The Ornament of Natal Astrology with Commentary

If Venus is with the Sun original: Sārkaśukraḥ and the Lord of the Ascendant Lagneśa: The planet ruling the first house, representing the self is placed in the Difficult Houses Trika: The 6th, 8th, or 12th houses, usually indicating challenges, then the person born under this combination is blind from birth.

Following the same logic for relatives: if the Sun, Moon, and Venus are placed in the Difficult Houses, then one should predict blindness for the respective relatives—the father and others—based on the highly intelligent application of these rules. In this context, "father and others" refers to the Father original: tāta, Younger Brother original: anuja, Mother original: ambā, and one's own Wife original: nijagṛhiṇī. The use of the term "highest intelligence" suggests that these combinations for blindness should be carefully discerned within the specific birth charts of those relatives as well.

This concludes the section on the House of Wealth and Vision original: Dhanabhāva; the second house.

The House of Siblings

Now, the author describes the combinations for the presence of brothers and the resulting happiness or distress. If the Lord of the Third House and Mars the planet Mars is the natural significator of siblings are placed in the Difficult Houses—the 12th, 6th, or 8th—the person born is devoid of relatives. By the use of a general term here, the author implies specifically "biological brothers."

When the Lord of the Third House original: Sahajabhavanape is in his own zodiac sign or is aspected viewed by the astrological "glance" of a planet by a benefic planet a "gentle" or positive planet like Jupiter or Venus, the person will have brothers. If the Lord of the Third is joined with a benefic and placed in a Center Kendra: The 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th houses, there will be abundant happiness from brothers.

However, if the Lord of the Third is in a Center but aspected by malefic planets harsh planets like Saturn or Rahu, the opposite is true: there will be no happiness from brothers. The terms "joined" or "aspected" are used here as general indicators. In this manner, wise individuals should judge the results of every "House" or area of life by using their own discernment after carefully considering these combinations.

The meaning is this: even if a positive combination exists, if the planets forming that combination are heavily aspected by malefics, or are joined with malefics, or are combust original: astatā; weakened by being too close to the Sun, then the previously described positive results will not manifest.

This concludes the section on the Third House original: Tṛtīyobhāva.