Mesha, Simha, Dhanus begin with the Navamsa of Mesha. Vrishabha, Kanya, Makara begin with the Navamsa of Makara. Mithuna, Tula, Kumbha begin with the Navamsa of Tula, and Kataka, Vrischika, Meena begin with the Navamsa of

Kataka. The Dwadasamsas: The twelve parts into which each sign is divided bear the same names as those of the signs of the Zodiac. The name of the first Dwadasamsa of a particular sign is the name of the sign itself. So that the 12 Dwadasamsas of Mesha are Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, etc, ending with Meena. Those of Vrishabha are Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kataka, etc, ending with Mesha. Those of Mithuna are Mithuna, Kataka, Simha, etc, ending with Vrishabha and so on.

The lords of the Navamsas and Dwadasamsas are the same as the lords of the Rasis (signs). These are mentioned in the text in the order of the signs. It will be found that the Sun and Moon have each a house, while the other planets have each two houses. These houses are known as Swakshetras: thus

Mars is the lord of Mesha and Vrischika.

Venus is the lord of Vrishabha and Tula.

Mercury is the lord of Mithuna and Kanya.

Jupiter is the lord of Meena and Dhanus.

Saturn is the lord of Kumbha and Makara.

The Moon is the lord of Kataka, and the Sun is the lord of Simha.

There are several modes of constructing a figure of the heavens. The one used in Southern India is the one recommended by Jaimini the author of Astrological Aphorisms. It is given below and the reader is referred to the appendix for diagrams relating to the several modes of division of the ecliptic referred to above.

7. Five, five, eight, seven and five parts (degrees) are respectively those of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in the odd signs. In the even signs their order is reversed. The ends (last Navamsas) of Kataka, Vrischika and Meena are known as Riksha saudhis.

Notes

This stanza defines Trimsamsas, and their lords. As already observed, Trimsamsa is division of each sign into thirty equal parts, each part being a degree. The odd signs are Mesha, Mithuna, Simha, Tula, Dhanus and Kumbha. The even signs are Vrishabha, Kataka, Kanya Vrischika, Makara and Meena.

In the odd signs, the first five degrees are the Trimsamsas of Mars; the next five are those of Saturn; the next eight are those of Jupiter; the next seven are those of Mercury; and the last five are those of Venus. In the even signs, the first five are those of Venus; the next seven are those of Mercury; the next eight are those of Jupiter; the next five are those of Saturn; and the last five are those of Mars. The Trimsamsa division is used by the author in his Chapter relating to the horoscopy of women.

8. The terms Kriya, Tavuri, Jituma, Kulira, Leva, Pathona, Juka, Kourpi, Toukshika, Akokera, Hridroga and Antyabha are other names for signs of Zodiac.

Notes

All the above names, excepting Kulira and Antyabha, are evidently Greek terms - a circumstance clearly indicating that the intercourse between the learned men of India and Hellas was more than superficial.

9. A planet is said to be in its Varga if it be in its Drekkana, Hora, Navamsa, Trimsamsa, Dwadasamsa and Kshetra. The term Hora means both the rising sign and one-half of a sign of the Zodiac.

Notes

These terms have already been explained (vide stanza 6).

The term Kshetra means a house or a sign. For the Names and Lords of the Hora divisions of a sign, vide, Stanza 11.

10. The signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagit-tari and Capricorn are known as the night signs; (a) and, with the exception of Gemini, they rise with their feet (b). The other signs rise with their heads (c) and are powerful by day (d), The two fish rise by both (head and foot), (e).

Notes

(a). Therefore the day signs are Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces,

(b) Signs that rise by their feet are known as Prish-todaya Rasis and these are Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Sagit-tari and Capricorn.

(c) Signs that rise by their heads are known as Siro-daya Rasis, and these are Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Aquarius.

(d) Therefore the Prishtodaya signs are powerful at night.

(e) For the shape of the sign Pisces, vide Stanza 5'

11. The signs (from Aries) are (by turns)malefic and benefic, masculine and feminine (a) and movable, fixed and both (movable and fixed) (b). The signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer with their triangular signs denote each respectively the East, South, West and North (c). The two horas of the odd signs are respectively the Solar and Lunar horas, and the two of the even signs are respectively the Lunar and Solar horas. The lords of the Drekkanas, (d) (of a particular sign) are respectively the lords of that sign, the 5th sign and the 9th sign.

Notes

(a) In other words the odd signs are all malefic and masculine, and the even signs are all benefic and feminine.

(b). Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are movable signs.

Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius are fixed signs.

Gemini, Virgo, Sagittari,and Pisces are both (movable and fixed) and are also known as common signs.

(c) The signs Aries, Leo and Sagittari are known as the Eastern signs;

Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn as Southern signs. Gemini, Libra and Aquarius as Western signs. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces as Northern signs.

(d) For example: The lords of the three Drekkanas of Leo are respectively the Sun (lord of Leo), Jupiter lord of Sagittari, the 5th house) and Mars (lord of Aries the 9th house).

12. According to some (a) the lords of the two horas of a sign are respectively the lords of the sign and of the 11th sign (b); and the lords of the three Drekkanas of a sign are respectively the lords of the sign, the 12th sign and the 11th sign (c) from it.

Notes

(a). That is, according to Garga and men of his school. But the author's opinion is that expressed in stanza 11 in which he is supported by the opinion of Satya-charya.