The House of Luck – II M. L. Chatterjee

being placed in own house, in Moolatrikona, in the most auspicious 9^th where Jupiter becomes extra powerful and being placed here he fully aspects Lagna, the 3^rd and the auspicious 5^th. The general dictum of Astrology “Karaka bhava nashakaha” does not apply here because Jupiter in this particular case is in his Moolatrikona where he always remains in gaiety and therefore forgets to do any harm whatever might be the other conditions.

Next in order come those born under Gemini Lagna. In this case malefic Saturn should better placed in the 9^th itself which is his Moolatrikona. The next best place would be the 5^th, his house of exaltation. Next in order Saturn should be placed in Sagittarius from where would aspect the 9^th, his Moolatrikona. Here the planet gets Digbala and also becomes dignified as Kodanda-Sani (Sagittarius-Saturn). Lastly Saturn coming under Jupiter’s influence becomes more of a benefic and his malefic nature remains subdued. When placed in Pisces, the 10^th, he should also be considered as good particularly with regard to professional achievements. When the 9^th lord Saturn is placed as stated above it is almost certain that the potential luck-factor would have the chance to become kinetic automatically. However, to dilute the saturnine malevolence Bhagyakaraka Jupiter should either be with Saturn in the same sign, aspect the planet strongly or exchange position in such a way that both the planets are housed in good places, particularly the 9^th and 10^th or the 7^th and the 10^th. Of course when Saturn is placed in a house of Jupiter, even if Saturn remains there without Jupiter’s direct influence such a position can produce luck provided the natural Bhagyakaraka is not placed in Makara (Capricorn) which is not only the sign of his debilitation but is the very bad 8^th house. Therefore under these configurations of Jupiter and Saturn, potential luck-factor of Gemini-borns can be expected to achieve fruition when time is ripe for them.

Further for natives born in Leo Lagna, I think the best position of Mars their 9^th lord would be in Capricorn where Mars becomes exalted and from this position he aspects strongly and benevolently Aries which is his Moolatrikona as well as the 9^th house. True, here Mars gets into the 6^th from Lagna which is generally known to be bad but in this case Mars understandably overcomes the defect on becoming exalted, and being a natural malefic his placement in the 6^th, an Upachaya, is good. Further from this house with his inherent high power Mars strongly aspects his Moolatrikona as well as the 9^th house and this cannot be overlooked easily. The next best place for Mars would be in Lagna itself i.e. in Leo which obviously is very auspicious place Mars, being the house of his very intimate friend Sun. Further from this position Mars very well brightens the results of the 4^th which is his own house with the help of his benevolent 4^th house sight. The 9^th house position of Mars in Aries should be considered as best. Though this is Moolatrikona of Mars, yet from this position Mars aspects the 12^th, the 3^rd and the 4^th. The 4^th being his own house a well-placed planet’s aspect on it should ordinarily be considered as good, but in this case the result cannot be actually so because Mars here influences the 4^th with his 8^th house sight which is known to be baneful. Hence the salutary effect of the 4^th house gets diluted here unlike the position of Mars in Lagna of Leo natives and naturally therefore Mars should better be placed in Leo in preference to Aries though the last one happens to be his Moolatrikona. For Leo natives therefore their significator of luck, Mars, should be considered well placed in three places only, i.e. Capricorn, Leo and Aries.

Corresponding to the position of Mars in the 6^th in Capricorn, Jupiter should better be placed in Aries when he after absorbing the 4^th aspect of Mars would pass on his benevolent 5^th aspect on to Lagna as well as his 9^th aspect which is also very auspicious in the 5^th house which is Jupiter’s own place, Sagittarius.  By virtue of this position Jupiter starts playing a dominant role in co-operation with the exalted 9^th lord Mars from the 9^th house itself for giving luck. Again Jupiter, when placed in the 10^th in Taurus, can directly aspect Mars in the 6^th in Capricorn and thus transform the malefic nature of Mars to a great extent and therefore the position of Jupiter in Taurus in the most powerful Kendra, the 10^th house, should also be taken as good for luck for Leo natives. Further when Mars is in the 6^th house Jupiter may also be in Cancer which though is the 12^th for Leo ascendant, yet this position of Jupiter is considered to be beneficial because here he gets exaltation and from here aspects and receives the aspect of exalted Mars in Capricorn, placed face to face. Further as the 8^th lord, Jupiter’s placement in the 12^th with exalted power in Cancer is always considered very auspicious. For the other two positions of Mars in Leo and Aries, Jupiter’s placement in Aries, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius should be considered good for enhancing luck.

Within the periphery of my discussions herein next comes Sagittarius. For this sign lord of the 9^th is the Sun and the 9^th is also his Moolatrikona. Therefore, if the Sun is placed in the 9^th itself it is definitely very good. Similarly two other good places for the Sun would be Virgo the 10^th, which is his friendly house and also Lagna that is Sagittarius, which is over and above being a friendly house for the Sun, he further gets Digbala here. If the 9^th lord the Sun is placed in Aquarius and Taurus, i.e. in the 3^rd and the 6^th respectively these positions should also be considered good because Sun being a natural malefic his placement in Upachaya houses should be taken as beneficial. However placement in the 3^rd in Aquarius would be better because from this position the 9^th lord aspects the 9^th, his own house and Moolatrikona. The last place preferable for the 9^th lord the Sun would be the 4^th in Pisces because from here the Sun in a friendly house aspects the most powerful Kendra, the 10^th falling in Virgo, another friendly house for the Sun. Now for helping the 9^th lord Sun in the above stated places natural Bhagyakaraka Jupiter should better not be placed in the same sign along with the sun because in such a case there is always a probability of Jupiter’s combustion by the Sun. The Sun being in Leo it would be better that Jupiter remains either in Sagittarius or Aquarius or Aries. Then again with the Sun in Virgo it would be better if Jupiter remains in Pisces. Further with the Sun in Sagittarius it would be better if Jupiter remains in Aries or Leo. Particularly Leo would be very good because in this position Jupiter would get an excellent status in respect of change of house position between Lagna lord and the 9^th lord. Furthermore with the Sun in the 3^rd in Aquarius and in Taurus in the 6^th, the corresponding best position of Jupiter would be in Leo as well as Gemini; then again Virgo and Scorpio. No doubt being in Scorpio, Jupiter would be placed in the bad 12^th but because this is friend’s house and from this house he would aspect his own sign Pisces with his benevolent 5^th sight, Jupiter’s bad quality as stated above thus gets considerably minimized. The last position is though not very much covetable yet the mutual positions between the Sun the 9^th lord and Jupiter lord of Lagna should give the native luck after some obstacles.

For those natives born in Capricorn the house of luck is Virgo which is Moolatrikona of Mercury. Naturally therefore for the natives the best position of the 9^th lord Mercury would be Virgo itself. The next position for Mercury would be his placement in Lagna, Capricorn, because Mercury gets Digbala in Lagna. The other two good positions for Mercury would be Taurus and also the 10^th Libra because both these happen to be the auspicious 5^th and 10^th houses for Capricorn. These signs are friendly signs of Mercury. In the last count Mercury might also be placed in his debilitation in the 3^rd Pisces because from this place he would be able to aspect the 9^th house but since Mercury becomes very weak in this sign to become fully effective the planet should get cancellation of debilitation for which Jupiter, natural Bhagyakaraka, should be placed either in Aries, the 4^th house or in the 7^th house in Cancer, when he would have exalted status. When Mercury is in Virgo, Jupiter should be placed in Pisces and when Mercury is in Capricorn, Jupiter should remain in Virgo. When Mercury remains in Taurus Jupiter should either be in Virgo or in Scorpio and lastly when Mercury is in Libra Jupiter should either remain in Aquarius or in Aries. Such a planetary configuration between Mercury and Jupiter, the first as 9^th lord and the second as natural Bhagyakaraka, would be a happy augury for Capricorn natives.

In respect of Aquarius ascendant Libra becomes the 9^th house which is Moolatrikona of Venus. As such when placed in the sign he would become highly beneficial for luck. Corresponding to this position of Venus, Jupiter’s placement would be best in the ascending sign Aquarius and the next place in Sagittarius which is the 11^th. The 9^th lord of luck could as well be placed either in Aquarius or in Pisces when again the corresponding position of Jupiter should be either in Pisces, Cancer or Leo. Similarly when Venus is in his own sign Taurus the 4^th, in the ascendant or in a friendly sign or the auspicious 5^th, i.e. Gemini, correspondingly Jupiter should be placed either in Libra or in Sagittarius.

In my concluding article I would like to discuss another most important topic in this connection, i.e. the stability factor of luck with reference to Chandra Lagna. Also I shall substantiate therein my premise by citing some horoscopic examples.