INDIAN ASIUOIMuN A I MSI'ASKS

INDIAN AS I KOI ( H I N .S. M l .TASKS

PERIODS & DISEASES INDIAN ASTROLOGY diseases ' indian AstrologyOF& DISEASES ACE DISEASES INDIAN ASTROLOGYAND THROAT DISEASES IMPUREIBLOODHORARY ASTROLOGY AND SKIN FACE & AND THROAT DISEASES IN & DISEASES - ' .INDIANBLOOD, BONES' AND LIMBS ASTROLOGY
Published by Parimal Purkayastha HI, Nctajf Subhas Road Calcutta 1 Printed by : S. Bhattacharjee Sreebhumi Press 77, Dharmatala Street, Calcutta13 First PublishedMay, 1956 Reprinted1965

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To he had of: P. Purkayastha, Netaji Subhas Road, Calcutta-1 Raman Publications, Seshadripuram, Bangalorc-3.

Foreword
By J. K. Bhattacharjee, Editor, Jyotirvijnana & Jyotirveda.

I cannot but express in words the pleasure I do feel to introduce Sri Parimal Purkayastha to the enlightened readers. Sri Purkayastha has sincerely devoted his lifes energy for uplifting the Indian system of Astrology and this treatise is the result of what he has earned by his ardent labour and sincere efforts for many long years. This science is a very difficult subject and nobody is allowed an access to the secret of this world unless he sweats profusely in its cultivation for well over long twelve years. It is certainly a pleasant surprise to witness in these days such a labour crowned with success. Sri Purkayastha has not only achieved wonderful success in the beaten track but has, I can boldly assert, enrichcd the science by original contribution. He has filled a long-felt gap in the line of Medical Astrology. This particular branch of science is most complcx and intricate and hence its research cannot but be difficult. But it is gloriously beneficial to the human race, perhaps essential for its existence. A student of this science must be careful, shrewd, sceptical at every step, and then he should be equiped with the surgery-box of experience and experiments, otherwise utter failure awaits him. So far as I know, I do not find any other Astrologer who has hitherto ventured to welcome such an uphill task for the benefit of his ailing brethren. This learned writer has given himself to the task in every scrutinising details

Sd/. J. K, Bhattacharjee. Editor, 1 Jyotirvijnana & Jyotirveda. 1 B, Russa Road, Calcutta-26.

and depth without any Muni ol irsorvc nr having resort to the traditionul policy ol wiili holding (he bliss from the general public oll'crinn them all ilie while Irash instead of substance. I can easily KUCHS what tremendous troubles he has welcomed to acquaint himself with the modern scientific causes of diseases blending them Ashe does with the astrological karakatas, a (ask as baffling as swimming in the wild sea. Any keen observer may test my utterance, and if he is sincere and truthful, I can boldly declare-that he must offer the author his unstinted euology and thanks that he so eminently deserves. ' Lastly, I may add here that the book is unparalleled in extensive delineation and thorough analysis and so may be safely classed as an authentic work on Nirayana or Indian system of Astrology. Both the Eastern and Western readers would be highly benefited by the authors scholarship and research as recorded in this monumental work. The luminosity of fire is never suppressed under ash- hill, and so let me withdraw with the hope that this work would shine in the blue horizon of Medical Astrology as one more luminous star for all time to come.

Preface
I have chosen the subject on diseases in my first book on Astrology. I think the greatest problem that lies in a human being is ones health. Though there are so many books in different branches of astrology, none has so far attempted to write a complete and elaborate treatise on astral influences. on diseases. In writing Indian Astrology & Diseases, I have completely followed the Nirayana (or Indian) system of astrology and position of the planets given in the examples in this book are based on nirayana longitudes. I have tried to discuss all the diseases elaborately with examples. The combination of planets indicating diseases given in this book are mostly collected from different books on astrology written by ancient and modern astrologers, Hiave used many Indian astrological terms in this book instead of English words as these terms are better known to the followers of Indian system. , For easy understanding of the foreign readers, I have also given their corresponding English words. I have also used many words familiar to the astrologers, such as, benefic meaning beneficial planet, malefic meaning malefic planet and so on. The examples given in this book are from my own records.

The zodiac is divided into twelve signs; so the book is also divided into twelve chapters. In the first chapter, I have pivon sonic elementary principles of astrology for Hit* convenience of the readers who are not students of

(viii) astrology, so that they can understand the book without the help of any astrologer. In the last chapter, I have discussed diseases in Horary-astrology. This branch of astrology, if correctly applied, also gives miraculous results. Six years ago, I came in contact with many eminent Doctors of Calcutta and this gave me an opportunity to study different cases of disease and also to collect horoscopes of ailing persons suffering from various diseases in different hospitals & clinics. Indeed, without their sympathy and encouragement, it would not have been possible to write a book on medical astrology. My thanks are to all my friends and astrologers, who helped me in collecting data and in writing the book and I am indebted to Sri Samarjit Ghosh in particular. I owe my gratitude to Sri Jatis Chandra Syaro of my native town Sylhet, who made me interested in the science of astrology. I also owe my gratitude to Dr. Santosh Ganguly of Calcutta, through whom I came in contact with people of medical group. If my book be of any help to the students of astrology and to the general public, I shall think myself rewarded. My second book 'Indian Astrology, Sex, Marriage & Children' is in the press and I hope to present the same to my readers soon. Calcutta. The author, May 15th, 1956.

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES Zodiac and its divisions...Relation between zodiac and human body...Relation between planets and diseases.
CHAPTER II

GENERAL HEALTH Planetary influences over health...How to diagnose diseases...how the planets inflict diseases over human body.
CHAPTER III

BRAINS AND NERVES Insanity...Braia diseases...Pituitary gland diseases... Neurasthenia and Hysteria...Paralysis and Poliomyelitis.
CHAPTER IV

Epilepsy,

FACE AND THROAT Eye diseases...Dental diseases...Polypus and other nasal diseases...Diseases concerning mouth and face... Diseases concerning' tongue...Deafness and ear diseases... Tonsillitis, Pharyngitis, Diphtheria and other throat diseases.
CHAPTER V

CHEST, LUNGS AND HEART Asthma...Pleura and Lungs diseases...Heart diseases ...Thrombosis of the Heart..-Diseases concerning Breasts and Mammary glands Diseases of Cough and Phelgm.

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-"ABDOMEN Stomach diseases...Diseases cniurrninK Spleen ... Diseases concerning Liver*..Diseases if llilcs.. Diseases concerning Bowels and Intestines, Peptic, Gcstric. Duodenial ulcers, Tuberculosis of intestines etc... Colic...Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea and Cholera..-Dysentery ...Diseases concerning Gall bladder...Appendicitis... Diabetes. CHAPTER VII GROINS AND GENITAL ORGANS Diseases concerning Female organs-.-Menstrual disorder...Urinal diseases..,Piles and Fistula...Ulcers and other diseases in Genital organs...Venereal diseases...Hydroceles, Impotency and Sterility. CHAPTER VIII BLOOD, BONES AND LIMBS Anaemia-.-Blood pressure...Leukaemia...Fracture of Bones...Tuberculosis of Bones...Other diseases concerning Bones and Marrow...Loss of Limbs-.. Physical deformities. CHAPTER IX IMPURE BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES Leprosy.. .Leucoderma.............Cancer..........Tumours, Boils, Carbuncles, Abscesses etc-.-Diseases from impurity of Blood and Poison...Ulcers, Wounds, Cuts and Buries ...Small and Chicken Pox...Itches and Skin diseases. OTHER DISEASES Fevers-.-Typhoid, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Influenza, Malaria, Meningitis, Black-watcr etc-.Rheumatic diseases ... FilariaDropsy...............Berl-beri..........Plague,... Tetanus...Hydrophobia.

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- PERIODS OF DISEASES
Dasas and Antardasas...Transit...Maraka and Malefic planets for different lagnas.-How to judge all important diseases from horoscope and to determine periods of diseases. CHAPTER XII

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DISEASES IN HORARY ASTROLOGY

Preliminary...How to determine the nature of diseases... Combination for diseases-.Combination for fatal diseases...Recovery from diseases...Miscellaneous.

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CHAPTER ONE

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ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES THE ZODIAC is divided into twelve signs, each containing 30 degrees and all the planets are moving round the zodiac iu different motions so that they take different periods to complete the circuit. The zodiac is known as KALA PURUSHA representing a full human figure. The names of the twelve signs (rasis) are : Mesha, Brisha, Mithuna, Karkata, Simha, Kanya, Tula, Brischika, Dhanu, Makara, Kumbha and Meena.
Their corresponding English names are : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Corpicorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

The names of the planets are : Ravi, Chandra, Kuja { Mangala), Budha, Guru ( Brihaspati), Sukra, Sani, Rahu and Ketu.
Their English names are Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu or Dragon's head and KetU or Dragon's tail.

The body of the Kala Purusha has been divided into twelve parts and each part has been assigned to a rasi commencing from Mesha. They are as follows : Rasi : Mesha Brisha Mithuna Part of Kala Purusha : Head Face Neck

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Rasi : _Karkata Simha Kanya Tula Brischika Dhanu Makara Kumbha Meena

Pary of Kala Puruslia : Chest Upper ubdomen Lower abdomen Groins Genital organs Thighs Knees Shanks Feet

Mesha, Simha and Dhanu rasis rule over vitality \ Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis over bone and flesh ; Mithuna, Tula and Kumbha rasis over breathing ; And Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis over blood. The zodiac is also divided into twelve houses reckoning from Lagna or ascendant and each house commonly known as bhava is assigned to a specific part of the body of the Kala Purusha. Here also the first house represents head, the second house represents face and so on. They are as follows : House or bhava : Part of Kala Purusha : First house or Head, brain and mind. Lagna bhava. Second house. Facc, eyes, nose, tongue, teeth, ears, fingers, nails, bones and flesh. Neck, throat, collar bones, hands, breathing, ears and bodily growth.

h house. Sixth house.

h house. Eleventh house. Twelfth house. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES

Heart, lungs, chest and blood. Upper abdomen and mind. Lower abdomen, navel, bones, flesh and mental faculties. Groins, semen, female organs and breathing. Genital organs, urine and blood. Thighs and limbs. Knees, bones and flesh. Shanks and breathing. Feet and blood. The houses from the second to sixth govern the right side of the body and from twelfth to eighth in reverse order govern the left side of the body. The planets are working both for building up and destroying the body and they have different activities and functions (karakata) over it. Firstly, the planets are divided into three humours, namely, batha, pittha and kapha (i. e. wind, bile and phlegm) and they are as follows : Batha ( wind ) planetsMoon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Iittha (bile) planetsSun and Mars. Knpha ( phlegm ) planetsJupiter. Moon. Venus and Sun have also slightly kapha qualities ; Sul in n and Jupiter have slightly pittha qualities;

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.And Mercury has slightly both pittha .and kapha qualities. The planets also govern different parts of the body and they are as follows : SunStomach, bone, right eye, heart, skin, belly, head and constitution of the body. MoonHeart, lungs, mind, blood, left eye, kidney, alimentary canal and water in body. MarsBlood, marrow, energy, neck, genitals, red colouring matter in blood, rectum, head, veins, female organs and vitality. MercuryChest, nerves, skin, navel, nose, spinal system and gall bladder. JupiterThighs, fat, brain, lungs, liver, kidney, ear, memory, tongue and spleen. VenusFace, eye-sight, genital organs, semen, urine, lustre of the body, throat, water in body and glands. SaturnLegs, bones, muscles, limbs, teeth, skin and hair. Rahu Feet and breathing. KetuBelly. The planets also rule over different diseases and they are as follows : SunTrouble in' right eye, high fever, heart disease, stomach disease, skin disease, fracture of bone, leprosy, internal fever, brain trouble, disease in head and all past diseases. MoonDiseases of heart and lungs, disease in left eye, oversleepiness, inertia, asthma, diarrhoea, bloodlessness. poisoning of blood, diseases from water, vomiting, kidney trouble, diabetes, menstrual disorder, dropsy, appendicitis and diseases of breasts and mammary glands. MarsDiseases from heat, poisoningTXtits and wounds, leprosy, sore-eye, itches, diseases of blood, diseases in neck, diseases of marrow, blood pressure, loss of energy, diseases in female

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organs, fracture of bone, urinal diseases, boils, tumours, canccr, piles, menstrual disorder, ulcers, dysentery and diseases in rectum. MercuryDiseases of chest, diseases of nerves, small and chiken pox, epilepsy, diseases of nose, navel diseases, high fever, diseases from poison, itches, fracture of bone, typhoid, madness, diseases of gall bladder, paralysis, fits, ulcers, indigestion, cholera, diseases in mouth and skin diseases. JupiterLiver, kidney and lungs diseases, ear trouble, diabetes, lack of memory, tongue malady, diseases of spleen, dropsy and diseases in thighs. VenusEye trouble, venereal diseases, diseases in face, urinal diseases, fading away of lustre in body, fits, indigestion, throat trouble, diabetes, sex incompetency, impotency, dropsy, fever and diseases concerning glands. Saturnweakness, pain or aches in stomach, damage and loss of limbs, diseases of teeth, skin and legs, fracture of bones, diseases connecting bones, rheumatic pains, blindness, mental worry, wounds, ugly hair, pain in muscle, paralysis, hysteria and deafness. RahuLungs trouble, diseases in feet, pain of walking, leprosy, difficulties in breathing, enlargement of spleen, cataract and hydrocele.

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KctuLungs trouble, fovcr. eye puin, Hlymach pain, boils, pains in body mid Misniscs from unknown causes. The sixth house is the house of diseases. The sixth house of the natural zodiac, i. e. Knnya rasi, and the sixth house from lagna rule the health. The causes of diseases are to be found out from respective houses, karaka planets, sixth house, sixth lord, Kanya rasi etc. The sixth houses from Sun and Moon and also sixth house from navamsa lagna in navamsa chart have the same function. The planet who is sixth in order of degrees, minutes etc expounging rasis is ruler of diseases. Saturn, the worst malefic, is also karaka for all diseases. Rahu represents the sufferings and Jupiter represents the recovery from illness. The ruler of benefic house also, rules over recoveries. Eighth and twelfth houses also rule over diseases. Sun is karaka of our body and soul, Moon is karaka of mind and Jupiter is karaka of thinking power. When mind is dejected, body suffers ; when health goes off, the mind becomes dejected } when we think in bad ways, our mind and body suffer; and thus Sun, Moon and Jupiter have vital parts in building our body, mind and health. The affliction of Sun, Moon, bhava, bhava-lord and karaka planet in natal chart ( horoscope ) or affliction of these by malefic planets in transit in way of conjunction or aspect give rise to diseases in that part of the body which is represented by the house or planet thus afflicted. The well-fortification of a house or planet guarantees the soundness and growth of that part, which the house or planet represents or rules. Suppose Saturn or Rahu is. in Mesha rasi ; we can assume that the Jataka ( owner of horoscope ) may suffer from some trouble in head. If lagna is also afflicted by malefics, the chances of sufferings are more. If Sun, Moon and karaka for head are also afflicted, the chances of diseases in bead only increase. The nature of the disease will depend on the nature of the house afflicted, karaka planet, aspecting and afflicting planets etc. The aspect and conjunction of

ELEMENTARY evil influences benefic planets will minimise the PRINCIPLES and more the benefic influences increase, the less the sufferings will be. If both the malefic and benefic influences are equal, the disease may not occur at all. Suppose Mesha iasi is afflicted, but lagna, Sun, Moon and karaka are not aflficted and some are well-fortified by benefic influences. In such case there will be little chance of any disease in head. What he may suffer from at worst, will be casual pain in head, mental irritation, worng way of thinking etc. CHAPTER TWO

GENERAL HEALTH When lagna, Sun, Moon and sixth house are well-fortified by situation, conjunction and aspect of benefics, good health will be maintained. More the malefics influence the above planets and the houses, the more the health will detoriate, sufferings will increase and the body will be the seat of diseases. If the lord of lagna be a malefic and be in langa or in kendra or be in conjunction with Moon or be in navamsa of Moon, the diseases come into appearance. If the lord of lagna, being a malefic, be weak and debilitated or be combusted or be eclipsed or be defeated in a planetary war or be aspected by lord of evil house ( dusthana, i. e. lord of sixth, eighth or twelfth house), it produces diseases and sufferings. If the lord of lagna be weak and be in a kendra or trikona house (i. e, first, fourth, seventh or tenth house or fifth or ninth house ) and lagna be afflicted by malefic or by lord of evil house, diseases and weak health will be the result. If the lord of lagna be in evil house ( dusthana) with lord of sixth house, the effect is same. If lord of the house, where lord of lagna is situated, be in dusthana, it also brings diseases and weak health. If lord of the house, where lord of lagna is situated, be weak or be combusted, eclipsed or defeated in a planetary war or be in the house of an enemy or be either in third, sixth or' eleventh house, it results into diseases and bad
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health. Moon in similar position under similar circumstances GENERAL HEALTH produces the same result. When Saturn and Mars be in sixth house, being aspec- ted by Sun and Rahu, coupled with weak lord of lagna, the conditions cause lingering disease. Saturn and Rahu in the sixth house also give rise to lingering diseases and bad health. When Saturn and Mars occupy second house and are related with the disease inflicting planet or house, they produce various kinds of diseases. When two or more malefic planets are in the eighth house or aspect the eighth house, they also cause many diseases. When Mars and Venus are in the ninth house or Sun- and Saturn arc in similar position, bad health and diseases may result. Jupiter and Saturn in the ninth house also produce the same result. Afflicted Venus in the twelfth house, Ketu in lagna and Saturn in lagna or in seventh house are responsible for bad health and diseases. I have already mentioned that the planets have different karakatas ( rulership ) and they have control over different parts of the body. Their strength, weakness, affliction, situation etc play prominent partin the growth and development of the body under their respective influence. When Sun is weak and afflicted, it causes ill-health, blindness, heart disease, fractures of bones, pulpitation of heart etc. When Moon, is weak and afflicted, it causes hysteria, fits, insanity, melancholy, menstrual disorders, poisoning of blood etc. When Mars is strong but afflicted, it gives richness in blood, high blood pressure, apoplexy, accidents, irritations, skin diseases, inflammation of inner organs etc. A weak and afflicted Mars causes blood diseases, low blood pressure, bloodlessness, tumours, boils, ultvrs, dseases of marrow etc. When Mcrcury is weak ami afflicted, il causcs nervous break down, nerve diseases, epilepsy, paralysis,fever, ulcers, defect in digestive organs etc. When Venus is weak and afflicted, it causes.venereal diseases, diseases in private parts, diabetes, uterine I roubles, disorder of

generative organs, loss of lustre in the body, eye trouble etc. When Jupiter is weak and alllictcd, it causes trouble from spleen, liver, kidney, diseases from thirst, ear trouble etc. When Saturn is weak and afflicted it causes trouble from bones, diseases and loss of limbs, skin diseases, mental trouble, rheumatic diseases, pain etc. When Rahu is weak and afflicted, it causes breathing difficulties, leprosy, ulcers, diseases from poison etc. When Ketu is weak and afflicted, it causes pain in body, diseases from hunger and poison and all long and linger, ing diseases and also diseases from unknown causes. A strong and unafflicted Sun is an asset in a horoscope ; it endows good health, strong and developed body and it also fights against all diseases. A strong and unafflicted Moon gives a sound mind, good thinking power, menial strength to overcome and fight difficulties etc. Strong Sun and Moon in a horoscope give much resistance to ill health and diseases. Kanya and Meena rasis are two sensitive signs of the zodiac and any affliction to these houses causes bad health, diseases and sufferings. While judging a horoscope, these two houses should not be overlooked. One must be careful in predicting diseases. Mere combinations of diseases in any house may not produce the disease at all, as bcnciic influences over the combina-

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tions of diseases and over the houses of diseases may nullify the malefic influence. Even when a disease is suggested from any house from lagna and if the same place,be well fortified from Moon, Sun and Navamsa Lagna, the disease may not occur at all. Even when there is no indication of disease fram lagna, it may appear if the house connecting the disease be afflicted from Sun, Moon or navamsa lagna. In such cases one must take the strength of the combinations of diseases and also the strength of the houses and planets which are cancelling the disease. The stronger side will give the result. The disease is sure to come when two or more places in respect of same house from lagna, Sun, Moon, navamsa lagna or in natural zodiac are afflicted. Other points must be taken into consideration ; these are natures and qualities of the planets causing the disease and the house where the disease in formed ; whether the planets are. benefics or malefics, whether the planets are friends, enemies or neutrals to the house-lords. The results in case of a benefic causing disease will certainly be not same as in case of malefic. Similarly the result in case of a friendly planet causing disease will not be the same as in case of an enemy or neutral planet. The effect will vary according to the natures and qualities of the planets. A bcncfic or a friendly planet may not even give rise to any disease. Take the question of Saturn in cases of Brisha Lagna and Simha lagna. For Brisha lagna, it is a Yuga-karaka being lord of ninth and tenth houses and hence, is a bcnclk planet for that langa ; while for Simha lagna, Siitum is lord of sixth and seventh houses and thus is a

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malefic and maraka for that lagna. In these two cases, result will vary much. Another point is to be taken into consideration, whether the ruler of a house is natural bcncfic or malefic. Benefic will do less harm than malefic. Take the case of sixth lord in Tula and Simha Lagna. Jupiter is sixth lord for Tula J^agna and Saturn is sixth lord for Simha Lagna. Jupiter is a natural benefic while Saturn is a natural malefic. Certainly in cases of these two laguas, Saturn will do more harm than Jupiter in the matters cannecting sixth house. The relation between two planets are also to be considered. Take the case of Mars aspecting Sun , from his seventh house. Sun is natural friend of Mars. By situation he is an enemy being in seventh house of Mars. The combined relation, being friend in one case and enemy in other case, makes them neutral. Suppose Mars is aspecting Sun from tenth house. Here again Sun is natural friend of Mars in one case and temporal friend in the other case, so their combined results make them intimate friend ( athi-mitra ) to eacjh other. The results in both the cases cannot be same. The aspects and conjunctions are also to be taken into consideration. Say, Saturn is in opposition to Moon, Moon being situated in 16 in Makara rasi and Saturn in 18 Karkata rasi in one case and in other case Moon is in 16 Makara rasi ar.d Saturn is in 24 Karkata rasi. The opposition in one case is 2 away fhom 180 and in other case 8 away. The results cannot be same in both the cases. The degree of affliction of mind, morbidness,

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melancholy mood etc will be much more in the first case where Moon js 2 away. The position of the disease-inflicting planet in relation to bhava is also to be taken into consideration. Suppose Rahu is in eighth house in 16" Mesha and bliava madhya ( bhava sputa ) of the eighth house is 19 Mesha and in another case, Rahu is in eighth house in 26 Mesha under same bhava madhya of eighth house. Thus in one case Rahu is 3 away from bhava madhya and in the other case, it is 7 away. Result in both cases cannot be same. The planet which is more nearer to bhava madhya will have more effect. While judging diseases, all these points are to be considered to arrive at a correct .decision. The functions of planets have been assigned to some specific periods and they are as follows : Saturn One year. Sun Half a year. Mercury Two months. Jupiter One month. Venus Half a month. Mars One day. Moon One muhurtha ( 48 seconds ). As regards the duration of any disease, the above periods are to be taken into account and the long or short periodicity can be ascertained by applying the above principle. Suppose Saturn is the causing planet for a disease. We can say that it will linger for a long time. While if the Mars or Moon be the causing planet, the duration of the disease will be of shorter period though the disease will not run exactly to the same extent of period mentioned. The planets are effective in

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certain portions of a rasi and thr result will be felt when the planet "enters that portion in transit. They are effective accordingly : Sun In I to 10" of a rasi. Moon In 21 to 30" of a rasi. Mars In 1" to 10 of a rasi. Mercury During all time. Jupiter In 11 to 20 of a rasi. Venus In 11 to 20 of a rasi. Saturn In 21 to 30 of a rasi. Rahu During all time Ketu During all time

The planets in transit (gochara) give rise to diseases when malefically afflict the natal planets and bhavas. The powerful malefics in such conditions can produce diseases even without any combinations for diseases in natal chart. Say, when lagna, Sun, Moon, sixth house, sixth lord etc arc afflicted, diseases may result. The nature and quality of the disease will be determined by the natures and qualities of houses and planets afflicted and afflicting. If at the same time the jataka passes through maraka dasa and antardasa, the disease may be severe, while under benefic dasa and antardasa, the disease may not occur at all or if occurs, it will be very mild.

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When Mercury is in advantageous position with high strength, it can counteract the malefic influence of Rahu. Saturn in similar position can counteract the evil influence of both Mercury and Rahu. Mars in a similar strength can nullify the evil cffcct of Mercury, Rahu and Saturn. Venus, in similar way, counteracts the evilGENERAL HEALTH forces of all the above four planets. Jupiter when strong and in an advantageous position can nullify evil effect of Mercury, Rahu, Saturn, Mars and Venus. Moon in a similar strength and position counteracts all the above six planets and an advantageous Sun can nullify the evil effects of all the planets. Iam giving below an illustration and the method of judging diseases from horoscope.
Example No, 1. LagnaMeena', Moon-in Mithuna ; Sun, Saturn and Rahu in Kanya ; Jupiter and Mercury R in Tula ; Venus in Brischika ; Mars in Dhanu ; Ketu in Meena.

This is a horoscope of a female, suffering from ill health for nearly a period of ten years. She met with a sudden fall from the roof of the house and became unconsious. This stage lasted for nearly a month and consequently she lost her memory and became a victim of continuous nervous break down. Few days after, she was attacked with meningitis. Lastly she became victim of disease of limbs and her legs became so weak that she could not walk. Since then she has been suffering from this trouble. Her trouble started in antardasa of Mercury in dasa of Jupiter (Bimsottari). From a scrutiny, we find : 1)Lord of Lagna is in eighth house conjoined with maraka and malefic Mercury. Lord of lagna is also a malefic. Jupiter and Mercury two natural benefics here turned out to be strong malefics for this lagna, as they are lords of krndfos. 2)Lagna is afflicted by conjunction of Ketu and aspct loti by malefics Saturn end Rahu and also by Sun,

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3)lord of sixth house and by Mars, a natural malefic and maraka (Here Mars is maraka being lord of second house). 4)Lord of Lagna, Jupiter, is conjoined with Mercury,. lord of twelfth house from Jupiter and is aspected by Rahu from the twelfth house from Jupiter and from Kanya Rasi, the house of disease in natural zodiac. 5)Moon is aspected by Mars, lord of sixth house from Moon and also by Saturn, lord of eighth house from her. 6)Sun is conjoined with malefic and bitter enemy Rahu and also by Saturn, lord of sixth house from him. Further Sun is lord of dusthana from him. 7)Kanya rasi, sixth house of natural zodiac, is heavily afflicted by three maleficsSun, Saturn and Rahu. 8)Ketu is in Meena rasi, another sensitive sign of natural zodiac and is afflicted.heavily by all the malefics. 9)All the kendras are afflicted by malefics. 10)Ketu in lagna indicates lingering and painful diseases. All these surely suggest a very bad state of health, many diseases and long ailment. Now, further, we find : 1)Lagna is afflicted by all the malefics and also by lord of sixth house. 2)Sun, .karaka for body, head, feverpar/icularly meningitis and internal fever,is sixth lord and is conjoined with two strong malefics and is in Kanya rasi. 3)Saturn, karaka for limbs, legs etc is with sixth lord Sun, afflicted by Rahu and is in Kanya rasi. 4)Rahu, karaka for feet and suggesting danger from falj from high places is afflicted by conjunction of Sixth lord and twelfth lord and is in Kanya rasi. 5)Moon, karaka for heart, lungs, mind, meningitis etc. is

aspected by her sixth and eighth lords and is in airy sign. 6)Mercury, karaka for nerves, memory, fever, intelligence ctc and Jupiter, karaka for intelligence, liver, spleen, thighs etc, are in eighth house-from lagna aspec- ted by Rahu. Further we find all the kendras and also Mithuna, r Kanya, Dhanu and Meena rasis are afflicted by malefics. We can assume from this that she is liable to suffer from accident, heart disease, fever, disease of brain, meningitis, nerve trouble, diseases connecting thighs, limbs, legs, feet, mind, memory etc. In Jupiter dasa, in antardasa of Mercury, she had a fall from the roof of her house and became unconscious. As a result she suffered from fever and nerve diseases. Jupiter and Mercury, both are malefics and marakas and are in eighth house, which is an airy sign. Mercury is lord of fourth house, also an airy sign. Jupiter is lord of lagna and is in eighth house. Lagna rules the person and fourth house rules the residence and home- Rahu is aspecting them from a sensitive house. Rahu is an airy planet and is karaka for all falls from high places. From these, we can conclude that a danger is likely to occur in Jupiter dasaMercury antardasa on her person at her house and cither from air or from fall from high place. Naturally we can infer that she will suffer from fall from a high place at her house or residence. Again Jupiter and Mercury rule over intelligence and 2 memory. Mercury rules also ovei lever. *Shc was attacked with fever, became unconsious and lost her memory. Rahu is also karaka for loss of memories. Mercury is also karaka for nerves and thus she became victim of nervous break down. Here, in this ease, Jupiter and Mercury did not give effect towards other

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karakatas, such as, heart, lungs, liver, spleen diseases etc as they are in airy sign. In Ketu antardasa she suffered from meningitis and diseases connecting limbs, legs and feet. Ketu is aspec- ted by Rahu, Saturn and Sun. They all are malefics. Ketu being in lagna kendra becomes also a malefic and in Ketu antardasa she can expect Sun, Saturn and Rahu also giving effect. Sun is karaka for meningitis, head: and body. Saturn is karaka for limbs and legs. Rahu is karaka for feet and Ketu is karaka for all lingering,, painful and unknown diseases and they naturally accounted for the above diseases. Saturn, Rahu and Sun are in earthly sign and in Kanya rasi, so they affected the limbs of the body. * * * * * I shall now discuss diseases of various kinds and their causcs in next chapters with examples. I shall avoid degrees and minutes of the planets in the examples but to obtain a correct result one should also take the factors into consideration. I shall also omit the navamsa chart. CHAPTER THREE BRAINS AND NERVES -INSANITYSun rules over general health and lagna rules over Jiead. Moon rules over our mind and mental structure. Fifth house and Jupiter control our intelligence and Mercury controls our nerve system. Affliction to these houses and planets causes insanity, mental disorder, weak thinking power, loss of memory etc. When Moon, Mercury and lagna are afflicted, we say the person possesses a weak head, weak mental structure and weak nerve system. Under such conditions it is quite likely that one will suffer from insanity or mental diseases. Weak brain, weak mind, weak power of thinking,

weak nerve system, all these work towards mental disorder. Mesha rasi is the first house of the natural zodiac and hence it also rules over the head. Affliction to this house is bad for the head and brain. Rahu works for long sufferings and Jupiter works for recovery. When the above houses and karaka planets become afflicted by Rahu, it suggests long-time diseases and little chance of recovery. Influence of Jupiter suggests recovery, provided such Jupiter is a benefic from the lagna, Sun, Moon etc,particularly from lagna. Sixth house and Kanya rasi rule over diseases and affliction of the houses and planets concerning head, brain etc by sixth house, sixth lord, Kanya rasi etc arc capable of producing the diseases concerning the house HI question. There are many combinations for insanity and mental diseases given in standard books on Astrology. I am however giving below some of the combinations for the same. Of course, while applying these, one should consider whether the combining planets are bencfics or malefics for the lagna and whether they have any relation with the disease-inflicting houses and planets; The combinations are : 1)Sun in lagna and Mars in seventh house. 2)Saturn in lagna and Mars in fifth, seventh or ninth house. 3)Lagna in initial portion of Dhanu rasi, Sun and Mopn in kendra and Jupiter either in third house or in kendra, 4)Weak Moon with Saturn in twelfth house. 5)Jupiter in lagna and Mars or Saturn in the seventh house. 6)Moon and Saturn in one house aspected by Mars. 7)Moon strongly aspected by powerful Saturn or Rahu. 8)Mars in the.fourth house afflicted by Saturn. 9)Saturn in the fourth house afflicted by Mars. 10)Saturn in the fourth house with Rahu or Ketu. 11)Moon conjoined with malefic and Rahu in fifth, eighth or twelfth house. 12)Afflicted Mercury and Moon in kendra without being in

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benefic navamsa. 13)Saturn, Moon and Mars in Tcendra. 14)Sixth lord and Saturn in lagna. 15)Mars in sixth or eighth house aspected by or conjoined with powerful Mercury. 16)Mercury conjoined with malefic in third, sixth, eighth or twelfth house. 17)Mars in third house afflicted by malefic. 18)For Kanya or Meena lagna, Saturn or Rahu in Kanya, especially in first part.
Example No, 2. Lagna - -Brischika; Jupiter in Brisha; Ketu in Mithuna; Saturn R in Karkata; Mars in Kanya $ Rahu in Dhanu i Venus in Makara ; Sun, Moon and Mercury in Meena.

In this horoscope we find : 1)Weak Moon ( very close to new-moon ) is in fifth house conjoined with malefic Sun and Mercury and is aspected by sixth lord Mars from Kanya rasi and is devoid of any benefic aspect. Moreover Mercury is lord of eighth house, who is afflicting Moon. 2)Sun is afflicted by malefic Mars and Mercury, lords of sixth and eighth houses respectively. 3)Mcrcury is debilitated and is afflicted by sixth lord Mars. More over it is within 1 of Sun and hence is defeated in planetary war. 4)Kanya and Meena rasis, both the sensitive signs, are afflicted. 5)Mesha rasi is afflicted by aspect of Saturn and Rahu, and lord Mars is in sixth house therefrom. 6)Lord of lagna is aspected by malefics Saturn and Mcrcury. Further he is lord of sixth house and is in Kanya rasi. -(7) Fifth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are afilictcd. Thus we find Sun, Moon, Mercury, lord of lagna, Mcsha rasi and fifth house, all are afflicted. Lagna is however not afflicted, and

railui well impeded by strong benefic Jupiter. The .person has been attacked from insanity in Venus dasa in anlardasa of Mcroury. Venus is malefic from lagna, Sun and Moon, and is afflicted by malefics. In Venus dasa during antardasa of Saturn, Venus gives her own result and strangely enough the Jataka contacted bad women and was attacked from venereal disease in Saturn antardasa in dasa of Venus, and this resulted into insanity in antardasa of Mercury. In this horoscope Venus being lord of seventh house and twelfth house from lagna and lord of eighth house from Sun and Moon, is strong malefic. Further she is heavily afflicted by aspect of Saturn and Rahu. All these justify the contact with bad women and attack of venereal disease. Mercury is lord of eighth house and is in mutual aspect with sixth lord and Iagna-Iord Mars which suggest ill-ness in Mercury antardasa, as sixth lord Mars is capable of giving result in Mercury antardasa. Mercury and Mars are also conncctcd with Sun, Moon, first house and fifth house. All these justify the attack of insanity during Mercury antardasa. As the lagna is quite fortified and Jupiter is free from affliction, he has not lost his memory and health and sometimes behaves like a normal man.
Example No, 3. LagnaKanya; Rahu and Saturn in Kanya; Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter in Tula ; Venus in Brischika; Mars in Makara ; Ketu in Meena.

This is another case of insanity.

In this horoscope, we find : I)Weak Moon is conjoined with malefics, Sun and Mercury; Jupitfcr being lord of kendra is a malefic for this horoscope and his conjunction could not nullify the affliction. 2)Weak Moon is conjoined with malefic and Rahu is in twelfth house from Moon [ see combinations ]. 3)Saturn is in lagna and Mars is in fifth house [see combinations], 4)Kanya is lagna and Saturn and Rahu are there [see

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combinations]. 5)Mars, lord of eighth house, is in fifth house and is aspected by Rahu. 6)Lord of fifth house, .that is, Saturn is in Kanya rasi with Rahu. 7)Sun is debilitated, is conjoined with malefics, and is aspected by Rahu. 8)Mercury is afflicted by conjunction with Sun and is aspected by Rahu. 9)Sixth lord Saturn is in lagna and Jupiter, sixth lord from Sun and Moon is with Sun and Moon. 10)Sixth house is hemmed between Mars and Ketu. 11)Lagna and all the planets, being in between Ketu and Rahu, have formed Kala-sarpa yoga. 12)Mesha rasi is aspected by malefics. 13)Jupiter is conjoined with malefics. Further, he is malefic from lagna, Sun and Moon. 14)Sixth house from Sun and Moon is afflicted. So wc find many combinations are present in this horoscope to produce insanity. Further, lagna, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, all are afflicted and lagna in particular is heavily afflicted. She was attacked from insanity as soon as Saturn crossed Kanya rasi in transit and onlcred Tula rasi virtually afflicting lagna, Sun,

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Moon, Mercury and Jupiter ; and Rahu was also at that time in Makara rasi,* thus afflicting fifth and sixth houses and lagna. Before the attack- from insanity, her uterus was operated. She was suffering from tumours in uterus and from menstrual troubles.

BRAIN DISEASES Brain may be attacked from various kinds of diseases. Affection of blood vassels, haemorrhage, thrombosis, tumours, infections, inflammation of brain, hydrocephalus, brain fever etc are the various kinds of diseases of brain. Mesha rasi is the place in natural zodiac which is the seat of brain. The first house or lagna rules over the same. Sun is the karaka planet. Affliction of Mesha rasi, first house, its lord and Sun, their weak position in horoscope, all these give rise to diseases connecting brain and head. Mars also rules over the head and all diseases concerning head and brain. For respective diseases concerning brain respective planets ruling different diseases should be considered. Iam giving below an example of a person suffering from brain tumour and who ultimately died in operation. He also suffered from loss of sight of his right eye.
Example No, 4. Lagna-Dhanu; Moon and Venus in Mesha; Jupiter R, Saturn R and Rahu in Kanya; Mars in Brischika ; Mercury in Kumbha ; Sun and Ketu in meena.

The reasons for the disease are : 1)Lord of Lagna, Jupiter, is retrograde and is also malefic being lord of kendras and further he is in Kanya rasi conjoined with malefics Saturn and Rahu. 2)Sun, karaka for head is in Meena rasi with Ketu and is aspected by malefics Saturn and Rahu. Jupiters aspect could not nullify the mjlefic influence as he is also a malefic from lagna

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and Sun both. 3)Mars, another karaka, is in dusthana aspected by malefic and maraka Saturn. 4)Mesha rasi is conjoined with malefic Moon and is also con joined with Venus, who is a malefic from lagna, Sun and Moon. Moreover, Venus is sixth lord from lagna and Moon is eighth lord from lagna. 5)Lord of the sign where Moon is situated is in eighth house (house of death) aspected by Saturn from sixth house. 6)Jupiter, lord of the sign where Sun is situated is in Kanya rasi [sixth house of natural zodiac] with two strong malefics., 7)Two watery signs, Brischika and Meena, are afflicted. [Watery signs rule the diseases connecting blood], 8)Second house, second lord and Sun all being ruler of right eye, are afflicted. 9)Second house from Moon and Sun are afflicted. The affliction of lord of lagna, Sun, Moon and Mars justify the disease of tumour in head. Mars situation and affliction justify the death in operation. The affliclion of second house, second lord and Sun caused the loss of sight of right eye. PITUITORY GLAND DISI ASHS All glands arc ruled by Venus. Mars is karaka for all diseases concerning head, Sun is also a karaka for head. Lagna, that is, first house rules (lie head. Mesha rasi, first house of natural zodiac is the scat of head. Thus we find lagna, lord of lagna, Mesha rasi, Venus, Mars and Sun work for the diseases concerning pituitory - gland and affliction of the above places and planets by malefics, situation of Venus, Mars, Sun and lord of lagna in evil houses, conjunction of malefics and lords of evil houses in lagna or Mesha rasi and some relation of the above planets and houses with sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi or with disease inflicting planet may give

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rise to diseases concerning pituitory gland. As Venus is mainly responsible for all glandular diseases, her affliction by malefics or adverse situation and some relation with sixth house, lord of sixth-house, Kanya rasi etc and also some relation with lagna, lord of lagna, Mesha rasi or lagna karaka is essential to produce these diseases.
Example No, 5. Lagna-Makara; Rahu in Brisha ; Sun and Moon in Mithuna ; Venus, Mercury and Saturn in Karkata ; Mars in Simha; Jupiter in Kanya ; Ketu in Brischika.

This is horoscope of a person suffering from pituitory gland tumour. The reasons for the same are : 1)Lagna is afflicted by aspect of malefics. 2)Mesha rasi is afllicted by aspect of malefic. 3)Lord of lagna is conjoined' with malefic sixth lord. 4)Sun is in sixth house, is hemmed between male- fics, and is aspected by malefic. 5)Mars is in the eighth house. 6)Venus is afflicted by conjunction of malefic, hemmed between malefics, and is also conjoined with sixth lord, 7)Venus is conjoined with lord of lagna and is afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics. 8)Lagna is aspected' by sixth lord. 9)Moon is weak, afflicted and hemmed between malefics. Thus we find lagna, lord of lagna, Mesha rasi. Sun, Mars, Venus, all are afflicted and situated in evil houses, related with sixth house and sixth lord and thus are capable of giving rise to diseases concerning pituitory glands.

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EPILEPSY, NEURASTHENIA AND HYSTERIA Epilepsy is an affection of the nervous system characterized by attacks of unconsciousness with or without convulsions. Lagna, sixth house and Mercury are responsible for (his disease. Affliction of Moon also adds to this d incline When lagna, lord of lagna, Mercury, which is kurnku for nerves, and Moon, karaka for mindall are afflicted, this disease may occur. Causes for epilepsy with a strong afflicted Sun, Moon or fifth house may result into madness. Neurasthenia is a condition of weakness or exhaustion of the nervous system giving rise to various forms of mental and bodily inefficiency. Moon and Mercury also rule this disease. Affliction of Moon causes mental inefficiency and affliction of lagna or karaka Sun is responsible for bodily inefficiency. To find out bodily inefficiency one must look into the position and strength of lagna, lord of lagna and Sun. Disorder of personality menifested by a heightened and perverted suggestibility is seen in Hysteria. Persons with mobile emotional dispositions, especially, women are the chief subjects of this disease. Heavily afflicted Moon and afflicted or badly placed lord of lagna or affliction of lagna may give rise to this disease. I am giving below some of the familiar combinations for these diseases 1)Sun, Moon and Mars in lagna being aspected by any malefic.
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(2) Sun, Moon and Mars in the eighth house being aspected by any malefic. 3)Moon and Mercury in kendra aspected by malefic and malefic in fifth or eighth house. 4)Mars and Saturn either in sixth or eighth house and Jupiter in trikona [ that is, first, fifth or ninth house]

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5)Moon and Mercury in kendra and all malefics in eighth house. 6)Moon and Mercury in fifth house and all malefics in eighth house. 7)Moon in dusthana with either of Rahu, Saturn, Mars or Ketu. 8)Jupiter in third house being afflicted. 9)Rahu and Moon in lagna and malefics in trikona. 10)Moon with Rahu or Saturn in any place and Mercury weak or afflicted in any place. 11)Moon and Mercury when afflicted. 12)Malefic Rahu in lagna or dusthana. 13)Moon, Mars and Saturn in eighth house.
Example no, 6. LagnaMakara ; Sun in Mesha ; Venus in Brisha ; Jupiter in Karkata ; Ketu in Kanya ; Moon and Saturn in Makara ; Mars, Mercury and Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of epilepsy. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Mercury is debilitated and conjoined with Mars and Rahu. More over it is lord of sixth house. / 2)Moon is afflicted by conjuction of Saturn. 3)Meena rasi, a sensitive sign, is afflicted. Kanya rasi, another sensitive sign is also afflicted. 4)Lord of rasi where Sun is situated is with sixth lord therefrom and is also conjoined with Rahu and is in dusthana. The Jatika suffered from fits and nerve complaints in her Rahu dasa. Here in this horoscope both Moon and Mercury are afflicted. Mercury is particularly heavily afflicted. If Saturn would not be the lord of lagoa and if there would have been no aspect of such powerful Jupiter over lagna, Moon and Mcrnny. >>lic wuiild have been a victim of worst suffering. Willi 1 lie tunning of Jupiter dasa,

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she has been relieved of this disease. Jupiter aspec- ting the determinants of the disease in his own house suggests recovery.

PARALYSIS AND POLIOMYELITIS Paralysis and poliomyelitis or infertile paralysis are caused by the affliction of Mercury, Sun, Moon and lagna. Ninth house rules the limbs. Affliction to this house, lord of ninth house and Dhanu rasi,the ninth house of natural zodiac also give rise to these diseases. Mercury is primarily responsible for this disease. Any planet or house connected with the causes of paralysis by situation, conjunction, aspect etc, give rise to paralysis in that part of the body ruled by the planet or house. When Sun is heavily afflicted and is in a house of malefic, and lagna and Mercury are. also afflicted, paralysis may appear. When sixth house, lagna and Mercury are afflicted and Saturn be in an airy sign, these may give rise to paralysis. When Moon and Mercury join Saturn or Rahu or be aspected by Saturn orRahu, and if lagna be afflicted or lord of lagna be afflicted, these may give rise to paralysis. If Mercury be weak, be defeated in planetary fight or be afflicted and be in dusthana, it will damage the entire system of nerves. When at the same time lagna or lord of lagna or Sun or Moon be afflicted it may produce similar diseases. Saturn causes diseases of feet; Venus causes

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diseases of face ; Sun affects the whole body , and Mars causes all paralytical strokes. The left side is ruled by the houses from eighth to twelfth and right side is ruled by the houses from second to sixth. Right leg is ruled by second house and left is ruled by twelfth house. Third house rules the right hand and eleventh house rules the left hand. Face, tongue etc are ruled by the second house and so on. To find the exact location of the disease these houses and karakas ruling parts of the body are to be taken into consideration.
Example No, 7. LagnaBrischika ; Saturn, Rahu and venus in Mesha ; Jupiter and Ketu in Tula ; Mars is Makara ; Sun, Moon and Mercury in Meena.

This is a case of paralysis and the jataka ultimately died from the same. The reason for the disease are . 1)Mercury is debilitated, combusted and is lord of eighth house. 2)Moon is very weak and is almost a new-moon. 3)Saturn, karaka for limbs and legs is debilitated and conjoined with Rahu and is aspected by powerful Mars, the lord of sixth house. He has further interchanged house with Mars. Both Mars and Saturn are Malefics. 4)Mars the lord of sixth house and a karaka for paralytic strokes is afflicted by Saturn. 5)I ,ord of lagna is afflicted by Saturn from sixth house. ((>) Ninth lord is weak and ninth house is aspected by tiixtli lord Mars. 7).Sixth house from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. 8)Ninth lord from Sun and Moon and also ninth lord of natural zodiac are afflicted. 9)Meena rasi, a sensitive sign, is afflicted by malefics. 10)' Twelfth house, which rules the left side and left leg is afflicted by malefics and twelfth lord Venus is in sixth house

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and is also afflicted. 11)Second house, the ruier of right side and right leg, is aspected by Rahu from sixth house and second lord Jupiter is in dusthana aspected by malefics from sixth house. 12)Second house of Sun and Moon and second lord are also afflicted. 13)Kumbha rasi, being twelfth house from Sun and Moon, is hemmed between malefics and the lord 1 of the house is debilitated and afflicted. Thus we find all the factors ruling paralysis are afflicted in this horoscope. He was attacked by paralysis of his left leg and later his right leg was also attacked. The twelfth house and twelfth lord in this horoscope are more afflicted than the second house and second lord which suggest more attack upon left side, particularly on the left leg, as Saturn, karaka for leg, is also afflicted.
Example No, 8. Lagna - Brisha ; Sun in Mesha ; Rahu in Brisha \ Saturn in Karkata ; Jupiter and Ketu in Brischika ; Moon in Makara ; Venus in Kumbha , Mars and Mercury in Meena.

This is a case of Poliomyelitis. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Lagna is afflicted by conjunction of malefic Rahu. Sun is in twelfth house and is hemmed between malefics and is also aspected by malefic. Moon is aspected by malefic Saturn powerfully from her own house. 2)Mercury is debilitated and conjoined with malefic and twelfth lord Mars. 3)Second and twelfth houses are afflicted. 4)Ninth'houses from lagna and Moon are afflicted. Ninth lord from Sun is conjoined with malefic Ketu and is in dusthana from Sun. 5)Lagna, Mercury and Saturn are aspected by lord of dusthana.

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Moon and Sun are aspected by Saturn, a disease inflicting planet. Thus we find the factors capable of giving rise to the disease are present^ in this horoscope. Lagna being afflicted by strong malefic Rahu and lagna karaka Sun and also Mesha rasi both being afflicted by Saturn suggest the affection of the whole body.

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FACE AND THROAT

EYE DISEASES The right eye is judged from the second house and Sun, while left one is from twelfth house and Moon. Venus is the karaka for eye sight. Rahu rules over the- cataract in the eyes. When the second and twelfth houses, their lords and the karakas, namely, Sun, Moon and Venus* are afflicted or badly placed, it causes eye trouble, loss of sight, ulcer in eyes etc. The influence of the benefics minimises the trouble, while influence of malefics increases the same. The Brisha rasi, being the second house of the natural zodiac, also rules over right eye and Meena rasi, twelfth house of the natural zodiac, rules ove^ the left eye. When malefics pass over the houses representing the eyes or afflict the planets ruling the eyes, they cause harm to the eye ruled by the house or planet afflicted. When malefics pass over all the houses ruling eyes and also over Sun, Moon and Venus in transit or aspect them, they affect both the eyes. If the houses and planets ruling over eyes are afflicted by malefics in natal chart, the transitory affliction causcs more.harm. There are many combinations for eye troubles, of which followings are important 1)Sun in the twelfth house harms the right eye and Moon in the twelfth house harms the left eye. 2)If Sun and Moon be afflicted by Saturn and Mars, they cause harm to the eyes. {3) Sun in the eighth house causes disease in the right eye. 4)Saturn and Mars in the sixth or eighth house cause harm to the eye. 5)Sun in Karkata lagna makes right eye-sight weak.

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6)Malefics in the sixth house harm the left eye and in the eighth house harm the right eye. 7)Sun in lagna or seventh house aspected by or conjoined with either Saturn or Rahu and also with Mars affects the right eye and in case of Moon under such conditions, the left eye is affected. 8)If Sun and malefic Moon be in dusthana, they cause harm to the respective eye ruled by them. 9)If Saturn be with Mars, and Moon be in dusthana, eye-sight becomes defective, 10)If second lord with lord of lagna be in dusthana, it makes one short of eye-sight. 11)Moon or Rahu in twelfth house, Saturn in triko- na and Sun in seventh house or eighth house in a malefic navamsa cause eye disease. 12)Sun and Moon in any order in sixth and twelfth houses causc eye disease. 13)Afflictpd Sun in Karkata rasi causes cataract in eye. 14)Afflicted Sun in lagna causes eye-trouble. 15)If Venus be with fifth and sixth lords, she causes dcfcct in eye-sight. 16)Sdlurn and Mars in second house or with second lord cause eye.disease. 17)If many planets be in sccond house aspected by Saturn, they cause defect in_eye sight. 18)Sun and Moon in the ninth house cause eye trouble. 19)Venus and Saturn in one house cause defect in eye. 20)Sun, Venus and Jupiter in one house cause eye trouble. 21)Sun Mars, Jupiter and Mercury in one house cause eye trouble. 22)If Saturn or Ketu be in the eighth house, it causes eye

disease. 23)Rahu in twelfth house causes eye disease. 24)If Moon be with malefic and Venus be in second house, they cause eye disease. 25)Mars in the twelfth house affects the left eye and Saturn in the second house affects the right eye, 26)Weak Moon in the eighth house aspected by strong Saturn inflicts severe eye disease. 27)Sun and Moon in second house cause night blindness. 28)If lord of eye be with Venus or be in any house of Venus or in her exaltation house and be related to the lord of lagna by conjunction or aspect, it causes night blindness. 29)Sun in Tula lagna causes night blindness. 30)Afflicted Sun in Simha rasi causes night blindness. I am giving below some important combinations suggesting blindness: 1)If Mesha, Karkata or Simha be lagna, and Sun and Moon be there, being aspected by Saturn and Mars, they make one blind. But if benefics influence the same they cause only short of vision. If only Sun be in that place, he affects the right eye and if only Moon -be- there, the left one is affected. 2)Sun and Moon in the twelfth house afflicted make one blind. 3)If Mars be the second lord, Sun and Moon be in the eighth house and Saturn be in the sixth or twelfth house one becomes blind. 4)Mars in second house, Saturn in twelfth house, Moon in sixth house and Sun in eighth house make one stone-blind. 5)If malefics are in fourth and fifth houses, Moon in dusthana and no benefic planet aspects any of them,blindness is suggested. 6)Strongly afflicted Sun inTula rasi causes blindness.

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7). If lords of first, second, fifth, seventh and ninth houses be in dusthana and Venus be either in lagna or in second house, they cause blindness. 8)Eclipsed Sun in lagna, Saturn and Mars in fifth and ninth houses give rise to blindness. 9)If second and twelfth lords be with Venus and lord of lagna be in dusthana, they cause blindness. 10)Sun in lagna with Rahu and malefics in trikona make one stone-blind.
Example No, 9. LagnaMithuna; Moon in Brisha s Sun, Saturn and Rahu in Kanya ; Jupiter and Mercury in Tula j Venus in Brischika ; Mars in Dhanu ; Ketu in Meena.

This is a case of a jataka suffering heavily from eye trouble which has resulted almost into blindness. The reasons for the disease, wc liixl. m<- : 1)Moon is in the twelfth housr ; r.lie is also aspected by Rahu. 2)Mars is in eighth place frooin Moon 3)Second house of Moon is aspected l>y Saturn and Mars.and Second lord Mercury is in sixth house with lord of eighth house aspected by Rahu. 4)Second lord from lagna is in twelfth house and second house is aspected by Mars. 5)Twelfth lord Venus is in sixth house aspected by Saturn. 6)Venus, karaka for eye-sight, is in sixth house aspected by eighth lord Saturn ; besides the fact, she is lord of a dusthana. 7)Sun is afflicted by Saturn and Rahu. ' 8)Fourth house is full with malefics and Moon is in dusthana. 9)Kanya rasi is heavily afflicted. 10)Both- Brisha and Meena rasis, ruling the eyes, are afflicted by malefics. 11)Both Sun and Moon are afflicted by Rahu from Kanya rasi,

the house of disease and also Venus is afflicted by Saturn from Kanya rasi. Thus we find that second and twelfth houses, Sun, Moon, Venus,Brisha and Meena rasis, lords of second and twelfth houses all these are afflicted. Lagna is also afflicted by sixth lord Mars.
Example No, 10. s LagnaDhanu s Venus In- Mtxha ; Saturn in Brisha ; Ketu in Kanya; Moon in Brischlk <1; Jupiter in Dhanu j Mars in Makara ; Sun and Mercury in Kumbh 1; Rahu in Meena.

This is a horoscope of complete blindness. The person lost both of his eyes in his first year after birth in dasa and antardasa of Saturn. First he lost his right eye and after few months he lost the left one. The reasons for the same are : 1)Venus, karaka for eye sight, is hemmed between the malefics, Saturn and Rahu. She is also aspected by Rahu and Mars. 2)Sun, karaka for the right eye, is hemmed between malefics Mars and Rahu and is also aspected by Saturn from sixth house.. Again, he is conjoined with-Mercury. 3)Moon, karaka for left eye, is aspected by Saturn from sixth house and by Rahu from Meena rasi. Further Moon is malefic, debilitated, lord of eighth house and is in twelfth house. 4)Second lord Saturn is in sixth house aspected by eighth lord, and also twelfth lord Mars is in second house. 5)Twelfth house is conjoined with eighth lord Moon and is aspected by Saturn and Rahu from sixth house and Meena rasi respectively. 6)Brisha and Meena rasis, second and twelfth houses of natural zodiac, are afflicted. 7)Sccond and twelfth houses from Sun are afflicted by Rahu and Mars. 8)Second and twelfth houses from Moon are hemmed between

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malefics. Thus we find all the houses and karakas for both the eyes are heavily afflicted in this horoscope. Saturn is connected with sccond house, twelfth house, Sun, Moon and Venus as a malefic and is afflicting them, and loss of sight in dasa and antardasa of Saturn is quite natural.

-DENTAL DISEASESThe second house is the seat of teeth, seventh house rules the dental diseases * and Saturn is the karaka for teeth. Brisha and Tula rasis of the natural zodiac control diseases of teeth. Affliction to second and seventh houses, their lords, and karaka Saturn and their relation with sixth house., lord of sixth house, dusthanas and lords of dusthanas give rise to dental diseases, tooth-trouble, irregular teeth etc. WhenSaturn itself afflicts the second or seventh house, it causes trouble connecting teeth. Saturns situation in the second house is responsible for setting of bad, ugly and irregular teeth. Rahu in the second house makes large and prominent teeth. When malefics transit through second and seventh houses, particularly Saturn or Rahu, dental troubles get in. Malefics in second and seventh houses from Sun and Moon also give rise to similar diseases. Mesha, Simha and Dhanu . rasis, three fiery signs, also rule the dental diseases and affliction to these houses are not desirable. These arc the combinations for irregular, large and defective teeth : 1)Afflicted Moon in Dhanu rasi causes large teeth. 2)Saturn in second house causes defective teeth. 3)If Rahu be either in lagna or second house, one possesses large teeth. 4)If Ketu be in lagna. one possesses wider teeth. 5)When Rahu or Saturn is in second house or in opposition to lord of lagna, and Jupiter is in debilitation defective teeth is the result. 6)If lord of eighth house be in eighth house with Jupiter and lord of lagna is debilitated, they result into defective teeth. The fallowings are the combinations for dental disea- ses : 1)If Saturn be in Karkata, one loses teeth early, provided the said Saturn is a malefic.

-DENTAL DISEASES2)If Mesha, Brisha or Dhanu rasi be lagna and malefic be there or aspects them, it causes tooth trouble. 3)Moon or Rahu in the twelfth house, Saturn in trikona and Ketu in seventh or eighth house cause tooth trouble. 4)Malefic in the seventh house without benefic as- pect causes tooth trouble. 5)If lagna be in navamsa of Saturn, it causes dental diseases. 6)Mars, being malefic,in secQnd house causes dental trouble. 7)Sun, Moon and Venus in lagna produce dental trouble. 8)If the second lord be with Rahu in dusthana or be with lord of the house where Rahu is situated, it causes dental trouble. 9)Mesha, Simha ^nd Dhanu rasis, when afflicted by Rahu give rise to dental trouble. While considering these combinations, the position of the second and seventh houses are also to be taken into consideration,whether they are afflicted by or conjoined with malefics or not. And also it should be taken into consideration whether the planet* making above combinations are benefics for the partiailm lugna in question. The benefics may not give rise to the disease at all.
Example No, 11. LagnaBrischika; Rahu in Mesha; Jupiter in Brisha j Moon and Ketu in Tula ; Saturn in Dhanu ; Mars and Mercury in Makara ; Sun and Venus in Kumbha.

This is a horoscope in which the person has defective and bad setting of teeth. The reasons for the same are : \ 1)Malefic Saturn is in the second house aspected by Rahu from the sixth house. 2)Saturn, karaka for teeth, is aspected by Rahu from sixth house. 3)Mesha, Simha and Dhanu rasis ruling teeth are afflicted. 4)Second house of Moon is hemmed between Ketu and Saturn.

-DENTAL DISEASES* 5)Seventh houses from Lagna, Moon and Sun are afflicted by aspect and conjunction of Rahu. 6)Lords of second houses from lagna, Moon and Sun are afflicted. In this horoscope seventh house of lagna is powerfully protected by benefic Jupiter, which is capable of fighting against dental diseases upto a considerable long age, though affliction of the houses ruling teeth by Rahu suggests diseases of teeth.

-POLYPUS AND OTHER NASAL DISEASESThe second house rules over the nose. Mercury is karaka for the same. When second house and Mercury are afflicted, nasal trouble is suggested. Brisha rasi is the seat of nose in the natural zodiac. Second house also rules the right nostril and twelfth house rules the left one. To ascertain trouble in particular side the cause must be looked into second or twelfth house. Rahu is karaka for breathing. Mithuna, Tula and Kumbha rasis, three airy signs also rule the functions of breathing. Affliction to the houses and karaka controling nose and breathing gives rise to nasal diseases and difficulties in breathing. Polypus is a disease which is a kind of tumour in nose. Mars is karaka for all tumours. A malefic Mars in the second or twelfth house and affliction of the houses and planets ruling nose, or affliction of the above houses and planets by malefic Mars produce diseases like ' polypus. The followings are the few combinations for nasal diseases : 1)Moon, Saturn and a malefic in sixth, eighth and twetfth houses respectively and lord of lagna in a malefic navamsa. 2)Moon in the sixth house, lord of lagna in house of a malefic and second house or second lord afflicted. 3) If Mercury be aspected by or conjoined with malefic and be without benefic aspect. 4)When sixth lord Jupiter afflicts second house, 5)Sun, M;irs and Saturn in one house related with second lord or Mercury.
Example No, 12. LagnaKarkata ; Mars in Brisha ; Rahu in Mithuna ; Moon in Karkata ; Saturn in Brischika ; Ketu in Dhanu; Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in Kumbha.

This is a horoscope of a person suffered from Polypus, and had to undergo an operation. The reasons for the disease are :

-POLYPUS AND OTHER NASAL DISEASES1)Second house from lagna and Moon is aspected by malefics Mars and Saturn and also by sixth lord Jupiter. 2)Lord of second house, Sun, is in the eighth house with sixth lord Jupiter and is aspected by Rahu. 3)Mercury, a karaka, is in dusthana with sixth lord and is aspected by Rahu. Further, it is a malefic for this lagna. 4)Rahu, a karaka for breathing, is in dusthana. 5)Brisha rasi, second house of natural zodiac, is afflicted by malefics. 6)Mars being malignant by aspect of Saturn is in Brisha rasi and is also aspecting the second house. 7)Mithuna, Tula and Kumbha rasis, three airy signs, are afflicted by Rahu and sixth lord Jupiter. Thus we find many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to disease like polypus. The jataka suffered from polypus in his right nostril and underwent an operation. Here, Jupiter as lord of sixth house suggests disease, while also being the lord of ninth and a natural benefic helps recovery.

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< DI SE A SE S C O N C E R NI N G , <? MOUTH AND FACE T he seco nd hous e gove rns the mout h. Affli ction to '

the seco -1 nd hous e, lord of seco nd hous e etc give rise to ' * disea ses in mout h. Brish a rasi is the seat of mout h in the natur al zodia c. Ther e may be many kinds of

disea ses -1 conc ernin g mout h. The afflic tion of seco nd hous e, lord of seco nd hous e, Brish a rasi toget her with afflic tion of irrespe ctive karak a plane ts give rise

to respe -1 ctive disea se. Merc ury is ruler of all ulcer s. Whe n merc ury and the abov e hous es are afflic ted and in some way relate d with disea se inflic ting plane t or

hous e, -1 they prod uce ulcer in the mout h. Mars is karak a for all tumo urs and cuts. Affli ction of Mars toget her with abov e hous es and hous e- ($ lords may give rise to

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tumo urs -1 and cuts in the mout h. Rahu is respo nsibl e for all infa mma tions, and root cause of any infla mma tory disea se is to be consi dered C* from afflic tion of Rahu and the

abov e -1 hous es and lords. Kark ata, Brisc hika and Mee na rasis, three water y signs , rule the insid e porti on of the mout h and their positi on < v in the horos cope and relati on

with seco -1 nd hous e and karak a plane ts are also to be consi dered for all disea ses insid e the mout h.

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S econ d hous e also rules the face. Brish a rasi is also the

scat of -1 face in natur al zodia c. Venu s rules the lustre in the appe aranc e. An afflic ted Venu s and afflic ted scco nd hous e, Brish a rasi, seco nd lord etc work for the

ladin g -1 away of lustre in the appe aranc e. A well place d and good Venu s endo ws one with good appe aranc e,

loveliness and charming face even npf<> mi old age. Brisha, Kanya and Makara INDIAN AS I KOI ( H I N .S. M l .TASKS rasis, three cm ihly signs, rule the appearance. Affliction of houses and planets ruling face together with affliction of respective karaka planet produce respective diseases in the face. These are the few combinations for the disease concerning mouth and face 1)When sixth lord Moon afflicts the second house. 2)If lord of lagna be in the house of Mars or Mercury and be aspected by Mercury. 3)Mercury and Venus in the sixth house afflicted. 4)Mars, Saturn and Mercury in lagna.
Example No, 13.

LagnaMithuna j Sun in Mesha ; Jupiter in Mithuua ; Rahu in Karlcata i Moon in Brischika ; Mars in Dhanu ; Ketu in Makara ; Saturn, Venus and Mercury in Meena-

The person suffered both from inflammation and a tumour in the mouth and underwent an operation. His face has been disfigured in result of the operation. The reason for the same are : 1)Second lord Moon is debilitated and is in sixth house, afflicted by Rahu. 2)Second house is conjoined with Rahu and is aspected by malefic and sixth lord Mars. 3)Brisha rasi is afflicted by malefic Saturn. 4)Mars, the karaka for tumours and cuts is himself sixth lord in this horoscope and is further aspecting the second house. He is further highly malignant being aspected by eighth lord and malefic Saturn.

I'ACE AND THROAT 5)Rahu, a karaka for inflammation, is in second house aspected by malignant Mars. 6)Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis are afflicted. 7)Second house from Moon is occupied by sixth lord Mars and is aspectcd by malefic Saturn. Jupiter the second lord from Moon, is in her eighth house aspected by her sixth lord Mars. 8)Second house from Sun is aspected by the malefic Saturn and the lord of the house Venus is with 'his sixth lord Mercury, conjoined w*ith Saturn and aspected by Rahu and Mars. 9)Venus, karaka for face and appearance, is heavily afflicted. 10)Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis, ruling face and appearance are afflicted. Thus we find that all the factors ruling mouth, face and appearance are afflicted in this horoscope. Jupiter is in lagna and is powerfully aspecting the sixth lord and karaka Mars, which suggests recovery from the disease.

DISEASES CONCERNINC TONGUE The second house rules the tongue and Jupiter governs all tongue diseases and defect in speech. Brisha rasi is the seat of tongue in natural zodiac. When Brisha rasi second house, lord of second house and Jupiter, all are afflicted and in some way related with disease inflicting house or planet, they produce dis-order, defect and disea. scs connecting tongue and speech. Malefic in second house without benefic influence always harms towards speech and power of talking. Generally, when Ketu is in second house in an adverse condition, one stammers ; afflicted Rahu in second house makes one speak too much ; afflicted Sun or Mars in second house makes one speak harsh and with heavy sounds. When afflicted Saturn be there one stammers, speaks late in life etc. Watery signs are sound-less and hence when Karkata, Brishcika or Meena be second house being afflicted, one speaks very little or even becomes dumb. These are the few combinations for tongue malady : 1)If second lord be in dusthana with Rahu or with lord of the house where Rahu is situated, it causes tongue malady. 2)If Second lord and Jupiter, being afflicted, be in the eighth house from the second house, they make one dumb, provided none is in its own house or in house of exaltation. 3)The second lord with Jupiter in dusthana gives rise to tongue malady. 4)If Moon be in junction of two rasis or navamsas and Jupiter be in dusthana and benefics be afflicted by conjunction of malefics, they result in dumbness.
Example No, 14.

LagnaKanya; Ketu in Mesha; Sun, Moon and Mercury in Karkata i Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in Simha ; Mars and Rahu in Tula.

This is a caseINDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES dumb. of tongue malady. The person is completely In this horoscope we find : 1)Second lord Venus is in dusthana. She is further lord of the house where Rahu is situated. 2)Second lord and Jupiter both are in dusthana. 3)Second hoifte is afflicted by eighth lord Mars and also by Rahu. Further itis aspected by sixth lord Saturn. 4)Second lord is in dusthana with sixth lord Saturn. 5)Second house from Sun and Moon, being Simha rasi, is afflicted by lords of sixth and eighth houses therefrom and also by malefics. 6)Brisha rasi is aspected by Mars and Saturn. 7)Karkata and Brischika, two watery signs, which are known as mute signs, are afflicted. 8)Jupiter, karaka for speech, is a malefic for Kanya lagna, is afflicted by malefic and is in dusthana.-

DEAFNESS AND EAR DISEASES The second and third houses rule the ears. The second house rules the outer part of the ear and third house rules the inner portion. Jupiter is karaka for all troubles and diseases concerning ears. Again, second and third houses rule the right ear, while twelfth and eleventh houses rule the left one. In the natural zodiac, Brisha and Mithuna rasis rule over the right ear, and Meena and Kumbha rasis rule over the left ear. Saturn has also a role in causing deafness. When the above houses, their lords and karaka planets ruling ears be afflicted and be in any way related with the disease inflicting planet or house, they produce trouble and disease in the ears. Afflietcd or malefic Mars in the houses ruljng ears or alllietion of the houses ruling ears by aspect of malefic 4

Mars give rise to tumours in iln mrs, As cars are tjie organs of hearing, the airy houses Mithuna, Tula andINDIAN A S I U O I O O Nsome Ithing in do in the matter of hearing Kumbha rasis have also A H M AST. and ear diseases. Jupiter is karaka for both tongue and cars and affliction of Jupiter together with sccond house and other houses and planets ruling tongue and ears give rise to both dumbness and deafness. When strong malefics pass through these houses in transit or afflict them by aspects, they give rise to pains and diseases connecting tongue and ears. I am giving below some of the combinations for diseases connecting ears : 1)Mars or Rahu with malefic in third house. 2)Venus and Mars, afflicted in second and twelfth houses. 3)A Malefic in third house aspected by another malefic. 4)Third lord in any house heavily afflicted. 5)Malefics in third, fifth, ninth and eleventh houses without benefic aspect. . . 6)Moon in the seventh house with a malefic devoid of benefic aspect and second or third house afflicted. 7)Having born at night with Mercury in sixth house and Venus in tenth house, the auditory sense of the right ear is lost to the Jataka who also hears through difficulty. 8)Seventh lord in lagna together with Mars, and second or third house afflicted. {9) Second lord in lagna with Mars or Saturn.

conjunction and are also afflicted.

Example No, 15.

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and third hou^^a^e ^Rittcd^b-^ jnalp^e'" d aspect. Twec"yral^^ktfuses

2)Sccond and third lords are afflicted by malefic conjunction and aspect. Twelfth and eleventh lords are also afflicted. 3)Jupiter is afflicted by aspects of Mars, Saturn and Rahu. 4)Second, third and eleventh houses from Moon are afflicted. And also lords of second, third, eleventh and twelfth houses are afflicted. 5)Second, eleventh and twelfth houses from Sun are afflicted. Lords of second, third, eleventh and twelfth houses arc also afflicted. 6)All the airy houses are afflicted. 7)Mithuna and Kumbha rasis together with Brisha and Mecna rasis are afflicted. 8)Saturn, a karaka for hearing, is afflicted and is in a sensitive sign. Thus we find the factors ruling the ears are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to deafness. The houses and planets ruling tongue are also afflicted in this horoscope suggesting dumbness.

INDIAN A S I U O I O DIPHTHERIA AND TONSILLITIS, PHARYNGITIS,O N A H I M AST. OTHER THROAT

DISEASES The third house governs the throat. Mithuna rasi is the seat of throat in the natural zodiac. Venus is karaka for throat diseases. Afflict*011 f third house, lord of third house, Mithuna rasi and Venus, all these produce diseases concerning the throat provided any of them has some relation with the disease inflicting house or planet. There are many kinds of diseases concerning throat, of which tonsillitis, diphtheria and pharyngitis are common. Acute suppuration of the peritonsillar tissues cause tonsillitis. To find this disease, one must look also to the position of the planet Mars in addition to the houses and planets ruling throat. Afflicted Mars in the third house or with lord of third house, or aspect of malefic Mars over third house or over lord of third house, together with afflicted third house, lord of third house, Mithuna rasi, karaka planets etc give rise to this disease. To find out the causes of ulcer in the throat one must look into the position of Mercury in addition to the houses and planets ruling throat. Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease with inflammation of mucous membrane, especially of throat. The causcs of this disease are to be looked out from third house, lord of third house, Mithuna rasi, Venus, Mars and Rahu. Affliction of third house, Mithuna rasi or lord of third house by Mars and Rahu, by conjunction,

aspect etc, are important factors to produce this disease. Affliction of karaka Venus by Mars and Rahu may also give rise to the similar diseases. When Mercury joins the above combinations, the infection comes from school, business place, place of amusements FACE AND THROAT etc ; When Mars joins them it is infected from brothers, sisters, hospitals, battle fields etc ; When Saturn joins them it is from people in street, factory workers, low-class people etc and so on according to the nature and qualities of the karaka- tas of planets. Pharynx is the cavity with enclosing muscles and mucous membrane, behind and communicating with nose, mouth and larynx. The affection of same gives rise to the diseases of Pharyngitis. The third house, lord of third house, Mithuna rasi, and Venus rule this disease. When above houses, house-lords and planets become afflicted and be in any way related with disease-inflicting planet or house they produce the said disease. When afflicted, malefic or sixth lord Venus afflicts third house, Mithuna rasi or lord of third house by conjunction or aspect etc or when afflicted Venus be in dusthana or in Kanya rasi with the lord of third house and Mithuna rasi or third house be weak, they produce the same disease. When fourth house or lord of fourth house or Karkata rasi or Moon be weak or afflicted or be conjoined with or be as- pectcd by malefic or evil lord and in anyway be related with the above combinations causing the diseases of pharyngitis, they give rise to worst type of pharyngitis. The affliction of third house, Venus, Mithuna rasi, lord of third house by strong and afflicted Mars and Rahu give rise to tumours in throat and neck. When all malefics strongly a sped o r conno i (Innl house, third lord, Mithuna rasi and Venus and be in nnyway related with disease-inflicting house or plauel, they produce canccr of throat. To produce any disease in neck, affliction of the eleventh house is also necessary. I am giving below some of the combinations to pro. duce diseases in throat : 1)When third lord conjoins with Mercury, it causes throat trouble. 2)If any weak, debilitated or eclipscd planet be in the third house aspected by malefics, if causcs trouble in throat from poison. 3)Malefic planet conjoined with another malefic in the third house causes throat trouble. 4)If lords of second and third houses be with Rahu in a house, they cause throat trouble. 5)If third lord and Mercury be in lagna, they cause throat trouble. 6)If Moon be in the fourth house in navamsa of fourth lord and be conjoined with malefic and third house be afflicted, they cause throat trouble. 7)If fourth house be in navamsa of Karkata, Brischika or Kumbha and Moon be there with malefic and the third house be afflicted, they cause throat trouble. 8)Lagna hemmed between malefics and afflicted planet in second and twelfth houses

I'act. a n d t h r o a t

Example No, 16.

and third house or lord of third house afflicted give rise to diphtheria. 9)Mars and Saturn in the sixth or twelfth house without benefic aspect togethci with lord of third house give rise to tumours in throat.
LagnaTula ; Mars in Brisha ; Saturn in Mithuna ; Htthu in Karkata \ Jupiter in Simha t Moon and Venus in Kanya ; Sim and Mercury in Brischika ; Ketu in Makara.

The jataka suffered from bad Tonsillitis and underwent an operation. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Third house is aspected by Saturn and Mars. Here Saturn is not a malignant planet being yoga-karaka, but Mars is highly malefic. 2)Third lord Jupiter, who is also the sixth lord, is aspected by Mars, Saturn and Rahu. Further, Jupiter, being sixth lord, is aspecting third house. 3)Venus, the karaka is in dusthana with malefic Moon and is also debilitated. 4)Mars, another karaka, is in duslhana aspected by malefics Sun and Mercury. 5)Third houses from Sun and Moon are afflicted. 6)Third house and third lord, both, are afflicted by malefic and also afflicted by Mars, suggesting tonsillitis. 7)Mithuna rasi is afflicted by Saturn and is hemmed between Mars and Rahu.
Example No, 17. LagnaMesha , Moon in Mesha \ Venus, Mars, Sun, Rahu and Mcrcury in Mithuna; Jupiter in Karkata; Ketu in Dhanu ; Saturn in Meena.

This is a case of Diphtheria. The reasons for the same are : 1)Third lord is with Rahu and lord of second house and they ;ill arc in one house. 2)Malefic Mars has joined malefic Sun, Mercury and Rahu in third house. 3)Rahu and Mars are in third house with other malefics. 4)Mithuna rasi is afflicted heavily. 5)Third lord is afflicted heavily, particularly by Mars and Rahu. 6)Mercury, though third lord, is also lord of sixth house and is in third house afflicting third house, Mithuna rasi and karaka planets Mars, Venus and Rahu. 7)Venus, karaka for throat, is afflicted by malefics, particularly by Mars and Rahu. Thus we find the third house, lord of third house, Mithuna rasi and karaka planets are afflicted heavily by malefics and are quite capable of giving rise to disease like diphtheria.

Example No, 18. LagnaDhanu ; Moon in Mesha; Ketu in Brisha ; Jupiter, Mercury and Mars in Karkata; Sun and Saturn in Simha; FACE Venus in Kanya ; Rahu in Brischika. AND THROAT

This is a case of Pharyngitis. The jataka suffered from the same many times. The reasons for the same are :
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1)Third house is aspected by malefics Sun and Mars. 2)Third lord is conjoined with malefic Sun. 3)Mithuna rasi is hemmed between malefics. 4)Venus, karaka for the disease, is lord of sixth house, debilitated and in Kanya rasi. 5)Karkata rasi is afflicted. 6)Third house from Moon is hemmed between malefics. 7)Mercury, third lord from Moon, is conjoined with malefic. 8)Venus is in sixth house from Moon. 9)Third house from Sun is aspected by Mars and Saturn. 10)Third lord from Sun is in Kanya rasi and is also weak. 11)Fourth houses from lagna, Moon and Sun are afflicted. Thus we find many factors are present in this horoscope to produce the disease of Pharyngitis.

CHAPTER FIVE
CHEST, LUNGS AND HEART ASTHMA This is a disease of respiration characterized by difficult breathing, cough etcMithuna, Tula and Kumbha rasis rule breathing. If these houses are afflicted, one will feel difficulties in taking breathing. If any of these houses becomes lagna and be also afflicted, the possibility of suffering from asthma is likely. Mercury is karaka for this disease. Its situation, strength, conjunction etc are important for this disease. When Mercury is weak, badly placed, afflicted by malefic conjunction or aspect and if the same has some relation with disease inflicting planet or house, the disease of asthma is likely. Moon causes cough. Weak, afflicted or badly placed Moon produces disease of cough. Rahu rules breathing and affliction of Rahu by malefics, situation in dusthana or affliction of airy houses by malefic Rahu give rise to diseases connecting breathing. Third house rules breathing and affliction of third house by malefics or by afflicted Rahu also produces breathing difficulties. When third house, lord of third house, Mithuna, Tula and Kumbha rasis, Mercury, Rahu and Moon be afflicted by malefics in way of conjunction, aspect etc, be situated in

I'act. a n d t h r o a t

Example No, 16.

evil houses and be in some way related with disease- inflicting house or planet, they give rise to the disease of asthma.

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I am giving below some of the combinations for this disease. The effect will vary according to the malefic and benefic nature of the planets and houses making combinations. 1)If Sim being lord of an evil house be conjoined with or be aspected by Saturn. 2)Sun in lagna aspected by Mars. 3)Any planet in sixth house aspected by or conjoined with or hemmed between malefics. 4)Saturn, Rahu or Ketu in eighth house aspected by or conjoined with malefic. 5)Lord of lagna with Venus in dusthana. 6)If lagna be aspected by Mars and Saturn. 7)Sun, Jupiter and Saturn in the fourth house. 8)Rahu or Ketu in the sixth hous?. 9)Rahu in the fourth house and lord of lagna afflicted. 10)Afflicted Venus in the twelfth house. While applying the above combinations, the strength and position of the houses and planets ruling asthma are also to be taken into consideration.,
Example No, 19. LagnaMithuna ; Rahu in Brisha ; Sun and Jupiter in Kanya ; Venus and Mercury in Tula ; Ketu in Brischika ; Moon in Dhanu ; Saturn R and Mars R in Meena.

This is a case of asthma. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Lagna is Mithuna rasi, an airy sign, and is afflicted by aspect of sixth lord Mars and also by Rahu from twelfth house. 2)Mercury is hemmed between malefics, and is as... pected by sixth lord Mars. 3)Another airy sign, Tula, is hemmed between malefics. 4)Ketu is in the sixth house.

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5)Moon is afflicted by aspect of eighth lord Saturn. 6)Rahu is in dusthana aspected by eighth lord Saturn. 7)Lord of lagna is hemmed between malefics. 8)Third lords from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. 9)Third house of Sun is also afflicted. 10)Third lord from lagna is in Kanya rasi, a sensitive and disease inflicting sign. Further sixth lord Mars is afflicting the third lord Sun by aspect from another sensitive house. In this case, third houses from lagna and Moon are not afflicted. The airy sign Kumbha rasi is also free from affliction. Mercury, the karaka, though aspected by sixth lord is in fifth house with the strong benefic fifth lord Venus and has become yoga-karaka. For these, the person is not the worst victim of the disease.
Example No, 20. Lagna-Simha* Jupiter R in Mesha; Ketu in Karkata; Sun, Saturn and Mercury in Kanya ; Venus in Tula j Moon and Mars in Brischika ; Rahu in Makara.

This is also a case of asthma. The reasons for the same are : 1)Rahu is in sixth house, suggesting disease of asthma. 2)Mithuna rasi is aspected by Saturn and Mars ; Kumbha rasi by Rahu and Mars ; and Tula rasi is hemmed between malefics. 3)Third house and lord of third house are hemmed between malefics.- Third houses from Sun and Moon and third lords are also afflicted. 4)Mercury, a karaka, is in Kanya rasi afflicted by conjunction of malefic and sixth lord Saturn and is also aspected by malefic Rahu from sixth house. Rahu, karaka for breathing is in the house of disease. 5)Moon, ruling cough, is weak and aspected by sixth lord Saturn from Kanya rasi.

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6)Lord of lagna and lagna karaka, both being Sun, is in Kanya rasi conjoined with sixth lord Saturn and is aspected by Rahu from sixth house. 7)Sixth lord Saturn is afflicting Mithuna rasi, lord of lagna, Mercury, Moon and lagna karaka by aspects and conjunction. It is further afflicting third house and third lord, as it is hemming them being in twelfth house of them. Rahu is afflicting Mercury, lord of lagna, lagna karaka and Kumbha rasi by aspects from sixth house. Thus we find all the factors controling the disease of asthma are heavily afflicted in this horoscope.

PLEURA AND LUNGS DISEASES Tuberculosis is an infection caused by bacillus tuberculosis the lesions of which are characterized by nodular bodies, tubercles and diffuse and filtrations. Pulmonary tuberculosis or tuberculosis of lungs is caused when the bacilli reach the lungs. Pleuricy is characterized by inflammation of the pleura, usually caused by chill and marked by pain in chest or side, fever etc. irhese diseases ard very common now-a-days. To find
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out the causes of these diseases, one must look into Karkata rasi, fourth house, lord of fourth house, Sun, Moon and Rahu. Sun and Moon are karaka for lungs diseases. Affliction to these planets and the above mentioned houses produces lungs diseases. Jupiter also governs lungs and affliction to this planet also can produce similar diseases. When Moon is severely afflicted, the root cause is mental ; when afflicted Venus joins the combinations of the disease, infection is contactcd from wife or woman, In case of Mercury in similar position, the root cause of

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infection is from school, play ground, amusement place, business place etc ; and in case of heavily afflicted Sun, it is contacted from the family members ; In case of.Saturn joining the combinations of disease of lungs, the infection comes from labours, low-class people, factory workers and people in the streets ; and it is from brothers, sisters, hospitals, battlefields etc in case of Mars. Rahu plays an important part in this disease. In most of the eases of lungs diseases, it is seen either Karkata rasi or Moon orSunorfourthhouse orfourth lord is afflicted by Rahu either by conjunction or by aspect. If no such affliction is found, atleast it is seen that Rahu is in dusthana and any of the above houses or planets is weak. Indeed, unless any of these factors is present in the horoscope the disease cannot come into appearance. The relation of sixth house, lord of sixth house or * Kanya rasi or disease inflicting planet or house with the house and planets ruling lungs are necessary to produce the disease of lungs. When Jupiter, being a benefic, joins them or aspects them, be suggests recovery from the disease. Conjunction of or aspect by benefic planets and lords of benefic houses also bring recovery. I am giving below few combinations for the disease of lungs : 1)If the sixth house is a watery sign, and Sun and Jupiter be there. 2)If Sixth house is a dual sign and afflicted Sun be there. 3)Sun in lagna aspected by malefic Mars. 4)If eighth house be a watery sign, and if Venus or Jupiter or Sun be there conjoined with or aspectcd by malefics. 5)Any planet in sixth house between two malefics conjoined with or aspected by malefic. 6)Satprn, Rahu or Ketu in the eighth house conjoined with malefic and maraka.planet.

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7)If lagna or karaka planet be in watery sign, and Rahu and Mars be there aspected by Saturn. 8)If lagna or karaka planet be in watery sign with Rahu and Mars aspected by Saturn, and if Moon aspects or conjoins them, they produce worst type of tuberculosis. 9)Lord of lagna with Venus in dusthana and fourth house afflicted. 10)Malefic aspects of Mars and Saturn over lagna. 11)Mutual exchange of houses by Sun and Moon in rasi or navamsa and fourth house or any of them afflicted. 12)Conjunction of Sun and Moon in Karkata or Simha rasi and either fourth house or these being afflicted. 13)Moon and Saturn in a house aspected by Mars. 14)Afflicted Mercury in Karkata rasi and fourth house or Moon afflicted. 15)Sun, Jupiter and Saturn in fourth house. 16)If Venus be afflicted in the twelfth house and fourth house also be afflicted. 17)Rahu in the sixth bouse, lord of lagna in the eighth house and fourth house afflicted. 18)Presence of Rahu or Ketu in sixth house and fourth house afflicted. 19)If Venus be highly afflicted by Rahu and Mars, and fourth house or Moon be afflicted. 20)Sixth or eighth lord with Rahu or Ketu. 21)Mars in Karkata and Sun in Tula aspected by Saturn. 22)If Sun and Saturn be in mutual kendras afflicting lagna. 23)If Mithuna rasi be kendra and afflicted Sun be there. 24)Moon in between two malefics and Saturn in the seventh house. 25)Sixth lord with Moon in lagna. 26)Debilitated Moon with Sun aspected by Mars or Saturn.

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27)Afflicted Sun in dual rasi and fourth house afflicted. 28)Rahu .and lord of lagna in the eighth house and fourth house afflicted. 29)Mercury and Mars in the sixth house in opposition to Moon and Venus. 30)Mars and Saturn in sixth house aspected by Rahu and Sun. 31)Sun in Makara and Moon in between Mars and Saturn. 32)Moon and Saturn in one house afflicted by Mars. 33)Moon and Mars in. sixth or eighth house aspec- ting lord of lagna. 34)Sun in eleventh house, Saturn in fifth house and malefics in eighth house. 35)Saturn and Mars in tenth house and Sun in lagna, fourth or eighth house. 36)Mars in sixth house and sixth lord in lagna aspected by Saturn. 37)Saturn, Rahu, Mars and Sun in fifth house, lord oflagna in sixth house, weak Moon in eighth house and Jupiter with an enemy.
Example No, 21. Lagna-Kanya ; Moon and Ketu in Mesha ; Jupiter in Simha ; Saturn in Kanya ; Rahu in Tula ; Sun and Mercury in Makara ; Mars and Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of pleuricy. The reasons for the disease are ; 1)Mars is in sixth house and sixth lord Saturn is in lagna. 2)Venus is afflicted by Mars and Rahu, and is in sixth house. 3)Sixth lord is in lagna and is aspected by Mars from sixth house. 4)Ketu and malefic Moon are in eighth house. 5)Jupiter is in dusthana aspected by eighth lord Mars from sixth house. 6)Karkata rasi is aspected by malefics. 7)Fourth houses from Sun and Moon are afflicted.

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8)Jupiter, fourth lord from lagna, is in dusthana and is aspected by eighth lord Mars from sixth house. Thus we find many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to disease of lungs, in this horoscope it will be seen that fourth house of lagna is a fiery house, fourth lord Jupiter is in fiery house, karaka Moon is in fiery house and fourth lord is also aspected by fiery planet Mars. The person suffered from dry pleuricy and this- can be justified from predominance of the fiery houses and planets causing this disease. In this horoscope, fourth house is aspected by fourth lord Jupiter and karaka Moon is also aspected by him. He is further aspecting the sixth house. His influence over fourth house, Moon and karaka planet and he himself being fourth lord minimised the malignant qualities of the combinations for disease and that is why the person suffered from pleuricy only and not from tuberculosis of lungs.
Example No, 22. Lagna ~ Brischika; Rahu in Mesha ; Jupiter in Brisha ; Moon and Ketu in Tula ; Saturn in Dhanu ; 'Mars and Mercury in Makara ; Sun and Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of Pleuricy with effusion. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Rahu is in the twelfth house. 2)A malefic is in the fourth house aspected by another malefic. 3)Moon and Kctu*are in the twelfth house. 4)Karkata rasi is aspected by malefics. 5)Fourth lord is aspected by Rahu from the sixth house. 6)Fourth house from Moon is afflicted and fourth lord is also aspected by malefic. 7). Fourth house from Sun is aspected by Rahu. Thus we find the factors responsible for lungs disease are present in this horoscope. Here in this horoscope, Moon is in Tula rasi and fourth house from Moon is Makara rasi. Though they are airy

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and earthly signs, they are also known as watery signs. More over fourth house from Sun is another earthly sign, whose lord is Venus and the same is a watery planet. Venus, the watery planet, is also in fourth house from lagna. We find influence of water connecting the disease of fourth house is present and hence the suffering from pleuricy with effusion is justified.
Example No, 23. LagnaMesha ; Jupiter in Mesha; Saturn and Ketu in Kar- kata; Venus in Kanya; Sun and Mcrcury in Tula; Mars in Brischika ; Rahu and Moon in Makara.

I 1)Sun and Saturn are in mutual kendras and they are afflicting the lagna. 2)Saturn and Ketu are in Karkata rasi, and thus Karkata rasi and fourth house from lagna are afflicted. 3)Moon is with Rahu and is also afflicted by malefic. Thus Moon and lord of fourth house from lagna are afflicted. 4)Sun, anothor karaka, is weak apd afflicted by conjunction of sixth lord. ____ 5)Fourth house from Moon is aspected by Saturn, Sun and sixth lord therefrom (Mercury). 6)Fourth house from Sun is afflicted by conjunction of Rahu and lord of the house, Saturn, is also afflicted. 7)Fourth house from lagna is also afflicted by Rahu. Thus we find many important factors to give rise to lungs disease are present in this horoscope. In this horoscope, fourth house and tenth house from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. Fourth house rules the right lungs and tenth house rules the left one and thus we find the person is liable to suffer from disease in both the lungs.

This is a case of tuberculosis of lungs. The reasons for the disease are :

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Example No, 24. LagnaMithuna ; Rahu in Simha s Mars and Saturn in Tula $ Jupiter and Sun in Brischika; Venus and Mercury in Dhanu ; Moon and Ketu in Kumbha.

This is a case of tuberculosis of lungs. The reasons for the disease are ; 1)Sixth house is a watery sign and Jupiter and Sun are there. 2)Fourth house is hemmed between malefics and is aspected by Rahu. 3)Fourth lord is aspected by eighth lord Saturn and also by Rahu. 4)Moon is conjoined with Ketu. 5)Sun, another karaka; is in sixth house. 6)Fourth house from Sun is afflicted and its lord Saturn, is in dusthana from Sun. 7)Fourth house from Moon is aspected by malefic Sun and lord there of is also afflicted. 8)All the planets are within the revolution of Ketu and Rahu and thus have formed a Kala-sarpa yoga. 9)Karkata rasi is aspected by malefic Saturn. Thus we find many factors are present in the horoscope to give rise to lungs disease.

( Heart diseases are disordered action of heart, irritable heart, neurocirculatory asthenia, pain in heart etc. * Karkata rasi is the seat of heart in natural zodiac. Fourth ( house governs the same. Moon is karaka for heart and ^ Sun rules the heart diseases. To find out all diseases connecting heart one must look into the position of Sun ( in the

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horoscope. Mars governstheblood. So the affliction of Sun, Moon, Mars, Karkata rasi, fourth house, lord of fourth house etc and any relation of any of them with ( sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi or with disease inflicting house or planet, give rise to diseases of heart. When Saturn joins Sun, it causes palpitations and ^ shivering of heart. When Ketu afflicts the same, it causes ( pain in heart. Mars under similar position is responsible for all blood circulations. Lagna plays also a part in this * disease and generally it is seen lagna or lord of lagna is ( afflicted in cases of heart diseases. ( ( I am giving below few combinations ruling diseases of heart: 1)If Ketu joins Mars in the fourth house. 2)Afflicted Moon in house of an enemy. 3)Sun and Saturn in evil house jointly. 4)Lord of the sixth house and Sun with a malefic in fourth house. 5)Mars, Saturn and Jupiter in fourth house. 6)Saturn, Jupiter and lord of sixth house in fourth house. 7)Mercury in lagna, and Sun and Saturn in sixth house aspected by or conjoined with a malefic. 8)Rahu and Moon in the seventh house and Saturn in a kendra. 9)If Jupiter be afflicted by powerless Mars, sixth lord be with malefic and Sun be in Brischika rasi. 10)Afflicted Moon in fourth house and three malefics in one house.
Example No, 25. LagnaMesha ; Saturn, Mercury and Rahu in Mesha ; Sun and Moon in Brisha ; Venus in Mithuna ; Jupiter and. Ketu in Tula ; Mars in Meena.

This is a case of heart disease. The jatika ultimately died from the same.

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The reasons for the same are : 1)Moon is weak, being very near to new-moon. 2)Lord of the fourth house is weak and is with a malefic. 3)Sun, a karaka, is afflicted by aspect of Rahu. 4)Mars, karaka for circulation of blood, is in twelfth house. 5)Simha rasi, fourth house from Sun and Moon and itflord Sun are afflicted by aspect of Rahu. 6)Lagna is heavily afflicted by Saturn and Rahu, and lord of the sixth house is in lagna. Further, lord of lagna is in dusthana. Thus we find many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to heart disease. Though Karkata rasi is unafflicted in this horoscope, its lord Moon is very weak and afflicted and other factors are very strong and capable of producing heart disease.
Example No, 26. LagnaTula ; Jupiter in Mesha; Ketu in Mithuna ; Saturn in Karkata ; Moon in Simha ; Rahu in Dhanu ; Mars, Sun, Mercury and Venus in Meena.

This is another case of heart disease. The person suffered from mild heart trouble and ultimately recovered from the same. The reasons for the disease, we find, are : 1)Karkata rasi is afflicted. 2)Moon is aspected by Rahu and also by lord of the sixth house. 3)Sun, karaka, is in sixth house afflicted by malefic Mars. He is further conjoined with lords of eighth and twelfth houses. 4)Fourth house is aspected by malefic Rahu. 5)Mars, karaka for blood circulation, is in sixth house and is also conjoined with evil lords. 6)Lagna is afflicted by aspect of malefic and sixth lord. Further lord of lagna being afflicted is in sixth house. 7)Fourth lord from Moon is in eighth house from Moon. (8) Fourth house from Sun is afflicted and lord of

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the house is weak, debilitated and afflicted. In this horoscope, the lord of fourth house is aspecting the fourth house. It is further a yoga-karaka. Its situation in Karkata rasi is also not very harmful for Tula lagna. Further lord of lagna is exalted ; and that is why the sufferings of the person was comperatively mild and he recovered from disease.

THROMBOSIS OF THE HEART Fourth house rules the heart. Karkata rasi is the seat of heart in natural zodiac. Moon rules the heart. Sun governs all heart diseases. Mars controls the circulation of blood. The affliction of all these and a relation of any of them with disease inflicting house or planet give rise to heart disease and also to thrombosis of heart. Karkata. Brischika and Meena rasis rule over the blood and therefore the strength of these houses are also to be considered. The affliction over these houses also causes the thrombosis of heart. The more the malignant the houses and planets, more they work for this disease. Any connection of these houses and planets with eighth house, lord of eighth house or Ayu-karaka Saturn may inflict death. When strong malefics pass over these houses and planets or afflict them in transit by aspect or by conjunction one may be attacked from thrombosis of heart, provided he has the houses and planets ruling heart in his natal chart weak and afflicted.
Example No, 27. Lagna Mithuna; Saturn in Mithuna ; Mars and Ketu in Karkata ; Sun, Moon and Venus in Kanya ; Mercury in Tula ; Rahu hi Makara ; Jupiter in Kumbha.

This is a case of thrombosis of heart. The person died in the first attack.

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The reasons for the disease are 1)Karkata rasi is afflicted by sixth lord Mars and also by Ketu. 2)Fourth house is afflicted. Lord of fourth house is also aspected by malefic sixth lord. 3)Moon is too weak and almost a new-moon. 4)Mars is debilitated. He is further lord of sixth house and is also afflicted. 5)Jupiter, fourth lord from Moon and Sun, is in sixth house from them and is aspected by their eighth lord Mars and also by Rahu. Further, the fourth house from them is aspected by sixth lord Saturn. 6)Lagna is afflicted by eighth lord, malefic and death-inflicting Saturn. 7)Moon and Sun, two karakas, are in Kanya rasi, a house of disease and are also aspected by malefic Rahu from eighth house of lagna. 8)Karkata and Meena rasis, two watery signs ruling blood, are also afflicted. Thus we find most of the factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to such a disease. At the time of attack from thrombosis, Rahu was passing through Makara rasi,- thus afflicting Karkata rasi, fourth-house, Sun, Moon and Mars from eighth house from lagna. Saturn in transit just passed Kanya rasi and entered Tula rasi, and thus was afflicting Karkata rasi, fourth lord and Mars, and partly, fourth house, Sun and Moon. Mars was also in eighth house from lagna on the day of attack. He was passing through the dasa of Jupiter at that time which is a strong maraka from lagna, Sun and Moon. The planets in transit and the dasa ruling at the time of attack from thrombosis justify the death.
Example No, 28.

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LagnaMakara \ Moon in Mithuna ; Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Rahu in Karkata; Mars in Tula; Jupiter in Brischika; Ketu in Makara.

This is another case of thrombosis of heart. He died from the same, but he had some more attacks from the same before death. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Karkata rasi is heavily afflicted by malefics. 2)Sun is heavily afflicted by conjunction of malefics and sixth lord Mercury. 3)Moon is in the sixth house and sixth lord is in Karkata rasi with eighth lord and afflicted. 4)Fourth house is afflicted by malefic aspect. 5)Lagna is afflicted andlord of lagna is also afflicted. 6)Fourth house from Sun is afflicted. Venus, fourth lord therefrom is with eighth lord Saturn and aspected and afflicted by sixth lord Jupiter. 7)Fourth house from Moon is afflicted by aspect of Saturn, eighth lord therefrom and Mercury, lord of fourth house from Moon, is with Saturn, eighth lord therefrom and further is aspected and afflicted by Jupiter, from sixth house of Moon. 8)All the watery signs ruling blood are afflicted by malefic aspects and conjunction. All these suggest attack from thrombosis of heart and death from same. Mars is not afflicted in this horoscope. More over he is aspecting his own house, the fourth house from lagna, ruling heart. The watery signs though afflicted are also guarded by Jupiter, a natural benefic, and that is why he servived the previous attacks. He died when Rahu was passing through Makara rasi and Saturn through Tula rasi thus afflicting Karkata rasi, Sun, Moon, Mars, lagna, fourth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, and fourth lords therefrom. DISEASES CONCERNING BREASTS AND MAMMARY GLANDS

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The diseases concerning breasts and mammary glands are also ruled by the fourth house. Karkata rasi is the seat in natural zodiac. The right breast is further ruled by the fourth house and Karkata rasi and left one by tenth house and Makara rasi. Moon is karaka for breast. Second, sixth and tenth houses rule the flesh. Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis, three earthly signs, are the seats in natural zodiac ruling flesh. Any disease concerning insufficiency of milk in a mothers breasts is due to affliction of fourth house, tenth house, their lords, Karkata and Makara rasis, Moon etc. The causes and natures of disease concerning flesh around the breasts are to be judged from above places and karaka planets and also from Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis, and from second, sixth and tenth houses. Mars is karaka for breast glands, Venus is karaka for all gland-diseases. Any disease in mammary glands originates from afflicted Karkata and Makara rasis, fourth and tenth houses, their lords, Moon, Mars and Venus. Cancer of breasts is more frequently seen in women, and the root cause of the disease is to be looked from the houses and planets already mentioned. When sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi or any disease inflicting house or planet make any relation with houses or planets ruling diseases of breast and they be. heavily afflicted by malefics or being afflicted be in an evil place, they may give rise to cancer of breast. When Moon is sixth lord and is in lagna and fourth or tenth house is afflicted, it may give rise to the disease of cancer of breast. When fourth or tenth house lord and karaka Moon be in sixth house or in dusthana or be heavily afflicted, they produce the similar disease. Affliction of fourth or tenth house, Karkata or Makara rasi, Moon etc by afflicted or malefic Mercury may give rise to ulcer in breast. Affliction of the above houses and planets by dry planetsor situation of theplanets ruling breasts in dry house may make insufficiency of milk in mothers breast.

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Breast bones are thin flat vertical bone in chest connecting ribs and their karaka is Mercury, and any disease regarding the same is to be judged from houses and planets ruling breast and from Mercury and also from houses and planets ruling bones. Sometimes the mammary glands are also attacked by tubercular affection. Such cases are to be detected from

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Moon, Mars and Rahu. When these houses and planets are heavily afflicted and in some way related with disease inflicting house or planet or be afflicted by malefic Rahu from an evil house, they give rise to tubercular diseases concerning breasts.
Example No, 29. Lagna - Karkata ; Rahu in Kanya ; Moon in Tula; Saturn and Venus in Makara ; Sun and Mercury in Kumbha ; Mars, Jupiter and Ketu in Meena.

This is a case of cancer of breast. The reasons for the same are : 1)Karkata rasi is aspected by malefic and eighth lord Saturn. 2)Fourth house from lagna is aspected by Mars, Saturn and Rahu. Saturn is lord of eighth house and Rahu is in Kanya rasi and therefore their aspects are highly evil. 3)Moon is aspected by Rahu, Mars and Saturn. 4)Fourth lord Venus is with malefic Saturn and is aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi. 5)Fourth house from Moon is afflicted and fourth house from Sun is also afflicted. 6)Lords of fourth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted. . (7) Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis ruling flesh are also afflicted. Thus we find all the factors ruling diseases of breasts are afflicted -in this horoscope. Fourth houses from lagna, Sun, Moon and their lords and Karkata rasi are afflicted here and hence the jatika suffered from cancer in her right breast. DISEASES OF COUGH AND PHLEGM Jupiter rules the phlegm in our body. Moon, Venus and Mercury have also slight influence upon it. The fourth house and its lord govern this disease. Karkata rasi is the seat of this disease in natural zodiac. Affliction of Karkata rasi, fourth house, lord of fourth house and Jupiter mainly work for .the disease of phlegm and cough. Their conjunction with malefics, situation of planets ruling same in evil houses, relation of the above houses and planets with sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi or disease

inflicting planet, all these give rise to diseases resulting from phlegm and cough. Affliction of any of the planets Moon, Venus, Mercury along with afflicted Jupiter make one constant sufferer of phlegm and cough. When along with them the houses and planets ruling cough and phlegm be afflicted and be related with disease inflicting house or planet, they result into various kinds 6f diseases connecting the same. When malefics pass over the above houses and planets in transit or afflict them by aspect, one may be worried from the trouble from cough and phlegm, provided such houses and planets are afflicted in natal chart. The following stars rule the phlegmatic qualities and one from under any of these stars as lagna or rasi and one having these afflicted will have excess of phlegm and is liable to suffer from diseases connecting the same : Krittika, Rohini, Ashlesha, Mogba, Swati, Visakha, Uttarashara, Sravana and Rebati.

CHAPTER SIX . ABDOMEN STOMACH DISEASES The stomach has been assigned to the fifth house and Simha rasi. Sun is karaka for the same. Affliction of fifth house, lord of fifth house, Simha rasi and Sun give rise to the diseases and troubles concerning stomach. Further, fifth house rules the right side of the stomach along with Simha rasi, while ninth house and Dhanu rasi rule the left side of the same. Saturn and Ketu cause all sto. mach pains. Saturn produces all diseases from irregular and bad eating, while Ketu produces all diseases from hunger and in-sufficient eating. The disease of the fifth house, that is stomach, is mostly inter-linked with diseases connecting bowels which is governed by the sixth house and Kanya rasi. We shall now discuss many diseases, concerning fifth and sixth houses.

DISEASES CONCERNING SPLEEN Spleen is situated in the left side of stomach. Ninth house and Dhanu

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rasi govern the same. Jupiter is karaka for spleen. Simha rasi, fifth house of natural zodiac, has also its ruling over the spleen. Spleen diseases may be of many kinds, such as, rapture of spleen, tuberculosis of spleen, abscess, tumour etc. To produce tuberculosis of spleen, affliction or association of Rahu with the houses find planets ruling same and malefic influences over the same are necessary. To produce tumour, abscess or rapture, affliction of Mars in similar way is necessary. Rahus affliction also causes enlargement of spleen. The function of this organ is to produce certain modifications in the blood of most vertebrates, situated on mammals at left of stomach. As we .find the function of the spleen has something to do with blood, Moon is a planet also to be taken into consideration. Thus we find, when Simha rasi, Dhanu rasi, ninth house, Jupiter and Moon are afflicted and are in some way related with sixth house or lord of sixth house or with any disease inflicting house or planet, they may give rise to diseases concerning spleen. As Sun is karaka for all stomach diseases, position and strength of this planet is also to be considered. I am giving below some combinations for this disease, which should be applied considering whether the planets are malefics or benefics for the horoscope in question : 1)If Moon be hemmed between malefics and Sun be in Makara. 2)If waning Moon with a malefic be in lagna belonging to Saturn or be in sixth or eighth house. 3)When Moon is in between malefics and Saturn is in the seventh house. 4)If sixth lord Moon be aspected by malefics. 5)When malefic Jupiter be in lagna or in dusthana. 6)When Mars is in lagna and lord of sixth house is weak.

Example No, 3 0 . LagnaBrischika ; Jupiter in Mesha ; Mars ami Rahu in Brisha ; Sun and Moon in Simha ; Venus and Mercury in Kanya j Saturn and Ketu in Brischika.

This is a case of Spleen disease of worst type. The person ultimately died from the same.

The reasons for the disease are : 1)Mars is in lagna and sixth lord is weak, debilitated and aspected by Rahu. 2)Malefic Jupiter is in twelfth house, who is a karaka for spleen. 3)Ninth house is aspected by malefic and ninth lord is heavily afflicted. 4)Fifth house and fifth lord along with sixth lord are aspected by malefic. . (5) Sun, karaka for stomach, and Moon, karaka for blood are afflicted. 4 6)Dhanu rasi is aspected by malefic Mars. 7)Moon is too weak, being very near to new-moon. 8)Mesha rasi, ninth house from both Sun and Moon, is conjoined with eighth lord from Sun and Moon, and Mars, lord of the ninth house, is heavily afflicted. Thus we find many factors to give rise to disease of spleen are present in this horoscope. Another point is to be noted that Sun and Moon are in Simha rasi being aspected by strong malefics Mars and Saturn, which suggest tuberculosis. "DISEASES CONCERNING LIVER Liver is the large glandular organ in vertebrate secreting bile and purifying venous blood. There are many kinds of diseases concerning liver, such as jaundice, cirrhosis of the liver, cancer of liver, tuberculosis of liver, abscess of liver etc. The fifth house rules the same. Simha rasi is the seat of liver in natural zodiac. Jupiter is karaka for the sanje. Sun and Mars are the planets who govern, biles. Moon is the ruler of blood. When Simha rasi, fifth house, lord of fifth house, Jupiter, Moon, Sun and Mars are afflicted, badly placed and make some relation with disease inflicting house or planet, they suggest liver troubles. As Sun is also the karaka for stomach, his situation, strength etc are important for the diseases of liver. Mars is the planet which produces abscess and affliction of fifth house by malefic Mars or some connection of Mars with fifth house or lord of fifth house or karaka planets being afflicted may produce liver abscess. Rahus

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affliction in similar way is responsible for tuberculosis of liver. When all the malefic planets afflict the houses and karakas ruling liver and be related with disease inflicting house or planet, they may give rise to cancer of liver. I am giving below some of the combinations ruling liver diseases : 1)If Moon be hemmed between malefics and Sun be in Makara rasi, they may cause liver abscess. 2)If Moon be in between two malefics and Saturn be in the seventh house, they may produce liver abscess. 3)A malefic Jupiter in lagna or dusthana causes liver diseases. 4)Lords of lagna and eighth house with Jupiter -cause the similar disease. 5)Lords of lagna, second and fourth houses in one house afflicted cause the similar disease. 6)Lord of lagna in sixth house along with Jupiter gives rise to similar disease. 7)Lord of lagna, lord of fourth house and Jupiter in one house being afflicted cause the similar disease.
Example No, 31. LagnaMakara ; Venus and Mercury in Mesha : Sun, Mars and Rahu in Brisha; Moon and Saturn in Simha; Ketu in Brischika ; Jupiter in Kumbha.

This is case of liver disease. The person suffered many times from serious diseases concerning liver. The reasons for the same are : 1)Simha rasi is afflicted by conjunction of Saturn and also by aspect of Mars. 2)Fifth house is conjoined with malefics Mars.Rahu and Sun and is also aspected by Saturn. 3)Fifth lord Venus is with sixth lord Mercury. 4)Sun, a karaka, is heavily afflicted. 5)Jupiter, another karaka, is afflicted by Saturn being strongly aspected.

6)Fifth houses from Sun and Moon and fifth lord from Moon are afflicted. 7)Mars and Moon, ruling biles and blood, are heavily afflicted. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling the diseases concerning liver are afflicted in this horoscope and arc competent to give rise to the diseases of liver.

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DISEASES OF BILES The bilious or piitha planets are Sun and Mars. The affliction of these planets give rise to bilious diseases. Seat of this disease is Simha and Kanya rasis in natural zodiac. Fifth and sixth houses govern the same. Jaundice, sleeplessness, increase of hunger, all these are bilious diseases. The diseases come into presence when biles increase. Colic is the result of a diseased bile. Other bilious diseases are burning, warmth, suppuration, ulceration etc. When the above planets, houses and house- Iords ruling biles are afflicted by malefics by their conjunction, aspect etc, the bilious elements in the body increase, while the planets, houses 'and house-lords are weak and afflicted, the bilious elements in the body decrease. The stars Bharani, Mrigasira, Pushya, Purba-falgooni, Chitra, Anuradha, Purbashara, Dhanista and Uttara- Bhadrapada rule the bile and people, born under any of the said stars as lagna or rasi or affliction of any of them in natal horoscope, are liable to suffer from bilious complains. When above planets, houses and their lords ruling biles be weak, afflicted, placed in evil houses, conjoined witji evil lords or malefics and be in any way related with the disease inflicting houses or planets, they give rise to bilious diseases. I am giving below same of the combinations for the same : 1)When Mercury is with lord of lagna along with lord of sixth house. 2)When Sun is conjoined with a malefic and is also aspected by another malefic. 3)When Sun is in eighth house, Mars is without strength and a malefic is in second house. 4)When Moon is in house ofMars hemmed between malefics. 5)When lord of sixth house is in eighth house along with Sun and a malefic.

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6)When Saturn, Mars and Jupiter are in lagna. 7)When lord of sixth house is with Venus, Mars and Saturn. 8)When Mars is in Karkata in opposition to Sun. 9)When Venus, Sun and Saturn are in one house. 10)If weak Sun or Mars be in eighth house and malefic be in second house.' 11)When Rahu is in eighth house aspected by malefics. 12)If Mercury be in lagna with lord of sixth house.
Example No, 32, LagnaKumbha ; Rahu in Mithuna; Jupiter and Venus in Simha ; Sun and Mars, in Kanya ; Mercury in Tula; Ketu in Dhanu ; Moon in Makara ; Saturn in Meena.

This is a case of constant bilious complains. The reasons for the same are : 1)Sun is with malefic Mars and is aspected by another malefic Saturn. 2)Sun is in eighth house ; Mars is without strength and is afflicted, and malefic Saturn is in second house. 3)Weak Mars and Sun are in the eighth house and malefic Saturn is in sccond house. 4)Karaka Mars and Sun are afflicted. 5)Kanya rasi is afflicted by malefics^6)Sixth house from Moon is conjoined with Rahu and lord of sixth house from Moon is also afflicted by Rahu. 7)Fifth houses from lagna and Moon are afflicted. 8)Sixth house from lagna is aspected by Rahu, and Moon, sixth lord there from, is in dusthana. Thus we find many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to excess of bilious complains. Though Simha rasi in this horoscope is well guarded, the affliction of other houses and planets ruling biles are more stronger.

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DISEASES CONCERNING BOWELS AND INTESTINES

[ PEPTIC, GESTRIC, DUODENIAL ULCERS, TUBERCULOSIS OF INTESTINE ETC. ]

There are many kinds of diseases concerning the bowels. The portion below the stomach is known as bowels. Kanya rasi is the seat of same in natural zodiac wherefrom diseases concerning the bowels are to be judged. The sixth house governs the same. Sun is karaka for bowels. Ketu causes all pains in bowels. While judging the diseases of bowels, the position of Simha rasi and fifth house are also to be considered, as both the places are linked with diseases connecting abdomen. Peptic, gestric, duodenial ulcers, tuberculosis of bowels etc are the various kinds of diseases concerning bowels. While judging ulcers in bowels, position of Mercury and Mars are to be taken into consideration. Affliction of Simha rasi, Kanya rasi, fifth and sixth houses, their lords and Sun, and affliction of Mars and Mercury and their relation with disease inflicting house or planet give rise to ulcers in bowels. When afflicted Mars and Mercury afflict or join above houses and planets ruling bowels and be in any way related with disease inflicting house or planet by conjunction, situation etc, they also give rise to similar diseases. When Rahu joins the above combinations, it gives rise to irrecoverable ulcers in bowels. Conjunction or affliction of the above combinations by Saturn or Ketu causes pains in bowels. Gastritis is the result of disturbed digestion, abuse of alcohol etc. Symptoms are uncomfortable feeling in abdomen, headache, depression, nausea, eructations, vomiting, pains etc. Venus is karaka for digestion and her strength and position is an important factor while considering this disease. Affliction of Simha and Kanya rasis, fifth and sixth houses, their lords, karaka Sun and Venus and some relation of

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them with disease inflicting planet or house will give rise to gastritis. While afflicted and malefic Venus afflicts the houses and planets ruling this disease from a disease inflicting house or being conjoined with a disease inflicting planet, she is capable of producing similar disease. When Ketu or Saturn joins the same or afflicts the same, it causes pain. While judging tuberculosis of bowels, position of Rahu

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sixth house with a malefic and afflicted lord of lagna in lagna cause similar diseases. 18)Rahu and Mercury in lagna in opposition to Saturn and Mars cause diarrhoea. 19)Moon and Venus in eighth house cause diarrhoea. 20)Mars, Saturn and Rahu in one house cause diarrhoea. 21)Venus with a malefic in seventh house causes dysentery. 22)Mars and Venus in eighth house cause dysentery. 23)Rahu and Saturn in second house or lagna navamsa cause dysentery. 24)If lord of lagna be in Meena navamsa afflicted by malefic, it causes dysentery and diseases from water. 25)Moon in between malefics and Sun in Makara rasi cause internal abscess. 26)Moon in between malefics and Saturn in seventh house cause similar disease. 27)If Rahu or Ketu be in lagna with malefic sixth lord or be in eighth or tenth house and sixth house be afflicted, they produce cancer in abdomen. 28)If there be any affliction in Kanya rasi by Saturn or Rahu, particularly when Kanya is lagna, it suggests tuberculosis of bowels. 29)If Mars be in a common navamsa of Kanya, inflammatory tuberculosis of bowels is suggested. 30)Moon and Mars in sixth house cause jaundice and vomiting.
Example No, 33. LagnaKarkata ; Rahu and Mercury in Mithuna ; Sun' and Moon is Karkata; Mars and Venus in Simha ; Saturn in Brischika ; Ketu in Dhanu ; Jupitet in Meena.

The person is suffering from a worst type of pain in abdomen. The reasons for the same arc : 1)Ketu is in sixth house of lagna, Sun and Moon. 2)Saturn is in fifth house in mutual aspect with Mars and is

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further aspected by sixth lord. 3)Simha rasi is conjoined with Mars and is aspected by Saturn. 4)Sun, karaka, is with malefic Moon and is also hemmed between malefics Mars and Rahu. Rahu is also afflicting Sun by its aspect. 5)Jupiter, lord of sixth house is aspected by malefic Mars. 6)Mercury is in dusthana with Rahu. Thus we find many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to bowels diseases. Ketus situation in the sixth house not only gives rise to pain but also brings sufferance from un-known causes. Situation of Moon and Sun in Karkata rasi being afflicted is not a happy combination.
Example No, 34. LagnaKarkata ; Rahu in Mesha ; Mars in Brisha ; Sun, Jupiter and Mercury in Mithuna; Venus in Simha; Ketu in Tula ; Saturn and Moon in Dhanu.

This is a horoscope of a female, who suffered from cancer in abdomen and ultimately died from the same. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Saturn in sixth house with Moon. 2)Mo0ir~and a malefic in sixth house aspected "by malefics. 3)Sixth house and lord of lagna are afflicted by aspect of Rahu, Mars, Sun, lord of evil houses and are also conjoined with eighth lord Saturn. 4)Fifth house is hemmed between malefics. Fifth lord Mars is also hemmed between malefics. 5)Kanya and Simha rasis are afflicted by malefic aspects. 6)Sixth lord Jupiter is afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics. 7)Sun, karaka. is in dusthana conjoined with evil lords and is aspected by eighth lord Saturn from sixth house. 8)Fifth and sixth houses from Moon are afflicted. Their lords are

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also afflicted. 9)Fifth house from Sun and lord of the house are. also afflicted. Sixth house from Sun and lord of the house, both are hemmed between malefics. Thus we find all the factors ruling stomach and bowels are afflicted in this horoscope suggesting serious illness concerning the above places. Affliction of sixth house and lord of lagna by all the malefics and also by lords of dusthanas justify death from disease like cancer of intestines.
Example No, 35. LagnaDhanu ; Ketu in Mesha ; Jupiter in Karkata ; Saturn in Simha", Rahu and Mars in Tula , Moon in Dhanu; Sun and Venus in Kumbha ; Mercury in Meena.

This is a case of duodenial ulcer.

The reasons for the same are : 1)Simha rasi is afflicted by conjunction of Saturn. 2)Kanya rasi is hemmed between malefics. 3)Ketu is in the fifth house from lagna and Moon. 4)Sixth house from lagna and Moon, which is Brisha, is afflicted by aspect of Saturn. 5)Lords of the fifth and sixth houses from lagna and Moon are afflicted by Rahu and Saturn. 6)Sun, karaka, is afflicted by Rahu and- Saturn ; Mercury, another karaka,' is debilitated and hemmed between malefics. Mars, who is also a karaka, is afflicted. 7)Fifth house from Sun is afflicted. Fifth lord is hemmed between malefics. Thus we find all causes to give rise to duodenial ulcer are present in this horoscope.

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COLIC The Colic pain is a disease which causes severe griping pain in belly. When Saturn or Ketu afflicts the sixth house, one suffers from this pain. Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house, Sun, Saturn and Ketu rule over this disease. Affliction of these houses and planets by malefics and some relation of Saturn or Ketu with sixth house, Kanya rasi etc and when a disease inflicting house or planet makes any relation with them, they give rise to disease of colic pain. When malefic and afflicted Saturn or Ketu make any relation with the sixth house or Kanya rasi, they also give rise to similar disease. Colic is the after affect of biles diseases. Sun and Mars are karaka for biles and their strength and position in the horoscope are also to be examined. Affliction of Sun and Mars by Saturn and Ketu and their relation with the sixth house, lord of sixth house or Kanya rasi, all these produce colic pains. I am giving below some combinations for the same : 1)When lord of lagna is depressed and is in a house of an enemy, Mars is in fourth house and Saturn is aspected by a malefic. 2)When Sun, Moon and Mars are in sixth house. 3)When Sun is in lagna aspected by Mars. 4)When lord of lagna is in Brisha navamsa afflicted by malefic. 5)When lord of lagna is in Kanya navamsa afflicted by malefic. 6)When lord of lagna is in Makara navamsa afflicted by malefic. ( ) When Mars is in lagna and sixth lord is weak and afflicted.
Example No, 36. LagnaMithuna ; Saturn R in Brisha j Ketu in Kanya ; Sun, Mars, Moon and Mercury R in Brischika; Jupiter in Dhanu; Venus in Makara ; Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of bilious disease and colic pain. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Mercury, lord of lagna, in sixth house with sixth lord suggests bilious complains.

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2)Sun is with malefics Mars, Mercury and Moon and is aspected by malefics Saturn and Rahu, which suggests excess of bile. Further he is in sixth house with sixth lord and lord of lagna, and is also aspected by eighth lord. 3)Sun, Moon and Mars in sixth house suggest colic pain. 4)Ketu is in Kanya rasi. 5)Malefics are in sixth houses aspected by malefics and also by eighth lord Saturn and also by Rahu. 6)Lord of sixth house is afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics, 7)Mesha rasi, sixth house from both Sun and Moon, is hemmed between malefics and is aspected by Rahu, from a sensitive house, 8)Mars, sixth lord from Sun and Moon, is afflicted. 9)Sun and Mars karakas for biles, are in sixth house, afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics. 10)Saturn, a karaka for Colic, is in- twelfth house from lagna afflicted by aspect of malefics Sun, Moon, Mars and Mercury. Thus we find, many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to bilious diseases and colic pain. DYSPEPSIA, DIARRHOEA AND CHOLERA I have already mentioned many combinations for diarrhoea and cholera while discussing diseases concerning stomach and bowels in the pages of this chapter. Dyspepsia is caused from indigestion. Diarrhoea results from too rapid passage of the contents through

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Kanya rasi, they also give rise to similar disease. Colic is the after affect of biles diseases. Sun and Mars are karaka for biles and their strength and position in the horoscope are also to be examined. Affliction of Sun and Mars by Saturn and Ketu and their relation with the sixth house, lord of sixth house or Kanya rasi, all these produce colic pains. I am giving below some combinations for the same : 1)When lord of lagna is depressed and is in a house of an enemy, Mars is in fourth house and Saturn is aspected by a malefic. 2)When Sun, Moon and Mars are in sixth house. 3)When Sun is in lagna aspected by Mars. 4)When lord of lagna is in Brisha navamsa afflicted by malefic. 5)When lord of lagna is in Kanya navamsa afflicted by malefic. 6)When lord of lagna is in Makara navamsa afflicted by malefic. ( ) When Mars is in lagna and sixth lord is weak and afflicted.
Example No, 36.
LagnaMithuna , Saturn R in Brisha i Ketu in Kanya ; Sun, Mars, Moon and Mercury R in Brischika; Jupiter in Dhanu; Venus in Makara ; Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of bilious disease and colic pain. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Mercury, lord of lagna, in sixth house with sixth lord suggests bilious complains. 2)Sun is with malefics Mars, Mercury and Moon and is aspectcd by malefics Saturn and Rahu, which suggests excess of bile. Further he is in sixth house with sixth lord and lord of lagna, and is also aspected by eighth lord. 3)Sun, Moon and Mars in sixth house suggest colic pain. 4)Ketu is in Kanya rasi. 5)Malefics are in sixth houses aspected by malefics and also by eighth lord Saturn and also by Rahu. 6)Lord of sixth house is afflicted by conjunction and aspect of

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malefics, 7)Mesha rasi, *sixth house from both Sun and Moon, is hemmed between malefics and is aspected by Rahu, from a sensitive house, 8)Mars, sixth lord from Sun and Moon, is afflicted. 9)Sun and Mars karakas for biles, are in sixth house, afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics. 10)Saturn, a karaka for Colic, is in-twelfth house from lagna afflicted by aspect of malefics Sun, Moon, Mars and Mercury. Thus we find, many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to bilious diseases and colic pain. DYSPEPSIA, DIARRHOEA AND CHOLERA I have already mentioned many combinations for diarrhoea and cholera while discussing diseases concerning stomach and bowels in the pages of this chapter. Dyspepsia is caused from indigestion. Diarrhoea results from too rapid passage of the contents through the intestine, resulting into fluid stools. Cholera is seen with profuse and frequent stools, incessant vomiting and excited by an attempt to take food and drink. The root causes of these diseases are to be found out from Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house and Sun karaka for bowels. Venus is karaka for digestion and affliction of Venus along with afflicted above houses and planets and some relation of them with disease inflicting house or planet give rise to dyspepsia and other diseases from indigestion. Moon is karaka for diarrhoea. Affliction of sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi, karaka Sun and karaka Moon anci their relation with disease inflicting house or planet may give rise to diarrhoea. Mercury is karaka for cholera.

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Moon also rules over vomiting. Affliction of Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house, karaka Sun, karaka Mercury, and their relation with disease inflicting planet or house, and also a relation of them with malefic or afflicted Moon produce cholera. When afflicted Mercury and Moon be in sixth house or in Kanya rasi or be related with lord of sixth house, they are also capable of producing similar disease. Rahu is karaka for all epidemics. When one is victim of cholera from epidemic, the root cause is to be looked out from situation of Rahu in the horoscope and also from the relation with the houses and planets producing cholera. Any link of these houses and planets with eighth house, lord of eighth house, lord of twenty- second drekkana or with death inflicting house or planet may cause death. Mercury further works for all troubles from poison and when strongly afflicted Mercury joins

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the houses and planets ruling bowels or afflicts them by aspect, it may result into troubles in bowels from poison. The second house and Brisha rasi rule over food and affliction of these houses, lord of second house and Mercury and a mutual relation among them may bring sufferings from food poisoning. When Mercury being second lord be afflicted and second house or Brisha rasi also be afflicted, they may bring similar trouble. Watery signs Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis have also something to do regarding cholera and diarrhoea and their connection with the combinations for these diseases are always bad.
Example no, 37. LagnaMakara ; Rahu and Jupiter in Mesha ; Mars in Brisha ; Saturn in Kanya t Ketu in Tula; Moon in Dhanu ; Sun, Venus and Mercury in Meena.

This is a case of cholera. The person suffered from the disease in his Moon's dasa. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Saturn is in Kanya rasi afflicted by malefics. 2)Sixth house is afflicted by Saturn and sixth lord is weak andafflicted. Further sixthhouseisaspectedby Moon. 3)Moon is in dusthana afflicted by aspect of Mars and Rahu and is aspecting the sixth house. 4)Sun, karaka, is lord of eighth house and is with Mercury, sixth lord and karaka for cholera, and is aspected by malefic Saturn from Kanya rasi. "(5) Venus, karaka for digestion, is conjoined with sixth and eighth lords Mercury and Sun, and is aspected by Saturn from Kanya rasi. 6)Sufi, Mercury, Venus, lord of sixth house, alii ruling the
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disease of-eholera, are in watery signs. 7)Sixth houses from Sun and Moon, and their lords are afflicted. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling cholera are afflicted in this, horoscope.
Example No, 38.
LagnaSimha ; Saturn and Ketu in Mesha Moon in Mithuna ; Sun, Venus and Mercury in Simha ; Rahu in Tula ; Mars in Makara ; Jupiter in Meena.

This is also a case of cholera. The reasons for the same are : 1)Moon, karaka for vomiting and diarrhoea, is. afflicted by sixth lord Saturn and also by Rahu. 2)Mercury, karaka for cholera and Venus, karaka for digestion are conjoined with malefic and are afflicted by aspect of malefic Mars from sixth house. 3)Sixth house and lord of sixth house are afflicted.1 Kanya rasi is also hemmed between malefics. 4)Lagna and lord of lagna are afflicted by aspect of malefic Mars from sixth house. 5)Sixth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted. Lords of these bouses are also afflicted. 6)Moon, Mercury and Venus are connected with sixth house and lord of sixth house ; they are also afflicted by lord of sixth house and by planets from sixth house.
Example No. 39. LagnaMeena ; Ketu in Brisha ; Sun, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter in Karkata; Venus and Saturn in Simha ; Rahu in Brischika f Moon in Kumbha.

This is a case of chronic dyspepsia. The reasons for the same are : ___________

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1)Sixth house is afflicted by malefic Saturn and also by eighth lord. 2)Sun, karaka for bowels,' is in watery sign and is also afflicted by Mercury, Mars and Rahu. 3)Venus, karaka for dyspepsia, is in sixth house conjoined with malefic Saturn. Mercury, another karaka, is also afflicted. 4)Sixth houses from Sun and Moon and their lords are afflicted. Thus we find many factors are present in the horoscope to give rise to bowels disease. Only notable thing is that Kanya rasi is not afflicted. But other factors are sufficiently strong to produce the disease like dyspepsia.

DYSENTERY Dysentery is a disease with inflamed mucous membrane and intestinal glands, griping pains and mucous and bloody evacuations. Fifth and sixth houses are the places where from the root causes of this disease are to be found out. Simha and Kanya rasis are the seats of this disease in natural zodiac. Venus works for indigestion and Mars For bloody evacuations. Affliction of Simha and Kanya rasis, fifth and sixth houses, their lords,karaka Sun and also Venus and Mars, or affliction of the above ^houses and their lords by malefic Venus and Mars, or affliction of these houses and planets by evil lords give rise to dysentery. As Sun is the karaka for all bowels diseases, his strength and position is an important factor. Ketu and Saturn are responsible for all pains. Affliction of the above houses, their
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lords and karaka planets by Saturn or by Ketu produce pain with the same disease. Saturn, Rahu or Ketus affliction may make the disease chronic, unless the combinations are well guarded. As watery signs also have some function in this disease, their relations with disease making combinations are always bad.
Example No, 40.
LagnaMakara ; Sun and Mercury in Mesha ; Saturn in Mithuna ; Ketu in Simha ; Moon in Brischika ; Jupiter and Rahu in Kumbha s Mars and Venus in Meena.

This is a case of dysentery. The causes for the disease we find are : 1)Sixth house is afflicted by conjunction of Saturn and by aspects of Rahu and Mars. 2)Fifth house is hemmed between malefics. 3)Lords of fifth and sixth houses are afflicted by malefics. , (4) Simha rasi is conjoined with Ketu and is aspected by Saturn and Rahu. Kanya rasi is aspected by malefic Mars. 5)Fifth and sixth houses from Moon and their lords are afflicted. Fifth and sixth houses from Sun are also afflicted. 6)Sun, a karaka planet, is with sixth lord Mercury. Venus, another karaka, is with malefic Mars and is aspec-

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ted by Saturn and Rahu. Further Venus is in watery sign with sixth lord from Moon. Thus it is seen most of the houses and planets ruling the disease of dysentery are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of producing a disease like dysentery.

DISEASES CONCERNING GALL BLADDER Gall bladder may be attacked from the diseases of inflammation, cancer, stones etc. The root causes of the diseases of gall bladder are to be found out from sixth house. Kanya rasi is the seat of the same in natural zodiac. Sun is karaka for all diseases concerning bowels and Mercury rules over the diseases of gall bladder. When Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house, Sun, Mercury etc be afflicted, be connected with evil houses and evil lords, or when the houses ruling gall bladder and karaka Sun be afflicted by a malefic Mercury and be in any way related with the disease inflicting house or planet, they produce diseases in gall bladder. Saturn is karaka for all stones. When malefic Saturn afflicts them or makes some relation with them, it causes stone in gall bladder. Mars is responsible for inflammation. When malefic Mars joins the combinations of disease of gall bladder or afflicts them, he produces inflammation of gall bladder. When the combinations for gall bladder diseases are heavily afflicted by malefics Rahu, Ketu, Saturn, Mars etc and lagna be also afflicted, they give rise to cancer of bladder.
Example No, 41.
Lagna - Brischika ;Moon in Mesha j Venus and Rahu in Kanya 5 Sun and Mercury in Tula s Mars in Dhanu 1 Saturn in Makara ; Jupiter in Kumbha ; Ketu in Meena.

This is a case of stones in gall bladder.

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The reasons for the disease are : 1)Kanya rasi is afflicted by Rahu. 2)Sixth house is aspected by malefics. Sixth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted. 3)Lord of sixth house from Moon is afflicted by malefics. Lord of sixth house from Sun is hemmed between malefics. " (4) Sun and Mercury, karakas, are aspected by malefics Rahu and Saturn. Further they are in dusthana and are also afflicting sixth house. 5)Saturn, karaka for stones, is aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi. 6)Lagna is hemmed between malefics. Thus we find the factors ruling gall bladder are afflicted in this horoscope and both the karakas ruling bowels and gall bladder are powerfully aspected by malefic and afflicted Saturn, which is karaka for stones. Rahus affliction over the same and situation in Kanya rasi suggest lingering and painful disease. APPENDICITISAppendicitis is the inflammation of the vermiform appendix. The seat of this disease is Kanya rasi. Sixth house also governs the same. Moon is karaka for this disease. Sun being ruler of abdomen is also ruler of all diseases concerning abdomen. Affliction of Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house, Sun and .Moon and their relation with any disease inflicting house or planet, or affliction of Kanya rasi, sixth Jiouse, lord of sixth house and Sun by afflicted and malefic Moon or any relation of lord of sixth house and Sun with afflicted and malefic Moon in an evil house give rise to appendicitis. When Rahu or Mars joins or afflicts them, it causes severe attack of

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appendicitis. Some of the combinations for this disease are given below : ', 1)When eighth house is afflicted by Rahu or Mars and Moon is also afflicted. 2)If two strong malefics. are on both sides of the sixth house. 3)Moon in Kanya or Brischika Rasi afflicted by malefics and when sixth house is also afflicted. 4)Sun in Simha rasi afflicted by Mars, Rahu or Saturn by conjunction or aspect, and Moon or sixth house afflicted. 5)When a malefic together with Moon be in Kanya rasi and sixth house is also afflicted. 6)If sixth house be Meena Rasi with Jupiter there being afflicted and Moon also be afflicted. 7)Saturn in Kanya or Meena Rasi being in sixth house and Moon afflicted. 8)If Brischika be the sixth house with Rahu there and Moon also be afflicted. 9)If sixth house be Mithuna or Kanya Rasi, Mars be there, and Moon also be afflicted. 10)Malefic Moon in Kanya Rasi conjoined with or aspected by Rahu or Mars.
Example No, 42.
LagnaTula; Rahu in Brisha : Jupiter R in Simha ; Moon in Kanya; Ketu in Brischika ; Mars in Makara; Sun, Saturn, Venus and Mercury in Meena.

The reasons for the disease are : 1)Sixth house is afflicted by malefics and also by lord of eighth house. 2)Kanya rasi is afflicted and karaka Moon is there afflicted and is also aspected by sixth:lord.

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3)Sun, another karaka, is in a sensitive rasi being afflicted. Further he is in sixth house with lords of eighth and twelfth houses. 4)Rahu is in eighth house, while Moon is afflicted. 5)Saturn is in Meena rasi, while sixth house is also afflicted. 6)Lord of lagna is in sixth house, while Moon is in twelfth house, and they are aspecting each other. The person suffered from appendicitis for a long time and underwent an operation.

DIABETES This is a disease of metabolism especially of the carbohydrates, in which the normal utilization of carbohydrate is impaired with an increase in the sugar content of the blood and glycosuria. The increased thirst is a prominent feature in this disease. Kanya rasi and sixth house rule this disease. Sun, being karaka for all stomach

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and bowels diseases, has also his ruling over the same. Venus, Moon and Jupiter are karaka for this disease. Affliction of Venus and Jupiter or Moon and Jupiter together with affliction of Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth*house and Sun, give rise to diabetes. When afflicted Venus and Jupiter or Moon and Jupiter join the above houses and planets or be related and there be also some relation with disease inflicting planet or house, similar disease is predicted. Eighth house also rules over this disease. While judging this disease, the strength of the eighth house and its. relation with the combination of disease are also to be considered. I am giving below some combinations for this disease: 1)When strong malefic be in eighth house, and Venus and Jupiter be afflicted. 2)When strong malefic be in eighth house, and Moon and Jupiter also be afflicted. 3)When strong malefic be in lagna, and Jupiter and Venus be afflicted. 4)When strong malefic be in lagna, and Jupiter and Moon also be afflicted. 5)When malefic Venus be in lagna or be in dusthana. 6)If Venus be in eighth house and malefics aspect over the eighth house and Venus be also afflicted by malefic.
Example No, 43.
LagnaBrischika; Mars and Ketu in Mithuna ; Sun and Mercury in Simha; Jupiter in Kanya ; Venus in Tula ; Saturn in Brischika j Rahu in Dhanu ; Moon in Meena.

This is a case of diabetes. The reasons for disease are : 1)Sixth house is afflicted by malefic aspect and sixth lord is in

eighth house with malefic Ketu. 2)Eighth house is afflicted and eighth lord is also afflicted by malefic Saturn. 3)Strong malefic Saturn is in lagna. 4)Sun is afflicted by aspect of Saturn and is conjoined with lord of eighth house. 5)Jupiter, a karaka, is in Kanya rasi and is aspected by sixth lord Mars. Moon, another karaka, is in Meena rasi, a sensitive sign. 6)Sixth houses from Sun and Moon are afflicted. 7)Kanya and Brischika rasis, sixth and eighth houses of natural zodiac, are afflicted by strong malefics. 9)Venus is in dusthana from lagna and Moon. Thus we find the planets and houses ruling diabetes are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of producing the disease. CHAPTER SEVEN GROINS AND GENITAL ORGANS DISEASES CONCERNING KIDNEY AND PELVIS Kidney is one of the pair of glandular organs in abdominal cavity of mammals. Pelvis is basin like cavity of kidney. There are many kinds of diseases concerning these places, such as, tumours in kidney, cystic disease, abscesses, nephritis etc. The seventh house rules the place. Tula rasi is the seat of the same in natural zodiac. Jupiter and Moon are karakas for all diseases concerning kidney. Venus is ruler of diseases in pelvis. Affliction to Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house, Jupiter and Moon, all these give rise to diseases in kidney. When Malefic Jupiter and Moon afflict the above houses and lords, the similar diseases are predicted. If the above houses, their lords and karaka planets connect sixth house or lord of sixth house or any disease producing house or planet by conjunction, aspects etc, the

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diseases connecting kidney and pelvis appear. An afflicted and weak Moon is always bad for kidney. Saturn also rules the diseases in kidney and affliction to Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house etc by Saturn give rise to diseases concerning kidney. When Mars and Mercury, being malefics, afflict the houses and planets ruling kidney, they produce tumours, abscesses etc in kidney.
Example No, 44.
LagnaKanya; Moon and Mars in Brisha 5 Sun and Venus in Mithuna ; Jupiter and Mercury in Karkata ; Ketu in Simha ; Saturn in Makara ; Rahu in Kumbha.

In this case, the person suffered from stones in kindey and underwent an operation. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Saturn, lord of sixth house and karaka for stone, is afflicting the seventh house by aspect. Saturn is further aspecting the seventh lord. Rahu is aspecting the seventh house from sixth house. 2)Tula rasi is afflicted by aspects of Saturn and Rahu. 3)Jupiter, a karaka, is aspected by sixth lord and malefic Saturn. Moon, another karaka, is afflicted by conjunction of eighth lord and malefic Mars. Sun, karaka for abdomen, is aspected by Rahu from sixth house. Mercury, another karaka, is also afflicted. 4)Seventh house from Sun is aspected by sixth lord from Sun ; Jupiter, lord of seventh house from Sun, is aspected by malefic and also by Saturn, eighth lord from Sun. 5)Seventh house from Moon is aspected by eighth lord from Moon. . Thus we find the factors liable to give rise to disease in, kidney are afflicted in this horoscope. Afflictions of seventh

house, lord of seventh house, Tula rasi etc by sixth lord Saturn suggest stones in kidney. Association of Mars with Moon justifies the operation.

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HERNIA

The disease of hernia is to be judged from Tula rasi and seventh house. Moon is karaka. for same. When Moon is weak, afflicted, badly placed and also Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house etc are afflicted, they produce disease of hernia. Affliction of Moon by Mars and Saturn and any relation of' them with the houses and planets ruling the disease of hernia, also give rise to similar disease. Afflicted Moon in a watery navamsa and some relation of her with the houses ruling disease, produces similar disease. When a' weak and afflicted Moon afflicts the seventh house, Tula rasi or lord of seventh house, it causes the same disease. When the sixth house or lord of sixth house or disease inflicting house or planet makes some relation with Moon, Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house1 etc in way of aspect, conjunction etc or when Moon and lord of seventh house being afflicted be in disease inflicting house or be associated with disease inflicting planet, they give rise to similar disease.
Example No, 45. LagnaMesha ; Mars in Brisha ; Ketu in Karkata ; Jupiter in Simha ; Saturn jn Brischika ; Sun in Dhanu s Moon, Rahu and Mercury in Makara ; Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of strangulated hernia. The reasons for the same are : 1)Moon is weak and is conjoined with sixth lord Mcrcury and is also afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics. She is further conjoined with lord of sixth house from rasi. 2)Seventh house from Moon is conjoined with malefic Ketu and aspected by sixth lord Mercury. Seventh house from Sun is hemmed between malefics and seventh lord Sun is afflicted.

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3)Seventh lord from lagna is afflicted by aspect of Rahu. 4)Mars, lord of lagna, is afflicted by aspect of Saturn and Rahu. In this horoscope, though Tula Rasi, which is also seventh house from lagna, is not afflicted, the other factors are stronger and are capable of inflicting the disease of hernia. He suffered from the disease when Saturn was transiting through Tula rasi and Rahu was transiting over his radical Moon. This is also a case of piles. The reasons for the same are, Brischika rasi, which is also eighth house from lagna, is conjoined with malefic Saturn and is aspected by Mars. Seventh and eighth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted in this horoscope.

DISEASES CONCERNING FEMALE ORGANS Disease in female organs are to be judged from Tula rasi and seventh house. Mars is karaka for all diseases in female organs. Afflictions of Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house and Mars give rise to various diseases concerning the same. When malefic Mars joins or aspects frbm evil house the seventh house, lord of seventh house, Tula rasi etc, Jie may produce similar diseases. When sixth house, its lord or a disease inflicting house or planet makes some relation with the houses and planets ruling female organs or when the lord of the above house and karaka planets be situated in disease- inflicting house or in evil house, they produce the disease in female organs. Venus rules the ovaries. When Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house, Mars and Venus be afflicted by Rahu or be in sixth house, dusthana etc with Rahu, there may be tubercular affection in ovaries. Mars is karaka for all tumours and Mercury is karaka for ulcers. When Mercury afflicts the houses and planets ruling female organs, it produces ulcers

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there } In case of afflictions by malefic and afflicted Mars, there may be tumours in female organs.
Example No, 46.
Lagna-Kumbka ; Sun, Mars, Venus and Rahu in Simha ; Mercury and Saturn in Kanya ; Moon and Jupiter in Tula j Ketu in Kumbha. .

This is a female horoscope suffering from tumours in uterus.. t The reasons for the same are : ' 1)Malefics are in seventh house and seventh lord is afflicted. * ' v o> 2)Mars, karaka for disease in female organs, who is- also karaka for tumours, is afflicted b-y Rahu and further is afflicting the seventh house and its lord. 3)Seventh houses from Sun and Moon and lords thereof are afflicted. ...

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of malefics. She is further conjoined with lord of sixth house from rasi. _________________ 2)Seventh house from Moon is conjoined with malefic Ketu and aspected by sixth lord Mercury. Seventh house from Sun is hemmed between malefics and seventh lord Sun is afflicted. 3)Seventh lord from lagna is afflicted by aspect of Rahu. 4)Mars, lord of lagna, is afflicted by aspect of Saturn and Rahu. * In this horoscope, though Tula Rasi, which is also seventh house from lagna, is not afflicted, the other factors are stronger and are capable of inflicting the disease of hernia. He suffered from the disease when Saturn was transiting through Tula rasi and Rahu was transiting over his radical Moon. This is also a case of piles. . The reasons for the same are, Brischika rasi, which is also eighth house from lagna, is conjoined with malefic Saturn and is aspected by Mars. Seventh and eighth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted in this horoscope.

DISEASES CONCERNING FEMALE ORGANS Disease in female organs are to be judged from Tula rasi and seventh house. Mars is karaka for all diseases in female organs. Afflictions of Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house and Mars give rise to various diseases concerning the same. When malefic Mars joins or aspects from evil house the seventh house, lord of seventh house, Tula rasi etc,_he may produce similar diseases. When sixth house, its lord or a disease inflicting house or planet makes some relation with the houses and planets ruling female organs or when the lord of the above house and karaka planets be situated in disease- inflicting house or in evil house, they produce the disease in female organs. Venus rules the ovaries.

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When Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house, Mars and Venus be afflicted by Rahu or be in sixth house, dusthana etc with Rahu, there may be tubercular affection in ovaries. Mars is karaka for all tumours and Mercury is karaka for ulcers. When Mercury afflicts the houses and planets ruling female organs, it produces ulcers there j In case of afflictions by malefic and afflicted Mars, there may be tumours in female organs.
Example No, 46. Lagna-Kumbha ; Sun, Mars, Venus and Rahu in Simha \ Mercury and Saturn in Kanya ; Moon and Jupiter in Tula j Ketu in Kumbha. ..

This is a female horoscope suffering from tumours in uterus. '* The reasons for the same are : ' 1)Malefics are in seventh house and seventh lord is afflicted. 2)Mars, karaka for disease in female organs, who is also karaka for tumours, is afflicted by Rahu and further is afflicting the seventh house and its lord. 3)Seventh houses from Sun and Moon and lords thereof are afflicted. 4)Tula rasi is conjoined with malefic Moon. 5)Lord of lagna is in eighth house and lagna is also afflicted. Thus we find the factors ruling the diseases in female organs are afflicted and are capable of producing tumours in uterus.
Example no, 47. Lagna Kanya ; Rahu and Saturn in Kanya ; Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter in Tula ; Venus R in Brischika ; Mars in Makara ; Ketu in Meena.

This is a case of disease in ovaries and uterus. She underwent an operation when Saturn was transiting through Tula rasi and Rahu through Makara rasi, in her Jupiter dasa in antardasa of Venus.

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The reasons for the disease are : 1)Ketu is in seventh house aspected by lord of sixth house, Saturn. Further seventh lord Jupiter is with malefics aspected by Rahu. 2)Tula rasi is afflicted by malefics and aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi. 3)Mars, karaka for female organs, is aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi. Venus, karaka for ovaries, is aspected by sixth lord Saturn. 4)Mesha rasi, seventh house from both Sun and Moon, is afflicted by malefics and also by Jupiter, sixth lord from Sun and Moon. Further Mars, lord of the house, is afflicted by Rahu from Kanya rasi. Thus, it can be seen that all the houses and planets ruling uterus and ovaries are heavily afflicted. Further all the planets have formed kala-sarpa yoga. MENSTRUAL DISORDER The menstrual discharge in a female after puberty is a regular monthly course. Moon governs the fluid matter in a female and Mars governs the blood. Their combination causes menstruation. When Moon comes in transit in any of the houses, first, second, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth or twelfth, the menses occur. Sometimes it is disturbed by irregularities or by excessive flow. This occurs due to malefic influence of the planets. It is the lower abdomen where womb and ovaries are situated. Womb is ruled by the sixth house and Kanya rasi, while ovary is ruled by seventh house and Tula rasi. Therefore the disease connecting menses are to be found out from sixth, seventh and eighth houses and from Kanya, Tula and Brischika rasis. Moon and Mars are the karaka planets for this disease. In case of excessive flow, a malignant Mars is responsible; For pain and irregularities Saturn is to be held responsible. Moon works for all chemical changes in the body and

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therefore Moon-Mars, Moon-Saturn,Moon-Rahu, Moon-Ketu combinations are not good in a female horoscope for regular and undisturbed menstrual discharge. Whenever Moon is afflicted in transit by above malefics, they will create some irregularities in menstrual discharge.
Example No, 48. LagnaKumbha ; Rahu in Simha ; Moon and Saturn in Tula; Jupiter in Brischika ; Mars in Dhanu ; Mercury in Makara ; Sun and Ketu in Kumbha ; Venus in Meena.

This is a case of profuse bleeding at the time of menstruation.

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The reasons are

1)Sixth house from lagna is aspected by malefics Mars and Saturn and also by eighth lord Mercury * Sixth lord is also afflicted. Seventh house is conjoined with Rahu and seventh lord is with Ketu. Eighth house and lord of eighth house, both are hemmed between malefics ; Eighth house is further aspected by Rahu. 2)Sixth and seventh houses from Moon are aspected by malefics. Eighth house from Moon is afflicted by aspect of sixth lord from Moon. Further eighth lord is in sixth house from Moon. 3)Sixth, seventh and eighth houses from Sun and lords thereof are afflicted. 4)Kanya rasi is hemmed between malefics and is also aspected by Rahu. Tula rasi is conjoined with malefic. Brischika rasi is hemmed between malefics. 5)Moon, karaka planet, is afflicted by conjunction of Saturn ; Mars, another karaka, is aspected by Saturn and Rahu. 6)Ketu is afflicting lagna and Sun. All these suggest menstrual disorder, excessive flow and pain at the time of menstruation.

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Example No, 49. LagnaBrisha ; Ketu in Simha ; Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in Kanya s Mars, Moon and Venus in Tula ; Saturn in Makara ; Rahu in Kumbha.

This is horoscope of a female, who suffers from severe pain at the time of menstrual discharge. The reasons for the same are : 1)Sixth house is aspected by Rahu and Saturn and is also afflicted by conjunction of malefics Moon and Mars. Further lord of the sixth house, Venus, is afflicted by them. Lords of the seventh and eighth houses, Mars and Jupiter, are afflicted. 2)Sixth, seventh and eighth houses from Moon and lords there of are afflicted. Sixth, seventh and eighth houses from Sun and lords thereof are afflicted. 3)Kanya and Tula rasis arc afflicted. 4)Moon is with Mars in the sixth house conjoined with sixth lord Venus. She is further aspected by powerful Saturn and Rahu. Mars, another karaka, is in sixth house with sixth lord afflicted by Saturn and Rahu. Saturn, karaka for pains, is also afflicted by aspectof malefic Mars from sixth house. 5)Lord of lagna is in sixth house with Moon and Mars and is aspected by powerful Saturn and Rahu. Thus we find, many factors are present in this horoscope to give rise to menstrual dis-order and pain. Tula rasi, which rules uterus, ovaries, menstrual periods etc, and Moon and Mars, who rule over menstrual discharge, and Venus, karaka for ovaries, all are heavily afflicted by strong Saturn and Rahu and are in sixth house from lagna. These indicate trouble and pain in menstrual discharge and also diseases connecting uterus and ovaries.

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Seventh and eighth houses rule all diseases concerning urine. Tula and Brischika rasis are the seat in natural zodiac ruling the urinal diseases. ' Venus and Mars are the karaka planets for the same. When these houses, their lords and karaka planets are afflicted, badly situated, weak or when houses and house-lords ruling urine are afflicted by malefics Venus and Mars or when the houses, house-lords and karaka planets make some relation with sixth house, lord of sixth house or with disease producing house or planet by conjunction, aspects etc, they give rise to all urinal troubles. Watery signsKarkata, Brischika and Meena,of which influence of Brischika rasi over this disease has been already mentioned, also rule the urine. When Saturn joins the above houses or planets, or afflicts them by aspect or be in any way related with them, it produces stones in urinal passage. I am giving below few combinations for urinal diseases : 1)If Moon be in a watery sign and lord of that sign be in sixth house and be aspected by any planet from watery sign. 2)Moon in Brischika or Karkata navamsa aspected by or conjoined with malefic. 3)Mars in the seventh house conjoined with or aspected by malefic. 4)Moon in Mesha rasi aspected by malefic and unaspected by any benefic. 5)Afflicted Saturn in the seventh house. 6)Malefic in lagna, lord of lagna conjoined with or aspected by malefic, Jupiter and Venus in seventh or eighth house, Moon in twelfth house conjoined with malefic. 7)Sun, Venus and Saturn in the fifth house.

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8)Sun and Mars in lagna. 9)Mars in seventh or tenth house conjoined with or aspected by saturn. 10)Mercury in Mesha or Dhanu rasi aspected by Saturn. 11)First and seventh lords in eighth house, Mars, Saturn and Rahu in seventh house, lord of eighth house in lagna, and Moon aspected by malefic. 12)Sixth lord with Venus in lagna.' 13)Moon in sixth house being in watery sign and six'th lord being aspected by Mercury from a watery sign.
Example No, 50. LagnaKanya 3 Moon and Ketu in Mesha ; Rahu in Tula; Saturn and Jupiter in Makara; Venus in Kumbha; Mars, Sun and Mercury in Meena.

This is a case in which the person suffered from stones in urinal passage. The reasons for thediseaseare : 1)Mars is in the seventh house conjoined with and aspected by malefics. 2)Moon is in Mesha rasi aspected by malefic and unaspeoted by benefic. 3)Tula rasi is afflicted by Rahu, Mars and Saturn; Brischika rasi is afflicted by Rahu. 4)Seventh and eighth houses from lagna, Moon and Sun are afflicted. Seventh and eighth lords from lagna, Moon and, Sun are afflicted by malefics. 5)Mars, a karaka, is conjoined with malefics and is aspected by malefic Saturn. Further he is aspected by sixth lord. Venus, another karaka, is in sixth house, hemmed between malefics and is aspected by Rahu.

6)Saturn, karaka- for stone,being sixth lord,is afflicting the INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES seventh house of lagna by its aspect and also afflicting seventh house of Moon by aspect. It is further afflicting eighth house of Sun by aspect. Saturn is also afflicting both the karakas, Venus and Mars. 7)watery signs, particularly. Meena rasi,seventh house from lagna, are afflicted by malefic aspects. Thus we find many factors ruling urinal diseases' and stone in urinal passage are strongly afflicted in this horoscope and are capable to produce .the disease of stone in urinal passage.

PILES AND FISTULA This disease is to be judged from seventh and eighth houses. Tula and Brischika rasis are seats in natural zodiac ruling the same. Mars is the karaka planet of this disease. When Tula rasi, Brischika rasi, seventh and eighth houses, their lords and karaka Mars be afflicted by conjunctions or aspects of malefics or when malefic Mars afflicts them by situation, conjunction, aspect etc and when the above houses and planets ruling piles and fistula make some relation with sixth house, lord of sixth house or with any disease inflicting house or planet, there may by the appearance of piles and fistula. I am giving below few combinations for the same : 1)Saturn, Mars and lord of lagna in twelfth house. 2)If Mars jointly with lord of lagna aspects the seventh house. 3)Mars in the seventh house conjoined with and as- pected by malefics. 4)Eighth lord in the seventh house with a malefic and without benefic aspect.

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5)Saturn in lagna and Mars in the seventh house. 6)Sun in Simha rasi and Venus in opposition, that is, in Kumbha rasi. 7)Malefic in eighth house, while Brischika rasi is afflicted. 8)Mars in eighth house aspected by Saturn. 9)Mars and Moon in the eighth house. 10)Lord of lagna with Mercury aspecting the sixth house. 11)Ketu in malefic lagna. 12)Afflicted Sun in eighth house. 13)Moon, being aspected by Mars, in sixth or eighth house and saturn in lagna. 14)Waning Moon in eighth house aspectcd by Saturn and Mars. 15)Weak Moon in eighth house aspected by Saturn and Mars.16)Moon in Karkata or Brischika navamsa afflicted by Mars and also aspected by malefic. 17)Lords of lagna and seventh house in eighth house, lord of eighth house in lagna, and Mars, Saturn or Rahu in seventh house and also Moon afflicted.
Example No, 51. LagnaMakara ; Sun and Mercury in Mesha ; Jupiter in Mithuna ; Mars and Moon in Karkata ; Ketu in Kanya, Saturn in Makara ; Venus and Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of piles. The reasons, we find, are*: 1)Mars is in seventh house aspected by malefics. Saturn is in lagna and Mars is in seventh house. Further, Mars, karaka planet, is afflicted. 2)Tula and Brischika rasis are afflicted by aspects of malefics. 3)Seventh house and lord thereof are afflicted. Seventh houses from Sun and-Moon, and lords thereof are also

afflicted. INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES 4)Eighth houses from lagna and Moon are hemmed between malefics. Eighth house from Sun ' is also afflicted. Lords of eighth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. Further eighth lord from lagna is conjoined with sixth lord Mercury. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling piles are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to the disease of piles.
Example No, 52.
Lgna- -Mithuna ; Saturn in Mithuna ; Ketu in Simha ; Venus in Dhanu; Moon and Mars in Makara ; Sun, Jupiter, Mercury R and Rahu in Kumbha.

This is another case of piles. The reasons for the same are : 1)Saturn is in lagna, and Moon and Mars are in eighth house. 2)Eighth house of Moon is afflicted by Ketu, Mars and Saturn. Eighth house of lagna is also afflieted. Eighth lords from lagna, Sun and Moon are also afflicted. 3)Seventh houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, and lords thereof are afflicted. 4)Tula rasi is afflicted by aspect of Rahu. 5)Mars, karaka and sixth lord, is in eighth house from lagna and is conjoined with Moon. 6)Lagna and lord of lagna, both, are afflicted. In this horoscope lagna and eighth house are heavily afflicted. More over karaka Mars is in eighth house from lagna himself being the sixth lord. These suggest severe attack from piles.

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Eighth house is the place wherefrom these diseases 1 are to be judged. Brischika rasi rules the same. Mars and Mcrcury are karaka for the diseases in genital organs like ulcers, tumours, boils etc. Affliction of these houses and their lords together with afflicted Mars and Mercury give rise to these diseases. When Brischika rasi, eighth house and lord of eighth house are afflicted by malefics Mars and Mercury, and when they make any relation with disease inflicting house or planet, they produce similar diseases. I am giving below some of the combinations connecting the diseases in genital organs : 1) Sixth lord with Mars unaspecfed by benefic. 2) Moon and Saturn in Karkata or Brischika navamsa. 3) If eighth lord be with Moon or lord of the house, where eighth lord is situated, be with Moon and eighth -house also be aspected by Rahu. 4)Three or more malefics in eighth house. 5)Lord of lagna and Mars in sixth house. 6)Lord of lagna in Mithuna or Kanya rasi aspected by Mercury, provided such Mithuna or Kanya rasi is the sixth house. 7)Venus and Sun in the sixth house.. 8)Mars and Venus in one house, being malefics or afflicted. 9)Seventh house in navamsa of Mars in a female horoscope, aspected by Saturn. 10)Moon in Karkata or Brischika navamsa with a malefic. 11)Lord of lagna in sixth house with Mars and Mercury. 12)Mars and Venus in the seventh house. 13)Moon in Karkata or Brischika navamsa aspected by malefic. 14)Moon in Karkata rasi in navamsa of Brischika, or in

Brischika rasi in navamsa of Karkata and when afflicted. INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES 15)Mercury in lagna with lords of sixth and eighth houses. 16)Lords of lagna and seventh house in eighth house, Mars, Saturn or Rahu in seventh house, lord of eighth house in lagna and Moon afflicted. 1 17)Sixth lord in lagna with malefic Venus* 18)Lord of lagna in Kanya navamsa afflicted by malefic.
Example No, 53. Lagna-Mesha ; Rahu JJI Brisha ? Venus in Kanya ; Mars, Sun and Mercury R in Tula ; Saturn and Ketu in Brischika ; Moon and Jupiter R in Meena.

This is a case of ulcer in genital organ. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Eighth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, and lords thereof are afflicted. Further eighth lord from lagna being Mars is with malefic and sixth lord Mercury. Saturn and Ketu, two strong malefics, are in eighth house from lagna. . . . 2)Brischika rasi is afflicted by conjunction of Saturn and Ketu. 3)Mars, karaka, is afflicted by sixth lord Mercury. Mercury, another karaka, is afflicted by eighth lord Mars. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling genital organs are afflicted in this horoscope and affliction of Mars and Mercury along with the houses ruling genital organs are capable of producing ulcer there. VENEREAL DISEASES Eighth house rules this disease. Brischika rasi is the seat of this disease in natural zodiac. Venus is the karaka planet for the same. Affliction of Brischika rasi, eighth house, lord of eighth house and Venus or when malefic Venus afflicts the eighth house, lord of eighth house or Brischika rasi, and when they be in some way related with a disease producing house or planet by conjunction,

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situation, aspect etc, theygive rise to venereal diseases. There are many combinations for the venereal diseases and 1 am giving below some of the same : 1)Sun and Moon in opposition to Mars and Saturn and Venus being afflicted. 2)Sun and Moon in Meena lagna with a malefic and also a malefic in eighth house. N 3)Sun in opposition to Mars, and Moon in opposition to Saturn, and Venus also afflicted. 4)Seventh lord arid Venus in the sixth house being afflicted. 5)Eighth lord with Moon, or lord of the house, where eighth lord is situated, with Moon and eighth lord afflicted by aspect of Rahu and also Venus afflicted. 6)Three or more malefics without benefic aspect or conjunction in eighth house and Venus afflicted. 7)Venus and a malefic strongly afflicted in a house. 8)When Mars is conjoined with Venus and eighth house is also afflicted. 9)Venus in house of Mars aspected by Mars and eighth house afflicted. 10)Venus in house of Saturn aspected by Saturn and eighth house afflicted. 11)Rahu and Venus in sixth house, when lagna is Mesha. 12)When lord of eighth house is conjoined with Ketu, and Venus afflicted. 13)When lord of lagna is in sixth house with Mars, and Mercury is without benefic conjunction or aspect. 14)When Brischika rasi and eighth house are afflicted. 15)Mars and Venus being afflicted by malefic in fifth, seventh or tenth house. 16)Mercury in lagna-with lords of sixth and eighth houses.

17)Malefic in lagna, lord of lagna conjoined with or aspected by INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES malefic and afflicted Venus in seventh or eighth house. 18)Sun, Saturn and Venus in fifth house. 19)Sixth lord in lagna with Venus and eighth house afflicted.
Example No, 54.
LagnaBrischika ; Venus in Brisha', Sun and Mercuiyin Mithuna; Ketu in Karkata; Mars and Jupiter in Simha: Moon in Tula i Saturn in Brischika ; Rahu in Makara.

This is a case of venereal disease. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Brischika rasi is afflicted by Saturn and Mars. 2)Lagna and lord of lagna are afflicted by Saturn. Eighth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. Eighth lords from lagna, Sun and Moon are also afflicted. 3)Venus is afflicted by Saturn and Rahu. 4)Brischika rasi, which is also the lagna, is afflicted by aspect of sixth lord, by conjunction of Saturn etc suggesting disease. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling the venereal disease are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of producing the disease.
Example No, 55. LagnaDhanu s Venus, Mars and Saturn in Brisha ; Sun and Mercury in Karkata ; Ketu in Kanya ; Jupiter in Dhanu ; Moon in Kumbha ; Rahu in Meena.

This is another case of venereal disease. The reasons for the same are : 1)Brischika rasi is aspected by malefics. 2)Eighth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted ; Eighth lords thereof are also afflicted. Further eighth lord from Moon is in sixth house from Moon. 3)Venus is in sixth house being heavily afflicted. 4)Sixth lord from lagna is with Mars unaspected by benefic.

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5)Mars and Venus are in sixth house with another malefic. Thus it is seen all the houses and planets ruling venereal disease are heavily afflicted in this horoscope. Seventh house and Venus rule the semen. Seventh house in this horoscope is also hemmed between malefics and seventh lord is in eighth house conjoined with Sun and aspected by malefics Saturn and Rahu. HYDROCELES Hydrocele is the disease of enlarged testicles. Eighth house rules the same. Brischika rasi is the seat of the same. Rahu is karaka planet of hydroceles. Affliction of Brischika rasi, eighth house, lord of eighth house and Rahu, or when malefic Rahu afflicts eighth house, lord of eighth house or Brischika rasi and they make any relation with sixth house, Kanya rasi or with any disease inflicting house or planet, they cause the appearance of disease of hydrocele. I am giving below few combinations for the same : 1)Rahu, Mars and Saturn in lagna.

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2)Lord of lagna, Rahu and a strong malefic in. eighth house. 3)Rahu in lagna, and Mars and Saturn in eighth house. 4)Lord of navamsa, where lord of lagna is situated, with Rahu, Mars and Saturn causes similar disease. 5)Mars in lagna and eighth house afflicted. 6)When eighth house and Brischika rasi are afflicted by malefics. 7)Rahu in lagna with Mars or with Saturn. 8)Strong malefic in eighth house and also in lagna. 9)Moon, Yenus or Mars in Brischika rasi and also in eighth house in navamsa chart.
Example No, 56. LagnaBrischika; Rahu in Mithuna; Jupiter and Moon in Karkata ; Mercury in Brischika ; Sun and Ketu in Dhanu ; Venus in Makara ; Saturn and Mars in Kumbha.

This is a case of hydrocele.. The reasons for the same are : 1)Rahu is in eighth house aspected by malefic. 2)Brischika rasi is afflicted. 3)Eighth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. Eighth lords thereof are also afflicted. 4)Eighth lord from lagna is in lagna being afflicted. Thus we find factors ruling hydrocele are afflicted in this horoscope. IMPOTENCY AND STERILITY Venus rules the sex life in a male. Seventh house rules the semen. Tula rasi is the seat of the same. All these govern our sex life, semen and marital happiness. When Tula rasi, seventh house, lord of seventh house and Venus be weak, afflicted and badly situated, impotency may be seen. Mercury and

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Saturn are two impotent planets. Any connection of these two planets, when they are malefics, with the abovehouses andplanets is not good.' Mars governs the sex life in females. Fifth house is responsible for bearing children. Simha rasi also rules the same. When Mars,- Simha rasi, fifth house, Tula rasi, seventh house and the lords of fifth and seventh houses are afflicted, weak or badly placed and when these houses and planets have any relation with malefics Saturn and Mercury in a female horoscope, one loses capacity of bearing child. I am giving below few combinations for impotency and sterility : 1)Seventh lord with Venus in sixth house in a male horoscope. 2)If sixth lord, Venus and Mercury be in one house with lord of lagna or if they aspect the lord of lagna in a male horoscope. 3)If seventh lord beweak and enemies be in seventh house. 4)Weak and powerless Moon in the seventh house. 5)Heavily afflicted Moon in own house. 6)If weak lord of lagna be in its debilitated house or be aspected by a debilitated planet and if combusted seventh lord be in sixth house. 7)If seventh lord be defeated in a planetary fight and be in sixth or eighth house. 8)Saturn or Venus in eighth or tenth house aspec- ted by malefics and without benefic aspect. 9)Afflicted Saturn being debilitated in sixth or eighth house.
Example No, 57. Lagna-Meena: Rahu in Brisha; Sun, Mars, Venus, Saturn and Mercury R in Simha ; Moon and Ketu in Brischika ; Jupiter R in Kumbha.

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afflicted. 2)Sixth lord, Venus and Mercury are in sixth house and are afflicting the lord of lagna. 3)Tula rasi is afflicted by aspect of malefic. 4)Seventh houses from lagna, Moon and Sun are afflicted. Lords thereof are also afflicted. 5)Venus, the karaka planet, is lord of dusthana and is in sixth house with lord of sixth house. Further she is conjoined with two impotent planets Saturn and Mercury and is also afflicted by malefic conjunction. Thus it is seen the houses and planets governing potency in a male are afflicted in this horoscope.
Example No, 58. LagnaTula ; Jupiter in Mesha ; Sun, Moon and Mars in Karkata ; Venus, Mercury and Rahu in Simha ; Saturn in Makara ; Ketu in Kumbha.

This is a female horoscope. She has no issue. She also suffered from sexual inabilities. The reasons, as we find, are : 1)Seventh house is afflicted by situation of sixth lord and aspected by Rahu. 2)Seventh lord is debilitated, weak and afflicted. 3)Tula rasi is afflicted by aspect of malefics. 4)Makara rasi, seventh houses from Sun and Moon and lord thereof are afflicted. 5)Weak and heavily afflicted Moon is in her own bouse. Karaka Mars is weak, debilitated and afflicted, and also strongly aspected by sterile planet Saturn. 6)Fifth house from lagna is afflicted by malefics and lord thereof is also afflicted. 7)Fifth house of natural zodiac, that is Simha rasi, is afflicted.

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8)Lords of fifth houses from Sun and Moonboth being Mars, is weak, debilitated and afflicted. Thus we find the planets ruling fifth and seventh houses in this horoscope are strongly afflicted. CHAPTER EIGHT BLOOD, BONES AND LIMBS ANAEMIA Anaemia is reduction of the amount of blood as a whole or of its corpuscles, or of certain of its constituents. Watery signs, namely, Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis, rule the blood. Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses also rule the same. Mars is karaka for same. When watery signs, fourth, eighth and twelfth houses, lords of these houses and Mars are weak, afflicted, badly situated etc or when these houses and planets are conjoined with evil lords, anaemia may come into presence. When any disease inflicting planet or house is related with them, they may produce diseases connecting anaemia.

BLOOD PRESSURE Moon and Mars, these two planets are responsible for causing variations in pressures. When Moon and Mars be lords of dusthanas, be conjoined with lords of dusthanas, be in dusthanas or be afflicted by malefics and be in some way related with the house of disease or with disease inflicting planet, they may give rise to the disease of blood pressure. The watery signs, Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis, and also fourth, eighth and twelfth houses rule the blood. When they are well guarded, they guarantee the normal pressures of blood. When these houses are weak and afflicted, they give rise to the disease- A weak and afflicted Moon and a strong and afflicted Mars are responsible for high blood pressure. A weak and afflicted Moon
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together with a weak and afflicted Mars is responsible for low blood pressure. Lagna and lord of lagna have important function in this disease. A weak and afflicted lagna and a weak, afflicted or badly placed lord of lagna or lagna and lord of lagna conjoined with sixth-lord or with any disease inflicting planet or they being in sixth house or in any disease inflicting house are bad for this disease. If Mars and Moon be strong, unafflicted and well situated in navamsa chakra, the malefic influence in natal chart will be much- minimised and a very strong combination in navamsa chakra may even counteract the evil forces completely. If lagna or lord of lagna be also strong in navamsa chakra, they minimise the evil effect.
Example No, 59. LagnaMithuna ; Venus in Mesha; Saturn in Brisha ; Ketu in Kanya; Jupiter in Dhanu; Mars in Makara; Sun and Moon in Kumbha ; Mercury and Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of high blood pressure. The reasons for the same are : 1)Lord of lagna is debilitated and is with malefic. 2)Moon is weak being almost a new-moon, is hemmed between malefics and is aspected by malefic. 3)Mars is lord of sixth house and is in eighth house in house of his bitter enemy, but exalted. 4)Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis, ruling blood, are afflicted. 5)Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses from lagna ruling blood are also afflicted. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling blood are afflicted and are in a position to give rise to the disease of high blood pressure.
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LagnaKarkata ; Jupiter in Mesha ; Saturn and Ketu in Karkata ; Venus in Kanya ; Sun and Mercury in Tula ; Mars in Brischika ; Rahu in Makara s Moon in Kumbha.

This is another case of high blood pressure. The reasons for the same are : 1)Lagna is afflicted by strong malefic and lord of lagna is in eighth house aspected by malefics. 2)Moon is in dusthana, is in house of her bitter enemy and is heavily afflicted. 3)Mars, a karaka, is strong being in his own house. 4)Watery sign Karkata is heavily afflicted. Further Karkata rasi is lagna. (5) Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are heavily afflicted. Further their lords are also afflicted. 6)Sun, the lagna karaka, is debilitated. In this horoscope also, all the houses and planets ruling blood are afflicted suggesting blood pressure. Strong Mars suggests high blood pressure. As Mars is not afflicted in this horoscope, the case is not as bad as previous one.
Example No, 61. LagnaKanya ; Jupiter in Brisha ; Ketu in Mithuna ; Saturn in Karkata ; Moon and Mars in Kanya; Mercury and Rahu in Dhanu 5 Sun in Makara ; Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of low blood pressure. The reasons for the same are : . 1)Lord of Lagna is weak and heavily afflicted. Lagna is also afflicted by conjunction of eighth lord and by aspect of malefic. 2)Moon and Mars are afflicted .by malefic Saturn, who is also lord of the sixth house. Further Mars is weak and both Moon and Mars are in Kanya rasi. 3)Karkata and Meena rasis, two watery signs, are afflicted.
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4)Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses from lagna. Moon and Sun are afflicted. Further eighth and twelfth lords from lagna and Moon, and fourth and eighth lords from Sun are also afflicted. 5)Lagna karaka, Sun, is afflicted and is aspected by sixth lord.

LEUKAEMIA Leukaemia is malignant growth of white corpuscles in blood which is commonly known as cancer of blood. Mars and Moon are karaka for this disease. All the watery signs, Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis, and fourth, eighth and twelfth houses rule the blood. When Mars, Moon and above houses together with lords of fourth, eighth and twelfth houses are afflicted, they give rise to diseases connecting blood. Rahu is karaka for all malignant growth. When Rahu being malefic afflicts the above houses and planets or is in any way related with them by conjunction, aspect etc and also makes some relation with- disease inflicting house or planet, it gives fise to disease like leukaemia. Mars is the principal planet ruling blood. When Mars is weak, malefic, debilitated, combusted, and afflicted by malefics and by Rahu and is in some way connected with disease producing house or planet, he may also produce similar disease.
Example No, 62.
LagnaTula; Mars in Karkata', Saturn in Simlia; Sun, Mercury and Ketu in Kanya ; Moon and Venus in Tula ; Jupiter in Dhanu ; Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of lymphatic leukaemia. The reasons for the same are ; 1)Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis are afflicted by Rahu from sixth house. 2)Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses from lagna are afflicted by malefic aspects. Lords thereof are also afflictcd.

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3)Mars, karaka for blood, is debilitated and is weak. Further he is aspected by malefic Rahu from sixth house. Moon, another karaka, is weak and afflicted. 4)Sun, lagna karaka, is afflicted by Rahu from sixth house. 5)Lagna and lord of lagna are also afflicted by malefics. 6)Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses from Moon and lords thereof are afflicted. Eighth and twelfth houses from Sun and lords thereof are also afflicted. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling blood are afflicted in this horoscope. Rahu is powerfully afflicting watery signs.. Sun, Mars etc from sixth house which suggests sufferings from leukaemia. The person died fromthe disease. FRACTURE OF BONES Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis rule the bone. Second, sixth and tenth houses from lagna, Moon etc are the places wherefrom the position, strength and growth of bones are to be judged. Saturn is karaka of all bones. When Brisha, Kanya, Makara rasisr second, sixth and tenth houses, their-lords and Saturn be afflicted, badly placed, weak etc in a horoscope, one suffers from fractures and diseases of bones. Sun, Mars and Mercury are also responsible for all bone fractures. Mercury is responsible for fractures of small bones. Mars and Sun work for all difficult fractures. When houses ruling bones, their lords and karaka planets join or be in any way related with Mars, Sun or Mercury, give rise to fractures of bones. Third house rules the hands and collar bones. Third house also rules the right hand and eleventh house rules the left hand. Mars is karaka for neck and Saturn is karaka for limbs. When above houses, their lords and planets ruling them be afflicted or badly situated along with the houses and planets ruling bones and be in
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any way related with disease inflicting house or planet, one suffers from fractures in hands and collar bones. If the afflicted houses be third house, Mithuna *asi and also Saturn be afflicted, the fracture will be in right hand, while affliction of third house, Mithuna rasi and Mars will inflict fracture of collar bone in right side. When it is eleventh house and Kumbha rasi, it will be either left hand or collar bone in left side. Brisha rasi-and second house rule the right leg and twelfth house and Meena rasi rule the left one. Saturn is, as we know, karaka, for limb. If the second house, Brisha rasi, lord of second house and Saturn be afflicted, the fracture of bone will be in right leg, while affliction of Meena rasi, twelfth house, lord of twelfth house and Saturn will damage the left leg. Rahu is karaka for feet. When Rahu is also afflicted, the fracture will be in feet. Makara rasi rules knee and Kumbha rasi rules shanks. Further Karkata rasi rules the - right knee and Makara rasi rules the left knee * and Mithuna rasi rules the right shanks and Kumbha rasi rules the left one. When these houses are afflicted along with houses and planets ruling legs, the fracture will be in that part of the body ruled by the house afflicted. Fourth house rules the ribs. Ribs are the curbed bones reaching from spine round the upper part of the body. Saturn is karaka for ribs. Sun is also another karaka for ribs. Further fourth house rules the right part along with Karkata rasi and tenth house rules the left part along with Makara rasi. When Karkata and Makara rasis, fourth and tenth houses, their lords and karaka Saturn and Sun be weak, badly placed, be conjoined with malefics and lords of evil houses, and be in any way related with disease inflicting house or planet and also the houses and planets ruling bones be afflicted

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and related with the above, they may result into fracture of rib bones. Seventh house rules the back side of the body. Mercury is ruler of spinal cord. When seventh- house, lord of seventh house, Mercury and the houses and planets ruling bones be afflicted, badly situated, conjoined with malefics and evil lords, they may give rise to breaking of spines. As Tula rasi is the seventh house of natural zodiac, it also rules the spinal cords and its strength should also be taken into consideration. When a combination for fracture of bone is present in a horoscope, the affected portion of the body is tp be determined from the house and ruling planet afflicted and combined with the combination of fracture. There are many combinations for fractures of bones and I am giving below some of the same : 1)Sun, Moon, Saturn and Mars in eighth house. 2)Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn in fifth or ninth house. 3)Rahu, Saturn and Mercury in tenth house. 4)Moon in lagna, Saturn in fourth house and Mars in tenth house. 5)Sun in lagna, Saturn in fifth house, Moon in eighth house and Mars in ninth house. 6)Moon in Makara or Kumbha rasi hemmed be. tween two malefics. 7)Moon in second house, Mars in fourth house and Sun in tenth house. 8)Sun in fourth house, Saturn in eighth house and Moon in tenth house. 9)Saturn in second house, Moon in fourth house and Mars in tenth house. 10)Mars and Moon in sixth house. 11)Sun and Mars in third house aspected by Saturn. 9

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Example No, 63. Lagna - Makara ; Sun and Mercury R in Karkata ; Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Ketu in Simha ; Mars in Kanya ; Saturn R in Makara , Rahu in Kumbha.

This is a case of minor fracture. The person suffered from a minor fracture in his right foot. The reasons for the same are : 1)Rahu, karaka for feet, is in second house. 2)Second lord Saturn is in mutual aspect with Sun and Mercury, ruler of fracture. They are also eighth and sixth lords. Saturn is further in Makara rasi, a house ruling bones, aspected by malefics and evil lords. 3)Sccond house from Moon is conjoined with Mars, a karaka for bones. Second house is Kanya rasi, which is also ruler of bones. Further it is the disease-inflicting house of natural zodiac. Second house from lagna, Kumbha rasi, which is ruler of bones, right leg and right feet is afflicted by malefic conjunction. 4)Sixth and tenth houses ruling bones are afflicted. Meena rasi ruling feet is also afflicted by malefic aspects. Second house of Sun is also afflicted. Here in this case, the planet mainly responsible for fracture is Mercury, as it (being sixth lord) is aspecting second lord Saturn, is afflicting karaka Sun by conjunction, itself being second lord from Moon is in dusthana from Moon, afflicting second lord from Sun by conjunction etc. Mercury suggests minor fractures and that is why the person suffered from a minor fracture. He met with the fracture owing to a slip and fall in bath room * Here Mercury is in a watery sign and Saturn, ruler of second house, is in an earthly ( and also a watery ) sign ; and their joint result justifies a slip and fall in bathroom.

GROINS AND GENITAL ORGANS Example No, 64.

LagnaSimha ; Ketu in Simha ; Jupiter in Kanya ; Sun in Tula ; Mars, Mercury and Venus in Brischika; Saturn in Makara ; Rahu in Kumbha ; Moon in Meena.

This is a case of compound fracture in right hand. The reasons for the same are : 1)Third house is conjoined with Sun, a malefic and also karaka for fracture and is aspected by Rahu and also by malefic and sixth lord Saturn from sixth house. Third lord is with malefics Mars'and Mercury, who are also karaka for fracture. 2)Third house from Moon and third lord are afflicted. Third house from Sun is hemmed between malefics and third lord is in dusthana from Sun.* 3)Saturn, karaka for limbs, is in dusthana. 4)Brisha and Makara rasis, ruling bones, are afflicted. Another rasi ruling bones, that is Kanya, is conjoined with eighth lord. Makara rasi is also conjoined with sixth lord. Sixth and tenth houses, ruling bones, are afflicted. Second house is conjoined with eighth lord. Second and tenth lords are afflicted. Lord of sixth house is in dusthana. _ (5) Sun, lord of lagna and lagna karaka, who is also karaka for fracture is weak and heavily afflictcd. Lagna is also afflicted. 6)Mithuna rasi, ruling right hand, is afflicted by Mars and Rahu. Thus we find houses and planets ruling hand and bones are afflicted in this horoscope. Mithuna rasi, third-lord, third house from Moon and lord there of are afflicted by Mars, and Mithuna rasi, third house, lagna and Sun are afflicted by Rahu. These suggested a compound fracture of bone in right hand,

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Bones are ruled by Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis and also by second, sixth and tenth houses. Saturn is karaka for the same. These houses, lords of second, sixth and tenth houses and Saturn work for all bone diseases, Rahu is the planet who is responsible for causing tuberculosis of bones. When Rahu is capable of causing tubercular disease in a horoscope and also at the same time afflicts the houses and planets ruling bones or be in any way related with them and is connected with disease inflicting planet, it may give rise to tuberculosis of bones. The place of disease in the body will depend where Rahu is aspecting malefically or the house with lord of which Rahu is conjoined or the place ruled by the planet as karaka with whom Rahu is associated. When such conjunction or aspect in anyway connects the second house or second lord, it may give rise to disease in the right leg ; if it be with twelfth lord, the effect may be in the left leg. When Rahu be in any way connected with third house or lord of third house, it will affect the right hand or right collar bone ; when it connects the eleventh house, or lord of eleventh house, it will be left hand or left collar bone. Whether the same will be hand or collar bone will depend on the karaka planet. When fourth house or its lord be related, the disease will be of ribs in right side of chest and if it be tenth house or tenth lord, the disease will be in left side, and so on.
Example No, 65. luignaKumbha ; Saturn R in Mithuna ; Ketu in Karkata 5 Mars in Simha ; Sun in Dhanu ; Mercury, Venus, and Rahu in Makara ; Moon and Jupiter in Meena.

This is a case of tuberculosis of ribs in right side. He was operated and affected bones were removed. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Rahu in twelfth house of lagna suggests tuber- culosis. 2)Rahu in Makara rasi, a house of bones, is with lord of fourth

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house, ruler of ribs in right side and is further aspecting fourth house, seat of ribs in right side. Brisha rasi, ruler of bones, is also aspected by Rahu. Thus Rahu (capable of producing tuberculosis) is afflicting fourth house, lord of fourth house and two houses ruling bones. Rahu is further afflicting lagna, and Karkata rasi, fourth house of natural zodiac, and also Kanya rasi, another house ruling bones3)Fourth houses from Sun and Moon and lords thereof are afflicted. 4)Saturn, karaka for bones, is in mutual aspect with Sun, who is also karaka for ribs. Saturn is also afflicting fourth houses from Sun and Moon.

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5)Second, sixth and tenth houses ruling bones and lords thereof are afflicted. Thus wc find the planets and houses ruling bones are afflicted and related with a planet which is capablc of producing tuberculosis.

OTHER DISEASES CONCERNING BONES AND MARROW Bones may be attacked from malignant growth, pains, deformities, enlargement, brittle, dislocations etc. The second, sixth and tenth houses, Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis and Saturn govern all diseases connecting bones. Affliction of the above rasis and houses, karaka Saturn and affliction of lords of second, sixth and tenth houses and any relation of them with disease inflicting house or planet give rise to the disease of bones. Rahu is responsible for all malignant growths. When Rahu joins the above houses and planets or aspects them or in any way afflicts them and be related with disease producing house or planet, it gives rise to malignant growth of bones. Ketu and Saturn are responsible for all pains. When any of them malefically joins or aspects the above combinations and be in a position to produce disease, they may give rise to pains in bones. There are many kinds of diseases connecting the spinal cord, such as, affection of blood vessels, congestion, tumours of the cord, thrombosis, haemorrhage into spinal cord etc. Mercury rules the spinal system along with Tula rasi and seventh house. Affliction of Mercury, Tula rasi, seventh house and its lord and also affliction of houses and planets ruling bones, and their inter-relation and also

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relation with disease inflicting house or planet may give rise to diseases in spinal cord. The nature of the disease will depend on the planet 01 planets afflicting or conjoining them. Marrow is soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones. This is also governed by the houses ruling bones. Mars is karaka planet for the same. Affliction of Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis, second, sixth and tenth houses and their lords and also affliction of karaka Mars and a relation of these houses and planets with disease producing house or planet give rise todiseases of marrow. Watery signs also take part in this disease and a relation of the houses and planets- ruling marrow with watery signs, that is Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis is essential to give rise to the diseases concerning marrow. Example No, 66.
LagnaBrischika ; Ketu in Brisha ; Jupiter in Mithuna ; Saturn in Simha ; Moon in Kanya ; Sun, Venus and Rahu in Brischika Mars and Mercury in Dhanu.

This is a case of malignant growth of bones in the lower part of the spinal cord and in the region of groins. The reasons for the same are : 1)Rahu is afflicting seventh house, a house ruling spinal cord, lord of seventh house; Sun, karaka for lagna and also karaka for bones, Mercury, karaka for spinal cord, and also Mars, lord of lagna. Seventh house also rules the groins. Rahu is further afflicting seventh houses from Sun and Moon, ruling spinal cord and groins. 2)Ketu is in seventh house afflicted by Saturn, suggesting pains. 3)Second and tenth houses from lagna and Sun, and also second, sixth and tenth houses from Moon are afflicted. Of lords of second, sixth and tenth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, some are afflicted and others are badly situated. Brisha Tasi ruling bone is also afflicted heavily.

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4)Tula rasi, ruling spinal cord and groins, is afflicted by malefic Saturn. Mercury, karaka for same, is with sixth lord. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling spinal cord and groins are afflicted. They are strongly afflicted by Rahu suggesting malignant growth.

LOSS OF LIMBS Dhanu rasi is the seat of limbs in natural zodiac. Ninth house rules the same. Saturn is karaka for limbs. Affliction of Dhanu rasi, ninth house, lord of ninth house and Saturn, their conjunction with malefics, situation in evil houses, aspects of malefics over them and any relation with disease inflicting house or planet all these are responsible for affection of the limbs. If Saturn along with lord of ninth house be in dusthana and be also conjoined with any planet, it suggests loss of the limb ruled by the affected house or conjoining planet. Lagna, lord of lagna and Sun, lagna-karaka, have also their parts in affecting the limbs. While they are afflicted, they may give rise to malefic effect provided houses and planets 10 ruling limbs are also affected. Mesha rasi, first house of natural zodiac also rules the same._____________ Second house and Brisha rasi rule the right leg. When the conjoining planet be lord of second house or the affected house be second house or Brisha rasi, it may affect the right leg. When twelfth house, its lord or Meena rasi be conjoined, it damages the left leg. Third house and Mithuna rasi rule the right hand, while eleventh house and Kumbha rasi rule the left one. When Mithuna rasi, third house or lord of third house be affected, it damages the right hand, and while eleventh house, its lord or Kumbha rasi be affected, it damages the left hand. Mars is karaka for accidents.

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When malefic Mars joins them or aspects them, the loss of limb is due to accident. When a disease inflicting house or planet or Saturn be related with them, the loss is afteraffect of a disease. Limbs may be also affected from paralysis and other diseases. I have dealt with many diseases concerning limbs in different places in this book. I am giving below some combinations suggesting loss of limbs : 1)Saturn in the ninth house and Jupiter in third house cause amputation of hands. 2)Saturn and Jupiter in eighth and twelfth houses cause amputation of hands. 3)Saturn in lagna, Rahu in seventh house, Venus in Kanya rasi and waning Moon in the seventh house cause amputation of hand and foot. 4)Saturn, Sun and Moon in lagna and Mars in

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seventh house cause loss of limbs due to accident through machine, _ 5)Saturn in seventh house and Mars with Rahu or without strength cause defect in limbs. 6)Sun in second house, Mars in seventh house and Moon in tenth house cause loss of limbs. 7)Moon in twelfth house afflicted by malefic and lagna afflicted cause defect in limb. , (8) Afflicted Saturn in twelfth house causes defect in limb. (9) Moon in tenth house, Mars in seventh house and Saturn in second house cause sufferings of limbs. 10)Moon in tenth house, Mars in seventh house and Saturn in second house of Sun cause diseases of limbs, 11)Rahu or Ketu in lagna and lord of lagna in dusthana cause disease or loss of limbs.
Example No, 67.
Lagna Makara; Saturn and Rahu in Mesha; Mars, Jupiter and Ketu in Tula ; Sun and Venus in Brischika; Moon and Mercury in Dhanu.

This is a case of loss of limb. The jataka has lost his left leg by amputation. The reasons for the same are : 1)Dhanu rasi ruling limbs is afflicted by strong malefic Rahu. Ninth lord Mercury is also afflicted by Rahu and ninth lord is in dusthana from lagna. Rahu is further afflicting ninth house from Moon. 2)Saturn, karaka for limb, and also lord of lagna, is weak, debilitated and heavily afflicted by malefics. Saturn is also conjoined with Rahu. Sun, lagna karaka, is hemmed between malefics- Mesha rasi is heavily afflicted by conjunction of Saturn and Rahu.

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3)Twelfth house from lagna ruling iefrleg is conjoined with sixth lord Mercury and is also afflicted by aspect of Rahu. Twelfth lord Jupiter is conjoined with Ketu and Mars, and is aspected by Saturn and Rahu. Twelfth house from Moon is conjoined with sixth lord from Moon, is hemmed between malefics and twelfth lord Mars is conjoined with Ketu and aspected by Saturn and Rahu. Twelfth house from Sun is conjoined with Mars, sixth lord from Sun and also conjoined with Ketu. Further it is aspected by Saturn and Rahu from sixth house. Twelfth lord Venus is hemmed between malefics. 4)Ninth house of natural zodiac is conjoined with sixth lord of natural zodiac. Further the house is twelfth house from lagna. Brisha rasi ruling legs is afflicted by aspect of Rahu. Ninth lords from Sun and Moon are also afflicted. Thus it is seen houses and planets ruling limbs and left leg are afflicted heavily, suggesting loss of left leg by amputation. PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES
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Lagna rules the body. Sun is karaka for same. Mesha rasi is the seat in natural zodiac ruling the body. Affliction of Mesha rasi, lagna, lord of lagna and Sun by malefic aspect and conjunction or affliction of these houses by lord of dusthana, or situation of the planets ruling body in dusthana, all these give rise to physical deformities. Saturn and Ketu are two major planets affliction of which are mainly responsible for deformities. Second, sixth and tenth houses and Brisha, Kanya and Makara rasis rule flesh and bones. Affliction of these houses and lords of second, sixth and tenth houses also produce deformities. Dhanu rasi is the seat of limbs in natural zodiac and ninth house also rules the same. When Dhanu rasi, ninth house and its lord are afflicted, they also work for deformities. Saturn is karaka for limbs and its affliction is not also

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desirable. When the houses and planets ruling body, limbs and bones be in any way related with disease inflicting house or planet, the deformities come as after-affect of a disease. Second house and Brisha rasi rule the right leg and when they are in any way related with the above houses and planets, the right leg may be deformed. Meena rasi and twelfth house rule the left leg and affliction of these and relation of these with above houses and planets may produce deformed left leg. Mithuna rasi and third house rule the right hand, and Kumbha rasi and eleventh house rule the left hand and any relation of them with combinations of deformities may produce deformity in that hand, ruled by affected house and planet. A malefic Saturn in lagna, other than Brisha, Tula, Makara and Kumbha lagna, is always bad, as it may bring deformities. When lagna is afflicted, if at the same time Moon also be afflicted and be in twelfth house they may produce defect in limbs. When Saturn be in seventh house, if Mars be without strength or be afflicted by conjunction of Rahu, there may be defect in limbs. When Saturn is heavily afflicted and is situated in the twelfth house, it may also produce deformities. Saturn in second ouse, Mars in seventh house and Moon in tenth house rom lagna or from radical Sun may produce deformities a^ter a^ect diseases. When lord of lagna is in listhana and lagna is conjoined with Rahu or Ketu, they may also produce deformities due to diseases. Third house rules the bodily growth. Mithuna rasi is seat of same in natural zodiac. Mars rules vigour and energy and works for building our body. When Mithuna rasi, third house and third lord and lagna be afflicted and be connected with short planets, or when the house ruling growth be short rasis, there may be ill-growth. When these houses are joined with long planets or they them- seves are long houses, there may be abnormal growth. es a, Brisha and Kumbha rasis are short rasis. Simha, Kanya

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and Brischika rasis are long rasis. Others are even rasis. Lagna rules our head, second house rules the face, third house rules neck and arms and so on. The growt of the part ruled by a house will depend on the nature of the house, whether it is long, short or even and a so on the nature of the planets occupying and aspecting. whether they are short or long. ^ Mars is an important planet in developing our oy, is strength, position etc and third house are also to e considered. Sun is also an important planet, being agna araka, and his strength, position etc are also to be taken into consideration.
Example No, 68. Lagna Mithuna , Sun, and Saturn in Mithuna ; Venus and Mercury ru L- 0 ? ^farS an^ Ketu in Simha ; Moon in Dhanu ; Jupiter R in Makara , Rahu in Kumbha.

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This is a case of physical deformities. The ^person has defect in his hands. The hands are cripled, of which the right one is more defective than the left one. The reasons for the same, as we find, are : 1)Lagna is afflicted by Malefic Saturn. Further it is conjoined with malefic Sun and aspected by powerful Rahu. Lord of lagna, Mercury, is retrograde and is hemmed between malefics. 2)Sun, ruler of body, is afflictedby conjunction of Saturn and is aspected by Rahu. 3)Dhanu rasi, ruling limbs, is afflicted by aspect of malefics. Saturn, karaka for limbs, is also afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics. 4)Mithuna and Kumbha rasis, third and eleventh houses of natural zodiac ruling hands are also afflicted by malefics. 5)Third and eleventh houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are afflicted. Lords of third houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are also afflicted. 6)Tenth house from lagna is also afflicted heavily. Thus we find the reasons are present in the horoscope to produce deformities. A malefic Saturn in lagna, other than Brisha, Tula, Makara and Kumbha langas, always causes deformities if lagna is not well fortified. In this horoscope third and eleventh houses are afflicted. Third lords are also afflicted, while eleventh lords from lagna, Moon and Sun are not afflicted. Though both the hands are cripled, the left one is less defective. The reasons we find are, the eleventh lords are not afflicted.

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15)Mercury, Moon and lord oflagna, all with Rahu or Ketu. ._ 16)Mars and Saturn in lagna with lord of sixth house. 17)Mars and Sun in lagna with lord of sixth house. 18)Lagna conjoined with Mars and afflicted and also Saturn in lagna, fourth or eighth house. 19)Lord of lagna in eighth house aspected by malefic or conjoined with malefic and also lagna aspected by or conjoined with malefic. 20)Lord of lagna in fourth or twelfth house with Mars and Mercury, and also Jupiter, Moon and Saturn in sixth house. 21)Saturn and Mercury with lord of lagna and also Rahu and Sun in sixth house.
Example No, 69. LagnaDhanu ; Rahu in Simha ; Mars and Saturn in Tula ; Jupiter in Brischika ; Sun and Moon in Dhanu ; Venus and Mercury in Makara ; Ketu in Kumbha.

This is a caSe of leprosy. The reasons for the disease, we find, are : 1)Lagna, Moon and Sun are afflicted by aspects of malefic Saturn and Rahu. Further, Moon is too weak. 2)Malefic Moon is in lagna not being lord of lagna and is conjoined with Sun and aspected by Saturn. 3)Moon is in fifth navamsa of Dhanu rasi (Simha navama), is aspected by malefic Saturn and is under strong malefic influence. 4)Lord of lagna is in a watery sign hemmed between malefics. 5)Mercury, karaka for skin disease, is with sixth lord and is aspected by Mars. 6)Karkata rasi, a watery sign, is afflicted by aspect of Saturn and also by aspect of sixth lord Venus. Eighth and twelfth houses ruling blood are also afflicted, eighth being aspected by malefics and twelfth being hemmed between malefics.

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7)Planets are under kala-sarpa yoga. 8)Mesha rasi, first house of natural zodiac, is heavily afflicted. 9)Mars, ruler of blood, is afflicted by Saturn. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling the diseases of leprosy are afflicted and are capable ofproducing the disease.

LEUCODERMA This is a disease of blood and skin. Moon and Saturn are primarily responsible for this disease. Mercury rules all skin diseases. Root cause of this disease is bowels and hence position and strength of sixth house, Sun and Jupiter are also to be considered. Affliction of sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi, Sun and Jupiter are bad for this disease. Venus works for the lustre of the body. When Venus is afflicted, fading away of lustre of the body is likely and hence position and strength of Venus is also to be considered. Karkata, Brischika and

Meena rasis together with fourth, eighth and twelfth houses rule the blood and these houses have also some relation with the disease of lcucoderma. When Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis, fourth, eighth and twelfth houses and their lords, sixth house, Kanya rasi, Sun, Jupiter, Venus etc and also Moon, Mercury and Saturn be afflicted, weak, badly placed, conjoined with evil lords and be also related with disease inflicting planet or house, they produce the same disease. When the houses and planets ruling leucoderma be afflicted by malefic Saturn and be related with disease-inflicting planet or house, they produce similar disease. I am giving below few combinations for this disease;

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I)4 Moon in lagna, Sun in seventh house, and Mars and Saturn either in second or in twelfth house. {2) Lord of lagna and Mercury with Moon, Rahu or Ketu in a house. v(3) Lord of lagna and Mars with Rahu or Ketu in one house, 4)Lord of lagna in eighth house conjoined with or aspected by malefics. 5)Mars, Saturn and Moon in Mesha or Brisha rasi. 6)Moon and Rahu in lagna and lord of lagna not in lagna. 7)Moon in fourth house from athma-karaka aspected by Venus. 8)Malefic in lagna other than lord of lagna with Mars.
Example No, 70. Lagna Tula ; Saturn in Brisha ; Sun in Karkata ; Moon, Mars. Venus and Mercury in Simha ; Ketu in Kanya ; Jupiter in Brischika ; Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of leucoderma. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Lord of lagna and Mercury are with Moon. f2) Moon, Mercury, Mars and Venus are hemmed between malefics and are also afflicted by conjunction of malefics. Saturn is in dusthana. 3)Sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi, Sun and Jupiter are afflicted. 4)Lord of lagna, Venus and lagna karaka Sun are afflicted. 5)All the houses and rasis ruling blood are afflicted. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling leucoderma are afflicted in this horoscope.

CANCER Cancer is a disease which is increasing now-a-days very much and is said to be almost incurable. It is said to be a malignant tumour eating the part it is in, spreading

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indefinitely. Rahu is responsible for all malignant growth. When a malignant strong Rahu aspects a house or otherwise afflicts the same and if the said house or its lord or karaka be in any way related with the disease inflicting house or planet the malignant growth in that part of the body ruled by the house or planet is likely. Lords of dusthanas arc also responsible for this disease. When a house is afflicted by most of the malefics and evil lords, particularly by Saturn, Rahu or Mars, cancer may appear in that part of the body ruled by the house afflicted or in the part ruled by the planet afflicted. In case of cancer, if the house ruling the affected part of the body is fouud not afflicted by other malefics, it will be seen lagna, lord of lagna and karaka planets are heavily afflicted, and the house ruling the part of the body from Sun or Moon will be found heavily-afflicted. When sixth lord joins lagna', eighth or tenth house and malefic Rahu afflicts a house keeping some relation with above houses or house lords, cancer will come into presence in that part of the body ruled by the afflicted house or planet. Some times planet afflicting or causing disease, gives rise to disease of its own character. Planets rule different parts of the body and when they are malefics and afflicted, they are capable of giving rise to cancer in that part of the body ruled by them and they are as follows : Sun produces cancer in stomach, bowels, head etc. Moon produces cancer of blood, breast etc. Mars produces cancer of blood, marrow, genitals, uterus, neck etc. Mercury produces cancer of nose, navel, mouth etc. Jupiter produces cancer of liver, ear, tongue, thighs etc. Venus produces cancer of throat, genital organs etc. Saturn produces cancer in legs, hands, places around teeth etc.
Example No, 11.

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LagnaDhanu ; Jupiter in Brisha ; Moon and Rahu in Simha ; Venus and Mercury in Brischika ; Sun in Dhanu ; Mars in Makara ; Saturn and Ketu in Kumbha.

This is a case of cancer. The person was attacked by cancer of the caccum and died from the same. The reasons for the disease are 1)Rahu, being highly malefic, is aspecting lagna, Sun and fifth house. Further it is afflicting Simha rasi. Rahu, being aspected by Mars and Saturn and being conjoined with eighth lord, is highly malefic and is indicator of death. 2)Simha rasi is afflicted by Mars, Saturn and Rahu, and is also conjoined with lord of eighth house, Fifth house is also aspected by Mars, Saturn and Rahu. Fifth lord is hemmed between malefics. Fifth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted, and particularly by Rahu. 3)Jupiter, lord of lagna, is in dusthana. 4)Moon is afflicted by Rahu, Mars and Saturn. 5)Sun is afflicted by Rahu. Thus we find fifth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, and Simha rasi and Sun, all are afflicted, and particularly by Rahu and are capable of producing disease. Affliction of Rahu on the above houses and over Sun suggests cancer in the caccum.
Example No, 72. LagnaKarkata ; Mars in Mesha ; Jupiter in Mithuna ; Sun and , Venus in Simha ; Mercury and Ketu in Kumbha ; Saturn in Tula ; Moon in Dhanu ; Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of cancer in throat. The reasons for the same are ; 1)Rahu is aspecting third house ruling throat, aad lagna. It is further aspecting third lord. Rahu is a disease-inflicting planet, being in a sensitive sign Meena rasi. 2)Kanya rasi, third house, is a sensitive sign and is conjoined with Ketu. Third lord is also conjoined with Ketu. Mithuna rasi ruling

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throat is conjoined with sixth lord. 3)Third houses from Sun and Moon, and lords thereof are afflicted. 4)Lagna is afflicted by Saturn, Mars and Rahu. Lord of lagna is in sixth house aspected by sixth lord. 5)Venus, karaka for throat diseases, is afflicted, and is malefic from lagna. Sun and Moon. Thus we find third houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, their lords, Mithuna rasi and karaka planets are afflicted and are capable of producing disease like cancer in throat.

TUMOURS, BOILS, CARBUNCLES, ABSCESSES ETCWatery signs rule these diseases. Mars is karaka for all tumours, boils, abscesses etc. Affliction of Rahu also produces the same. As poisoning of blood is the main cause for these diseases, it will be seen that the watery signs are afflicted in horoscope of a person suffering from these diseases. Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses and their lords also rule the blood and strength and position

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of these houses are also to be taken into consideration while judging these diseases. When the above houses and planets be afflicted or be conjoined with Truilefics and make any relation with sixth house or lord of sixth house or with any diseaseinflicting house or planet, they giv^ rise to diseases like tumours, boils, carbuncles, abscesses etc. I am giving below some of the combinations for these diseases : ' 1)Malefic sixth lord in lagna, eighth or tenth house causes tumours, carbuncles etc. 2)Afflicted and malefic Mars causes similar diseases. 3)Rahu in the eighth house conjoined with or aspected by malefic causes heat generating diseases. 4)Saturn in the eighth house and Mars in the seventh house give rise to tumours, boils etc. 5)Lords of lagna and sixth house in one house conjoined with Mars cause similar diseases. 6)Sun, Moon and Mars in the sixth house give rise to deep red spoted boils. 7)Sixth lord in lagna with Mars causes boils, tumours etc. 8)Mars in opposition to Sun, and one being in first," second, seventh or eighth house produce similar diseases. 9)Mars and Saturn in sixth or twelfth house without benefic aspect or conjunction cause similar disease. 10)Saturn in eighth house aspected by Mars causes similar diseases. 11)Mars in Brischika lagna afflicted and unaspected by benefic causes carbunclcs, abscesses etc. 12)Ketu and Saturn in fourth house in Brischika navamsa cause similar diseases.
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13)Saturn and Ketu in sixth, seventh or twelfth house cause similar diseases. 14)Malefic Mars in sixth house causes heat generating diseases. 15)Saturn in lagna aspected by or conjoined with malefic causes boils, carbuncles etc. 16)When lord of lagna be in Simha navamsa afflicted by malefic it causes virulent tumours, boils etc. 17)Moort in between two malefics and Saturn in seventh house give rise to boils, abscesses etc. 18)Malefic in second house aspected by malefic produces boils, tumours etc.
Example no, 73. Lagna'Karkata ; Jupiter in Mithuna; Rahu in Karkata ; Mars in Simha; Moon and Mercury in Kanya j Sun in Tula ; Venus. in Brischika ; Ketu in Makara ; Saturn in Kumbha.

This is case of virulent tumours and boils. The person suffered from the same, underwent an operation and died ultimately. The reasons for the same are : 1)Mars is in between malefics, is in house of a malefic and is aspected by malefic Saturn and Rahu. 2)Mars and Saturn are in opposition. One is eighth, lord and is in eighth house. Again, Mars is in second house aspected by malefic Saturn from eighth house and; also aspected by Rahu from lagna. Saturn is in eighth house aspected by Mars. .(3) All the watery signs are afflicted by malefics. 4)Lagna and its lord are afflicted , Mars is heavily afflicted. These justify the attack from such a disease. Opposition of Mars and Saturn, and Saturn being eighth lord justify an operation and death from operation. The person also suffered from venereal disease. In this horoscope, Venus is in Brischika rasi, that is in house of Mars, and

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is aspected by Mars. Further Venus is aspected by Saturn. Venus, eighth house, eighth lord, Brischika rasi etc are afflicted in this horoscope suggesting venereal disease.
Example no, 74. LagnaBrischika ; Rahu in Mesha ; Jupiter in Brisha j Moon and Ketu in Tula ; Saturn in Dhanu ; Mars and Mercury in Makara ; Sun and Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of carbuncle in the back portion near the neck. . The reasons, as we find, are : 1)Mars, being lords of lagna and sixth house, isaffli- Cted by malefic conjunction and is hemmed between malefics. 2)Malefic Saturn is in second house aspected by malefic Rahu from sixth house. 3)Third house is afflicted by sixth lord Mars and eighth lord Mercury and is hemmed between malefics. Third lord Saturn is afflicted by aspect of Rahu from sixth house. Mars, karaka for carbuncle, is afflicted and is also afflicting the third house. 4)Third houses from Sun and Moon and lords there of are also afflicted. 5)Karkata rasi is aspected by malefics. Brischika and Meena rasis are hemmed between malefics, 6)Mithuna rasi, house of neck, is afflicted. Further, Dhanu and Makara rasis, ruling back portions, are afflicted. Eleventh houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, and their lords, ruling back portion of neck, are afflicted.

DISEASES FROM IMPURITY OF BLOOD AND POISON Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis rule the blood. Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses also rule the same. Mars is karaka for
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blood. Moon is karaka for blood diseases. Kanya rasi, Rahu and Ketu work for all poisoning. When the rasis and planets ruling blood be afflicted and make any relation with Kanya rasi or Rahu ot Ketu, there are likeliness of diseases from poisoning of blood. A malefic and afflicted Moon placed in dusthana oraspec- ted by lord of dusthana or conjoined with lord of dusthana also gives rise to similar diseases. When malefic Rahu or Ketu conjoins with Moon or Mars, they are also capable of producing similar diseases. When Kanya rasi, Rahu or Ketu be afflicted and make any relation with lagna, lord of lagna or lagna karaka Sun or they also become afflicted along with Kanya rasi, Rahu or Ketu, or when malefic Rahu or Ketu afflicts them, they give rise to diseases and troubles from poison. Second house rules the mouth. Brisha rasi also rules the same. When second house, lord of second house or Brisha rasi be afflicted along with the houses and planets ruling poison or when these housesbe in any way related with the houses and planets ruling poison, they result into troubles from poison taken by mouth. I am giving below some of the combinations fordisea. ses from blood poisoning : 1)Malefic Mars aspected by malefic. 2)Saturn, Rahu and Mars in one house. 3)Rahu and strong malefics in the fifth house. 4)Afflicted athma-karaka planet in Mesha or Simha navamsa. (5j Afflicted Moon in Kanya rasi between malefics. The followings are the combinations suggesting trouble from poison : 1)Sixth lord and Rahu in lagna. 2)Sixth lord and Ketu in lagna. 3)If born in Visha-ghatika, while a malefic is in eighth house. 4)Lords of lagna and second house in dusthana with Saturn. 5)If navamsa lord of tenth house from lagna be in dusthana with

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Saturn.
Example No, 75.
LagnaKanya ; Moon and Ketu in Mesha; Jupiter in Simha ; Saturn in Kanya ; Rahu in Tula ; Sun and Mercury in Makara ; Mars and Venus in Kumbha.

The person suffered from diseases owing to impurity of blood. The diseases were irruptions and skin disease. The reasons for the same are : 1)Malefic eighth lord Mars is in sixth house aspected by malefic Rahu. 2)All the watery signs, and fourth, eighth and twelfth houses, ruling blood, are afflicted. 3)Moon is afflicted by conjuction of Ketu and is in eighth house. Mars is in sixth house afflicted by Rahu. 4)Lagna, which is also Kanya rasi, is afflicted by conjunction of sixth lord Saturn and is aspected by eighth lord Mars form sixth house. Thus we find the factors ruling the diseases from poison of blood are afflicted in this horoscope. Prior to this, he also suffered from dysentery, which is justified from the affliction of Kanya rasi, sixth house, sixth lord, Mars and Venus.
Example No. 76. LagnaSimha ; Venus in Mesha ; Mars and Rahu in Kanya ; Saturn and. Moon in Makara ; Jupiter and Mercury in Kumbha ; Sun and Ketu in Meena.

This is a case of poison taken by mouth. In the result he suffered from eczema in right leg. The reasons for the same are ; 1)Malefic Mars is aspected by malefic.
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2)Kanya rasi, which is also second house from lagna, is conjoined with Mars and Rahu. 3)Moon is in sixth house conjoined with sixth lord Saturn and is aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi, which suggest impurity of blood owing to affection from poison. 4)Sun, lord of lagna and lagna karaka both, is with Ketu and is in eighth house. 5)Karkata and Meena rasis, and also eighth and twelfth houses ruling blood are afflicted. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling diseases from bloodimpurity and also ruling poison are affiicted in this horoscope and are capable of producing diseases from poison and impurity of blood. Affliction of Kanya rasi by strong malefics, affliction of second house, all these justify taking of poison by mouth. Right leg is ruled by second house and Saturn. Affliction of these and their relation with the houses and planets, suggesting taking of poison and disease, also justify the attack of eczema in right leg. Another point of interest in this horoscope is that, the person committed suicide by hanging himself.

ULCERS, WOUNDS, CUTS AND BURNTS Mercury rules ulcers. Mars is ruler of all wounds and cuts. Fiery houses Mesha, Simha and Dhanu rasis and fiery planets Sun and Mars rule the diseases from burnt. When these houses and planets are afflicted, badly placed or conjoined with evil lords and in some way related with disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to the diseases from burnt. Afflicted Mercury when related with a disease-inflicting house or planet, gives rise to wounds and cuts. When Rahu or Ketu joins any of the above combinations, it

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produces lingering and ir-recover- able disease. When Saturn joins them, produces pain with* disease. The place affected by the disease is

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suggested by the house or rasi afflicted or by the afflicted or badly placed planet. When malefics like Saturn, Ketu, Mars and Sun pass over Mars, Mercury, Sun etc, they give rise to diseases ruled by them provided an affliction in similar way is present in the natal horoscope. When malefics pass through fiery houses, they also give rise to danger from fire, provided such fiery house is afflicted in natal chart. These are the combinations of ulcers : 1)Malefic Mercury afflicted by a malefic. 2)Rahu in the eighth house aspected by a malefic. 3)Saturn in lagna and wea Moon with Rahu and Sun. 4)Saturn in second house, Moon in fourth house and Mars in tenth house. 5)Mars and Ketu in eighth house aspected by malefic. 6)Mars in eighth house aspected by malefic and Ketu in second house. 7)Sixth lord and a malefic in tenth house without benefic aspect. 8)Sixth lord in lagna or in eighth house with malefic. 9)Sixth lord in sixth house with Rahu or Ketu. 10)Moon in sixth house aspected by malefic. 11)Saturn, Mars and Rahu in a house. 12)Mars and Venus in ninth house or in tenth house aspected by malefic. 13)Rahu with a strong malefic in fifth house. * 14)Mars and Sun in opposition one being in any of lagna, second, seventh or eighth house. 15)Sixth lord With Mars in lagna. 16)Saturn in eighth house aspected by Mars. 17)Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in lagna.

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18)Mercury in its own house aspected by Mars. 19)Waning Moon in eighth house with Rahu, Saturn or Mars. The followings are the combinations for wounds and cuts : 1)A malefic Mars afflicted by a malefic. 2)Mars and sixth lord in lagna. 3)Malefic Mars in eighth or twelfth house. 4)Saturn, Mars and Rahu in one house. 5)Sixth lord with Mars in lagna. 6)Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in lagna. 7)Moon in second house, Mars in fourth house and Sun in tenth house. 8)Sun in fourth house, Saturn in eighth house and Moon in tenth house without strength. 9)Mars and Moon in sixth house. 10)Lords of lagna and eighth house with Saturn, Rahu or Ketu. 11)Lord of lagna, fourth house and eighth house in one house. 12)Sun and Mars in third house cause wound in hands. The followings are the combinations for burnts : I)Sun and Mars in first, second, seventh or eighth house aspected by malefic. 2)Waning Moon in eighth house with Rahu, Saturn or Mars. 3)Moon in house of Saturn hemmed between malefics. 4)Waning Moon aspected by a strong Mars and also Saturn in eighth house.
Example No, 77 LagnaBrisha ; Saturn and Rahu in Mesha j Mars in Brisha ; Venus in Kanya; Ketu in Tula ; Sun and Jupiter in Brischika Mercury in Dhanu ; Moon in Meena.

This is a case Of burnt in right hand resulting into ulcer. The reasons for the same are :

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1)Second house ruling right hand is aspected by Saturn from twelfth house, a fiery sign, namely Mesha rasi. Second lord Mercury is in dusthana, which is also another fiery sign, namely Dhanu rasi, and further it is aspected by Rahu from Mesha rasi, a fiery sign. 2)Second house from Moon, Mesha rasi, a fiery sign is 'conjoined with Saturn and Rahu and lord thereof Mars, a fiery planet, is aspected by Rahu from fiery house Mesha rasi. Second house from Sun, Dhanu rasi, another fiery sign, is conjoined with Mercury, ruler of ulcer and is aspected by Rahu from Mesha rasi, a fiery sign. Further Mercury is lord of eighth house, a dusthana from Sun. 3)Mars is in lagna and Sun is in seventh house with lord of eighth house. 4)Mercury, lord of second house is in fiery house and is aspected by Rahu from fiery place and is also aspected by Mars, a fiery planet. 5)Brisha rasi ruling right hand is conjoined with fiery planet Mars and is aspected by fiery planet Sun and also by Rahu from fiery hoiise. Saturn, karaka for hands, is in fiery house afflicted and is also in dusthana. Thus we find the reasons for a fire-burnt and an ulcer there are present in this horoscope. Rahus affliction to almost all the houses and planets ruling the right hand and disease suggests long sufferings from.this burnt.
Example No, 78. LagnaSimha ; Saturn in Mesha; Rahu in Brisha ; Sun and Jupiter in Simha; Mercury and Venus in Kanya ; Ketu in Brischika ; Moon in Dhanu ; Mars in Meena.

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This is a case of a big cut and wound in forehead resulted from an accident. The reasons for the same are : 1)Mars is in eighth house. Mercury is in its own house aspected by Mars. 2)Saturn, sixth lord and malefic, is in Mesha rasi hemmed between malefics and lord of Mesha rasi ruling head, is in eighth house. Further, Mars, karaka of head, is in eighth house. In this horoscope lagna and lord of lagna are free from affliction, but are conjoined with eighth lord therefrom. Mesha rasi and Mars both rule the head. Mars is further lord of fourth house, ruler of vehicles. Venus, karaka for vehicles, is in opposition to Mars being debilitated and is also aspected by Rahu. All these justify a vehicular accident and a wound and cut in the head. SMALL AND CHICKEN POX Small pox is an acute Infectious disease characterized by a cutaneouseruption which passes through the stages of papule, vesicle, pustula and crust. Chicken pox is also an acute infectious disease, characterized by an irruption of vesicles on the skin which appear in successive crops. Mars and Mercury are the planets ruling over these diseases. When these planets are badly placed or afflicted they are liable to produce these diseases. When they are afflicted and are also related with sixth house or lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi or with any disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to small and chicken pox. In case of milder affliction or situation in evil house or conjunction with evil lords, they produce chicken pox. While they are heavily afflicted, badly placed or conjoined with evil lords, they give rise to small pox. Venus rules the lustre of body. An afflicted Venus takes away the lustre of the body and face. Hence the strength and position of Venus is also to be judged. When Venus
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joins the combinations for these diseaes, she puts permanent marks in the body and face. Rahu is karaka for epidemic ; When Rahu joins the combination for disease or be in any way related, one is liable to be attacked from these diseases in result of an epidemic. When eighth lord or eighth house or a disease-inflicting planet joins the combination, it may effect death. I am giving below some combinations for the same : 1)Rahu in eighth house aspected by or conjoined with malefic. 2)Mars in lagna aspected by Saturn and Sun. 3)Lords of lagna and sixth house with Mars. 4)Sun in first, Second, seventh or eighth house aspected by malefic. 5)Mars in first, second, seventh or eighth house aspected by malefic. 6)If malefic Rahu be aspected by malefic.
Example No, 79. LagnaMithuna ; Jupiter in Mesha ; .Moon in Brisha ; Ketu in Mithuna ; Saturn in Karkata ; Venus in Brischika; Sun and Rahu in Dhanu \ Mars in Makara.

This is a case of small pox. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Mars and Mercury are in eighth house afflicted by Saturn and Rahu. Further Mercury is lord of lagna and is conjoined with lord of sixth house and is in eighth house aspected by eighth lord. 2)Sun, lagna karaka. is afflicted by Rahu. 3)Malefic Ketu is in lagna. 4)Venus is in sixth house, and second house is also afflicted. 5)First and sixth lords are with Mars. (Here sixth lord is Mars

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himself) In this case, we find both Mercury and Mars are badly afflicted and are also in dusthana. Rahu is afflicting them by its malefic aspect, which suggests the disease from epidemic. Venus is also in dusthana. Second house, ruler of face, is heavily afflicted suggesting deep marks in face.
Example No, 80. * LagnaTula'-, Jupiter in lirisha ; Ketu in Mithuna % Saturn in Karkata ; Moon in Simha ; Mars in Kanya ; Mercury and Rahu in Dhanu ; Sun in Makara ; Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of chicken pox. The reasons for the same are : 1)Mars is .in dusthana, is in Kanya rasi and is aspected by Saturn. 2)Mercury is conjoined with Rahu. 3)Sixth lord Jupiter is aspecting Mars. 4)Sun, lagna karaka, is aspected by Rahu and Saturn: In this case also, Mars and Mercury are afflicted, but the affliction is milder. As Saturn is yoga-karaka for Tula lagna, its affliction is not very much harmful. Mercury is a benefic for this lagna and is in house of a natural benefic. Further Venus and second house are not afflicted though the second lord is slightly afflicted.

ITCHES AND SKIN DISEASES Saturn rules over skin. Moon rules the diseases of skin. Affliction of these planets, affliction of Saturn or Moon by malefic Sun and Mercury, situation of all these planets in evil houses, conjunction with evil lords and malefics, and a relation of

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them with Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house or with disease-inflicting house or planet, all these give rise to itches and skin diseases. Mars also gives rise to skin diseases and his affliction over the planets ruling skin is not desirable. When Mars is afflicted he also produces skin diseases. 1 am giving below few combinations for the same : 1)Mercury in second house aspected by Moon causes skin diseases. 2)Sun, Mars and Moon in sixth house produce red spots in skin. 3)A powerful. Saturn in third house aspected by or conjoined with Mars causes itches and skin diseases. 4)Moon and Mars in second house cause skin diseases, when they are aspected by Saturn. 5)Saturn in lagna aspected by Mars causes skin diseases. 6)Moon in watery sign in second house produces skin diseases. 7)Saturn and Sun in lagna give rise to skin diseases. 8)Afflicted athma-karaka in Mithuna, Kanya or Makara navamsa causes skin diseases. 9)Malefic Mars in sixth house produces heat generating diseases. 10)Rahu in eighth house conjoined with or aspected by malefic causes similar diseases. 11)Moon in sixth house aspected by malefic causes skin diseases from corrupt state of blood. 12)Moon in Kanya rasi hemmed between malefics causes skin diseases from corrupt state of blood.
Example No, 81.

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LagnaMeena ; Sun, Moon, Mars and Venus in Karkata ; Mercury and Rahu in Simha ; Saturn in Kanya ; Jupiter in Tula ; Ketu in Kumbha.

This is a ease of skin disease. The person suffered from the same for a long time. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Moon is in a watery sign afflicted by malefics. Sun is also afflicted by malefics. 2)Mercury is in sixth house conjoined with Rahu and is also hemmed between malefics. 3)Mars is with malefics and is also with sixth lord. Further, Mars is debilitated. 4)Saturn is in a sensitive sign and is also aspected by Rahu. . x 5)Lagna is afflicted and lord of lagna is in dusthana. 6)AH the watery signs and fourth, eighth and twelfth houses ruling blood are afflicted. Thus we find the reasons to produce skin disease and corrupt state of blood are present in this horoscope.

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OTHER DISEASES FEVERS Typhoid, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Influenza, Malaria, Meningitis, Blackwater Etc. Fevers are of various types and are generally caused by affliction of the karaka planets and their relation with sixth house, sixth-lord, eighth lord, twelfth lord and malefic planets. Typhoid, pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, malaria, meningitis, black-water etc are the different types of fevers. Typhoid is caused by general infection by typhoid bacillus, characterized anatomically by hyperplasia and ulceration of the internal follicles, swelling mesenteric glands and spleen. Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are the rulers of the disease of typhoid and para-typhoid. When these planets are afflicted in horoscope, are lords of evil houses, are connected with evil houses by situation or are conjoined with evil lords or are connected with malefic by conjunction or aspect and are in any way related with sixth lord, sixth house, Kanya rasi, disease.inflicting house or planet etc, they give rise to the diseases of typhoid and paratyphoid.
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Pneumonia is caused by pneumocosus characterized by inflammation of the lungsr Bronchitis is caused by caterial infection of the finer bronchi and their related lobules with inflammation of the bronchioles and smaller bronchi etc. Moon and Mars along with fourth house and Karkata rasi rule the disease of pneumonia. When these are afflicted, are in any way related with evil houses, evil lords and malefics and are also related with disease- inflicting liouse or planet, they result

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into pneumonia. Mercury and Mars along with Karkata rasi and fourth house rule bronchitis. When these planets and houses are afilicted, badly placed, related with dusthana or with lord of dusthana or with malefic and are also related with Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house or with a disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to bronchitis. Influenza is an acute infectious disease which is pendamic, epidemic and endamic. Moon and Rahu are rulers of this disease. When these planets are afflicted, badly placed, conjoined with malefics or evil lords and are in some way related with a disease-inflicting house or planet, they result into the disease of influenza. When malefic Rahu afflicts Moon and be related with a disease- inflicting planet or house, it also produces similar disease. Mars also sometimes rules this disease, and affliction of Moon and Mars, or Moon being afflicted by malefic Mars may also result into the similar disease. Malaria is a protozoal disease with paraxysms of intermittent fever continued with marked remission and suffer from anaemia and enlarged spleen. Mars and Jupiter govern this disease. When they are afflicted, Tmclly placed, conjoined with evil lords or malefics etc and are in any way related with a disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to malaria. In meningitis, the meninges are chiefly attacked. Headachc, delirium, convulsions, vomiting and hyperes. thenia are common symptoms in this disease. Sun and Mars are the planets who govern this disease. Affliction of these planets, their situation in evil houses, their conjunction with evil lords and malefics, aspects of malefics over them, all these give rise to the disease of meningitis, provided the above planets make some relation with a disease-inflicting house or planet. Moon is karaka for vomiting. When Moon is also afflicted along with a combination for the above disease, she causes vomiting. In case of meningitis of acute nature, these planets are found heavily afflicted. Lagna and Mesha rasi rule the head, and their strength and position are also to be considered in this disease.

These are generally found heavily afflicted in case of acute meningitis. Glandular fever is characterized by slight redness of throat, high fever, swelling and tenderness of the lymph nodes of the neck etc. Venus and Mars are karaka for all glandular fever. When they are afflicted, badly placed, aspected by malefics and evil lords, conjoined with evil lords and malefics, and are related with a disease- inflicting house or planet, they produce this disease. Third house and Mithuna rasi also work for this disease and their strength and position are also to be considered. Afflictions of these houses and third lord are not good for this disease: Black water fever is ruled by Venus, Mars and Sun. When these planets are afflicted, badly situated, conjoined with lords of evil houses and with malefics etc and are related with Kanya rasi, sixth house, lord of sixth house or with disease-inflicting planet or house, they produce the disease of black water fever. Watery signs and houses ruling blood also have something to do in this disease and affliction of these houses are not good for black-water fever. Sun rules all heat generating and internal fevers. Fiery houses, Mesha, Simha and Dhanu rasis, also work for these diseases. Affliction of Sun and fiery houses may give rise to such diseases. All fevers connecting blood are to be judged from houses and rasis ruling blood, i.e., Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses, and Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis and also from affliction of Mars, karaka for blood. All fevers as after-effect of accidents are to be judged from Mars. Affliction of Mars, his situation in evil houses, conjunction etc with malefics and evil lords give rise to the same. All fevers connected with wound, ulcers, tumours, carbuncles etc are ruled by Mercury and Mars. In cases of fevers with the symptom of vomiting, Moon is found generally afflicted. Rahu rules over epidemics. Afflictions of karaka planets and houses ruling fever by malefic Rahu, may give rise to fevers from epidemics.

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$ Ketu and Saturn are karaka for pains. Any fever connected with pains is to be judged from the strength and situation of the above planets and their afflictions over the karaka planets and houses. Bharani, Mrigasira, Pushya, Purba-falgooni, Chitra, Anuradha, Purbashara, Dhanista and Uttara-bhadrapada stars rule the biles (pittha), and people born under any of the above stars as rasi or lagna or afflictions of these stars by malefics may cause sufferances from fevers. Sun with sixth lord in lagna causes fever. When lord of lagna is in Mesha or Tula navamsa afflicted by malefic, it gives rise to fever. A malefic in the second house aspected by another malefic causes typhoid. Rahu and Moon in the second house cause pneumonia. Rahu, Moon and a malefic, or Rahu and Moon aspected by a malefic in the second house cause typhoid. Mercury in Simha rasi afflicted by aspect of a malefic gives rise to fever. Sixth lord in the eighth house and also Mars in the eighth house cause fever. Measles is an acute highly infectious fever with specific localization in the upper air passages and in the skin. Affliction of Mars and Mercury, their placing in dusthana etc and their relation with disease-inflicting house or planet give rise to this disease. Rahu also works for the same and afflictions of them by Rahu or a relation of them with Rahu by aspect or conjunction etc also give rise to this disease. When strong malefics like Rahu, Ketu and Saturn pass over a karaka planet or transit through a karaka house or aspect a karaka house or planet in transit and if there

is a combination for disease in natal chart, it gives rise to the disease of fever. The character of the fever will be DISEASES . INDIAN ASTROLOGY & like that ruled by the afflicted planet and house. If such affliction is during the dasa and antardasa of benefics, one may not suffer even though the planets and houses capable of producing diseases are afflicted in transit. In dasas and antardasas of malefic and maraka planets, one may suffer from fever and other diseases if the planets ruling the dasa and antardasa are capable of producing fever and suggests diseases in natal chart or if the disease-producing planets and houses are related with the lords of dasa and antardasa. In Suns dasa, during antardasa of Venus, one suffers from fever. In antardasa of Mars, while dasa of Mercury is ruling, one suffers from the same. During Suns dasa in antardasa of Saturn, one suffers from bad type of fever. In Mercurys dasa during antardasa of Sun one suffers from same trouble. In Ketu dasa, during Suns antardasa one may be # attacked from fever. In antardasa of Rahu, while Saturn dasa is ruling, one suffers from the same. One suffers from typhoid in antardasa of lord of lagna, if lord of lagna be in house of or in barga of Saturn (that is in amsa etc of Saturn ) with lord of sixth house. If lord of lagna be with lord of sixth or eighth house or be with a maraka planet, one suffers from fever in their antardasas.
Example no, 82. LagnaBrisha; Saturn and Rahu in Mesha; Mars in Brisha Moon in Kanya; Venus and Ketu in Tula; Sun and Jupiter in Brischika ; Mercury in Dhanu.

This is a case, in which the person suffered from malaria and para-typhoid both. The reasons for the malaria are : 1)Mars andJupiter, karaka for malaria, are in opposition affecting lagna and are related with Sun, karaka for fever. 2)Mars and Jupiter, both are lords of dusthanas. 3)Mars is aspected by Rahu from an evil house. Rahus aspect is highly malignant as it is conjoined.with Saturn and is aspccted by sixth lord.

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4)Mars is lord of an evil house. Jupiter is also lord of eighth house. Jupiters aspect over Mars and he himself being afflicted by conjunction with Sun suggest diseases. Further, Mars is sixth lord from Sun ; Therefore his lordship and his aspect over Jupiter indicate disease. The reasons for the para-typhoid are 1)Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are karaka for typhoid. Here Mercury is in eighth house aspected by highly malefic Rahu from sixth house. Venus is in sixth house, being lord of sixth house, is conjoined with malefic Ketu, and is aspected by Saturn and Rahu from an evil house. (2} Jupiter is aspected by an evil lord Mars. Further he is eighth lord. 3)Rahu is afflicting both Venus. and Mercury. Further they are aspected by Rahu from sixth house from Sun and from eighth house from Moon. Venus is also aspected by Saturn from sixth house from Sun. Thus we find the planets ruling the diseases of malaria and typhoid are afflicted in this horoscope and are related with disease-inflicting houses. The person was attacked from Malaria in his Rahu dasa during antardasa of Jupiter. At the time of his disease, Saturn was passing through Brischika rasi and was afflicting his radical Mars, Jupiter and Sun. He was attacked from para-typhoid in his Rahu dasa during antardasa of Saturn. At the time of disease, Saturn was passing through Dhanu Rasi and thus was afflicting his radical Mercury. Rahu was passing through Mesha rasi and was afflicting his radical Venus and Mercury both.
Example na, 83.

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LagnaMithuna ; Moon and Saturn in Brisha ; Sun and Mercury in Simha ; Venus, Mars and Ketu in Kanya; Jupiter in Brischika ; Rahu in Meena,

This is a case of typhoid. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Mercury is with malefic Sun.

2)Venus is conjoined with sixth lord and malefic Mars, and is aspected by Rahu from a sensitive sign. Further Venus is in Kanya . INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES rasi. 3)Jupiter is aspected by . Rahu and Saturn. Rahu is aspecting from a sensitive sign and Saturn is aspecting from dusthana. Further, Jupiter is malefic for this lagna and is in sixth house being aspected by eighth lord. 4)Venus is lord of sixth house from Moon and is conjoined with lord of twelfth house from Moon. 4)Jupiter is lord of eighth house from Moon and is afflicted. Thus we find, the planets Venus, Jupiter and Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in particular, are afflicted in this hor- oscopc and are related with disease-inflicting houses. He was, attacked from typhoid in his Saturns dasa during antardasa of Saturn. Further Saturn was passing through Tula rasi, Rahu through Dhanu rasi and Mars through Kumbha rasi in transit at that time. Thus his radical Venus was afflicted by aspect of Mars, Mercury by aspects of Mars and Rahu, and Jupiter was between Saturn and Rahu.
Example No, 84. LagnaKanya ; Mars in Mesha ; Jupitei in Brisha ; Moon and Rahu in Karkata j Ketu in Makara ; Sun, Venus and Saturn in Kumbha ; Mercury in Meena.

This is a case of black water fever. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Venus, Sun and Mars rule the black-water fever. Venus and Mars in this horoscope are insixth house afflicted by sixth lord. Mars is in eighth house afflicted by aspect of sixth lord. 2)Venus and Sun are in the eighth house from Moon with eighth lord from Moon, and Mars is also aspected by eighth lord form Moon. 3)Strong malefic Saturn is afflicting all the karaka planets Venus, Sun and Mars. Thus we find, all the planets ruling black-water fever are in dusthana, are heavily afflicted and related with sixth lord. The person suffered form the disease in his Venus dasa during antardasa of Mars.

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Example No, 85. LagnaSimha ; Jupiter in Mesha ; Rahu in Brisha j Mars in Mithuna; Moon in Tula ; Ketu in Brischika j Sun and Saturn in Dhanu ; Mercury in Makara ; Venus in Kumbha.

This is a case of meningitis, The reasons for the disease in this horoscope are : 1)Karaka Sun is conjoined with sixth lord and malefic Saturn. Sun is further aspected by malefic Mars. 2)Karaka Mars is aspected by sixth lord Saturn and also by malefic Rahu. 3)Mars and Sun are in opposition and are connected with sixth lord Saturn. 4)Lord of lagna is afflicted by conjunction of sixth lord Saturn. Thus we find the planets ruling the disease of meningitis are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to meningitis.

RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Rheumatic diseases are of various natures, such as, arthritis, rheumatic nodules, gouts etc. Decrease of wind in the body causes the same. When windy planets Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn are weak, combusted, afflicted, badly situated, conjoined with lord of dusthana and are also in some way related with sixth house, lord of sixth house etc, they give rise to rheumatic diseases. If lord of lagna be in navamsa of Karkata, it causes the similar diseases. Saturn is karaka for gouts. Ketu also rules over the windy diseases. Aswini, Ardra, Punarbasu, Uttara-falgooni, Hasta,

Jycsta, Moola, Satabhisa and Purba-bhadrapada stars rule over wind ( Batha ) and when lagna or rasi falls in any of the above stars and the

above stars be afflicted, they give rise to windy diseases. Third house rules over the rheumatic diseases. All the windy planets Moon, Mercury, . INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES Venus and Saturn also rule over the same. Mithuna rasi also works in this disease. When Mithuna rasi, third house, lord of third house and above planets be afflicted, be situated in dusthana, be conjoined with lord of dusthana or with malefic or be aspected by malefic and be in some way related with disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to all windy diseases. When any of the above karaka planets being afflicted and being malefic, joins windy planets, third house, lord of third house, Mithuna rasi etc and also be associated with or afflicted by Saturn, Rahu or Ketu, they give rise to the above diseases. I am giving below some of the combinations for rheumatic diseases : 1)Sun in Karkata aspected by Saturn. 2)Saturn in lagna and Mars in fifth, seventh or ninth house. 3)Weak Moon and Saturn in twelfth house. 4)Saturn in Dhanu or Meena rasi aspected by Mars. 5)Sun, Moon and Saturn in lagna. 6)Jupiter in lagna and Saturn in seventh house. 7)Sun, Moon and Mars in lagna. 8)Mars in tenth house aspected by Saturn. 9)Moon with malefic in lagna, and Mars in sixth or eighth house with Saturn. 10)Second lord, Saturn and a malefic in one house. 11)Moon and Saturn in sixth house. 12)Venus in eighth house aspected by malefic. 13)Ketu in lagna, afflicted. 14)Lord of lagna in lagna and Saturn in sixth house. 15)Sixth lord in lagna with Rahu or Ketu. 16)Moon in tenth house, Mars in seventh house and Saturn in second house of Sun. 17)Weak Jupiter and weak lord of second house in second house. 18)Lord of lagna and lord of sixth house with depressed Saturn in one

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house. 19)Lord of lagna in Dhanu navamsa afflicted by malefic. 20)Saturn and Rahu in third house affect hands. 21)Saturn and Rahu in second house affect legs.
Example No, 86. LagnaTula ; Ketu in Brisha s Jupiter in Karkata ; Saturn in Simha ; Mars and Venus in Kanya ; Moon in Tula 3 Rahu, Sun and Mercury in Brischika.

This is a female horoscope. She suffers from rheumatic pain. The reasons for the same are ; I)Windy planets Moon, Mercury and Venus are afflicted by malefics. Moon is weak, hemmed between malefics and afflicted by Saturn. Mercury is conjoined with Sun and Rahu and is aspected by sixth lord. Venus is debilitated, hemmed between malefics and is conjoined with malefic. Saturn is also hemmed between malefic sixth and eighth lords. 2)Lagna is conjoined with weak Moon, is aspected by windy planet Saturn and is hemmed between malefics and windy planets. 3)Lord of lagna, Venus, who is also a windy planet, is conjoined with malefic and is in Kanya rasi. She is also hemmed between malefics. 4)Ketu is in eighth house aspected by malefic Saturn and Sun, and is thus capable of producing pain in body. 5)Dhanu rasi,third houses from lagna and Moon, is aspected by malefic Mars and Rahu. Third lord Jupiter is also aspected by Rahu. Thus we find houses and planets ruling rheumatic diseases are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to the disease.

FILARIA Filaria is a disease generally caused & DISEASES by parasite called filaria . INDIAN ASTROLOGY boncrofti carried by infected culex mosquito. Infection of blood is an important factor in this disease. The watery signs Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis rule the blood along with fourth, eighth and twelfth houses. When the above rasis and houses, lords of fourth, eighth and twelfth houses and karaka Mars are afflicted, badly situated, conjoined with or aspected by evil lords and by malefics and are in some way related with disease inflicting house or planet, they give rise to the disease of filaria. Rahu is an important planet for this disease and when the above houses, their lords and Mars be afflicted by Rahu by conjunction or aspect, it produces the similar disease. Fourth house is an important factor in ruling this disease and while judging the disease of filaria, the fourth house and its lord should be taken into consideration. When fourth house is afflicted by malefics and also by Mars, they also add to this disease.
Example No, 87. Lagna - Simha ; Venus in Brisha ; Jupiter in Mithuna ; Sun and Mercury in Karkata; Saturn and Ketu in Kanya; Moon in Brischika ; Mars and Rahu in Meena .

This is a case of filaria. The reasons for the disease are : 1)All the watery signs ruling blood are afflicted in this horoscope. Fourth, eighth and twelfth houses are also afflicted by malefics. 2)Mars, karaka for blood and filaria, is heavily afflicted. Moon, another karaka for blood diseases, is also afflicted. 3). Rahu is afflicting all the rasis and houses ruling filaria. Rahu is also afflicting Mars, Moon and fourth lord. Rahus aspect is highly malignant as it is in a sensitive sign and is influenced by malefics. 4)Sixth lord is afflicting Brischika and Meena rasis, fourth and eighth houses, and Mars, Moon and Rahu. 5)Fourth house and fourth lord are heavily afflicted. Thus it is seen, the houses and planets ruling filaria are heavily

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afflicted in this horoscope. ^DROPSY Dropsy is a disease in which watery fluid collccts in the cavities of tissue of body. Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis are watery signs. Moon and Venus arc' watery planets^ When watery houses and planets are afflicted by strong malefics, be situated badly, be conjoined with or aspected by evil lords and malefics and be in some way related with disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to the disease of dropsy. I am giving below few combinations for this disease :________ 1)Venus and Jupiter in sixth house aspected by malefic. 2)Sun in Karkata rasi aspected by strong malefic. 3)Lord of lagna in Meena navamsa afflicted by malefic, and Moon or Venus afflicted, 4)Saturn in Karkata rasi and Moon in Makara rasi; 5)Weak Moon with Saturn in eighth house. Lagna, lord of lagna and lagna karaka Sun are also the other factors to be considered in this disease. When they be in watery houses, be afflicted, be with malefics and evil lords or when they join afflicted watery planet Moon or Venus, they give rise to the disease of dropsy.
Example No, 58. LagnaMakara ; Ketu in Mesha i Rahu in Tula ; Mars in Brischika ; Venus in Dhanu ; Moon in Makara ; Sun, Jupiter and Mercury in Kumbha ; Saturn in Meena.

The reasons for the disease are : 1)Two watery signs Brischika and Meena are afflicted by conjunction and aspect of malefics in one case and by conjunction of malefic in other case. 2)Venus, watery planet, is hemmed between malefics and is aspected by Saturn. Moon, another watery planet, is weak, almost new-moon and is in house of a malefic and further she is afflicting lagna.

3)Lord of lagna is in a watery sign, which is also a sensitive sign, and is hemmedINDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES by a malefic between malefics. Lagna is afflicted . watery planet. Sun, lagna karaka and karaka for abdomen, is with lords of sixth and twelfth houses, is hemmed between malefics and is aspected by Rahu and Mars. 4)Sixth house and sixth lord, ruling cavity in abdomen, are afflicted. Kanya rasi, ruling the same, is also afflicted by malefics. Thus we find watery houses, watery planets, lagna, lord of lagna, Sun, sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi etc are afflicted in this horoscope. Further we find all the disease-inflicting factors ruling dropsy are influenced by watery signs and planets.

BERI-BERI This is a disease due to deficiency of the antineuritic vitamin. Sixth house, Kanya rasi and Venus rule this disease. Affliction of sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi and Venus, their situation in evil houses, conjunction with malefics* and evil lords, aspect of ' malefics and evil lords over them and Their relation with , disease inflicting house or planet work for giving rise to this disease. When malefic Venus afflicts the sixth house, lord of sixth house or Kanya rasi and also she herself be afflicted, she gives rise to bcri-beri. When malefics pass over sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya rasi and Venus in transit, beri-beri may appear. Lagna, lord of lagna and lagna karaka Sun are also important factors in this disease and when these are afflicted by1 malefics or by malefic Venus, they also work for this disease along with the houses and planets ruling the same. Rahu rules epidemic and when Rahu be in any way connected with the combination of disease, it brings the sufferings from epidemic.

OTHER DISEASES Example No, 89.

LagnaKanyaSaturn and Rahu in Kanya; Mars and Moon in Brisha ; Ketu in Tula ; Jupiter in Brischika ; Venus and Mercury in Dhanu j Sun in Makara.

This is a case of beri-beri. The person suffered twice from the same. The reasons for the disease are ; 1)Venus, karaka, is with lord of lagna aspected by Mars, lord of the eighth house and also by Rahu from eighth house. Rahu is highly malefic being conjoined with sixth lord Saturn in eighth house. 2)Sun, lagna karaka, is afflicted by aspect of Saturn. Lord of lagna is alo afflicted 13 3)Venus is in twelfth house from Sun with sixth lord from Sun. She is further sixth lord from Moon and is in eighth house from Moon. 4)Sixth houses from Sun and Moon are afflicted. Sixth lords from lagna, Sun and Moon are also afflicted. In this horoscope we find Venus is second lord from lagna and is with second lord from Moon. Further she is aspected by Mars and Rahu. Second houses from lagna and Moon are also afflicted. Lords of second houses from lagna, Sun and Moon are also afflicted. All these suggest a strong relation of second house with this disease. Second house rules food. The root cause of this disease in this horoscope is taking of bad food. Rahus affliction suggests sufferings from epidemic.

PLAGUE .

Plague is a specific infectious disease, caused by bacillus pestis and occuring in two chief forms,a bubonic, involving the lymphatic glands and a pneumonic causing an acute and rapid fatal inflammation of the

lungs. Mars, Venus and Moon are karaka planets for this disease. Lagna, lord. of lagna, SunINDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES and Mesha rasi are found heavily afflicted in this disease. When lagna, lord of lagna, Mesha rasi, Sun and karaka planets Mars, Moon and Venus are found heavily afflicted, badly placed, conjoined with malefics and evil lords, aspected by malefics and evil lords and are related with Kanya rasi, sixth house, or with a disease-inflicting house or planet, they give rise to -this disease. Rahu works for all epidemics and when Rahu makes some relation with the above, the disease comes from an epidemic. Athma-karaka planet in Mesha and relation of them with sixth house or with any disease producing house or planet, give rise to this disease. In plague, it is generally seen planets are heavily afflicted. Karkata rasi also rules the lungs, and in case of the disease with inflammation of lungs Karkata rasi may be also seen afflicted.
Example No, 90.
LagnaMesha ; Saturn, Rahu, Venus, Mercury and Moon in Kumbha ; Ketu and Jupiter in Tula \ Mars in Karkata; Sun in Meena.

The person died from plague. The reasons for the disease are : 1)Lagna is heavily afflicted by malefics and is also conjoined with sixth lord thereform. Lord of lagna is afflicted by malefic Saturn. 2)Venus, Moon and Mars are afflicted. Venus is a maraka planet and is conjoined with sixth lord Mercury. Mars, Saturn and Rahu are also afflicting her. Moon is very weak and is afflicted by Mars, Saturn and Rahu and is also conjoined with sixth lord from lagna and from Moon. 3)Mars, another karaka, is afflicted by malefic Saturn. 4)Mesha rasi is afflicted. Sun is in dusthana. Thus we find houses and planets ruling this disease are afflicted heavily. Further they are related with Rahu suggesting disease from epidemic.

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TETANUS This is an infectious disease characterized by tonic spasms of the muscles with marked exacerbations. Saturn and Moon are karaka for this disease. Moon in a house of Mars hemmed between malefics causes tetanus- Moon in house of Mars afflicted by malefics or heavily afflicted Saturn gives rise to this disease. When Moon and Saturn are heavily afflicted, badly placed, conjoined with evil lords and malefics and are related with disease inflicting house or planet, they give rise to tetanus.
Example No, 91LagnaTula; Moon in Mesha 5 Saturn, Venus and Mars in Brisha; Sun and Mercury in Karkata \ Ketu in Kanya; Jupiter in Dhanu ; Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of tetanus. The reaspns for the disease are : 1)Moon is in Mesha rasi, a house of Mars, hemmed between malefics. Further she is aspected by sixth lord Jupiter and also by Rahu from sixth house. 2)Saturn and Moon, both the karakas, are heavily afflicted. 3)Lord of lagna is in eighth house afflicted and is with Saturn. 4)Sun, lagna karaka, is afflicted by Saturn and Rahu. Thus we find the factors ruling this disease are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable producing the disease.

HYDROPHOBIA Hydrophobia is ruled by the second house and Saturn. When second house, lord of second house and Saturn are afflicted or when second house be afflicted by a malefic along with afflicted Saturn, or when second lord and Saturn be conjoined and be afflicted by malefics and any of the above combinations be in some way related with a diseaseinflicting house or planet, they are liable to give rise to disease of hydrophobia.

Iam giving below few combinations for the same : 1)When Saturn INDIAN ASTROLOGY & DISEASES is related with is in second house with a malefic and . sixth house or with lord of sixth house by conjunction or by aspect. 2)When Saturn is in second house and a malefic Sixth lord or a malefic from sixth house aspects the same. 3)When Saturn is with second lord and is in sixth house or aspected by malefic sixth lord. 4)When Saturn is in second house and a malefic aspects the second house and also Saturn or second house makes a relation with-sixth house or with lord of sixth house. ' (5) When Saturn being in second house be related with sixth lord by aspect or by conjunction. (6) Saturn being aspected by second lord is in some way related with sixth house or sixth lord.
Example No, 92. LagnaSimha j Jupiter and Venus in Mithuna ; Sun and Mercury in Karkata ; Saturn and Ketu in Kanya ; Moon in Kumbha ; Mars and Rahu in Meena.

This is a case of hydrophobia. The reasons for the same are : 1)Saturn is in second house conjoined with malefic. Further second house and Saturn both are afflicted by malefics. Saturn, being lord of sixth house, is afflicting the second house. 2)Second lord is in dusthana afflicted byconjunction and aspect of malefics. 3)Second house of Moon is also heavily afflicted. Lord thereof is also afflicted. Second house from Sun is hemmed between malefics and lord thereof is also afflicted. . (4) Kanya and Meena rasis, two sensitive signs, are afflicted. They are second houses from lagna and Moon respectively. Thus it is seen the houses and planets ruling the disease of hydrophobia in this horoscope are afflicted.

CHAPTER ELEVEN PERIODS OF DISEASES Diseases appear in dasas and antardasas of different planets capable of producing disease or at the time when strong malefic planets pass through the house of disease, lagna, Sun, Moon or the house where disease inflicting planet is situated or malefic planets aspect them in transit.

DASAS AND ANTARDASAS The following dasas and antardasas are capable of giving rise to disease : 1.In dasa of maraka planet. 2.In dasa of sixth or eighth lord. 3.In dasa of malefic planet. 4.In dasa of a planet related to maraka or malefic planet which by conjuction or aspect also becomes a maraka or malefic. 5.In dasa of a disease-inflicting planet. 6.In dasa of a benefic, during antardasa of a, disease-inflicting planet, malefic planet or maraka planet which is in any way related to the disease-inflicting planet by conjunction, opposition or aspect. 7.In dasa of a maraka planet in antardasa of a planet which is disease-inflicting or in anyway malefically related 'to the disease inflicting planet by conjunction, opposition or aspect. 8.In dasa of a malefic planet in antardasa of a planet which is capable of producing disease or is in any way related malefically with disease-inflicting planet by
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conjunction, opposition or aspect. 9.In dasa of a benefic and in antardasa of a malefic lord of the house of disease. 10.In dasa of a maraka planet and in antardasa of a malefic lord of the house of disease. 11.In dasa of a malefic planet and in antardasa of a malefic lord of the house of disease. 12.In dasa of a planet which is malefic or maraka by relation wtth a malefic or maraka planet and in antardasa of a malefic lord of the house of disease or in antardasa of a malefic planet which is capable of producing disease or in any way related malefically with disease inflicting planet by conjunction, opposition or aspect. 13.In dasa of sixth or eighth lord and in antardasa of a malefic planet capable of inflicting disease or in any way related malefically with disease-inflicting planet by conjunction, opposition or aspect or during antardasa of the malefic lord of the house of disease. 14.In dasa of a disease-inflicting planet and in antardasa of a malefic or maraka planet. The planets have certain periods for giving results and they are capable of giving their effects in following degrees : Sun and Mars 110 in a house. Jupiter and Venus 11*20" in a house. Moon and Saturn 2130 in a house. Mercury, Rahu and KetuDuring all time. That is, if antardasa is divided into three equal parts, Sun and Mars will give their effects in first part, Jupiter and Venus will give their effects in middle part, Moon and Saturn will give their effects in last part. Mercury, Rahu and Ketu will give their results any time in their antardasas. The result should be determined in this process from the antardasa period as regards the time of the disease.

Some are of the opinion that pratyantar dasa should be taken into consideration and effect will be felt during pratyantardasa of a planet which is malefic, maraka, badly situated, enemy or related to the disease-inflicting planet. Some are also of the opinion that the exact time during an antardasa will be in proportion to the location of a planet in a house, that is, the degree, minutes etc of the planet ruling the antardasa.

TRANSIT Sun, Mars, malefic Mercury, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu give bad effects in transit while passing through unwanted house or aspect them malefically. Of these, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu have greater effect. Next are Mars, Sun and Mercury. Moons trasit determines the time of event. Saturn,-Rahu and Ketu are most evil and tljeir influences to inflict disease in transit are given below. 1)When malefic planet passes through lagna, Sun or Moon or be in opposition to them in transit, one suffers from disease. Their aspects over these houses in transit are also bad. 2)When Saturn passes through second and twelfth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, it produces diseases. 3)When Rahu, Ketu or Saturn passes through a house which is afflicted at the time of birth, disease of that part of the body or disease ruled by that house may appear. The nature of the disease will be like that ruled by the planets and houses afflicted along with afflicting planets at that time. 4)When Rahu, Ketu or Saturn passes over a planet which is afflicted at the time of birth, the diseases will appear, the nature of the disease being like that ruled by afflicted and afflicting planets

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and also by houses and rasis afflicted and related. 5)If there be a combination of malefic planets at the time of birth suggesting any disease, the same may appear when malefic planets pass over the combining planets in transit or whena similar combination is formed in transit affecting the combining rasis and - planets of the natal chart. The periods ot effects of the planets are : Sun and Mars ~ 110 in a rasi. Jupiter and Venus 1120 in a rasi. Saturn and Moon 2130 in a rasi. Mercury, Rahu and KetuDuring all time. I have mentioned above the periods of diseases to appear. This is a very general principle and will vary according to mutual relations of planets, whether they are friends, neutral or enemy, whether they are in a house of a friend, neutral or enemy, whether the planet is in bhava madhya or in bhava sandhi, whether the planet is retrograde, combusted, defeated in planetary fight, depressed, stationary etc, whether the planet is in exaltation, mool-trikona, own house or in debilitation etc. In dasa of a benefic, during antardasa of a benefic evil planet in transit affecting any house or planet and capable of giving rise to disease, may not at all be able to produce disease. It will depend on whether the planets ruling dasa and antardasa are stronger than the afflicting transitory planets or not. Jupiter and Venus when pp^through a house of disease or over a disease-inflicting planet, can counteract the evil forces of the transitory malefic planets. Under such conditions the disease may not occur at all.

MARAKA AND MALEFIC PLANETS FOR DIFFERENT LAGNAS MESHA LAGNA Marakas-Venus (when in kendra or with malefic planet, becomes

strong maraka). Malefics-Mereury, waning Moon and Saturn (when in maraka house become maraka). Mars when with malefic planet or in dusthana becomes malefic ; When in maraka house becomes a maraka. BRISHA LAGNA Marakfas-Mars. Malefics-Moon "and Jupiter (when in maraka bouse become maraka). Mercury and Venus become maraka when in maraka house ; when with malefic planet or iu dusthana become malefic. MITHUNA LAGNA Marakas-Jupiter (becomes strong maraka when in kendra) Malefics-Sun, Mars, Saturn and Mercury. Moon becomes maraka when in a maraka house; becomes malefic when with a malefic planet or in dusthana. Malefic planets become maraka when in maraka house. Mercury becomes maraka when it is benefic and when being benefic is with ufaiter. Becomes a strong maraka when in kendra with Jupiter. KARKATA LAGNA Marakas-Sun is maraka when in second house. Malefics-Mercury, Venus and waxing Moon. Sun becomes malefic when with a malefic or in dusthana. Malefic planets become maraka when in maraka house. SIMHA LAGNA Marakas-Mercury and Saturn. Malefics-Venus. Moon is maraka in seeond house. She is also maraka in seventh house if waxing. Venus becomes maraka in a maraka house. Moon is malefic in a dusthana or when with a

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malefic.

KANYA LAGNA

Marakas-Jupiter ( becomes a stronglnaraka in kendra ) Venus is maraka in a maraka house. Malefics-Mars, Saturn, Moon and benefic Mercury Malefic becomes maraka when in a maraka house Sun becomes maraka when in a maraka house and becomes malefic when with a malefic or in dusthana. Benefic Mercury becomes a maraka' when with Jupiter } it becomes a maraka when with Venus in a maraka house.

TULA LAGNA Marakas-Mars (he is strong maraka when not in kendra). Malefics-Jupiter, Sun and waxing Moon. Malefic becomes maraka when in a maraka house. Venus becomes malefic, when she is with malefic or in dusthana. BRISCHIKA LAGNA Marakas-Venus (becomes a strong maraka when in kendra. Malefics-Saturn and Mercury. Jupiter becomes a maraka when in maraka house. Becomes strong maraka when in a maraka house with Venus. Mars is malefic when with a malefic or in dusthana. Benefic Mercury becomes a maraka in seventh house, especially with maraka planet. DHANU LAGNA Marakas-Saturn and benefic Mercury..( Mercury becomes strong maraka when in kendra ) Malefics-Venus, Moon and Jupiter. Jupiter becomes maraka when in a kendra ; a strong maraka

when in kendra with benefic Mercury. Malefics become maraka when in maraka house. MAKARA LAGNA Marakas-Saturn, when in second house and waxing Moon. (Waxing Moon becomes strong maraka when in kendra). Malefics.Jupiter, Mars and Sun. Malefics bccome maraka when in maraka house. KUMBHA LAGNA Marakas-Jupiter and Sun in second house. Malefics-Mars and Moon. Malefics become maraka when in maraka house. MEENA LAGNA Marakas-Benefic Mercury and Mars when in second house. (Benefic Mercury becomes strong maraka when in kendra and with Jupiter.) Malefics-Jupiter, Venus, Sun and Saturn. Jupiter is maraka when in kendra. Strong maraka in kendra when with benefic Mercury. Venus is maraka when in maraka house. Strong maraka when in maraka house with Jupiter or benefic Mercury. Malefics are maraka in maraka house. _ _ Rahu and Ketu become maraka in maraka _ house. They are malefic when with a malefic. They also become malefic when in dusthana, that is, in sixth, eighth or twelfth house. The question whether a planet is a maraka or malefic, varies much according to the relation of the planet, in consideration with planets it is associating, or by whom it is being aspected or in any way related or according to where it is situated. The aspect or association of a

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friendly planet cannot be of same effect, as that of a neutral planet. The relation of a planet with an enemy planet cannot be same as that of a friendly or neutral planet. Again, relation of a planet conjoined with or aspected by a benefic or situated in a house of benefic cannot be same as the planet conjoined with or aspected by a malefic or maraka planet or situated in house of a malefic or maraka planet. The result will also vary according to whether a planet is in bhaba madhya or in bhaba sandhi and whether a planet is aspected by or conjoined with another planet in full strength of aspect, conjunction etc. While judging diseases from horoscope, all these points should be taken into consideration.
Example No, 93. LagnaBrischika; Moon in Mesha ; Venus and Rahu in Kanya ; Sun and Mercury inTula ; Mars in Dhanu t Saturn in Makara; Jupiter R in Kumbha ; Ketu in Meena.

Ketu dasa after birth5 years O months 7 days. This is a female horoscope. She has been attacked
from the disease of gall stone in her Rahu dasa during antardasa of Rahu. We know the seat of gall bladder is Kanya rasi and sixth house. Karaka for abdomen is Sun and karaka for gall bladder is Mcrcury. Affliction or association of Saturn may give rise to stone in gall bladder. Ketu or Rahus affliction may add to the disease with severe pain. From a scrutiny, we find : 1)Kanya rasi is conjoined with natural malefic Rahu and maraka Venus. Hence Kanya rasi is afflicted. 2)Sixth house from lagna is aspected by malefic Sun and Mercury. Hence sixth house is afflicted. 3)Kanya rasi, sixth house from Moon, is conjoined with Rahu and maraka Venus. Hence it is afflicted. 4)Mercury, lord of sixth house from Moon, is as- pected by Rahu and Saturn. Hence the same is afflicted. 5)Sixth house from Sun is conjoined with Ketu and aspected by Saturn, Mars, Rahu and malefic Venus. Hence it is afflicted.

6)Sixth lord from Sun is hemmed between malefic Saturn and Ketu. Hence the same is afflictcd. 7)Sun, a karaka for all stomach diseases and also a karaka for gall bladder, is debilitated, conjoined with eighth lord and is aspected by Rahu and Saturn. Hence he is weak and afflicted. 8)Mercury, karaka for diseases in gall bladder is lord of evil house, is with malefic Sun, is combusted by Sun and is also aspected by Rahu from house of Mercury and also by strong malefic Saturn. Hence it is afflicted. 9)Sun and Mercury, both the karakas, are in dusthana from lagna. 10)Mercury is lord of eighth and eleventh houses from lagna, lord of third and sixth houses from Moon, and lord of twelfth house from Sun. Hence it is strong malefic in this horoscope. Further it is aspected by strong malefic. Saturns aspect over Sun and Mercury suggests stone in gall bladder and Rahus aspect suggests lingering and painful disease. Thus we find many factors ruling the disease of gall bladder arc heavily afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of producing the disease. Rahu is in Kanya rasi, a house of disease and is afflicting both the karaka planets and sixth houses from Moon and Sun. Further it is aspecting Saturn, karaka for stones. Rahu is also with maraka Venus and hence Rahu itself bccomcs a maraka and diseasc-inflicting planet. It is quite natural she was attacked from the disease in Rahu dasa in antardasa of Rahu. More over Saturn was passing through Tula rasi and Rahu through Makara rasi at the time of her disease, thus afflicting radical Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Rahu, sixth house, Kanya rasi and also Moon.
Example No, 94. LagnaKarkata ; Rahu and Mars in Mithuna > Saturn in Karkata ; Venus in Simha; Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Mercury in Kan va ; Ketu in Dhanu.

Mars dasa after birth6 years 4 months. From a scrutiny, we find :

(1) Ketu in sixth house and Rahu in twelfth house give rise to lungs disease.

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Karkata rasi and Moon are afflicted. Moon and Sun are with lord of sixth house and are in Kanya rasi, a house of disease. We find :. 1)Karkata rasi is conjoined with maraka and malefic Saturn and is aspected by disease-inflicting Rahu from twelfth house ; hence it is afflicted. 2)Fourth house is aspected by disease-inflicting Rahu from twelfth house } Further fourth lord Venus is hemmed between malefics. Hence both are afflicted. 3)Dhanu rasi, fourth house from Sun and Moon, is conjoined with Ketu and is aspected by Rahu and also by Mars, lord of eighth house from Sun and Moon. Jupiter, fourth lord from Sun and Moon, is in Kanya rasi conjoined with malefics and is aspected by Saturn, sixth lord from Sun and Moon. Hence both are afflicted. 4)Moon is almost a new-moon, conjoined with malefics and aspected by Saturn and Mars and is in Kanya rasi. Hence she is weak and afflicted. 5)Sun, another karaka, is in Kanya rasi and is aspected by Saturn and Mars. Hence he is afflicted. 6)Kanya rasi, a house of disease, is conjoined with -karaka planets and afflicted by aspects of malefic Mars and Saturn. Thus we find fourth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, fourth lords there from, karaka Sun and Moon,

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Karkata rasi, all ruling lungs are afflicted in this horoscope and~are capable of giving rise to pleural disease. He suffered from the disease in his Rahu dasa in antardasa of Rahu. Rahu is afflicting Karkata rasi, fourth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon and further Rahu itself is capable of producing disease being in twelfth house from lagna. Rahu is malefic from lagna being in twelfth house, strong malefic from Sun and Moon being with lord of eighth house from . them and it . is quite natural he suffered from the disease in Rahu dasa in antardasa of Rahu. More over, Saturn was passing through Kanya rasi at the time of disease, thus afflicting his radical Sun, Moon and Rahu.
Example no, 95 LagnaMithuna ; Moon in Brisha ; Sun, Saturn and Rahu in Kanya s Mercury and Jupiter in Tula; Venus in Brischika; . Mars in Dhanu ; Ketu in Meena.
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Mars dasa after b$th-4 years 9 months 6 days. This is horoscope of a male. He began to complain of eyetrouble in Jupiter dasa during Saturn antardasa and became almost blind in Venus antardasa of same dasa. In this horoscope we find the following . combinations for eye-diseases : 1)Moon in twelfth house harms the left eye. 2)Sun afflicted by Saturn causes harm to the right eye. Further wc know second house and Sun rule the right eye, twelfth house and Moon rule the left eye and Venus is karaka for eye-sight. Brisha and Meena rasis rule the right and left eyes respectively. In this horoscope we find : 1)Second house is aspected by sixth lord Mars. Hence it is afflicted.

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2)Sun, karaka for right eye, is conjoined with eighth lord Saturn and is also with Rahu. He is further in Kanya rasi. Hence he is afflicted. 3)Second lord Moon is in dusthana aspected by twelfth lord Venus from sixth house and also by Rahu from Kanya rasi. Hence she is afflicted. 4)Twelfth house is aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi. Hence it is afflicted. 5)Moon, karaka for left eye, is aspected by Rahu from Kanya rasi, by Venus from sixth house and further she isJn dusthana. Hence she is afflicted. 6)Twelfth lord Venus is in sixth house aspected by eighth lord Saturn. Hence she is afflicted. 7)Venus, karaka for eye-sight, is in sixth house aspected by Saturn from Kanya rasi. Hence she is afflicted. 8)Second and twelfth lords from Moon are in sixth and eighth houses from her. Second lord is further conjoined with eighth lord from her and is aspected by Rahu. Second house is aspected by Saturn and Mars. Twelfth house is aspected by eighth lord Jupiter. Venus, karaka, is lord of sixth house from Moon. Hence they are afflicted. 9)Second house from Sun is aspected by Rahu. Second lord is aspected by sixth lord Saturn and twelfth lord being Sun himself, is conjoined with Rahu and sixth lord Saturn. Hence they are afflicted. (10) Malefics from afflicted Kanya rasi are afflicting Sun, Moon and Venus. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling both the eyes and eye-sight are heavily afflicted and are capable of giving rise to the worst type of eye-trouble and loss of sight. Jupiter is malefic and maraka from lagna, Sun and Moon.

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Mercury is also lord of kendras from lagna and Sun and is with benefic and maraka Jupiter. Therefore it is also a maraka. Further it is lord of second house from Moon and is in the sixth house with eighth lord. Jupiter and Mercury have conjoined in this horoscope and therefore Jupiter is a strong maraka. It is very likely he will suffer from death-like disease in Jupiter dasa. Saturn is a malefic from lagna and Sun. It is eighth lord from lagna and sixth lord from Sun. Further it is in Kanya rasi. Therefore Saturn is malefic for this horoscope and is capable of inflicting diseases. Saturn is afflicting Sun and Venus, karaka for eye-sight and hence it is quite likely he began to complain of eyetrouble in Saturn antardasa in dasa of Jupiter. Mercury, as I have already mentioned, is strong malefic for this horoscope and it could not do any good to him in its antardasa. Ketu is heavily afflicted in this horoscope. Further it is in a sensitive sign like Meena aspected by sixth lord Mars and is in sixth bouse from dasa lord. The wrost trouble began to work in Ketu antardasa, with addition of severe pain in head and be also suffered from wrong treatment. Venus is in sixth house afflicted by eighth lord Saturn and is indicator of disease. When he started his Venus antardasa, Saturn was passing through Kanya rasi in transit. The evil forces of dasa and antardasa lords and transitory Saturn made him almost blind in Venus antardasa.
Example No, 96. LagnaMithuna ; Saturn in Mithuna ; Mars and Rahu in Karkata ; Sun, Moon and Venus in Kanya; Mercury in Tula , Rahu in Makara ; Jupiter in Kumbha.

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heart in his Jupiter dasa during antardasa of Sun at the first attack. In this horoscope, we find from a scrutiny 1)Karkata rasi is afflicted by conjunction of Mars and Ketu and is aspected by Rahu. Hence it is afflicted. 2)Moon and Sun, both the karaka planets ruling heart, are conjoined with debilitated twelfth lord and are aspected by Rahu from eighth house. Further Moon is almost a new-moon. Hence they are afflicted. 3)Fourth house from lagna is afflicted by conjunction of malefic Sun and Moon and is also afflicted by Rahu from eighth house. Further karaka planets in a house damage the house. Hence it is weak and afflicted. 4)Fourth lord Mercury is in house of debilitated planet and is aspected by malcfic sixth lord Mars. Hence it is weak and afflicted. 5)Mars, responsible for circulation of blood, is lord of sixth house, is debilitated, and is conjoined with Ketu. Further he is aspected by Rahu from eighth house. Hence he is weak and afflicted. 6)Dhanu rasi, fourth house from Sun and Moon, is aspected by Saturn, sixth lord from them. Hence it is afflicted. 7)Jupiter, fourth lord from Sun and Moon, is in sixth house from them and is aspected by Mars eighth lord from them and also by Rahu. Hence he is afflicted. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling heart are afflicted, weak and badly placed in this horoscope and * they are quite capable of giving rise to thrombosis of heart and to inflict death. Jupiter is lord of kendras from lagna, Sun and Moon and hence he is highly maraka and malefic. Further he is aspected

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by Mars, lord of sixth house from lagna and lord of eighth house from Sun and Moon. He is also situated in the sixth house from Sun and Moon. He is also aspected by Rahu from eighth house from lagna. Thus lie is disease-inflicting and maraka planet. Thus we find Jupiter is malefic, maraka, disease-inflicting and death-inflicting planet in this horoscope. Sun is lord of third house from lagna and hence he is malefic. Further he is aspected by Rahu from eighth house from lagna and is with second lord from lagna. Thus he becomes malefic, maraka and death-inflicting planet from lagna. Sun is also twelfth lord from Sun and Moon in this horoscope. He is with second and eleventh lords from them, and is aspected by malefic planet. Thus he also becomes a malefic and maraka planet. Further we know he is in Kanya rasi and hence he is also a disease-inflicting planet Thus we find Jupiter and Sun are malefic, maraka, diseaseinflicting and death-inflicting planets in this - horoscope and they have relation with heart atrd it is very natural he was attacked from a disease of heart in Jupiters dasa during antardasa of Sun and died. Sun is situated in this horoscope in eighth house from dasa lord Jupiter and this relation between lords of dasa and antardasa is bad. At the time of disease and death, Saturn was transiting through Tula rasi and Rahu through Makara rasi and thus they were afflicting his radical Sun, Moon, Mars, fourth houses from lagna, Sun and Moon, fourth lords from them and Karkata rasi, the planets and houses ruling heart and circulation of blood. More over, of the afflicting planets Saturn and Rahu, one is eighth lord and other is in eighth house.

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HOW TO JUDGE ALL IMPORTANT DISEASES FROM A HOROSCOPE AND TO DETERMINE PERIODS OF DISEASES
Example no, 97. LagnaMakara ; Moon in Mithuna ; Sun, Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Rahu in Karkata ; Mars in Tula ; Jupiter in Brischika ; Ketu in Makara.

In this horoscope, We find sixth lord Mercury is afflicting Saturn, Venus, Rahu and Sun, aud also Karkata r^si. Eighth lord Sun also is afflicting the above planet, Karkata ra.si and sixth lord Mercury. Moon is in sixth house. These indicate the person is liable to suffer from diseases ruled by the planets and houses afflicted and also according to the houses the planets are ruling over. The houses ruled by the planets are first, second, fifth, seventh, eighth and tenth houses. Mesha, Brisha, Simha, Tula, Brischika and Makara are the corresponding rasis which also govern the diseases ruled by the above houses. First house rules general health and head. Second house rules eyes, legs, bones, fingers, face, right eye, right leg etc. Fifth house rules abdomen. Seventh house rules urine, kidney etc. Eighth house rules genital organs, hydroceles and blood. Tenth house rules knees and bones.' Karkata rasi rules heart, lungs and chest. Now, taking into consideration the strength and affliction of the above houses, of their respective houses in natural zodiac and from Sun and Moon and also taking into consideration the strength and affliction of karaka planets for the above and their relation with the above places and also taking into consideration malignancy of the afflicted planets, we find the person is liable to suffer from the following diseases during his life time : (1) Fever (2) Fracture of bone (3) Eye disease 4)Disease in face (5) Disease concerning blood

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6)Carbuncles, abscesses, ulcers etc (7) Disease of hydroceles (8) Diabetes (9) Disease connecting urine (10) Pains (11) Diseases in right leg and in limbs (2) Blood pressure (13) Diseases concerning heart etc. Actually he suffered from the following important diseases : 1)Fracture of bone in right leg (2) Virulent type of chicken pox (3) Operations of septic hydrocele (4) Severe heart disease (5) Carbuncles (6) Diabetes 7)High blood pressure (8) Haemarrhage inside right eye (9) Many short term fevers and (10) Fatal thrombosis of heart. He died from thrombosis of heart. Here in this horoscope, it will be seen that the planet responsible for heart disease is lord of eighth house from lagna, is with lord of eighth house from Moon and is aspecting the eighth house of Moon, and is also with eighth lord from Sun. Further he is related with sixth houses of lagna, Sun and Moon either by conjunction with sixth lord or by aspect of a planet from sixth house. 1)Fracture of bone in right leg : Brisha, Kanya, Makara rasis and second, sixth and tenth houses rule the bones. Brisha rasi, second house' and Saturn rule the right leg. Sun, Mars and Mercury are responsible for fracture of bone. In this horoscope Brisha rasi ruling bone and also right leg is afflicted by Mars. Saturn, second lord from lagna, which is also karaka for legs and bones, is with sixth lord Mercury and is also with malefic Sun. Further it is afflicted by Rahu. Second house-from Moon is heavily afflicted and is aspected by a planet from sixth house from Moon. Second house from Sun and lord thereof are also afflicted. Ninth house ruling the limbs is also afflicted. Thus we find the reasons are present in this horoscope to give rise to

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fracture of bone in right leg. He met with the same in his Saturn dasa.. Saturn is in many ways ruling right leg, limbs and bones and is connected with sixth lord and is also with planets ruling fracture and hence Saturn is a disease-inflicting planet. Therefore it is capable of producing fracture of bone in right leg in its dasa. 2)Virulent type of chicken pox. Mercury and Mars are karaka for this disease. Venus is also a planet to be considered in this disease. Rahu brings the disease from epidemic. In this horoscope, Mercury is lord of sixth house and is afflicted by malefics. Venus is also with sixth lord and is afflicted. Rahu is afflicting both Mercury and Venus. Though Mars is not afflicted in this horoscope, he is malefic from lagna and Moon. Further he is sixth lord from Moon. His situation in Brisha rasi, second house of natural zodiac, suggests affection in face from a disease connecting blood. In this horoscope, Mercury and Venus are afflicted heavily. Had Mars been also afflicted along with these planets in this horoscope, it would result into small pox. Affliction of Mercury and Venus by Rahu and also by strong malefic planets and evil lords, their relation with sixth house and also with a house ruling blood justify the attack from virulent type of chicken pox due to an epedemic. He suffered from the same in his Mercury dasa in antardasa of Sun. Mercury is sixth lord and is karaka for small and chicken pox. Sun is eighth lord and is with sixth lord Mercury. Hence it is also disease-inflicting and is capable of producing chicken pox. Thus we find both Mercury and Sun are capable of giving rise to this disease in dasa of one and in antardasa of other. 3)Operation of Septic hydrocele .
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Brischika rasi, eighth house and Rahu rule_this disease. In this horoscope Rahu is afflicting Brischika rasi, and eighth

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houses from lagna and Moon. Further it is afflicting lords of eighth houses from lagna, Moon and Sun. Mars, sixth lord from Moon, is afflicting eighth house of Moon by aspect. Rahu is conjoined with sixth lord from lagna and is aspected by sixth lord from Sun. Thus we find the houses and planets ruling hydroccle are heavily afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to the disease. Mars is responsible for all operations. Mars, being sixth lord from Moon, is aspecting the eighth house of Moon, which suggests operation in the eighth part of the body, that is, operation of hydrocele. He suffered from the hydrocele trouble in his Mercury dasa in antardasa of Sun. Sun is eighth lord from lagna and is conjoined with Rahu. Again, S.un is conjoined with eighth lords from Moon and Sun. Again both Sun and Rahu are with Mercury, sixth lord from lagna. Mercury is lord of sixth house and is related with eighth lords from lagna. Sun and Moon by conjunction. Thus we find both Mercury and Sun are capable of producing a disease connecting hydrocele in dasa of Mercury and in antardasa of Sun. He underwent the operation in Mercury dasa during antardasa of Marg. Mars is sixth lord from Moon and is aspecting eighth house from Moon. He is also in opposition to sixth lord of Sun. He is also aspecting Brischika rasi, eighth house of natural zodiac. These suggest an operation. Rahus affliction over v Brischika rasi suggests sufferings, while situation of Jupiter in Brischika rasi suggests recovery. Ketu is in eighth house from Moon aspected by all malefics, suggesting a septic hydrocele. 4)Severe heart disease : Karkata rasi, fourth house, Sun and Moon rule this disease. In this horoscope Karkata rasi is heavily afflicted. Fourth house is

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also afflicted: Moon is in sixth house. Sun is with lord of sixth house and is heavily afflicted. Fourth houses from Sun and Moon are also afflicted. Fourth lords from Sun and Moon are also afflicted. Thus we find all the factors ruling heart are afflicted in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to the disease of heart. The person w^s first attacked from heart disease in Mercury dasa in antardasa of Moon. Mercury is sixth lord, is with karaka Sun and is also heavily afflicted. Moon is in sixth house. Sun is also karaka for heart. Further Moon being in Mithuna rasi, and Mercury in Karkata rasi, have exchanged the houses, that is, sixth and seventh lords have exchanged the houses. Mercury has further afflicted Karkata rasi along with .other malefics. Thus we find both Mercury and Moon are malefic, maraka aud diseaseinflicting planets and are in a position to produce heart disease. He was again attacked from this disease in his Ketu dasa in antardasa of Sun. Ketu and Sun, both, are malefic, maraka and diseaseinflicting planets in this horoscope and are capable of giving rise to heart diseases. 5)Carbuncle : Watery signs and fourth, eighth and twelfth houses rule this disease. Mars and Moon also work in this disease. Mercury is ruler af all ulcers. Affliction over Rahu and affliction of these by Rahu also produce the same. In'this horoscope all the watery signs are afflicted by Rahu and Karkata is heavily afflicted. Fourth, eighth and twelfth bouses from lagna and Moon are also afflicted. Karaka Moon is in sixth house. Mercury, lord of sixth house, is afflicting Karkata rasi and is conjoined with Rahu and. Saturn which are afflicting the house and planets ruling the disease. Further Moon and Mercury have interchanged the houses. These suggest the disease of ulcers, carbuncles etc. He suffered from carbuncles in antardasa of Rahu.

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We have already mentioned these planets are responsible to give rise to the disease. Further one is sixth lord and other is conjoined with sixth lord. They are maraka, malefic and disease-inflicting planets in this horoscope. ' 6)Diabetes : Kanya rasi, sixth house, Brischika rasi, eighth house, Venus, Moon and Jupiter are responsible for this disease. In this horoscope, Kanya and Brischika rasis, both, are afflicted. Sixth and eighth lords from lagna are with Venus and are heavily afflicted. Moon is in sixth house from lagha. Further sixth and eighth houses from Moon are also afflicted. Jupiter is in sixth house from Moon. Malefic in lagna and afflicted Jupiter and Venus give rise to this disease. In this horoscope, lagna is afflicted by conjunction of Ketu, and Jupiter and Venus both are also afflicted. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling the disease of diabetes are afflicted. Further they are related with either sixth house or lord of sixth house. He was attacked from this disease in Mercury dasa in antardasa of Jupiter. We have already seen that Mercury is sixth lord and is related with the planet capable of giving rise to diabetes. Jupiter, karaka for diabetes, is lord of sixth house from Sun, is in sixth house, from Moon and is also afflicted by malefic. Thus we find both Mercury and Jupiter are maraka, malefic and disease-inflicting planets and are capable of giving rise to diabetes in their dasas and antardasas. 7)High blood pressure Watery signs, fourth, eighth and twelfth houses, and also Moon and Mars rule this disease. When Mars is strong, it produces high blood pressure. When it is weak, it produces low blood pressure. Affliction of lagna also works as a factor in this disease. In this horoscope all the watery signs and houses ruling blood are afflicted. Moon is in sixth house. Mars is ruler of a

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house contro- ling this disease and is strong being in the tenth kendra and is moving towards his exaltation. Further lagna, lord of lagna and lagna-karaka are heavily afflicted. Mercury, lord of sixth house, is afflicting Karkata rasi, lagna, lord of lagna, Sun etc and is related with Rahu and Saturn, the planets which are afflicting the houses ruling blood. All these justify the disease of high blood pressure. He suffered from this disease in major part of Mercury dasa. We have already seen Mercury is a maraka, malefic and disease-inflicting planet. It is also related with the planets and houses ruling blood ^pressure. 8)Haemarrhage inside right eye : Second house, Brisha rasi, Sun and Venus rule the right eye. In this horoscope, second house from Moon, and Sun, Brisha rasi, Sun, Venus and second lord are heavilyafflicted. Second house is however free from affliction. Further second lord, Sun, Venus etc are conjoined with lord of sixth house. All these suggest disease in right eye. As second house is free from affliction and as Jupiter is aspecting Sun, Venus and Mercury these suggest recovery from the disease and these are also guarding the right eye from complete destruction. Further we know Venus and Saturn in one house also produce eye disease. He suffered from the .disease in his Mercury dasa in antardasa of Saturn. Mercury is sixth lord afflicting Sun, Venus and second lord, and Saturn is second lord afflicting Sun and Venus and is with sixth lord Mercury. Thus we find both the planets are malefic, maraka and disease.inflicting and are capable of doing harm to the right eye in dasa of one and in antardasa of other. 9)Fevers ; The person suffered from short term fevers now and then. In this horoscope, we do not find any combination for major fever.

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Moon in sixth house and affliction by Rahu over both lagna and lord of lagna suggest influenza. Ketu and Saturn give rise to fever from pains. In this horoscope, Ketu is in lagna in opposition to Saturn and Saturn is with sixth lord. These suggest fever from pains. Further Sun and Mercury, responsible for minor fevers, are afflicted. Mercury is itself lord of sixth house and Sun being eighth lord is conjoined with sixth lord. He suffered from influenza, fever from pain and other short-term fevers. 10)Fatal thrombosis of heart : The person died in Ketu dasa in antardasa of Sun from thrombosis of heart. The reasons, for heart disease in this horoscope have been already dismissed. Ketu is in lagna aspected by lords of sixth and eighth houses and also by other malefics from seventh house. Hence it is maraka planet. Ketu is in eighth house from Moon aspected by eighth lord from Moon and also by other malefics from second house. Hence it is maraka from Moon also. Ketu is in seventh house from Sun aspected by lords of second, seventh and eighth houses from Sun. Hence it is also maraka from Sun. Thus we find Ketu is highly maraka planet in this horoscope. Ketu, being aspected by sixth lords from lagna, Sun and Moon, is also a disease-inflicting planet. Sun is lord of eighth house and is in seventh house from lagna with other maraka and malefic planets. Hence he is maraka. Sun being third lord from Moon is in second house from Moon with malefics and is aspected by maraka planet. Hence .he is maraka from Moon. Sun is further second lord from Sun himself and is with lords of seventh, eighth and twelfth houses and is aspected by sixth lord and also is conjoined with malefics. Hence Sun is maraka from Sun himself also. Thus we find Sun is also a highly maraka planet in this horoscope. Further Sun is with sixth lord from lagna, aspected by sixth lord from Sun himself and is also aspected by a

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planet from sixth house from Moon. Sun is therefore a diseaseinflicting planet also. Hence we find both Ketu and Sun are disease-inflicting and death-inflicting planets. Sun is afflicting Karkata rasi, house of heart in natural zodiac and is himself the karaka for heart, and is capable of 15

CHAPTER TWELVE -DISEASES IN HORARY ASTROLOGYPRELIMINARY Horary branch of astrology is the method of judging a horoscope calculated for the time of question. It also gives miraculous results. This can be applied also to determine the diseases. When more than one question are to be judged during one and same lagna, the first question is to be judged from lagna, second from fourth house, third from seventh house, fourth from tenth house, fifth from fifth house, sixth from eighth house, seventh from eleventh house and eighth from second house. When a question is to be judged as regards any disease whether a person is suffering from any disease or not, this should be decided from lagna, Moon, sixth house and lord o f s ixth h ouse. If Moon or lord of lagna be in sixth house, or sixth lord be with Moon or lord of lagna, or sixth lord be in lagna, it suggests one is suffering from disease. If sixths house be a moveable sign, the disease Is ordinary and in case it is fixed sign, the disease is serious. If it is a dual sign and if the sixth sputa (sixth bhava madhya) be within first fifteen degrees of the sign, the disease is serious and if it is in the second fifteen degrees of the sign it is not serious: If Moon be in third, sixth, tenth or eleventh house and malefics be in first, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth houses and if lagna be aspected by malefics, it suggests one is suffering from disease. If lagna be a fiery sign or be in a fiery navamsa, it suggests either the person is suffering from disease or will be attacked from the same soon.

HOW TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF DISEASE Nature of disease can be ascertained from eighth house, lord of -DISEASES IN HORARY eighth house etc. eighth house and planet occupying the ASTROLOGY- Strongest of these planets will rule the nature of the disease. Strengths of planets in eighth house, aspecting eighth house and lord of eighth house suggest the nature of the disease and will belike thatruled by the planets. The part of the body, which will be affected, will be that part ruled by the house or rasi where the strongest of the above planets is situated or is afflicting. Sixth house, lord of sixth house, planets aspecting the sixth house, planets related with the lord of sixth house also govern disease. The karakatas (rulership) of the planets over the diseases and the parts of the body ruled by the planets,; rasis and houses have been discussed in chapters I and II of this book and the same should be applied also in case of horary astrology. The number of the planets in both sides of lagna and lord of lagna and number of planets related with sixth and eighth houses and with their lords suggest the number of diseases from which the person in question is suffering or will suffer. While judging diseases one must take into cosideration whether the planets causing diseases are malefics or benefics from the lagna and from the house wherefrom the horoscope is being judged. The benefics will do much less evil and may not even inflict disease at all. COMBINATION FOR DISEASES There are many combination for diseases in horary astrology and I am giving below the same. While applying these, one must take into consideration whether the combining planets are benefics or malefics and also the strength of their affliction, 1)If Saturn be in eighth house or aspects the same and another malefic planet aspects the eighth house, it suggests insanity or

paralysis. 2)If Sun and Rahu be in eighth house, it causes gouts and rheumatic diseases. -DISEASES IN HORARY ASTROLOGY3)If Saturn and Ketu be in eighth house, they cause rheumatic diseases. 4)If Sun and Rahu aspect the eighth house, they cause similar diseases. 5)Ketu in eighth house aspected by Saturn causes similar diseases. 6)If Saturn and Rahu be in eighth house or aspect the same, they give rise to similar diseases. 7)If Saturn and a malefic strongly aspect the eighth house, they produce insanity and diseases of nerves. 8)If Sun be in eighth house, it suggests fever and heatgenerating diseases. 9)Mercury in eighth house causes typhoid. 10)If Saturn be in eighth house with a malefic, they cause malaria. 11)Jupiter in eighth house hemmed between malefics causcs typhoid. 12)Moon in eighth house in between malefics causes typhoid. 13)Sun in second house causes fever and heat- generating diseases. 14)Mercury in second house causes typhoid. 15)If Saturn aspects the eighth house and a malefic be there, they cause malaria. 16)If Moon be in eighth house, she causes lungs - diseases. 17)Weak Moon in seventh or eighth house conjoined with Ketu or Saturn or aspected by Saturn causes lungs diseases. 18)Mercury in eighth house causes cough and indigestion. Mercury in second house also causes similar diseases.

19)Sun and Moon in second house cause dysentery and disease of bile. 20)If Moon and Rahu aspect eighth house, they cause -DISEASES IN HORARY ASTROLOGYdiseases of liver and bile.

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21)Moon and Venus in second house cause diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery etc. ____ 22)Venus and Moon in eighth house cause dysentery. 23)If Mars be in lagna and sixth'lord be weak, they cause spleen diseases. 24)Rahu and Moon in eighth house cause diseases of liver and bile. 25)Sun and Moon in eighth house produce dysentery and diseases of bile. 26)Mars and Venus in eighth house cause diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery etc. 27)Rahu and Sun in eighth house aspected by malefic cause incurable leprosy. 28)Rahu, Mars and Sun in eighth house cause similar disease. 29)If lord of lagna be Mercury or Mars and be conjoined with Moon, Rahu and Saturn, they cause leprosy. 30)Moon not being lord of lagna in eighth house with Saturn and Mars causes similar disease. 31)Moon, Mercury, Sun and lord of lagna in one house without aspect of benefic cause similar disease. 32)If Rahu and Sun aspect the eighth house without benefic aspect, they cause leprosy. 33)If Rahu, Sun and Mars/aspect eighth house, they cause incurable leprosy. 34)If Sun, Mars and Saturn be in eighth house or aspect eighth house, they give rise to leprosy. 35)If Moon, Mercury and lord of lagna be with Rahu or Ketu and be not aspected by benefic, they cause leucoderma. _ 36)Moon not being lord of lagna with Rahu in eighth house causes similar disease. 37)Afflicted Moon in eighth house causes dropsy and watery diseases.

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38)If Moon being malefic aspects the eighth house, she causes similar diseases. ^39) If a malefic be in fifth house and fifth lord be not there, in a female horoscope, it causes abortion, mis- carraige etc. 40)Mars and Saturn in lagna in female horoscope cause the same. 41)If fifth lord be afflicted by malefic, a femnle suffers from trouble during delivery or from birth of a dead child. 42)If a malefic be in fifth house, a female suffers from disease in womb, disease connecting pregnancy or suffers from an abortion. 43)If fifth house be in between Rahu and Mars, a female suffers from abortion, mis-carraige etc. 44)If fifth lord be with Mars and Rahu, a female suffers from similar troubles. 45)If fifth lord be between Rahu and Mars a female suffers from similar troubles. 46)Saturn in lagna, in a female horoscope, causes diseases connecting womb and pregnancy. Rahu or Ketu in lagna causes similar diseases. (4?) Venus in the eighth house causes venereal diseases. 48)Sun, Mars and Ketu in eighth house cause the same. _ 49)Afflicted Venus in second house causes same. 50)Ketu in eighth house aspected by Mars and Sun causes same. 51)Many malefics in sixth, seventh and eighth houses cause the urinal diseases. 52)If Mars being in malefic navamsa be in sixth house with Mercury and be aspected by Moon and Venus, they cause similar diseases. 53)Combusted Mars in eighth house causes diseases of genital and female organs. 54)If Venus, Sun and Mars aspect the eighth house, they cause itches and skin diseases.

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55)If Mars be in lagna and sixth lord be weak, they cause itches and skin diseases. 56)Mars, Sun and Venus in eighth house cause similar diseases. 57)Sun and MarS in eighth house cause all blood diseases, diseases from impurity of blood, abscesses, tumours, fevers etc. 58)If Sun and Mars aspect the eighth house, they cause diseases connecting blood and from impurity of blood. 59)If lord of lagna be combusted by Mars, it causes bloodlessness. 60)If Venus and Mars aspect the eighth house, they cause loss of vitality and energy, 61)If Venus and Mars be in eighth house they cause similar troubles. (6?) If lord of lagna be either in house of Mara or Mercury not being in lagna and be aspected by Mercury there will be diseases in mouth. 63)Mars in lagna and sixth lord weak cause similar diseases. 64)Mars in eighth house causes windy diseases. 65)When Mars aspects the eighth house, he causes similar diseases. 66)Rahu in eighth house brings trouble from accidents. When Rahu aspects eighth house, it produces similar trouble. 67)Weak sixth lord and Mars in lagna produce headache. 68)Sun with a malefic in eighth house causes diseases which cannot be easily diagnosed, that is, the disease resulting from combination of various diseases. 69)Jupiter in eighth house with malefic causes disease of three humours. 70)Mars and Ketu in eighth house produce incurable diseases. 71)Ketu in eighth house aspected by Mars causes incurable diseases. 72)If Saturn aspects eighth house, it causes sudden illness.

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73)If Saturn be in eighth house, it causes sudden illness. 74)If lord of lagna be eclipsed, one does not feel hungry. COMBINATION FOR FATAL DISEASESThere are also combination for fatal diseases - suggesting death from the disease. These should be applied after considering whether the planets producing disease are malefics or-not and also whether they have some relation with houses and planets ruling death. Malefics always give evil results. Benefics produce milder results and may not even bring diseases and death. The combinations for fatal diseases are as follows : 1)If lord of sixth house, being a malefic, occupies prasna lagna and aspects the rasi of the patient, it suggests death. 2)If Moon be posited in fourth or eighth house or be hemmed between malefics and if the same be not strong and be not aspected by benefics, she brings death to the patient. 3)If afflicted Moon be in lagna aud Sun be in seventh house, they cause death to the patient. 4)If there be malefics in third, sixth, ninth and eleventh houses, they produce death. 5)If Moon be in sixth house and twelfth house be occupied or aspected by malefic, they bring death to the patient. 6)When Moon be in eighth house aspected by malefics, the patient dies. 7)If Sun be in third house and a malefic be1 in tenth house, the person dies within ten days. 8)If Jupiter and Venus be in third house, they bring death within seven days.
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9). Malefics in lagna and also at the same time in fourth and eighth houses'cause death to the patient within eight days. 10)Malefics in lagna and second house cause death within fortnight. 11)Malefics in second, eighth and tenth houses produce death within three days. 12)When malefics are in seventh and tenth houses, they cause death within seven days. 13)If lagna be a fixed sign, and be aspected by malefics and be not aspected by benefics, the patient dies. 14)If all the malefics be in first, third, fifth, sixth, ninth, tenth and eleventh houses and if benefics be not there, the patient dies. 15)If lagna be a fiery sign or if lagna be in fiery navamsa and if the same be afflicted by malefics and if the person suffers from illness at the time of question, he dies. 16)Iflagna be a moveable sign, Moon be in lagna or in fourth house, Mars be in sixth, eighth or tenth - house, they bring death to the patient. 17)If Moon be in sixth or eighth house from lagna being aspected by an enemy of lord of lagna and also be either conjoined with or aspected by another malefic and be not aspected by any benefic, the patient dies. 18)If eighth lord be alone in lagna, it brings death. 19)Moon in lagna or in eighth house, malefics in second, seventh and twelfth houses cause death within a day. 20)Moon hemmed between malefics in first, seeond, fourth, seventh, eighth or tenth house brings death within a day. 21)Moon hemmed between malefics, all the four kendras occupied by malefics and lagna unaspected by benef\c cause death within a day. 22)If Moon and a malefic be hemmed between malefics in kendra,

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trikona, eighth or twelfth house and be not conjoined with any benefic, the patient dies within three days. 23)If Sun be in lagna and lord of lagna be afflicted, they cause death. 24)If Sun be in Simha rasi and lord of lagna be afflicted, they bring death. 25)If Sun and Rahu be in eighth house and lord of lagna be afflicted, they cause death. 26)If lagna be a house of malefic, be hemmed between malefics and also conjoined with malefic, the patient dies. 27)If eighth house be a house of malefic, be hemmed between malefics and also be conjoined with malefic the patient dies. 28)If Moon be in sixth or eighth house and malefics be in all kendras, they cause death. 29)Sun in eighth house, Jupiter in ninth house and Saturn in lagna, tenth or twelfth house cause death. 30)Lord of lagna-drekkana in twenty-second drekkana from the same cause death to the patient. 31)Moon in lagna, sixth or eighth house hemmed between, malefics and malefics in second and twelfth houses cause death within a day. 32)Sun and Moon in lagna and seventh house respectively bring death within a day, if afflicted. 33)Moon in sixth or eighth house conjoined with malefics causes death. 34)Moon in sixth house and malefics in twelfth house cause dealh. 35)Moon in tenth house and Sun in second or sixth house and if both be afflicted, they bring death. 36)Moon in tenth house and Sun in third house and if both be afflicted, they cause death. RECOVERY FROM DISEASES

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There are also many combinations in horary astrology given in standard books suggesting recovery from diseases and they are given below 1)If benefic Moon be in lagna and be aspected by Jupiter. 2)Benefic Moon in lagna, and Venus and Jupiter in kendra. 3)If lord of lagna be a benefic, be strong and also be in kendra, trikona or in its exaltation house. 4)A strong benefic in lagna. 5)Benefics in third, sixth, ninth and eleventh houses. 6)Moon in third, sixth, tenth or eleventh house, benefics in kencfra, trikona and eighth house, and lagna aspected by benefic. 7)When Moon in fourth or eighth house or between maleics aspected by strong benefics. 8)Moon in third, sixth, eighth or eleventh house' and benefic in first, seventh or eighth house aspected by another benefic. 9)Lagna un-occupied by malefic, while Jupiter in lagna or benefics in kendra or trikona. 10)If lords of seventh and eighth houses are in same drckkana. 11)Lord of lagna exalted, benefics in kendra and eighth lord unafflicted. 12)Moon in third, sixth, tenth or eleventh house and benefics in lagna, fifth, seventh or eighth house aspected by Mercury. 13)If lagna and eleventh houses be strong with conjunction of benefics. 14)Lord of lagna rising in lagna and seventh lord in seventh house setting cause neither recovery nor death. 15)An exalted planet either in lagna or in barga of lord of lagna being in kendra or in trikona. 16)If lord of lagna be strong, and benefic be in kendra or exalted benefic be in trikona. 17)If strong lord of lagna and weak eighth lord both join lagna. 18)If lord of lagna be rising and lord of eighth house setting.

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MISCELLANEOUS The physician is ruled by lagna, disease by the seventh house, medicine by the fourth house and patient by the tenth house. The house of patient is also called the house of recovery. If there be friendship between patient and physician, and between medicine and disease, the disease may be cured. If the relation is of enmity, the illness may not be cured. If lagna be occupied by malefic, the disease may be serious.due to physician. When lagna is occupied or aspected by bencfic and is free from malefic influence, the prescription serVed will be of benefit to the patient. If malefic be in tenth house, the disease increases due to taking of injurious food at the time of disease. If Rahu be in lagna and be aspected by Saturn, the medicine works like poison. If benefic be in seventh house, one recovers even without medicine. If benefics aspect seventh house, they suggest recovery from disease. If malefic be in seventh house or aspects the same, the disease will be painful and lingering. If weak planet be karaka for disease, the same may be recovered by medicine and treatment, but while a strong planet brings the disease, it can hardly be recoverable by medicine and treatment. Example no, 98. A question was put to me in Calcutta on 21st January, 1955 at 1020 A. M. I. S. T. The case was a sudden attack of appendicitis and the patient had to undergo an operation. The horoscope at that time casted was :
LagnaMeena ; Ketu in Mithuna ; Jupiter R in Karkata ; Saturn in Tula; Venus in Brischika ; Rahu and Moon in Dhanu ; Sun and Mercury in Makara ; Mars in Meena.

We know if Moon be in tenth house, lagna be afflicted and malefics be in first, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth houses, they suggest the person is suffering from disease at the-time of querry. Further, we know Saturn in eighth house causes sudden illness. In this horoscope Mars is in lagna, which suggests an operation.

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We know eighth house, lord of eighth house, sixth house, lord of sixth house and planets in the eighth and sixth houses, planets aspecting these houses, all these determine the disease. In this horoscope strong Mars is aspecting eighth house, which suggests an operation. Strong Saturn is in eighth house aspecting Moon. Further Moon is conjoined with Rahu, which is aspecting sixth house. Lord of sixth house is Sun which is also aspected by Rahu. We know Sun rules abdomen and Moon rules appendicitis. Kanya rasi, which is seat of this disease in natural zodiac, is aspected by Mars suggesting an operation there. Sixth house from lagna is also afflicted by aspect of Rahu in this horoscope. If lord of lagna be benefic and be in its exaltation sign it suggests recovery from disease. If Moon be in tenth house, benefics be in trikona and lagna be. aspected by benefic, they also suggest recovery. The person was suddenly attacked from appendicitis in night of 20th January, 1955, when Moon entered Dhanu rasi. He was forced to an operation and ultimately recovered from the disease. Example no, 99. A question was put to me about a, person who was operated in Calcutta in a hospital some time in middle of November 1954. The question was put to me on 23rd November, 1954 at 11-15 A.M., I.S.T. This is a case of operation of the prostate of an old person of seventy years. After operation, the right side of the body and the tongue became paralysed ; Ultimately he died of the same. The horoscope casted at that time was :
LagnaMakara ; Ketu in Mithuna ; Jupiter R in Karkata 3 Saturn, Mercury, Venus R and Moon in Tula; Sun in Brischika ; Rahu in Dhanu ; Mars in Makara.

We know, if sixth lord be with Moon or with lord of lagna, it makes one to suffer from disease. Further we know if Moon be in tenth house, lagna be afflicted by malcfic, and malefics be in first and tenth houses, they causc disease. In this horoscope all these are present, suggesting the suffering of the person from disease. A very

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strong Mars is in lagna and is aspecting the eighth house, which also suggests an operation. We know sixth and eighth houses, their lords, and planets situated there, and planets aspecting these houses, and planets with lords of sixth and eighth houses determine the diseases. The strongest of them dominates in- ruling the disease. In this horoscope, Mars is the strongest planet aspecting the eighth house. Mars rules over all operations. It is also karaka for diseases ruled by eighth house. Mars is also lord of Brischika rasi, eighth house of natural zodiac. Rahu is aspecting Mars from d fiery house. Sun, lord of eighth house, is in Brischika rasi hemmed between malefics. From these we can make a conclusion of an operation in the eighth part of the body, that is, an operation of prostate or alike. Now, comes the question of.paralysis. We have seen in this book, paralysis is caused by affliction of Mercury, Sun, Moon and lagoa, and also by affliction of ninth house, ninth-lord etc. Affliction of sixth house, situation of Saturn in an airy house, conjunction of Moon and Mercury with Saturn or Rahu, affliction of lagna, Sun, Moon etc by Mars, all these give rise to paralysis. In this horoscope, we find : 1)Mercury is within 1 of Saturn at that time and is defeated in planetary fight, as Saturn is stronger than Mercury there. 2)Sun is hemmed between malefics. 3)Moon is weak and afflicted. 4)Ninth house of natural zodiac and ninth house from Moon are afflicted. Ninth lords from lagna and Moon are also afflicted. 5)Lagna is conjoined with malefic Mars and is aspected by Rahu. Lord of lagna is also afflicted. Lord of lagna is also conjoined with sixth lord. 6)Saturn is in airy sign and is afflicted. Saturn is also lord of first and second houses, ruling body, right side and tongue. Jupiter,

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karaka for tongue, is retrograde and is afflicted by aspects of Mars and Saturn. 7)Moon and Mercury are afflicted. Lagna is also afflicted by Mars and Rahu. Lord of Lagna is afflicted. Mercury, being itself lord of sixth house, is heavily afflicted. Thus we find all the houses and planets ruling paralysis are afflicted in this horoscope and are related with disease-inflicting planets. Though Mars is primarily responsible for disease Jin this horoscope, Saturn is equally strong and is in conjunction with sixth lord Mercury. Hence Saturn is also capable of producing disease here. Saturn rules limbs. Mercury and Moon-are afflicted and are related with Saturn and disease-inflicting planets ruling paralysis. Their combination and relation gave rise to paralysis and affection of limb, right side and tongue. Strong malefic Sun is in eleventh house, which suggests death. Further the benefic planets Jupiter and Venus both are retrograde and are heavily afflicted by strong malefics. Lagna. is also heavily afflicted. Lord of lagna, Moon and Sun are also afflicted. These suggest death of the patient. The person died when Moon was passing through Brischika rasi and was over the degree of Sun, the eighth lord. He was operated when Moon was passing through Simha rasi, the eighth house from lagna and the rasi owned by Sun and also when Makara lagna was ruling. Example no, 100. A question was put to me in Calcutta by a doctor about a patient on 4th January, 1955 at 9 P. M., L S. T. This is a case of operation of tumours in uterus. The horoscope casted at that time was :
LagnaSimha; Moon in Mesha ; Ketu in Mithuna ; Jupiter R in Karkata; Saturn in Tula; Venus in ^Brischika; Sun, Mercury and Rahu in Dhanu ; Mars in Kumbha.

We know lagna rules the physician, seventh house rules the

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disease, tenth house rules the patient and fourth house rules the medicine. Tenth house in this horoscope is Brisha rasi, which is aspected by its lord Venus and by strong Mars. Further Venus is aspected by Jupiter, which evidently suggests the patient is of high position in society and is likely to be a female. Venus, being hemmed between two strong malefics, suggests sufferings. Sun, Mercury and Rahu in eighth house from tenth house suggest disease in the eighth part of the body. These planets and eighth house are further aspected by Saturn from sixth house from Brisha rasi. All these justify that the patient was suffering from tumour and disease in uterus. Seventh house rules the disease. A strong Mars is in the .seventh house from lagna in house of malefic Saturn, which is also in seventh house of natural zodiac, that is, in Tula rasi. These suggest an operation in seventh part of the body, that is, in female organ. We know, when malefics be in seventh house or aspect the same, the disease will be painful and lingering. The patient actually suffered much and had to face many crises before recovery. In this horoscope lagna is afflicted by strong malefics Mars and Rahu, which suggest the mistakes on the part of - the physician. But a benefic in fourth house, house of medicine, suggests the mistake will be ultimately corrected through medicine and much care will be taken. The tenth lord Venus, a benefic, is aspecting the tenth house, the house of patient, which suggests ultimate recovery. But as it is hemmed between strong malefics Saturn and Rahu, and as strong Mars is in seventh house thcv..fitfgeest, ^mieh ipaiii^Ed lingering of disease before

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