Bhavartha Ratnakara Part 26: Ordinary Combinations - A Modern Guide
A modern English guide to the classical Vedic astrology text by Sri Ramanujacharya, translated and annotated by B.V. Raman.
Part 26 of 28
Chapter Xii
Ordinary Combinations
The learned in astrology say that
all such bhava as whose lords are in conjunction
with the respective karakas become strong
Each bhava comprehends several significations. If a bhava is strongly disposed, all its significations will fully manifest. A bhava gets vitality if its lord joins its karaka. Each bhava has its own karaka, viz., the Sun is the karaka for Lagna and the 9th (father), the Moon is the karaka of the 4th (mother), Mars is the karaka of the 3rd (brothers), Jupiter is the karaka of the 2nd (wealth) and 5th (children), Venus is the karaka of the 7th (wife or husband), Saturn is the karaka of the 8th of Ayus. Thus the Lagna bhava gains strength if its lord joins the Lagna karaka, i.e., the Sun; similarly, the fourth bhava gains vitality if the 4th lord is with the Moon, the karaka for the 4th house.
Lords of the 3rd, 8th and 11th produce evil. Lords of the 5th and 9th give good results.
In Jathakachandrika, which is more or less an epitome of Parashara's work, the ownership of the 3rd, 6th and 11th has been considered as productive of evil, while here, reference has been made to the lordship of the 8th. I have to observe that the 8th lordship is not as malefic as that of the 6th.
Even Guru becomes evil by owning the 3rd, 6th and 8th. However, in spite of owning the 8th, he will confer fame and wealth.
An important principle is enunciated in this stanza. Jupiter becomes a malefic as lord of the 3rd, 6th or 8th, but his power to confer yoga will not be obstructed even if he owns the 8th. This means that in his Dasa, he will confer fame, attain much wealth, but an evil result will not ensue due to his evil ownership; he may give rise to malefic results as to lord in his Dasa or in that of other planets.
Venus in the 6th will certainly give rise to fame and affluence. He will give the same results in the 8th house also.
Astrologers say that fame and affluence are conferred if Rahu is in the 10th, 11th, 4th and 5th houses.
Benefits become evil by owning kendras. Malefic planets produce Rajayoga by owning or occupying kendras.
We are coming to the general principles of astrology. Venus becomes beneficial in the 6th and 12th houses. Rahu gives rise to yoga by occupying the 10th, 11th, 4th and 5th houses. For natural benefics such as Jupiter, Venus, and well-associated Mercury, lordship of kendras or quadrants is not desirable. Natural malefics, even Mars, Saturn, Sun and badly associated Mercury may even cause Rajayoga by owning or occupying kendras. Prof. B. S. Rao used to tell me that a natural benefic cannot become so aggravated by the mere fact of owning a kendra. At best he will lose his full nature. The notes given to stanza 6 of Jataka Chandrika by Prof. B. S. Rao in his English translation are very illuminating and deal exhaustively with the question of malefics and benefics owning kendras.
The house which is occupied or aspected by Saturn becomes defective.
This is a very important combination and is full of significance. Saturn destroys the situations of the bhava in which he is situated except the 6th house. If he is in the 2nd, 7th, 10th, 4th, 5th, 11th, 9th, 8th or 3rd house, you will see that the native will never see very many in quest for long running. He will die a pauper or in very distressing circumstances. His ill aspect or occupation of the 7th, 2nd, 10th, 4th, 5th, 11th, 9th, 8th or 3rd house will be very ruinous to the house; he will totally destroy the indications. On the contrary, if he is situated in the 6th house, he will confer great benefits and exceptions to the general principle enunciated in stanza 7.
If Saturn aspects the 3rd and 9th houses, they will gain strength.
Weak (waning) Moon in Lagna makes the native dull and dependent. He will become rich and a man of character if the waxing Moon is in Lagna.
The native becomes fortunate if the Moon and Mars are either in Lagna or in the 8th house. He acquires houses if Mars joins the 4th lord.
According to stanza 10, Chandra-Mangala yoga occurring in Lagna or in the 8th is good. Mars by himself is not good in the 8th as he will kill the wife (or husband) early in life. But Mars, when he is with the Moon in the 8th, loses his evil nature so that the general fortune of the native is promoted.
Mars is the karaka for lands and the 4th house rules houses and landed properties. When Mars is in conjunction with the lord of the 4th, the native acquires landed properties and houses.
The person acquires cattle and other domestic animals if Jupiter is in the4th housewith thelord of the 4th.
Any house or its lord or its karaka if hemmed in between malefics will produce evil results.
If the lords of the 11th and 12th join together or aspect each other they produce good results. And the 11th lord produces good results if he occupies the 3rd or 12th house.
For persons born in any Lagna, the presence of the lord of the 9th in the 8th does not give rise to any yoga—but only ordinary results will be produced.
The Moon in the 6th makes the native intelligent. He will be fickle minded if the Moon is in the 3rd.
Astrologers say that beginning from Aries the zodiacal signs are odd and even.
Three elements make up a bhava and they are the Bhava (house), Bhavaswamin (lord of the house), and Bhavakaraka (indicator of the house). These three factors should not be hemmed in between malefics. If all the three Bhavas have malefics on either side then the utility of the Bhava will be so weak that it stands self-condemned. If however any one of the factors is subject to the impact of malefics on either side, the strength of the bhava in question will be fairly good. If two of the elements are subject to this affliction, the strength of the Bhava would indeed be ordinary.
The combination given in stanza 13 that if the 11th and 12th lords combine together or aspect each other, is important and it will be found to be applicable in a large majority of cases.