Discourse on the Astrology of Birth

...if a malefic planet original: "krura," meaning a "cruel" planet like Mars or Saturn is situated in the fourth house the house representing the mother and the home, the child does not survive even for one month. However, if Jupiter original: "Jiva" is located in a center Kendra: the 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th houses or in a trine Trikona: the 1st, 5th, or 9th houses, or if Venus original: "Shukra" is in a center or in the ninth or fifth house, then the misfortune of a birth occurring during the dangerous junction Mula-Gandanta: a hazardous transitional point between zodiac signs, often feared in Vedic astrology for its impact on health does not take effect.

From the position of the Moon, long life is not granted [if poorly placed]... if the Moon is in a center from the house of Venus...

Su- even if planets are in a trine from the "root" likely referring to the Mula Nakshatra or the fundamental trines or are in their debilitation Nicha: the point where a planet's influence is weakest, one may still obtain knowledge and become a lord of the earth a king. Without these [benefic influences], one faces

19 Ma destruction of the mind and constant sorrow, as well as trouble for one's own kinsmen. When Mars original: "Bhauma" is in the centers:

|| Regarding the Aspects Drishti: the astrological "gaze" or influence a planet casts upon other houses: Mercury original: "Jna", the Moon original: "Indu", and Venus look upon the tenth and third houses from a trine. From the eighth house...

they look upon the planetary cycle in the following way: the planets aspect the tenth, third, ninth, fifth, fourth, and eighth houses. Mercury, the Sun, and Venus bestow their results by looking with a quarter-increase in strength original: "pada-vriddhya," referring to the graduated intensity of astrological influence.

Rama Saturn original: "Shani" aspects the third and tenth houses [fully] from a trine, and also the fourth, eighth, and seventh.

1 Mars original: "Kuja" aspects the fourth and eighth houses fully in sequence. The Sun original: "Ravi" and Mercury...