The Moonlight of Ascendants

...associated with a cruel planet original: "kruha-graha"; referring to malefic planets like Mars or Saturn and does not aspect its own sign, then the individual will have few children. || 15 ||

When a malefic planet is in the second house, and likewise in the third and seventh, while Jupiter is in the fifth house, the person will be born into a lowly family. || 16 ||

When planets are situated in the ninth, fifth, and fourth houses, the first-born child will perish, but those born afterward will survive. || 17 ||

If a man has a son by a woman other than his wedded wife, that son will become famous in the world, generous, long-lived, and highly intelligent. || 18 ||

When malefic planets are in the ascendant Lagna: the rising sign at the time of birth, the second house, and the twelfth house, or in the eighth house, the person's path will be blocked by obstacles literally "excrement" or "filth," implying a degraded or blocked path on the twelfth or eighth day. || 19 ||

If Mars is in the sixth house, Rahu original: "Simhikasuta," the son of Simhika is in the seventh, and Saturn is in the eighth, his wife will not live long. || 20 ||

If a child is born at the very end of a lunar day Tithi: a lunar day in the Hindu calendar, the end of a solar day, the end of an ascendant, or the end of a zodiac sign, and in a movable sign-division, that child is born of another implying illegitimacy or adoption. || 21 ||

When Mars is in its own sign and aspects the tenth house Karma-sthana: the house of profession and action, and is joined by Mercury and Venus, it yields only meager results for one's actions. || 22 ||

If the Moon is in the sixth house, Saturn is in the ascendant, and Mars is in the seventh house, the person's father will not survive. || 23 ||

When a malefic planet is in the eleventh house and the Moon and Venus are in the fifth, the firstborn will be a daughter and the mother will suffer great hardships. || 24 ||

If Rahu is in the third house and Jupiter is in the second house joined with Mercury, the person will have three siblings. || 25 ||

Sun in Sagittarius, Saturn in Aquarius...