Lal kitab was written by Pt. Roop chand Joshi of Punjab. The book was published in sequels i.e. 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 and the last one in 1952. The author of the Lal kitab has divided the book in two parts. First part contains the principles and the second one interpretation of horoscope. Some people think that Lal kitab is not the part of Indian Vedic astrology which is totally wrong. In Lal Kitab the chart of an individual is prepared as per the traditional principles, but the only important differences is that the zodiacs and constellations are not considered or taken into account for predictive astrology and only the fixed houses of the planets are considered for the predictive purpose, first house, starts with Aries and counting progressively in a sequence upto the 12th house being that of Pisces. Before we move further here are some principles of Lal Kitab.
1. Friendly planets together occupying a house become extremely friendly and help each other in producing good and auspicious results.
2. If a female planet is placed in any house along with Saturn and both are being aspected by any other planet, then the aspecting planet will become afflicted and affect adversely the persons and relatives of such aspecting planet as significaors.
3. If two or more inimical planets are occupying a single house, they will not behave as enemies. But it does not mean that they do not affect the influences of each other and show their own results of being in that house independently i.e. their conjunction does not affect their individual results.
4. In general, all planets in their fixed houses, own house or exalted house according to Lal Kitab will give good results. A planet in inimical house or in a house of debilitation gives bad results. If a planet is not placed in his fixed house and the same is occupied by a planet inimical to such planet, then that planet will destroy the good results of the house in which he stands placed.
5. Mars in the 7th is considered to be highly conducive for gaining large property. If Mercury is in the ascendant it will destroy the properties. It will be destroyed because of the foolishness of the native, because here the Mercury being in the first house is significator of the native. At the same time if the Mercury is in the 8th house, it will again destroy the properties, but here the reasons for destruction will be unknown and invisible, because the active elements of the 8th house are always secretive and mysterious in nature over which the native has no control.
6. More planets in the 7th house than the 1st house show that the ruler does not have control over his minister. If the planets in the 11th house are inimical to the planets in the first house, then they will not obey the command of the ruler i.e., the results of the 11th house will be adversely affected.
7. Similarly, if the planets of the 1st and 11h houses destination are friendly, they will control the planets of the 7th house. If they are inimical, the results would be bad.
8. Sun as lord of the 5th, Mercury as lord of the 3rd and 6th, the Jupiter as lord of the 9th and the Saturn as lord of the 10th directly or indirectly in some form or the other are the significators of the father and his property. But the Jupiter and the Sun, Jupiter and Mercury or Jupiter and Saturn occupying any house jointly carry no relevance to the knowledge about father or father's property at all. Even Mercury and Sun, Mercury and Saturn or Sun and Saturn also sitting together behave in the same manner.
9. The 7th house is regarded as the fixed house of Mercury. If Mercury is placed in the 7th house of a horoscope, even the powerful planets like Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn occupying the centrist houses (1,4,7,10) and 2nd or 11th house can not affect the health of the native adversely.
10. The planets of the 1st house aspect the planets of the 7th house. If they are mutually inimical, then the bad results accrue because of the foolishness or unworthiness of the native. The planets of the 8th house aspect the planets of the 2nd house and thereby affect their results.
11. The planets of the 8th house (eyes) guide the planets of the 7th house (minister) and control their actions and effects. If the planets of the 1st and 8th houses are friendly, then the planet in the 7th house cannot play any mischief.
12. While examining a horoscope, the 1st, 7th, 8th and 11th houses must be examined together as they are mutually associated. The planets in the ascendant are treated as a ruler and the one in the 7th acts as his minister. The planet in the 8th is the eye of that ruler, whereas the planet in the 11th house is the ruler's foot.
13. 2nd, 6th, 8th, 12th and 11th houses must also be examined simultaneously as follows:
i. The planets of the 8th house aspect the 2nd house and thereby affect the results of the 2nd house. The effects of the aspects of the planets of the 8th house over the 2nd house are affected by the planets of the 11th house, favourably if friendly and unfavourably if inimical.
ii. The planets of the 2nd house aspect the 6th house and affects its results. The planets of the 6th and 8th houses have secret relations with each other, because of which they also affect the planets of the 2nd house.
iii. The 12th house also affects the 2nd house. If there are evil planets in the 6th and 8th houses, (because of their secret/implied conjunction) their evil power increases ten times.
iv. If the planets in the 12th and 8th houses are inimical, the native should not visit temples and other places of worship.
14. The 3rd, 11th, 5th, 9th and 10th houses must also be examined simultaneously as follows:
i. If there is any planet in the 3rd house, it will start showing effects after the birth of the naïve's younger brother. If the 9th and 5th houses are occupied by Saturn, Other or Ketu then the unfavourable changes start coming up in the native's life just after the birth of the child.
ii. If there are good planets in the 9th house and there is no planet in the 2nd house, the native remains deprived of all the benefits.
iii. If there is no planet in the 4th house, or it is occupied by Rahu, Ketu or Saturn, then the good results of the 10th house will not be received by the native. If 10th and 2nd houses are empty, the good results of the 4th house will go waste.
iv. If the 3rd and 9th houses are bad, the 5th will also prove bad.
v. If the 9th is occupied by Sun or Moon, the 5th house will give good results.
vi. If the 9th is occupied by Sun or Moon, then Rahu or Ketu in the 5th will neither affect the issues of the native nor the native himself adversely.
vii. If Rahu or Ketu be placed in the 5th and there are inimical planets in the 8th then strokes of misfortune will hit the native through the 11h house. The relatives indicated by the planets of the 5th and 8th houses will also be affected. In this situation the earnings of the native will also be affected very adversely, if the 2nd house is empty. Nothing will be able to save the native. Now the planets of the 10th and 5th will also turn to be malefic whatever be their natural character.
Dr. Shanker Adawal
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