Progeny According to Birth Horoscope

Progeny According to Birth Horoscope © Sarajit Poddar 1. If the Moon occupied an Anupachaya sign in the wife’s horoscope and is aspected by any one planet, she will bring forth a child. If the Moon occupies an upachayas sign and is aspected by strong benefic planets, she will have children, provided remedial measures are performed. In the husband’s horoscope, the Moon in an upachayas sign associated with good planets indicated children. If the Moon is in an anupachaya sign with an aspect of a planet, a child will be born only after the due performance of the remedies. If, however, in the wife’s chart the Moon is in anupachaya and in the husband’s chart the Moon is devoid of benefic aspects then there will be no issue. 2. There will be no issue if there is no strength of Kshetra (female) and beeja (male). Hence an examination of these is necessary. 3. The strength to impregnate is contributed bythe Sun, while Venus governs Semen. If these two occupy odd sigfns and odd navamsas and are strong, the male has beenja strength and he is capable of impregnating women. In a women’s horoscope, Mars governs the nature of Blood and the moon controls the capacity to bear children. If these two occupy even signs and even Navamsas, the female has the kshetra strength to bring forth issues. 4. Devide the expired portion of the asterism occupied by Jupiter in Ghatis and Vighatis by 5 and note down the resulting signs etc. Similarly treat the expired portion if the asterism occupied by the Sun and Venus. All these three added together give beeja sphuta. Likewise deal with the expired portion of the asterisms occupied by Mars and the Moon. To these add the result got from the asterism occupied by Jupiter, Kshetra sphuta is obtained. 5. If Beeja sphuta occupies an odd sign and odd navamsa and is aspected by or associated with benefics; it is considered as strong and otherwise it is weak. 6. If kshetra sphuta occupies an even sign and even Navamsa and is aspected by or associated with benefics, it is strong. If otherwise, it is weak. 7. If the vargas occupied by these two are owned by benefic planets, they are good; if owned by malefics, they are bad. If Rahu aspects or associates with kshetra sphuta, childlessness or loss of children will be due to fury of the serpent god. The aspect

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or association of Gulika brings about the trouble from Pretas. Saturn indicates sins committed in past life. Mars shows trouble from enemies or deities like Bhairava or Chamundi. 8. Beeja Sphuta should be calculated in the horoscope of a Male and Kshetra sphuta should be worked out in the horoscope of female. 9. Second method of calculating the beeja and kshetra sphutas: In the male’s horoscope. Beeja sphuta is the sum of the longituded of the Sun, Venus and Jupiter. In the female’s horoscope, the kshetra sphuta is the sum of longitudes of Moon, Mars and Jupiter. If Beeja and the Kshetra sphuta occupy odd signs and navamsas and even signs and navamsas respectively, they are said to be strong. If malefics or neuter planets join or aspect the same, the strength of these are reduced. Again, malefics in the 5th from beeja and 9th from Kshetra render them weak. Neuter (Saturn/ Mercury) planets weaken the Beeja and Kshetra, while benefics strengthen them. 10. Third Method: Note the expired portion in the ghatis of the asterism occupied by Beeja and Kshetra. Divide the ghatis and vighatis by 5. The longitudes so obtained are two sphutas called beeja and kshetra sphuta. 11. Determine the sphuta as mentioned above and the judge their strength by applying the rules as before. Panchaka is also to be worked out. If this sphuta occupies the 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th or 10th house, children will be born during the first part of life. If it occupies the 2nd, 8th or 11th he will have children during the middle part of life and if in 3rd, 6th or 12th, they are born during the last part. 12. If these are partially strong but aspected by benefics, the native will have children after performing the necessary remedial measures. 13. The weakness if beeja and kshetra is due to two reasons 1. internal and natural ; 2. External. Internal weaknesses is due to the dislocation of the three humours vata, pitta and kapha. The remedy for this is medical treatment and the performance of other remedial measures. As these are due to sins committed in previous births, these remedies, Japa and Daana besides treatment is done properly, will remove the evil and children will be born 14. If the trouble is external, it is due to the hidden attack of rakshasas, yakshas and pisachas or the invisible influence of the curses of Brahmins or devas. Having

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ascertained the source of trouble, the requisite Karmas or rituals should be performed. 15. The question of issue can also be considered by an examination of Santana Graha sphuta. 16. Multiplying the longitudes of planets by 5 we get Santana Graha Sphutas. Total the spouts of Santana Sun, Santana Moon and Santana Jupiter and the result is Santana Trisphuta (S.T.). If this Trisphuta falls in the 3rd or 5th or 7th asterism from the birth star of the native, or the 88th or 108th quarter of the radical Moon or the 6th or the 8th or the 12th house from the ascendant, there will be no issues. However, with suitable remedial measures, the birth of issue is possible. 17. If the Santana Trisphuta falls in the 3rd, 5th or 7th asterism from the birth star or 88th or 108th quarter from the Radical Moon and if this asterism happens to be a male one, then male issues will die. If it is in a female star, then the female issue will die. If Santana Mars or Santana Saturn falls in the same Trisphuta Nakshatra, no issue will be born. 18. According as the Santana Sun or the Santana Moon or both occupy a Kendra from the Trisphuta, an issue will be born to the 1st wife or the 2nd wife if he remarries or to the firstwife after 2nd marriage. Jupiter or Venus in a similar position denotes respectively that thenative will marry a third and a fourth wife to borhof whom issues will be born. The absence of issue will be due to the curse of Pritrs or serpants as Saturn or Rahu occupies the 5th, 7th or 9th from Trisphuta. Remedial measures should be prescribed on thebasis of the asterism of the Trisphuta. If it falls within the 8th asterism from Venus, Durga should be worshipped. If it falls within the four from Rohini, Gana Homa should be prescribed. If within seven constellations from Pushya, Sarpa Bali should be prescribed. And if the Trispjuta falls within 8 starts from Swati feeding of Brahmins should be done on days ruled by the constellation of Sravana. 19. The following combination indicate extinction of family: 1) malefics occupying the fourth, Venus in 7th and the Moon in the 10th; 2) All malefics placed in the 1st, 5th, 8th and 12th houses; 3) all malefics occupying the 4th, Mercury and Venus in the 7th and Jupiter in the 5th. 20. If the waning Moon occupies the 5th and malefics are placed in the 1st, 7th and the 12th, the native will have neither wife nor children.

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21. If the lords of the ascendant and the Moon-sign, Jupiter, the 5 th house, the 7th house are extremely weak; they and yama-ghantaka occupy the 6th, 8th or 12th; the 5th house is aspected by or associated with malefics; if the eunuch combinations are present; if the Santana tithi falls after the 8th day of the dark half of the Moon; if in Jupiter’s Astakavarga, the 5th house from Jupiter has a smaller number of Bindus, the native will be issueless. He will not even have an adopted son. 22. If the lords of the ascendant and the Moon sign are strong; when they, Jupiter and the 5th and 7th houses and yama-ghantaka are favourably disposed; when the 5th house is well situated; when the 5th house in Jupiter’s Astakavarga has good number of Bindus; when Santana Tithi falls in bright half, birth of children is indicated. 23. If the combinations given above are found to be mixed, children can be begotten after performing suitable remedial measures. 24. In natal horoscopy also Santana Tithi can be looked into and the prospects of children ascertained. 25. It is assumed that at Sunrise each day the imaginary Sun and the Imaginary Moon are posited at the end of Aries and the Middle of Sagittarius respectively. The Sun is presumed to move backwards and the moon forwards at the rate of 50 vighatis in each sign. 26. Multiply the longitudes of theSun and the Moon calculated according to the above method by 5 and the positions of Santana Sun and the Santana Moon are obtained. Then the Santana Tithi is to be obtained by Deducting the Santana Sun from Santana Moon. If the tithi falls in the brighter half, then the birth of a child is favoured. 27. If the Santana Tithi falls in the dark half of the Lunar Month no issue will be born but a Son will be adopted. This principle is applicable both to birth and horary charts. 28. If the waning Moon is in the ascendant, Jupiter combust, occupies a sign of Saturn and malefics are in trines, the father of the issue will die before it is born. The child born will live long and happy. If Mercury occupies the 5 th along with a malefic and if a malefic occupies the 11th or 5th or 1st or 4th, the father may live only to see the birth of the child.

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29. Mars in the ascendant, the Moon in the 8th and the Sun in the Issueless signs (b) Jupiter in the 8th, Mars in the 12th, Saturn in the ascendant and an issueless sign happen to be in the 5th house; (c) malefics in the 5th house from Jupiter, many planets in the ascendant and the Moon in the 12th. The above three conditions indicate birth of issues in old age. Note: The issueless or alpa-atmaja signs are Taurus, Leo, Virgo and Scorpio. 30. The waning Moon in the ascendant, malefics in the ascendant or the 4th house, planets other than benefics in trines indicate the posthumous birth of the child. 31. When a malefic occupies the 5th house which is not his own sign, and which has no aspect of strong benefics, the child will die. When the planet occupying the 5th is also the owner of the 8th, the children will die. If Mars is in the 5th house , all the children will die as they are born. If Jupiter aspects Mars, then only the first born will die. If Pisces happens to be the 5th and is occupied by Jupiter and aspected by Saturn then also children will die. 32. When the lord of the 5th is in a malefic Navamsa, debilitated and combust and aspected by Malefics or occupies dusthanas then loss of children should be predicted. 33. If the lord of the drekkana occupied by the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the 12th associates or aspects the 5th house or its lord, then the children will die. 34. When the lord of the 5th is combust and occupies cruel shastiamsas joined or aspected by malefics, then also death of children should be predicted. 35. If the 5th from Santana Lagna or Santana Guru happen to be owned by Saturn or Mercury or they are associated with or aspected by Saturn, Mercury and the Moon, then the native will have to adopt a child. If the lord of the 5th is also strong, then the man will have an issue born to him after his adoption of a child. Santana Lagna is obtained by multiplying the longitude of the Janma Lagna by 5. 36. When the lord of the 5th occupies the Navamsa of Saturn and is conjoined with Mercury or Saturn, the native will adopt a child. When the lord of the 5 th is in the Navamsa of Saturn and Jupiter and Venus are in their own signs, then the person will have a child born to his wife after the issue has been adopted. If the 5 th house

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from Jupiter in the Astakavarga of Jupiter has points contributed by planets occupying the sign or Navamsa of Saturn, then also adoption should be predicted. 37. A benefic in the 5th house unless aspected by the lord of the 5th can only give an adopted child. Special Combinations 38. When Saturn is in the 5th which happens to be Cancer, birth of Sons is indicated. When the Sun, Mars and Venus are similarly placed, the son will be born to the second wife. When the Moon and Jupiter occupy the 5th, only female children are born. There is only a feeble chance if Mercury is in 5th. 39. If Malefics occupies the 5th which should be his own sign, the native will get many children, but they may not survive. But benefics so disposed will give reverse results. Taurus, Leo and Scorpio happening to be the fifth house give very few children. If Moon occupies these, then again there will be no issue. If the Moon occupies the fourth or fifth house which should be Virgo, female issues would be born. 40. When Moon occupies an odd sign and an odd navamsa aspected by Sun, there will be issues. If the lord of the 7th occupies the 5th, both the wife and the children will get ruined. If the strong lord of 7th is in 5th and the lord of 8th is in the 7th, there will be issues. Similarly, if the lord of the 1st and the 5th interchanges places, there will be issues; but if the 1st lord is Mercury, there will be no issue. 41. When the Lagna is in an even sign, having the vargas of the Moon and Venus and has the aspect of these two planets, the children will be female ones. 42. When the 5th house is in an odd sign and the 5 th lord is in odd Navamsa, then the issue will be males. 43. When the 5th house is an even sign and the lord of the 5th is in an even Navamsa, then the issue is a female. When the 5th house is an even sign and the lord of the 5th is in a eunuch sign, the child will be a eunuch. 44. If an even planet occupies his own sign in the 5th, many issues will be born. If there are two evil planets in the 5th, many children will be born. 45. If the 2nd lord is in the 5th aspected by Jupiter and is strong, then issues will be born.

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46. If the Lagna lord and the 5th occupy quadrants in association with benefics and the 2nd lord is strong, birth of issues can be predicted. 47. If the lord of the Navamsa of the 5th lord is a benefic or is associated with or aspected by a benefic, children will be born. 48. When the 5th house from the Lagna or the Moon is strong and is associated with or aspected by benefics or 5th lord is without any affliction, there will be early birth of children. 49. When the 5th lord and Jupiter are string and not associated with the lords of the 6th, 8th or 12th, free from combustion and duritamsa (2nd and 3rd pada of samhara Nakshatra), birth of children can be predicted. 50. When Mars occupies the 5th identical with Aries, Leo, Scorpio or Pisces and is aspected by Jupiter, birth of issue can be predicted. 51. When the lord of the 5th, Jupiter, the Sun and Mars occupy odd Navamsa in odd signs, male children will be born. If the Moon, Venus and the lord of the 5 th occupy even ones, issue will be females. 52. If the 5th house and its lord are strong, the children will be long lives. If the house is owned by a malefic, then the son will be sinful. If it is odd, children will be cruel. If the lord of the 5th happening to be a benefic, and Jupiter occupy their houses of exaltation and own benefic Vargas, the children will be cultured, long lived and prosperous. 53. The general state of children will depend upon the mental aptitude of parents at the time of impregnation. If they are happy and free from anxieties, children will also lead a happy life. If at the time of impregnation, breath rushes out of the nostrils of the father, the child will have a long life. If there is no breath, the child will have short life only. 54. If the lord of the 5th and Jupiter are conjoined with or aspected by Malefics, the children will either be deformed or sick. 55. If the lords of the 1st and the 5th mutually interchange houses; these two lords associate with each other, and aspect one another; these three combinations indicate the birth of children. In a female horoscope, delivery has to be ascertained

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from the 5th, the children from the 9th. If the 4th house in a female’s horoscope is associated by a benefic, there will be no delivery. 56. If the longitude of Jupiter and the 5th house fall in Jupiter’s varga and the 5th is aspected by Jupiter, then one will have children from his own wife. The 5 th house can be counted both from the Lagna and the Moon. 57. If the lords of the Ascendant and the 5th house are mutual friends, father and son will be well disposed towards each other. If they enemies, father and son will be mutually ill disposed. And if these lords are neutral, the relationship will be indifferent. 58. If the lord of the ascendant and the 5th aspect each other or interchange, then the son will serve the father dutifully. 59. If the lord of the 5th occupies or aspects the Lagna, or the lord of the ascendant occupies or aspect the 5th house, then also the son will be obedient to his father. 60. If the lord of the 5th, Mars and Rahu aspect the 5th house from the Moon or the ascendant, then the Son will always be abusing his father. 61. When the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the 5 th is in the ascendant, the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the ascendant is in the 5th, and the lord of the Navamsa occupied by Jupiter is in Kendra, Sages declare that the native will have children. 62. When the 5th house is either owned by benefics or associated with or aspected by them, there will be issues. If otherwise, there will be no issues. 63. When benefics occupy the 5th house from the ascendant or the Moon or Jupiter, the father will be greatly benefited by the Son. 64. The product obtained by multiplying the longitude of the 5th house (devoid of sign), in terms of minutes by quantum of aspects (in terms of shastiamsa) is to be divided by 200. The quotient indicates the number of children. The longitude of the 5th house (devoid of signs) reduced to minutes is multiplied by the aspect quantum of malefics. The product is divided by 200. The quotient indicates the number of issue that die.

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65. The completed number of Navamsas of the lord of the 5th gives the number of children. Male issues are to be ascertained from the Navamsas of the Male Planets and female issues from the female planets. If male planets occupy even signs, children will die; also female planets occupying odd signs indicate same result. If the Navamsa lords are strong, the issues will live long. 66. If the Navamsa lords are strong by being exalted or occupying own or friendly houses, the issues will live long. If these lords are debilitated or combust or occupy inimical places, then the progeny dies. 67. The number of bindus found in the 5th house from Jupiter in his Astakavarga chart indicates the number of children. Bindus contributed by planets occupying friendly or debilitation signs or those that are in combustion should be excluded. Bindus contributed by an exalted planets or retrograde planet should be trebled. For a planet in vargottama or own house, the bindus should be doubled. Bindus contributed by masculine planets give males, and feminine ones, females. 68. The number of expired navamsa in the 5th house minus those whose lords are in inimical signs or debilitated; the number of expired navamsas of the lord of the 5 th minus those whose lords are debilitated or are in inimical houses; the number of planets aspecting the 5th house: These give the number of issues. 69. The number of Rasmis secured by Jupiter and the lord of the 5th gives a clue to the number of issues. 70. The maximum number of rays allotted to the Sun, the Moon in the weekday order are 10, 9, 5, 5, 7, 8 and 5 respectively. Deduct the debilitation point of the house from its actual longitude. If the reminder exceeds 6 signs, deduct it from 12 signs. Multiply this by the planet’s rasmi and divide the product by 6 signs. If the planets are retrograde or combust then its contribution can be increased or decreased. 71. If the planets is retrograde or is exalted, the number of rays should be trebled. If the planets is in his own or friendly navamsa, the number is to be doubled; in unfriendly or debilitation sign, reduce the rays by 1/16th part. If in combustion, all the rasmis are eliminated but if Venus and Saturn, are in combustion only half has to be taken away. Of Jupiter or the lord of the 5th, that lord which has more rasmis contributes the number of children which the native will have.

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72. Of the methods to ascertain the number of children discussed above, that which gives the greatest number may be taken if the lord of the 5 th is strong. That which gives the least number may be noted if the lord of 5th is weak.

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Timing Birth of Children 1. If the lord of the 5th is placed near the 5th house or the lord of the ascendant, a child will be born when the native is very young. According as the lord of the 5th occupies a Kendra, a panaphara an apoklima, the birth of the child will be young, middle or old age respectively. 2. Birth of children can occue in the main or sub-period of the a. Lagna lord b. 5th lord c. Jupiter d. Navamsa dispositor of the 5th lord e. Navamsa dispositor of Jupiter f. 7th lord g. The planet (s) occupying the 5th house h. The planet (s) aspecting the 5th house Transit: 1. When Jupiter transits any of the following signs, birth of issue may be predicted: a. over the sign placed with the 5th lord b. Navamsa sign of the 5th lord c. sign of Gulika or its trine d. Navamsa sign of Gulika or its trine e. sign placed with the 5th lord from Moon or Jupiter Of the signs mentioned above, single out the one with more bindus in the Astakavarga of Jupiter. 2. When Jupiter, the lord of the 5th, the lord of the ascendant and the lord of the 5th from the Moon sign, transit the 5th house or the house occupied by the lord of the 5th or the trines of these two, the child will be born. When the lord of the 1st, the 5th and the 7th transit the above mentioned signs, then also the birth of the issue can take place.

3. We have seen that the bindus in the 5th from Jupiter, in his Astakavarga chart denote the number of children. Consider the strong of the two signs, the sign occupied by the planet who has contributed the bindu or its navamsa rasi. If this lord occupies the first drekkana, the child will be born when the Moon transits the sign occupied by the lord of its Navamsa. If he occupies the 2nd drekkana, the child will be born in the 5th sign from the above; if he occupies the 3rd drekkana, the child will be born in the 9th sign from the above. Multiply the expired ghatikas 11

of the planet in the drekkana by 135 and divide the product by 1800. This gives the ghatikas traversed in the Nakshatra. The result gives the constellation in which the child will be born. 4. When Moon transits the sign or Navamsa of benefics that occupy or aspect the 5th house; the lord of the 5th is strong and well situated and other planets that are strong enough to give children, there will be birth of an issue. The 5th sign from the above mentioned signs and Navamsas also give children.

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