Romarishi

The Horoscope of the Adopted Son

If the lord of the Ascendant The 'Lagna' or the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth and the lord of the Moon-sign are both positioned in feminine signs, and if the second house is also a feminine sign; and furthermore, if the lord of the Ascendant and the lord of the fourth house The house representing the mother and home are joined by the Moon in the Ascendant itself—O King! If one is born under such a configuration, they will be born as twins. Observe the methods of this astrology with joy. The signs I have described will not fail; listen to the wonder of how one becomes an adopted son. (8)

Listen, sir! If Mercury is positioned firmly in the fifth house The house of children and progeny from the Ascendant; and if that Mercury, the lord of that house, is in an inimical state Positioned in a sign belonging to a planetary enemy or is joined with other planets; and if he is joined with Saturn or Gulika A mathematical point in the sky considered a 'shadow planet' with malefic influence, or if he simply aspects A 'drishti' or planetary gaze/influence their respective signs—then, sir, without the slightest error in timing, the child will become an adopted son. I have spoken this; observe the entirety of the astrology. (9)

If the lord of the fifth house and the lord of the ninth house The house of the father and fortune are both positioned together in a single favorable sign, there is no defect to the paternal lineage; however, the child will still become an adopted son. If, along with those two aforementioned planets, the lord of the fourth...