Some Important Rules of interpretation In Vedic Astrology

(i) The lord of a house is the planet that Is lord of the sign placed in that house.

(ii) The lords of the 6th, 8th and the 12th houses harm the prospects of the house in which they may be located.

(iii) A planet in dignity i.e., occupying its own sign enhances the prospect of the house in which located.

(iv) A house containing a natural benefic planet gives good results in regard to the traits of that house while a house containing a natural malefic planet gives bad results thereof.

(v) All planets give good results in the 11th house.

(A) Natural benefic planets when located in first, fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth houses give good results.

(vii) Natural malefic in the 3rd, 6th and 11th houses give good results.

(viii) A planet influences the house which it aspects.

Besides, regard is to be had to the fact whether a planet is a benefic or a malefic one.

Benefic planets are: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Ketu, and Jupiter are benefices, in ascending order i.e., Jupiter being the most benefic.

Malefic planets are: Sun, Mars, Saturn and Rahu are malefic in the ascending order, i.e. Rahu is most malefic. It has to be considered as to how many exalted or debilitated planets there are in a birth-chart. The table shows on page No. 49 the particular degree of a specific sign in which a particular planet becomes most exalted or most debilitated.

The above table needs a careful study. lf a native has Sun in Aries, the Sun will be considered as exalted or occupying his sign of exaltation. The Sun is exalted only in the first 10 degrees of Aries and not in the remaining degrees of Aries. Similarly, Sun occupying the 3rd degree of Libra will be considered as in debilitation. A planet in debilitation gives adverse results to the native. The particular degree noted in the above table denotes the exact point where it is most exalted or most debilitated.