Planets, Signs and Houses: The Planets, Chapter II, Part - 73

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Dr. Shanker Adawal

General Influences of the Ascendant with various Hora / Drekkana / Navamsa

Rising sign – Ascendant

Ascendant marks our the first peep into the world and what we truly are in essence. It was heliacal phenomena that first helped the ancients along with Lunar phenomena to understand nature and program their societies. The ascendant is the power behind all the planets and that which gives life to the entire celestial spectrum.

If the rising sign and its lord be powerful, a person born will be of strong physique; if the 2nd house and its lord be powerful, the person will be rich. Similar remarks apply to the other bhavas,

The following have been extracted from classic work on astrology:-

1. A person born when Aries is the rising sign will have disfigured fingers, will be of irritable temper, will bring on enmity, will act inconsistently with his views, will be of bilious and windy temperament will be a niggard, will suffer grief, will, when young, be separated from his parents and from his preceptor, will have foolish sons, will assist his brothers and kinsmen, will be virtuous, will travel to foreign lands, will engage in useless work, will marry either a woman of low caste or a deceitful woman or a woman of defective limbs or one who was already married, will obtain as relations persons of a friendly nature and will meet his death either by weapons or by poison or by bilious complaints or by the people about him or by fire, by rain, by being shut up in a prison or by fall.

2. A person born when Taurus is the rising sign will have large lips, cheek, nose and forehead, will be of phlegmatic and windy temperament, will be liberal in gift, will be a spendthrift, will have daughters and very few sons, will ill-treat his parents, will be fond of work, will do wicked deeds, will earn much wealth, will ever be fond of his wife and will suffer from weapons. He will meet his death by weapons, ropes or animals, in foreign lands or will die through over work or by water or by a spear or through want of exercise or by quadrupeds.

3. A person born when the rising sign is Gemini will either be of defective limbs or will possess extra limbs, will be of sweet speech, will engage in excellent works, will be of a mixed temperament, will be of small understanding and of small body, will be liked by his preceptor and by sages, will have very few younger brothers, will not be of very active habits, will put other men to disgrace, will possess good qualities, will be anxious to engage in a number of works, will be virtuous and not wicked, will earn and spend much, will possess several wives and will be free from serious diseases. He will meet his death by snake-bite, poison, animals or by water.

4. A person born when the rising sign is Cancer will be a man of no fixed principles, will suffer from diseases of genital organs, will be of a timid nature, will be grateful, will be of phlegmatic and windy temperament, will be of firm understanding, will do sinful actions, will spend the property of other men also, will be haughty among his people, will be put to disgrace by his kinsmen, will lose his children, will engage in important works in foreign lands, will be of imperfect speech, will be a master over other men, will have an unequal wife, will suffer disgrace from his enemies and will be respected by many persons. He will meet his death by means of a neck ornament or a rope, by phlegmatic complaints, by the fracture of bones, by sword cut, or by dropsy.

5. A person born when the rising sign is Leo will be severe, fond of animal food and of bilious temperament, will dispel destruction, will support his family by engaging in various works, will be a niggard, will like people, will be a man of renown and of resignation; will annoy his kinsmen, will be able and energetic, will be of a sinful nature, will possess several wives and will have a diseased waist, knees and teeth. He will meet his death by weapons, hurtful animals, by poison, by wood, by diseases, by the creatures of water or by starvation.

6. A person born when the rising sign is Virgo, will be of sweet speech, of bright personal appearance, long legs and arms, will be of a mixed temperament, will be of excellent beauty, will receive wounds, will be rich, will be a niggard, will be attached to his kinsmen, will have many daughters, will be in bad terms with his brothers and sisters will be inclined to deeds of virtue, will not earn much, and will be skilled in work. He will meet his death by means of quadrupeds, weapons, bilious attacks, grief, fire or rope.

7. A person born when Libra is the rising sign will be of a rough body, a harsh nature and a phlegmatic and windy temperament, will thoughtlessly begin a work, will be of short neck, will be grateful, will acquire much wealth, will become famous by his acts of liberality, will serve under his preceptor, will be respected by his father, brothers and others, will be fond of travels, will be virtuous, will conceal himself to escape troubles from his kinsmen, will lose his wife, will be fond of fight and will suffer from grief. He will meet his death by a famous man, by his kinsmen, by mind quadrupeds, by calamity, by separation from an object of desire or by the fatigue of journey.

8. A person born when the rising sign is Scorpio will have a broad face and a long belly, will be of a harsh nature and of a bilious temperament, will have brown eyes, will be slow and of quick pace, will be a master over others, will protect a large family, will be hated by his kinsmen, will spend much, will have many children, will not live in comfort, will have no enemies, will lose his virtues, will protect oxen, will fall into bad temper on account of his wife, will yield nothing to his enemies, will have his own men for his enemies, will suffer from numerous diseases and will surrender himself to his foe out of fear of sword-cut. He will meet his death by imprisonment, blows, sword-cut, bad diseases or by fire.

9. A person born when the rising sign is Sagittarius will have large limbs, teeth and nose, will be of phlegmatic and windy temperament, will have a fleshy genital organ, thighs and arms, will be of defective nails, will be skilled in work, will be bold in fight, will serve under men of low caste, will be deprived of his property by thieves, by fire or by the king, will be learned in laws, will be respected by many people, will give trouble to his brothers, will work in foreign lands, will be liked by the king, will be indifferent to deeds of virtue, will quarrel with his wives and will have a diseased face. He will meet his death by quadrupeds, snakes, and the king or by imprisonment.

10. A person born when the rising sign is Capricorn will have a small nose, long face, arms and legs; will be of windy temperament, of a timid nature, will thoughtlessly engage in work, will suffer imprisonment, will have a small family, and small wealth, will be a niggard, will have daughters, will have no kinsmen, will live in plenty, will acquire wealth by his valour through the king and by forest, will observe fasting, will have a wife of low caste, and will be attached to her, will have a large body, few hairs and weak knees and will suffer from diseases. He will meet his death by children, by the wind, by weapons, by the king, by poison, by fall, by an elephant, by an increase of bile or by dyspepsia.

11. A person born when the rising sign is Aquarius, will be of inactive habits and of harsh nature, will be the eldest in the family, will be of bilious and windy temperament, will have a nose shaped like the flower of sesamum plant, will waste his wealth, will have many servants, will be hated by his kinsmen, preceptors, enemies and friends; be fond of deeds of wickedness, will acquire much property, will never spend money on charity, will assume a show of virtue, will worship the Devas and will suffer from phlegmatic attacks affecting the chest. He will meet his death from pains in the belly by vomiting and by drugs administered by women.

12. A person born when the rising sign is Pisces will have thick lips, fish-like eye and large nose, will be of phlegmatic and windy temperament, will be a sage, will be of disfigured skins and of active habits, will be remarkable for his gain and loss, will have good servants and kinsmen, will be disposed to deeds of virtue, will have a good wife, will help his father, will join a woman of low deeds and will have bad enemies. He will meet his death by disease, corruption of the blood, snake bite, attack of a lion, by the chiefs of parties of men, by venereal diseases, by drugs, by fasting or by the fatigues of journey.

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