thoughhimself bad yet will be a good adviser, poor parents, will lose his reputation in old age. Very greedy, will lose, daughters in middle age. 5. Jupiter .- Willlearn a great deal, thinker, wealthy, will, rise to great fame in middle age. 6. Venus .- Willlose sons in old age, will acquire wealth in youth, licentious and lustful, bad hearted, disobedient wife. 7. Saturn .- Unhappy, broken fortune, ungenerous, ir- religious, sceptie, 8 ,& 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Lover of religions, will acquire wealth in middle age, miser, unpopular, but respected by kings. WHEN SAGMTABIOS 18 THE 10TH HOUSE 1. Sun .- Willenjoy-kingly fortune, poor parents, cun- ning. For some time:will be a teacher, will be a cheat of a. very high order, will lose sons in old age, will rise to great fame in middle age. 2. Moon. Sickly, will have a small ancestral property, will learn various things, will lose sons. S.' Mars .- wila reprise magisterial powers. Traveller, wealthy, will suffer humiliation in middle age. 4. Mercury .- Willtake high honours in education, stingy, will acquire lands. Fickle-minded. 5. , Jupiter .-- Wilktudy logic and law, wealthy, self- respecting, wise, will do commendable deeds, long-lived. 6. Vonus .- W.til enjoy many vehicles, famous, spend- thrift, licentious. 7. Saturn-Will suffer humiliation in middle age, unsettled profession, nnhappy, irreligious. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Irreligioustraveller, will help many, unsettled profession.

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WHEN CAPRICORN IS THE 11TH HOUSE. i 1. Sun .- Will squander his property, will lose wife and children, will have diseases of the eye or head. 2. Moon .- Will have few sons, will lose wife, traveller, sweet talker. 8. : Mars .- Wilhave much wealth, will lose some wealth, will lose his wife,' sickly. 4. Mercury .- Small property, mathema tic "5 .. Jupiter .- Poor,"' valiant, for some time will be a teacher, then will serve the State, but will not prosper. 6 .. Venus .- Many wives, sickly, debtor, will lose aged sons and brothers in middle age. 7. Saturn .- No sons, nnhappy, unsettled profession in old age, will do menial service. 8& 9." Dragon's Head and Tail .- Gooditigant; will earn his living by dishonest means, will have enemies, wise. WHEN AQUARIUS IS THE 12th HOUsE. . PT Sun. Will be an engineer, will tr avel, unhappy. old age, Will suffer from asthma. 2. Moon .- Not very happy, will lose property. Parentis who werein prosperous condition before his birth' will come to grief during hia lifetime ; sickly. S.'Mars .- Verynnhappy in youth, will earn much but will lose all, will suffer humiliation in middle age. 4. Mercury .- Notvery wealthy, though not very learned will thrive well. Fickle-minded and unhappy. 5. Jupiter .- Will live to middle age, very liberal popular,; famous, will live in a foreign place, wise, fickle- minded, mathematician. 6. Venus .- Thoughnot very wealthy will be very happy, debtor, will earn his livelihood in various ways, will lose wives in middle age. 7. Saturn .- Miser, haughty. Dull-headed, forger, un- happy. 8 & 9. Dragon's Head and Tail .- Wilbarn his livelihood by following a profession which necessitates much travel- ling. Happy in old age, will have to contend for ancestral property. During middle age he will incur the diaple of his superiors, but wilt get over his difficulties.

A DEFENCE

OF .

HINDU ASTROLOGY.

Definitions

1. Hindu Astrology ia divided into three; parts- (a) As- tronomy, (b) Astrology (horoscopy) (c) Astrology (horary). Astronomy treats of the heavenly. bodies, the cause of the different seasons, the year and other divisions of time, the phases of the moon, the times for the various prescribed religions ceremonies. inJ ..

2. Horoscopy treats of the good and ban fortunes that occur to all living bein ga in the. world, and also ,to trees and plants, as. indicated by the positions of the planets at the time such beings come into existence, aj d.t: - 8 .: Horary Astrology is that science which includes the answering of particular: questions, by reference to the posi- tion of the heavenly bodies' at the time; whether the ques- tioner communicates his question to the astrologer, or whether the >latter finds out i the qestion as well as the answer from the planets. Sir T. Madhava Row, says (Notes on Hindu astrology, page S) that astrology is an illegiti mate brother, of astro- nomy. Bat while Astronomy enables. us to ,find ont the different times and seasons, astrology tells us their signi- ficance, i.e., whether particular days are lacky or unlucky. Astrology is therefore of the greatest use and importance to all men as a guide in the affairs of daily life. Astrology was born at the same time as astronomy, and is its twin brother, jnst as the brilliance of the sun was seen as soon as that luminary appeared.

The origin of Astrology. 4. Sir T. Madhava Bow says (Notes on Hindu Astro- logy, page $): "From the study of astronomy, the Brah- mins were easily led to the study of Astrology. As they were credited by theu great body of the people with the

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power of predicting striking phenomena' of nature, they came to be credited generally with the power of knowing the future. They were -accordingly consulted as to all sorts of future events. The cultivator of the soil consulted them as to when the rains might be expected, when the rivers would be in flood, and then when the delivery of his wife would take plee) whether the issue would be male or female, how long would the child live, what its fortunes would be, and so on. All such questions were answered, those relating to the seasons, etc., as a matter of calculation, the others as a matter of guess-work; most of the predic- tions foqnded on calculation were fulfilled as the result of known natural laws .. Some of the predictions, made as mere guesses, were also fulfilled by chance, or as a matter of probability." *! 2:71. .. This is incorrect. According to this the common people went to consult the astrologer, about the eclipses, etc., thibkingheiwoildflso "foretell the future. India was a civilized Cotiotry frum" very early times.' Those of the people'who were not learned, on recaiving' answers from astrologers not in conformity with the actual events, would soon havermegleted astrology. The very fact of their always having reomrse to it shows that there is much truth in it. The seal reason why astrologers were consulted at all about futareievents is that it was found by common experience/ that their predictions frequently, if not invari- ably, turned out correct. Derivation of the Sanskrit word for "Astrologer." " 5:8 Atrbl8e9 Saskrit is Devagna, which means, ac- cording to the Amarakosa, one who declares the fate or- dained by Gód."Astrological books were defined as works treating of the fate of beings. Even in Rigveda it is Stated "prathyakshom jyothisham brahmo : 'si," "Thou Brahma art astrology, always before us." This shows the dhtiqhity bf ystrology: 6. Sir T. Madhava Row says (Notes on Hindu Astrology, page 5): "Krishna was born when the moon was in the Rohini group of stars, wnd, Krishna put his uncle to death. It was hence generalizou that whoever is born when the moon is so situated must be very unfavorable to his uncle." Y"This'is incorrect, becaase the astrological meaning of the moon in Rohioi at birth was fixed long before the birth of

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Krishna. i The son of Snrpanaka, sister of Havana, waa born when the moon was in Rohini, and we know that; Havana died a violent death ; the prediction " unfavourable . tdis uncle."' was fulfilled in this case. It may be observed, how- ever, that for this signification to be exact, other concurring signs,: besides "moon in Rohini," must be present in the horoscope .: ·' . -: ..

Vegetables, animals and men are created, destroyed and preserved as the result of planetary effects, natural effects, and terrestrial effects. 7. : All animals take in twenty times as much air as food ; therefore if that air is non-existent We can easily understand there will be an end of animal existence on earth. The Hindus seeing that the Europeans have introduced in to this country railways, telegraphs, and other wonderful modern inventions, think them almost gods, and believe anything they say ia absolutely true ; and ' since many Europeans ignore : the science of . astrology;' many Hindus fonlow ' their 'axample, Had the Hindus themselves studied their existing treatises on astrology, and tested their conclusiona they.would not have followed tbe Europeans in their rejeotion of the science.

How the heavenly bodies. influence men animals and .plants 8. According to Jainendrasutram, all. living thinga; in the world are above the earth and below. the hesvens. These living things, the earth, and, the heavens have accord- ing to the Scriptures five kinds of vital airs called respectivmry prána, apána, vydna, udhdna, samána .* They have also three kinds of vital fires, and through the interaction of these vital airs and vital fires result the several seesons, the different states of health, creation, destruction, preservation, etc. First from the heavenly bodies we get ether and from ether, air, from these two, fire, from these three, water, from these four, earth. As earth also inclades all the living beings thereon, these also are made up of the five elements.

. The fi*e vital aira ara the followiog :-- Práne-is tha sir in the heart, and aacenda. Apdoa in tha nir in the anns, and descends. A.

Vyana-is the air in all parte of the body, te., circulating cir. Udhana-is the air in the throat, and keeps down the food and diink. Boména-is tbe air in the navel, and carries the gro ter and finer-por- tions of food and drink to different parts of tha body,; e

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Since "these elements came from"the beavenly bodies,:it follows that the living beings ure fndnenced by the heavenly bodies."The influences of the heavenly bodies are fivefold; emanating, bringing to a standstill, destroying, attracting, and'fertilising! The eun gives out heat, it draws off vapour, and leaves the 'sediment remaining, it burab ap grass, eto., it attracts other heavenly bodies, it is the source of physical life. Similarly all the planeta exert five influences. The heat man gives off from his body, interacting with the heat the sun, produces abnormal bodily beat, resulting, in disease. Similarly man exerts the four otber infldences. To remedi bodily disturbance arising from the infldence of heat or cold various. devices. have. been inventedysuich as fires, garments; the use of ice, etorias h atto ns od lli s eo. ;;

f water or fire be applied to anyisabstance, the influence of water or fire will reeide in that subetance, similarly living beings on the earth are subject to the infnence of hest cold, and the like marising, fnom the, aotion of the heavenly bodies,r yuitsize niodi beibute sovlemads enbeill ads inft Justas'a phild, born ifrom ite fother's fombyand: living on its mother's onilke istsubject to>the eamé disease.se the motber, ,so we, born on this earth, are subject to the in- fluencos ererted off thie tarth by the hesvanly bodied.afl Europeans also allow that tbare is a matual attraction sobeisting : batwedhs all the beavenly: bodies and: thid. world, and the existence of this indluence uhows that the bther four influences also: exist. "Whenever e see:arioke :we infer there is fire, from the presence of firewe infer that of water, and so on. The word man signifies a being endowed with several organs and with'rmndl? IThns it is not anreasonable to infer the existence of all five inflaeritel when the existence of one: is proved:They areall five: intimately bonnected, and no one of them can exist withoat the btber four. : 9. The English first held tho theory that the sun moved round the earth, and thoaght there was no land to the west of Europe. Subsequently these two viows have been changed, and they say now that the earth moves round the sun. America has been,discovered, by. Colambus. This shows that their thebries are not neccessrily incapable of change. It is well known thst Hindu astrouomical calcala- tions with regard to eclipses, do., are correct, notwithstend- ing that earth is their centre."Dither, therefore, the earth

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is the caitre, or their calcalations are not in dhe least affected by that theory, whatever it night be:shs-worr aogonemnod = The Moon gives forth twenty-one different kinds of rays. In ey of one of the sigus of the rodiac (st deg!), these twenty- 'one kinds of rays make one change; therefore Hu the 30 deg: they change forty-seven times. By each of these'twentya one kinds 'of rays the creatiob, preservation and destrab! tion of seven kinids of beings are 'influended doring oden47th of a sodiacal sign. Similarly with the other planets. the Sun has five tdifferent kinds 'f rayej and their infltende asts oer one degres Mars has seven kinds of rays lasting 1e degives Merchry has hine kinds of rays lasting one degrbey #Jupiter has 'ten kinds lasting five"minuteegrVets has sitteen kinds lasting one degree ; Saturn has foar kindetust ing two minntes'C Of the flve kinids f zvital airspthe frst givee ns pleasure when, we breathe, the second hy its contact with the body, the third enters onr body with our food the fourth gives ns pleasure in seeing,the fifth in, hparing. WWhen these fire do not act at the proper time and proper wray pain is the resnlt. If a man enters a foom fu!l 1a8 the

of noxious gas he will be suffocated ; if a man stares at the sun, he is likely to become blind, and,so 04 mi enitensms s! TO. While Ithe child is in the womb it is ioflndocedi by ithe planets thronghtita vital airsafAll plants fcome tiato existence through the Moon and. Venus, cbecsuse these two emanate:itvateryrays; coral, pearls,: shells, eto,ud all auimals found in water are produced by these itwor : Man is born throngh the influence of;the San and Jupiter, aod he dies under the influende of the Moon.h Rigveds itlis shid "Ohtmdrova maranam, death:is fromuchet Moon."' 'The moon gives coldness, and when a mari becomes abaót- mally cold, he dies. Minerals are prodaced. through thelin- fluence of Mars and Satarn, Purity and the growth of the thiree kingdoms are ander the influerice of the Sund: o-4; Necessity of accurate knowledge of the time of birlh, etc. 11. The time must be determined either by means of some mechanical contrivance, or from the shadow cast by she sun, or from the position of the heavenly bodies, - If the time is to be calculated from the position of the heavenly bodies, the relative position of the planets thust be deter- mined either from a trastworthy Altuanat, or from dooarate obrerratiónt A horoxcope is a map of 'the heavenly:bodiea 17

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at the time bf ibirth. The: chief: diffoulty in (making sdch horoscopes now-a-days is the fact that most of the almanacs are unreliable. Aman is only happy and prosperons so long as he is under the iufluence of planets emanating euspicions rays:or emanating prona and adhana (two of the vital (airs), bat the man himselfies well as the earth must et the same time emanate prána and udhana. Planets emanating prume.and udhana exert an anspicious influence. Sach parts ofs the earth as emanate these two vital airs are said to be onspici- ous pleces.v Those zodiscal signs which emanate prana and udhana are anspicions .: 1Times at which prána, And adhána are being/emanated are said to be suspicious imes. The emanation of apána and vyána is inauspioione ei The emina- tion of samána may ibe either, enspinioas or inauspioions,ni

te cottipletely under the infuence of its parohts or guardiaus. From the hotoscope of ady, perenn It m'smhomkibte to preo anything until after the age of five years .. " as the time when the child is able to distinguish bet ween good and evil."Until the age of twelfe the ihfdence nt the rays emanating from the earth etert fhe ost powertol milnence, it is only after ithis age that the rinfltiece of epdaniets ofithe earth and the:individoal power ofiresistance inthe man .act in their due proportion .: This poweriof resistance mnay 'be so far increased that it will not only renable vthe man to reaist outside influences, but farther. enable.himt to.exert influence on outside things. It islthis power,derelaped by the Rishis in dapas (penance), that.enabled them,afor in- stance, toburn up.men by merely gazing at them" Hlhe Puranas record several : instances inwhichg Riahis and others exerted, at will, the most powerfnl inf uence on mon and things, creating, preserving, and destroying them. wIf these thinga be true, it is not unreasonable to attribnte:in- fluence to the emanations of planets. Though some of,08 do not believe"the stories in the 'Puranas, we are all well ecqnainted with the moral inflnence exerted eby one inan on another. .- The Universe according to Hindu Astronomy ...... 18. We learn from the calonlations of.,eolipses, leto., made.by European and Hindu,astronomers, ithat the calca- lations: are correct in both countries. The selstireponi-

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tions of: the planets differ in different countries. Naatical. Almanac; published in England,, caloulations are In the

given by which corrections can be made fori different countries. By means of these . calculations. we are unable to learn the quantity,: vital airs, power, influence of the rays, eto., of the, planets. Those who have only studied astronomy can have no faith in astrology. If tbey read astrology as well as astronomy, they may be able to believe in the former. European astronomers describe the' immn- ence of the Sun and Moon alone, but not of the other planets,"becadae thia is not known to"them. The other planets, being hear' the' San and Moon,' partake, of their infuence. ' If atything is placed near a fire, the fire will consume it; thus unless each planet partakes of the qualities of the others; they cannot corns into jaxtaposition. The Qualities, and Properties of Zodiacal signs and i Planets according to Garga Sutra (3 Adhy!)) if* 14. The earth fej divided' into' twelve equal parte, each of which is a zodiacal sign.' 'Eaoh such 'part is divided into 80 parts (bhaga,!degree). "Abhaga is divided into' 60 kalds' () or breaths; , If all the sigos make oue revolu- tion, it makes'one day and night.' Each Rasi takes five Indian hours (1,800 breatha) 'to pass from' one station to another.' This period (1,800 breaths) is called a Brahma swara, its length varies in different countries, the variation depending on the positions of the Sun and Moon. , In Indian calculations Ceylon is taken as the first station; this ie called Lankarasimanasankya, . Spherical . bodies, moving in ,the heavens, are called planets; when these bodies come opposite any gign in Jthe sodiac, they; are said to be iu that sign. A hearenly body possesses [five ele- ments, five vital airs, five colprs, three qualities (gunas), and five forces. Saryasidhanta says the sun travels through one sign in one month, Mars at the rate of forty-five days a sign, the: Moon two and a quarter days, Mercury and Venus each one month, Jupiter one year, Saturn two years and a half, the Moon's ascending and descending nodes eaoh ayear and a half. Properties of signs and planets as laid down by Sainya Muni and Upendracharya and Paracharya.' The sign Aries is red, oblong, full of forests and hills, a hot coaptry, inhabitants of which are always dark in com-

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pleziob, angry, valorons, monstrona in faatures; it con-

cold atid hot, of thoso seven rays five contatn prána, vital aireoe containa apona, and oue the other three vital airs. When the sun comea to that sign, the sign is at the beight of fte beat; it is the proper home of the aun ; that -period of tiwe wben the soo is in that sign is called Vacontarin. :'": Laurus is tiro.thirds water, foreste aud mountains; it is whito in; colopr; one-third ie inbabited ; the inhabitants of that part are some white.and some browm. The white race is very, strong and dun intellectually. The inbabitanta possess, tomogatom .. It has cight raya thrde prana vayu, Lhree auana wayt two the otber threo vayos. Foor raye are bot and four cold .: Its fomm is roond. It is i the highest seat of the moon. So also the rest of the mgos.

the colout loftooral its shape ia ronnd, it han fre rays, three aro hot, ope cold, one hot and cold.These rart Are prire tanw ope opann tayu, aud one the other uiyuy. It possessps all the fite elements in an equal degree Tbe incon is whito of twenty-one watery rage, of which eleven are cold, thee bot, seven cold and hot., Three are prdna says, elevenupana cayu, seven of otber rays. It ao possesces a ll the five elements .. Its shape is roond .. The Tegeon why Artes is the seat of the dun is that Aries bhs four hot taye aod the son three hot taya. Similsrly Tauins, wbich bas a great bamber of cool taya, is the neat of the moon. It a peraon be born when tho moon is in Tetros bewill be under the fallest trdcende of the moot. tkh born at 'soch a tidie will be verf generons, iatelli- gont, mild of fpeech, wealthy, anlicted with constimphoo, of white complerion. Shallarly for othier planels did signe." :Origin:of the signs. The Gret dausa in Samnyamunt Sutre euys that when Iswara (the Lord) was telling the pronavamtinttam to Par- vithi, his eon Bubramani bappened to bear it, and baving learned it unknown to his parenta, went und concealed bimsalf. Iswars wanted to fnd him, and did so by sstrologi- col ecieoco. The pameso Etlioie ho brodght astrology into thip wotld are tigbteen, Shirt, Pitamahn, Vydsa, Vasbishta,

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Saunaka; Paramasiva taught this science to these eighteen, and they taught it to the world.

Subjects that must be learned by an Astrologer. The determination of the time of birth accurately to a sirasa (about * of a second). He must know what planets influence what countries, and the strength of the planetary influence at different times of the day. Counting from the Swasa of birth, the places of the planets should be known. One should kuow the properties and nature of each planet. How Astrology is essential to men. A knowledge of good and bnd times will save a man much trouble and expense. The ceremony of Jathakarma (first ceremony after birth) is the most important in a man's life. Varahamihira says a man must know his birthday, and if he does not know it he is like a beast. To deny the existence of astrology ia to deny the authority of the Vedas. It is said in Rigveda that of the shadangas (six portions) astrology is the eye of Brahma. Just as the eye is the most important of the senses, so astrology is the most important of the w gas. Now that there is so little encouragement given by the general public to astro- logy, really good astrologers are gettiug very scarce. This is one main reasou why so mauy astrological predictions fail. Siuce the knowledge of astrology is essential, and good astrologers are scaree or rare, every man ought to cultivate the science for himself. Sciences such as astrology peculiar to Iudia receive the least support aud aid from the State; native gentlemen who arc educated in Western sciences aud languages join with foreigners in bringing discredit ou these sciences. In India, in olden times, many kings encouraged this science. This science has been left to perish uucared for owing to the selfishuess aud waut of unanimity among educated Hindus. The consequences of learning the significance of lucky and unlucky limes in matters of daily life. If a man is already able to kuow how long he will live, he can satisfy all his desires, make preparations aud arrangements for his death, and provide for his family. Some sensible men may even be ableto extend their lives. There was one Kolacbirainayanar, who having learned before-

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hand that he would die in his 35th year by snake-bite, went to a mahatma, and, acting according to his orders, avoided the risk of his life and lived a long life. Markanda heard beforehand he would die in his 10th year, and spent all his time in worshipping Siva. When Yama came to take him, Siva saved him. If a man knows before-hand he is liable to suffer punishment, he can avoid it by being very cautious at that time .: To whom Astrology is true and to whom it is false. It is false to those who do not trust others, who are not well-behaved, wanting in confidence. If a man lacks faith, he will be indifferent as to accuracy in noting the time of his birth, and therefore will only get an inaccurate horo- scope. Faith is necessary in every science. Yak satyam, Mono satyam, Kay a dotthathryam, etc., (Bigveda,) truth speaking, truth thinking (faith), liberality. One who has faith in astrology notes the time of birth and other times very accurately, and learns the lucky and unlucky dates in his life, and is thus benefited. A Pandian king named Yadaykattar having learned beforehand that a famine last- ing twelve years would commence at a certain date, pre- pared to meet the same, and did so successfully by storing up grain, and rearing goats beforehand. He was thus able to save his subjects from a great calamity. He prayed to God not to send such famines hereafter, and the prayer was heard. Rajah Sir T. Madhava Row says (Notes on Hindu Astrology, p. 49) : That belief in astrology is very mischievous, but the above shows it does great good in the contrary. Astrologers should adapt their predictions to different countries. In some countries there is no differ- ence of caste. In those countries the highest class should be regarded as Brahmins and others as Sudras ; therefore if any question is put to the astrologer on the subject of caste in the horoscope, if it is that of a Brahmin it will be a person of high rank. Similarly he should adapt his other predictions to the manners and customs of the different countries. The science of astrology is closely connected with other sciences. By means of astrology one can learn faots which belong to other. sciences. For instance, in medicine, the doctor can only learn the disease from the symptoms, but the astrologer can discern the nature of the disease and its duration from the patient's horoaoope,

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Yoga philosophy is intimately connected with astrology. Patanjali divides the body into six parts, each part being again sub-divided into two other parts, making twelve in all, corresponding to the twelve signs of the zodiac. He calls the Aradharamulam the place of Saturn and of Akasa(or ether) (saui) where Capricorn and Aquarius are situated. The second division belongs to Jupiter, Pisces, aud Sagit- tarius; it is the place of vayu (wind). The third division belongs to Mars, Aries, and Scorpio, fire. The fourth division belongs to Venus, Libra, and Taurus, water. The fifth division belongs to Mercury, Gemini, and Virgo, and earth. The sixth division is divided into two parts and contains Moon, Cancer and includes five elements in one part; and the other contains Sun and Leo and five ele- ments. The right side is thepingala nadi, and the season from January 17th for four months. The left is Ila nadi, and the season from June to September. The middle river and middle season from December to January and February. The drift of Yoga is the union of Sun and Moon in the Ila nadi, this is Ata Yogam. If this is done in Pingala nadi it is called Raja yogavi. In the central nadi it is called Satwa Yogavi. When the rays of the sun aud moon are directed to the place of Mercury, then it is called Pratamanga Yogam. The subject will live without disease for some time during that period. If Sun, Moon aud Mercury he taken to the place of Venus it is called Tyaghru Yoyam. If Sun, Moon and Venus be taken to the place of Mars, it is called Shudanga Yogam.

If Sun, Moon, and Venus aud Mars are brought to the place of Jupiter, it is called So ptanga Yogam. If Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter are brought to the place of Saturn, it is called AsManga Yogum. Merging into Brabma is acquiring all these Yogams successfully. By pratamangu Yugam one can protect himself from whatever evil that may befall him inthis world. By Lyaghra Yogavi one can predict what relates tu heavenly as well as earthly beings. If Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Venus are brought under Mars (Trijanga Yogaw, one is able to predict what relates to all the three worlds. One acquires the power of the supreme deity (ishwara) if he is master of the above three Yogams. The above is the summary of the entire system of Yoga philosophy. The sex of a person can bo determined bv the position

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of Japiter, Saturn, Mercary, Venus or Mars ; Tupiter and Mars siguify male sex. Saturn is commnon to both sotea If Satarn is in conjunction with the male plariets the iabe ject is a male, if in conjanction with the female plameta the subject is female. . The position of. Saturh gives the fiaal determination of the sex -If the dubject is born auder the two maje planeta lnd under a male zodiacl sigh he ia male, if pfider famale planets and a female sigo the sabject is fewrale. It'in'a horoscope the majority of the male planets are in male sigis the subject is a male and rice tersa. If betwedh the fonrteenth and seventeeuth, or 'twenty-first add twenty: fifth, or twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth "degrees of d female sign the majority of female platiets are found, the snbject is fetale. If the subject is borh under k male sign, and if between the first and the third, sevehth and thirteenth, twenty:first and twenty-eighth degrees of that ign hajority of male planets are found, the hitrect is' mafe. nigo, the

If the subject is born under,a female sign, and the thkjotity of. male planets are found. between the niat and, aitth, eleventh and nineteenth, and twenty-fourth atd tHiffeth degrees of that sign, the subject is male and vich berdd; bat under different degrees, viz., fifth to tenth, seventeenth to hineteenth, twehty-seventh to thirtietb. If the subjedt is born inder a female sigh and under degreeu ohe, five, nine, fifteen, twenty-four or twenty-nine; or if borh urder a male sign under the fourth, seventh, elevéilth, hevetiteenth, twenty-second, or twenty-eighth degree, it the lord of the fifth bouse, counting from the birth sign, be female, the subject is female, or if the planet be male, the aubject is male. In the foregoing rule it is necessary that the fifth house from the birth sign should be occapied by a female plauct and the birth sigu be also female and vice versd. . If any of the four above rules cannot be applied to a partioular horoscope, it is certain that the snbject is not a human being. Male Zodiacal Signs. Aries, Gemini, Loo, Libra, Sagittarins, and Aquarids, 'are male signs. Taurds, Cancer, Virgo, Bcorpio, Capriborn, and Pisces nre female signs. Under thebe sigd's the male degrees (in male signs) are 3, 7, 11, 18, 21, ahd 28; bther degrees are female. The female degrees (in female sigos) are 1, 6, 12, 20, 25 and 28; the other degrees are thale.

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If the birth sign is a male sign and divided into sixty equal parts, and if the subject is born between degrees two and five, eight and eleven, sixteen and eighteen, twenty- one and twenty-three, twenty-seven and thirty, thirty-four and thirty-seven, forty and forty-one, forty-eight ana fifty, and fifty-five and fifty-six, the subject is male, but not neces- sarily human. If born under the other degrees, the subject is a female. If the subject is born under a female sign, under or between the degrees above enumerated, the subject is female ; if born under the other degrees it is a male (may not be human). For further details on this point, the reader is referred to the writer's work on astrology called "Jothisha Pragyana Dipika." Caste is determined by Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Moon and the lord of the ninth house. If the majority of these planets exert auspicious influence in the signs 1,4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 (counting from the birth sign), and if in any one of these signs the majority of the five planets are found between the 22nd and 26th degrees, and that sign is moveable, or the majority of the planets are found under any one sign between the fourteenth and eighteenth degrees, and that sign is stationary, or if the majority of the planets are found in any sign between the third aud seventh degrees, and that sign is neither moveable nor stationary, the planets in these positions signify caste. The caste is Brahmin pro- vided Jupiter and Sun are in the majority, aud exercise a strong influence. The subject is Kshatriya if Mars and Sun are in the majority, Mars being lord of the ninth house. If Mercury and Venus are among the majority, the subject is Vaisya. If Saturn aud Moon 'the Moon's as- cending and descending nodes) are among the majority the subject is Sudra. Similarly, in countries where no castes exist, the rank of the subject can be ascertained.

Rules about husband and wife. If either Venus, Saturn, Sun, or Mercury is lord of the seventh house, and located in the second, sixth, eighth or twelfth house, the wife will die before her husband. If the same planets be located in the second, sixth, seventh, eighth or eleventh house, if the sign of the house be move- able, and the planets are between the 9th and 14th degrees, or if the sign of the house be immoveable, and the planets' are between the 14th aud 19th degrees, or if the sign of the house be both moveable and immoveable, and the

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planets are between the 19th and 27th degrees, the wife will die as soon as the marriage takes place. Similarly other directions are given for ascertaining the fidelity of the wife. (See Jothisha Pragyana Dipika.). The moveable signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn; the immove- able signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius; the rest are both moveable and immoveable.

REMARKS ON

RAJA SIR T. MADHAVA RAO'S PAMPHLET.

r T. Madhava Rao knows astronomy and gives a goo definition of it, but, being ignorant of astrology, misrep- resents it. Because he has no faith in it he advises others not to believe iu it. He says "Astronomy is considerably true and astrology totally false," but if astronomy is admit- ted . to be true, it also follows that astrology is trne. On page 2 he says, that Brahmins, by astronomy, foretold "the hot season, the cold season, and the rainy season," and these could be foretold only by attention to the position of the heavenly bodies. These results are not found ont by astro- nomical but by astrological calculations.

*5, He says (page 2; that Brahmins alone studied astro- nomy. Astronomy was studied by persons belonging to Other castes who attained as much proficiency as Brahmins. Ulamudayan was of Vallala caste. Sainyamuni was a Sudra, and Aswamaya was not a Brahmin, and is one of the greatest astrologers. 7. On (page 3) he says: "All such questions were answered, those relating to the seasons, etc., as a matter of calculation, the others as a matter of guess-work." This is incorrect. All questions were answered as a matter of calcu- lation, as a reference to the author's treatise on astrology will show. 8. The Raja says (page 3), "Astronomy was born first, then was born Astrology, the illegitimate brother." Astro- The nomber reter to the pargriphs of Sir T. Madhara Ran's

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nomy and astrology are twin brothers; it is only since the days of Kepler and Flamstead they were divorced; in origin they are inextricably bound together, and it is impossible to say which appeared first; in all ancient writ- ings they are no more separated than the sun's brightness from the sun. 9-10. The Raja says (pp. 4, 5) that the rules of astrology "have no agreement or consistency," and hence the basis of astrology is destroyed. This is incorrect. The difference in the rules is not owing to difference in principles, but in the intellects of those who framed them. The various systems differ in some details, but are all the same in the main. In some places imperfect knowledge is the cause of defects. 11. The Raja 'page 4) blames the rules of astrology because they show how the quality and quantity of planetary influence vary according to the position of the planets in relation to the zodiacal signs or one another. The writer might as well find fault with arithmetical calculations as with the fact that these variations occur in the quality and quantity of planetary influence. The claim astrology makes is that the position of the planets and zodiacal signs indicates certain matters regarding the fortunes of men. To do this properly there must be scope for infinite variety ; hence the exact position of the planets must be considered with reference to one another and to the signs of the zodiac. 13. On page 5 the Raja states the direction with respect to the bad fortune of an uncle originated in a circumstance of the life of Krishna. There are sayings in Veda and other shastras confirming the direction before Krishna was born. 14. If it is true " that the astrologers of different places and of different times acted in the manufacture of rules without concert, without comparison and without observa- tion, which is the foundation of all science," it is at least very remarkable that in the main principles there is so much substantial agreement as we see in the astrolo- gical systems of every part of the habitable globe. No doubt a number of incorrect generalizations are current; these will be found on examination to be simply efforts on the part of half-taught astrologers to fill up the gaps in their knowledge. We do not see how the trains on the railway line are like the planets in the zodiac.

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15. (a) The Raja says (page 6): " The planetary colloca- · tion given is for the time of conception," and it is impossible to ascertain this time. The time taken by the astrologer is properly the time of birth. It is an error to try to take the time of conception. (6) He says Jupiter and Saturn " require hundreds of years to return to the same position." Saturn and Jupiter return to the same relative position 1 n exsotly sixty.years. (c) He implies that in astrology there are no fixed rules and no means of verifying them. To judge of the truth of this, some horoscopes of recent celebrities, such as are given in many European . works, should be consulted. (Vide Examples, pp. 51 and . 58," Vol. I. of "The Text-Book of Astrology" by J. Pearce.)": ; : 16. Because the calculations are diffcalt, it does not fol- low that they are impossible or their results untrue. In many cases there are no terrestrial probabilities to go upon, and yet astrologers give correct predictions. · 17. But if astrology is true, it must also be possible to forecast the environment as well as the fate of the organ- ism, i.e., calculations must be possible for members of the family, district and nation to which the subject belongs. It is claimed that such calculation can be made, and is the result of the natural order and sequence of the planetary arrangements, and thus the analogy of Sir T. Madhava Rao (the chance position of nine balls on a board) is a false one. 18-20. One who is not acgnainted with both astronomy and astrology is not an astrologer. 21. The Baja says (p. 9): " It seems absurd to suppose that the planets at the time the child saw the light .... took cognizance of such matters (health, climate, heredity, education and other factors of character) and arranged themselves with reference thereto." Beyond and above all these there is the Swabhavam of the child that the horoscope merely states. Nobody supposes that the planets arrange such things or themselves in reference thereto, but their relative position corresponds with the event. 22. On page 9 the Baja gives a number of rules which he considers necessarily absurd .. But, if on experiment it

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is found that astrological rules are correct statements of what tends to happen in given planetary positions, the absurdity disappears. Astrologers claim that these rules are correct statements.

24. The planets are divided into castes, according to the nature of the influence respectively attributed to them. These divisions might of course have been expressed in other terms (as they were in other countries), but in old India the ancient caste division seemed the most convenient. Uranus and Neptune are not included in the old Indian works on astrology. European astrologers include them, but say that their influence, owing to their great distance, is so slight that it may generally be neglected for all prac- tical purposes.

25. In Genethliacal Astrology, which is used for pre- dictions relating to the whole life of the subject, the time of birth is taken; in Horary Astrology, which relates to detached questions, the time of inquiry is taken as the basis of calculation. 26-32. The original grounds which led to the framing of astrological rules are now lost, but astrologers claim that, if these rules are attended to, the results will be as pre- dicted. The truth or otherwise of these rules can only be tested by experiments. 31-35. If there is any truth iu astrology, it is obviously advantageous to compare the horoscope of a bride and bridegroom before marriage. Most of the objections here urged by Sir T. Madhava Rao simply apply to the ignor- ance of astrologers and not to the science itself. 36. Astrologers, he says (p. 17), are often consulted about stolen property and often give unsatisfactory replies. Here again experience is the only test. No doubt there are many iguorant rogues who pass themselves off as astro- logers, and their slight knowledge of astrology does not turn them into honest men. 37. On page 18 the Raja gives an instance of answering a question which, he says, is done entirely by guess-work. A good astrologer would make a calculation according to the rules of horary astrology and predict accordingly ; iu Europe, if not in India, several cases could be cited in which such predictions turned out perfectly correct.

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88.40. Here again (p. 18, 19) Sir T. Madhava Rao simply censures the; roguery of 'ignorant impostors-who are also aware that unless they prophecy pleasant things they will get no reward 43.45. The Raja says (pp. 20) that astrologers get credi .for some of their predictions when they are not entitled to it; for they are those in which no good or evitis predicted and in which no good or evil happens; and that " there is .no prediction ana no fulfilment. Both these suppositions are unwarranted. When a muhurthum is fixed for a jour- ney, it is done in-order that the persons making their jour- ney may reach their destination conveniently and without any injury befalling them on their way. Further, in most cases in which a muhurthum is fixed, the. object is not merely a safe journey, but something to be done after Teaching the destination. This is generally the case. When we 'have to go to My lapore from Triplicane to see a friend, or to attend a meeting, no one thinks of asking an astrolo- ger for a good muhurthum, but suppose there is Grahapra- vesam in My lapore after a marriage at Triplicane, a good muhurthum is songht for, nor can it be said in the; former case-that of a merely safe journey-that there is no pre- diction and hence no fulfilment, and that it is a case in . which no good or evil happens. Is it meant that there are no accidents befalling any person on a journey ? Or that all persons bound to a certain place reach it afteran equally pleasant journey ? Even so, in the hitter case, it is not so much the journey as the final object for which the journey itself is undertaken in which the person has an interest and which tests the prediction." Is it not easy to see that in these cases good or evil may happen ?

46. As to the assertion about some astrologers who sin- cerely believe in the truth of astrology, but who are accused of bad reasoning, I submit that the nature of the science should be considered before pressing this charge. That the science is most complex-concerning as it does the minutest details of the most complex life-will be readily seen. As such it is no wonder if, in spite of the. most careful calculations, the predictions sometimes fail. Even so it as with medicine and every branch of knowledge in the world. Because the doctor fails to cure a few cases, his science is not to be discredited .. Rciantiata will .be the first to .admit how often they failed before they succeeded

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making an experiment. But their failures do not warrant a wholesale condemnation of science itself. Examples can be easily multiplied. The fault iu the application of a science is not the fault of the science itself. 47. The objections in this para. against astrology have been answered (p. 31, 136 & 137), and if the rules we have given there are observed in examining properly drawn horoscopes, the questions contained in this para. will be answered. It may be stated, however, in regard to the question as to what influence the planets can possibly exercise npon human lives aud destinies, that the sun is admitted to bo the source of life and energy by modern scientists, and it is plain that the sun, by the decomposing power of his rays, removes all noxious odours. The moon's influence iu the growth of plants and iu the budding and blossoming of flowers is also a fact needing no demonstra- tion. The sun is composed of various elements, according to tho results arrived at by the help of the Spectrum Analysis, and the ancients held, consistently therewith, that the sun has chemical rays of different kinds pro- ducing different effects. They hold that the different rays are as many as a thousand in number. Without being hypercritical in regard to this, the only point which should be inferred is that the sun has different rays producing different effects. The moon too has different kinds of ravs numbering twenty-one. That the other planets have similar influences has been explained in the previous pages. That the sun's rays have a great deal to do with the creation, preservation, and destruction of all life in the world is an admitted fact. As the rays produced are not the same all through the day, but are constantly changing, and as these constantly differing influences are imbibed by the things of this earth, it is evident that men born at different times of the day and imbibing different influences exhibit differences iu their nature and constitution.

18. It is said that one strong reason for the genera belief in astrology is that from our very cradle we are taught to believe iu it. We accept this, but do not see that it proves the falsehood of astrology. A widespread belief in astrology,handed down from generation to generation, affords a very strong presumption indeed in favour of the science, for it. is more probable that one man or one generation was deceived than that thousands of men and thousands of

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generations were deceived. But it may be said that one wise man is better than ten fools, and that one critical and thoughtful age is better than thousands of unthinking and ignorant ones. The question is, can any one who is really acquainted with the intellectual labours of the ancients say that all of them put together, or the ages which produced them, are inferior to men of this generation ? : Have we really acquainted ourselves with what the ancients have accomplished in their search for truth in all departments of Nature, and does a fair comparison of their knowledge and our present knowledge prove to us their undeniable inferiority. Untl it is shown, beyond dispute that our age is, all in all, superior to the times of the ancients, we shall rather believe in what so many have believed than condemn what we do not understand. Herbert Spencer- the first name in the list of modern philosophers-says that the universal belief of mankind in a certain matter is rather a proof that that belief is well grounded than that such a large number of men gifted with brains like ourselves have fallen a victim to a delusion. The presumption, I submit, in such cases, is, primâ facie, that a widespread, long-held belief is so held on account of its truth.

50. That astrologers dread sceptics is true with regard to a certain class of astrologers, but not so with all. It must be remembered that, along with the decline of our ancient knowledge, astrology has also gone down. It is no wonder that such a difficult branch of knowledge as astrology has fallen into the hands of men who can bring upon it nothing but discredit: but the wonder is that, in spite of these odds, astrology still contains visible germs of truth, and these can be shown to all who choose to see them. Therefore, if ignorant astrologers shrink from sceptics or abuse them, that fact should not lead any fair-minded man to infer that all astrologers are of this type. The quotations made from Varahamibira do not show any tendency in that great man to elevate iris own profes- sion unduly, they only show that these will be the con- sequences of not having astrologers-provided astrology is true. It is as rational and charitable to argue abont astrology in general from the modern specimens of astrologers as to judge of our medical system from our common quacks, or the fine art attainments of our ancestors from their modern representatives, or the worth of the

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philosophy of Bhagavat Geeta from the worth of modern logicians and students of philosophy. Because the school- men disgraced logic, is logic to be condemned ?

There is no need to multiply instances. We have only to say that a noble science may fall into disrepute by its being taken up by ignoble men, aud that from the latter no inference should be drawn as to the former.

53. The loose reasoning of the graduates is here attacked : but it would have been well indeed if the gradnates' doubts and their data had been given more accurately. They waver not simply because they kuow that tides are caused by the moon, but because they have foud predictions true which prevent them from calliug astrology false. They waver not because there are incontrovertible proofs as to the false- hood of astrology, which they have not brains enough to understand, but because, like men who know both sides of a difficult problem, who feel the difficulty of a decision, they abstain from jumping to a conclusion. There are graduates who would fain believe astrology to be false, but for the fact that they themselves have been surprised to see its predictions come true, and they do not know how to explain it. Further, it is not merely the moon affecting the tides which makes the graduates waver, but other facts too, such as the fact that certain diseases of human beings are observed to wax aud wane at periods corresponding to the position of the moon. Is this a fact or not ? We have observed not a few cases of human diseases increasing or decreasing with the moon. If our observation is incorrect, wo shall be glad to be corrected. As we have said elsewhere, we are ready to afford proofs as to the truth of astrology enough to rouse aud justify the most earnest enquiry into it of the best intellects. We are not in a position to afford for astrology any but a purely empirical proof. Hut if even a single case, or for the matter of tlint a good number of cases turn out true, according to the principles laid down by our ancestors, and if we cannot account for it by the logic of chance,-for let the best logician, or the most audacious guesser undertake the same business and give us equally good resnlts-dues it not stand to reason that we ought to study it closely before passing a verdiet: And will Sir T. Madhava Rao say that he has made such a study? For aught we know, his arguments are all drawn from Western science aud logic, aud as from that poiut of view ho cannot

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understand how it could be trne, he condemns it as false, very much like a man who has not seen or heard of a steam engine, denying the possibility of any such thing. Let SirT. Madhava Rao or any unbeliever in astrology show us his record of instances of astrological predictions, either as given ont by others, or as examined by himself, and let him show us that the results are decidedly against astrology, then. we shall gladly throw our belief or convictions to the winds and go over to bis side; or let Sir T. Madhava Rao from thi moment give us a fair trial, and we shall record prediction systematically, and see how they fare. Will the Rajah agre to this ? Let him put us under the most stringent test an conditions, and give us a fair hearing. Will he take u the gauntlet 63. e Rajah goes on next to account under six heads for those cases which succeed without any planetary influence; they are- i: 1. Alternative cases in which the one or the other must be trne. 2. Where they are shrewd guesses.' 3. When the prediction is made in vague and ambiguous language. 4. Where they contribute to their fulfilment .- 5. Where they succeed by the adoption of measures recommended to them by the astrologers in concert with the priest. 6. Justification of the events after their occurrence which are taken for predictions. I shall not argue lengthily about this apparently well- analysed explanation of astrology, bnt shall merely give one instance which I request the Rajah to bring under any of his six-fold classifications. It is a case which can admit of little doubt, for it can be very easily verified. Recently I was, with some gentlemen of this Presi- dency, engaged in a conversation upon astrology and upon the Rajah's criticism thereof, and one of those present made the following statement which I quote from memory: "In my eighth year, when I was making Adhya- num, my mother took me with my horoscope to consult a certain Iyengar astrologer in my village. When we went to the astrologer's hoase, which was a roofed one, and

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the astrologer looked into my horoscope, he asked my mother to send me out, and she did so. I went out, but knowing that the astrologer had something to say about me, aud being curions, concealed myself at the end of the pial of the house near a wiudow on the other side of which was the astrologer. The astrologer said to my mother, 'your son will attain a position equal to that of a king in a place which is northward to this. He will become one of the most famous of men. He will become highly learned in the State language. Why don't you put him to school and make him learn English ? Why are you killing him in Adhyanum V To which my mother said, 'I have no means to educate him.' The astrologer said ' Beg or do anything and educate him in English. He is destined to become famous, but I don't know if you will live to enjoy his fame and fortune fully, and I don't want to tell all this to the boy's face, lest he might get conceited.' My mother then came out, and I got down from the pial, and ran away lest she should punish me for overhearing." All turned out as predicted. The motive iu this prediction could not have been money, for what could the poor mother of a poor boy give for a prediction which, so far as she was concerned, could only have excited a momentary thrill of joy to be succeeded the next moment by all the stern difficulties of her actual condition of life at the time. To all appearance nothing could be more unlikely than the event prophesied. Does this not show that the astrologer must have depended on rules laid down by astrologers iu reference to the horoscope he was examining, and if his prediction has been realized, can we account even for a single case like this by chance, and can we say that those great ancient writers wrote stupendous works of pure human invention merely in order to deceive the iguorant ? I should like to know what the Rajah says to this.

69. The Raja says (p. 41) that he is quite unable to imagine how the planets can influence human beings separately. As to this it has been said that we mean to give only empirical proofs of astrology. Our ancients must surely have known the way in which the planets affect us, though the study of the same has been given up too long since to enable us to answer the question. But we do not on that account feel bound to give up our case. What better proof can there be of the truth of a science than that its

148 statemeute and priociples, when spplied to practice, are fotind to hold good in a sufficiently jarge oomber of cases, which inevitably suggests the idea tht the failure in the remainiug cases is rather due to'our errors in calculation or oor want of sufficient examination of the boroscope, than to the falaeb ood of the acience. 72. The exawples referred to on p. 41, of a bsolutely contradictory indicationa, must be taken from incorrect borosoopes, for such casea, according to the acience of astro- logy, pught never to occor. I shall be bappy to examiue euch horoecopes if they are seot to me. 78: It doce not follow that astrology is false, becanss eatrologere do oot agree in their predictions. It depends whet aort of sstrologers are coosolted. If they are the best they wil agree, bot if they are of very ordiuary merit, they wust difer according to the several degrees of their koowledge granting that they are bonest in their predic- tidne. Bot because doctore differ, ia the science of medicine falee + Complete iguorance or perfect knowledge is bound to agree with regard to the qoestions coming before it. Bot balf koowledge gives riee to difference of opinion, and will ba've to be improred until we are able to place our cou- olasione opon a connd besis, but mieaowhile, to condemn a canse on 'scoon ut of the weakness of men who uphold it, is a' very objeotionable argoment, and would put an eod to honest enquiry and investigation in auy branch of knowledge in wbich it is eocepted. : 26, .Since rales are given in the previous pages f We request the Rajah to test them in a buudred crees care+ fully and ceod os lis record. 77. With regard to the detericination of the ser, rales Bre given. Werequest a feir trial. 82. It ia necessary to answer ooly the Intter part of this para. . Thare it is eaid that astrology is believed iu toostly by women who are igoorant; belief iu it declines ss education adrances. This is only partially true; for sn age of pbysioat scieoce end materiahistic philosophy can oot bat ba sceptical as to the bare possibility of the truth of astrology-altbough we cau show that it has bad the advocecy of the grestest intellecta of our coontry. Has the soeptical philosophy of to-day been able to solve the mys- teries of the aniverset Hss it sbown to ns beyond the

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shadow of doubt that we are naught but mere clay, and there is nothing but the atom which has an eternal existence ? If materialism and evolution have given us a satisfactory explanation of the universe, then it will be time to reject our ancient works and among them those on astrology. It must be borne iu mind that astrology, if true, will take us deeper into the solution of the problems of life and will lead us to higher truths. It is therefore premature to con- clude that the materialism of the day will last for ever, or that it will not give place to more difficnlt-it may be- but to more rational and satisfactory explanations of the universe. It is but right to expect that, as Englishmen have advanced from complete barbarism to their present civilisation, and as ages of labour have given them such won- derful control over the material part of our universe, even so will further advancement lead them to the discovery of the laws of mind and gradually give them an insight into the spiritual causes at work in our world. Then will astrology be hailed as a link iu the chain of causation. 83-84. The evil effects of astrology are here dwelt upon, we can only say that there are good effects too. But the question is whether astrology is true, and if it is true, its effects, both good and bad, should be borne in mind. 85. What is said in this para., according to which all astrologers arc swindlers, applies to ignorant, selfish and dishonest astrologers, and not to astrologers as they ought to be, or as they would be under more favourable condi- tions. 88. It is wrong to say that Europe as a whole has reject- ed astrology. We may refer to the vastly circulated and well known Almanac called Zulkiel's Almanac. If one por- tion of Europe has rejected, another portion believes in it with no less strength and reasou. Spiritualism is distinctly gaining ground in Europe, and we have every reason to hope that with it astrology will gain ground. Conclusion. We have only to say in conclusion that what stands in the way of an honest and patient investigation into the truth or otherwise of astrology-which we submit it has yet to receive-is not so much the inherent weakness of the science or even want of opportunity to study it, but the general, if not universal, scepticism which is the fashionable creed of the

day and from which even the most courageous are too timid to depart.It is a well-established, fact that all current creeds demand an allegiance, not to give which,is enough to make any man ridiculous in the estimation of those whose good-will and, favourable: opinion he is desirous of: deserving .. What is vaunted as.the courage of one's conviction is very often nothing more than supporting in grandiloquent language. the views of the greatest men of the day without perhaps really understanding them -. It is the destroying and nnthink-, ing scepticism which stalks through the land: bare-faced and which is-worshipped as the only rational creed, which ac- counts for the hesitation or unwillingness on the part of our educated men to honestly investigate the question with the reqnisite energy. We sincerely trust that better times are dawning upon this ancient but, unfortunate land, and that our ancestors will be recognised some day, in the far-off future at least -- as. not having been altogether as foolish, setfish; deceitful as our Rajah rsupposes them to have been. I conclude in the worde of the Rajah himself, more fittingly than I can in my own. ,.

MI hope that the reader will duly appreciate my motives and my sincerity, and that he will divest himself of all prejudices and make an honest and careful search after the, Trath. And may he reach it !1.