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Signs and Their Rulers or Lords—Movable, Fixed and Common Signs— Odd and Even—Male and Female—Signs and Parts of Human Body— Signs and Sub-divisions—-One-ninth Division— Navansha — Vargottama — The Navansha Chart—Diurnal and Nocturnal Signs— Direction Manner of Rising.

Significance of Houses in Birth Chart—Nomenclature for Houses— Angle*—'>Succedent—Cadent—Trine— Upachaya-trik —Matters Judged From Each House—First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and the Twelfth.

Planet in Own House— Moola Trikona —Exaltation—Debilitation— Friendship Among Planets—Natural Friendship, Neutrality and Enmity— Temporary Relationship—Resultant Relationship—Example Worked Out—Effect of a Planet Occupying a House of Great Friend, friend, Neutral, Enemy or Great Enemy—Benefics and Malefics—Aspects— Directions—Colours, Jewels and Metals—Sex—Ingredients of Body— Taste—Directional Strength—Planets as Significators—Combust Planets.

Planet in own Sign—Exception—The Ascendant or The Moon in the Twelve Signs—Aries, Taurus, Gemini etc.—Effect of Sun being in Different Signs—Mars Occupying a Particular Sign—Effect of Mercury in Each of the Twelve Signs—Jupiter's Location in Different Signs— Venus Occupying Aries, Taurus, Gemini etc.—Saturn's Location in the Twelve Signs—Favourable Signs for Rahu's Tenancy—Ketu.

Position of Planets and Modifying Influence;—Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu Occupying the First House—Effect of Each of the Planets in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh or the Twelfth House.

General Guidelines—Lord of the House and the Various Factors Which Make it Strong or Weak—Location in Sign and Navansha —Dispositor of the Sign and Navansha —House Position—Conjunction with Planets—The Aspects a Planet Receives—Combust—Hemmed in between Benefics or Malefics—Judgment of a House- —Tenanted by Benefics or Malefics—Aspects on the House—Hemmed in between Planets—Tenancy of Planets on other Houses Affecting the House under Examination—Houses Counted from the Moonsign— Karakas for Houses—Scrutiny of Karaka —Judgment of the Body, Parts of the Body, Temperament, Diseases, Wealth, Poverty, Immovable Properties, Speech, Brothers and Sisters, Mother, Conveyances, Friends, Happiness, Education, Children, Gain from Betting, Enemies, Wife, Husband, Longevity, Legacy, Religiousness, Foreign Trips, Father, Career, Agriculture, Service, Independent Profession, Trade and Commerce—Good Yogas —Combinations for Wealth and Position Selected from Standard Sanskrit Works.

Various Systems of Planetary Periods—The Most Popular and Widely Practised System—Table A Specifying Periods for Each of The Nine Planets—Nine Sub-divisions in Each of the Periods—Table B Specifying Order and Duration of Each Sub-period—How to Determine Ruling Period at Birth—Sub-division of the Zodiac into 27 Sectors— Nakshatras —Table C Giving Domain of Each Nakshatra —Example Worked Out—Balance of Period at Birth—Example—Sub-period in t he Example Chart.

Events Fructify according to Indications in the Birth Chart—General Principles to Determine Quality of Planetary Influence—House Effects According to Ownership, Tenancy and Aspect—Planet Owning Two I louses—Placement in Signs Rising Head First Etc.—Rahu And Ketu— The First Test—Planet as Significator or Karaka According as it is Weak or Strong—Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu—The Second Test According as the Lord of the House is Strong or Weak—The Lords of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th House—The Third Test—A Planet Owning Good or Bad Houses— Yoga Karaka — Maraka —Key Planets for each of the Ascendants—Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittar'us, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces—Judgment of Sub-periods— General Principles Governing the Quality of Effects—Some Rough and Ready Methods for Fixing Timings—Wearing Jewels to Ward off Evil Influence of Planets.

Utility of Timing Events by Transits—What is a Transit—Moonsign at Birth—Transits of Sun—Good and Evil Effects—When They are Obstructed—Favourable and Unfavourable Transits of the Moon—When Held under Check—Mars when Good or Evil by Transit—When Transit Effects are Nullified—Favourable and Unfavourable Transits of Mercurv—when the Influence does not Operate—Good and Evil Transits of Jupiter, Timings when they do not Show Effect—Transits of Venus—When the Transit is Ineffectual—Transits of Saturn—Good and Evil—When the Operative Influence Does Not Fructify—Transits of Rahu and Ketu.

APPENDIX II: Ayanamsa

APPENDIX III: Sanskrit Terms