Observe whether the degrees of the planets associated with the Ascendant The 'Lagna' or the sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth are greater or less than the degrees of the Ascendant itself. If they are less, do not count them; take their number into account only if the degrees are greater. Similarly, count the planets with fewer degrees than the Moon, but do not include those with greater degrees.

Based on the degrees the Moon has already traversed and those yet to be covered, one can determine the amount of oil burned and the oil remaining in the lamp, respectively; however, nowadays, with the prevalence of electricity, this consideration has become largely irrelevant. In the same way, the entrance to the delivery room The 'Sutika-Griha' or the chamber where the birth takes place should be predicted in the direction of the strongest planet situated in a quadrant The 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th houses. □

Section on Determining Planetary Strength

:2: The method for interpreting the results of the houses of the horoscope; the retrograde, exalted, debilitated, deeply exalted, and deeply debilitated states of the planets; the strengths of the planets based on position, Time Kala-bala: strength derived from the time of birth, such as day or night, the sun's path, motion, and temporal variations; natural strength, aspect strength, and the mutual friendship or enmity of the planets.

All twelve zodiac signs arise in order; the first six starting from the Ascendant represent the southern limbs of the body, while the other six represent the northern limbs. The Ascendant is the life-force, and the house occupied by the Moon is the physical body; the results of these two should be applied accordingly. One should determine the results of the various houses based on the condition of the house itself, its lord, and its significators. original: "सर्वे द्वादशराशयः... तत्तत्फलं योजयेत् ॥ १ ॥" - This Sanskrit verse outlines the fundamental mapping of the zodiac to the human body and the methodology for house analysis.

The twelve zodiac signs rise from the East. Among them, from the Ascendant to the seventh house represents the right side of the subject The 'Jataka' or person whose birth chart is being read and the left side of his wife. Similarly, from the seventh house back to the Ascendant represents the left side of the subject's body and the right side of his wife's body. The Ascendant should be understood as the life-force Prana and the house where the Moon resides as the physical body. Thus, the results for both are respectively in the form of life-force and body. The interpretation of the houses of the horoscope should be given after considering the auspicious or inauspicious positions of those specific houses, their lords, and their significators Karaka. For example, regarding the father...