Kerala Astrology

Section on Specific Combinations

Original: "Pratyoka Kandam". This section deals with unique or specific planetary alignments.

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If the lords of the triangular houses The 1st, 5th, and 9th houses join with the lord of the square houses The 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses, and if they are positioned according to the rules of the Ascendant, there will be great external wealth. O Lady, such a person will live in this world with a fame as high as the heavens.

On Poverty

Original: "Daridran". This subsection describes "Daridra Yogas," or combinations leading to financial hardship.

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If malefic planets are situated in this specific sign, and if the lord of the second and eighth houses The houses of wealth and longevity/obstacles are positioned to the right and left, the previously mentioned good fortune will be reduced by half. O lady with flower-adorned hair, you shall proclaim this as the sign of struggle.

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If Saturn and Mars are joined in the fourth house from the Ascendant, and if the lord of wealth The 2nd house lord is in the eighth house while Jupiter stands alone, and if the powerful Lord of the Ascendant joins with the lord of the second house, listen, O lady with golden ornaments: this is known as the Yoga of Poverty, where one gains no fame.

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Listen, there is no prosperity at all if Saturn and Mars are in the fourth house, and if the Serpent Rahu or Ketu is in the fourth from that, with the Sun standing directly opposite. If the Lord of the Ascendant joins with a weakened Moon, that person will live in constant exhaustion, even contemplating death.

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If the Lord of the Moon-sign and the Lord of the Ascendant join with the Sun, and if Saturn and the Serpent Rahu/Ketu are in the rising sign, and if the King the Sun is in the middle with Venus and Mars in the seventh house—if positioned in this way, this man has no fortune.

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If there are no benefic planets in the tenth house from the Serpent Rahu, and if the Sun joins with malefic planets in that place, and if the Sun stands in the Ascendant with the Moon, O lady of youthful beauty, observe that there is no auspicious Yoga here.

Listen, there is no fortune if the Lord of the Rising Sign, Saturn, and Mars are in the twelfth house from the Serpent Rahu, and if the good Jupiter and the Moon are in the eighth house. If the Moon and Mercury are in the twelfth house from the Sun, that person will live in sorrow upon this ancient earth.

If the lords of the sixth and eighth houses are in the Ascendant, and the Sun and Venus are malefic to them—
—and if Saturn, the Moon, and the Sun stand in the seventh house—