संतान

The birth of child and astrology.
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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 5th 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 5th
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 5th 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
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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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