Vedic Astrology Lesson 96

                                                                                  Of First House or Ascendant

                                                              

If the lord of Ascendant be exalted

And aspected by benefics

And has Amsa in own or friend's house

Native will be of regal status !

 

If the lord of Ascendant be weak

In debilitation signs

Be in adverse houses

Native will have ill health !

 

If Rahu be with malefics

In the Ascendant and the First lord

Be with malefics natural

Native will be humiliated !

 

If the lord of Navamsa Ascendant

Be with Mars, Rahu or Saturn

Native may be an invalid

His body may suffer wounds !

 

If watery Signs like Cancer or Pisces

Ascends and if benefics be

Posited therein, native becomes

Happy and of regal status !

 

Cancer rising, Mars in First

With Venus, Saturn, Moon in Five

Jupiter in Nine, Mercury in Twelve

Native will be lord and scholar !

 

If the lord of Ascendant be

With Rahu, Saturn or Mars

Or with Mercury  in Sixth

Native's eyesight will suffer !

 

If Mercury be lord of Ascendant

And posited in angles or trines

Powerful in exaltation or own

Native will be righteous and popular !

 

If Rahu be in House Tenth

And if Lagna is aspected by malefics

And if weak  planets are aspected by Sun

In Lagna, Native will be hated by all !

 

If the lord of the Solar Logos, Sun

Be aspected by malefic Mars

And is posited in the Ascendant

Native will be an invalid.

 

Cardinal signs ascending

With Ascendant lord in signs cardinal

Or  Navamsa Ascendant a cardinal sign
Native will be a traveller !