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nature of the lord of the Period, the nature, of karaka and Lordship signification of the planets in association with the lord of the Period. The effects of the Period should also be predicted with reference to the Karaka and Lordship signification ofthe lord of the sign, occupied by the lord oft he Period. 12) As regards the other positions also (i.e. the positions in the other bhavas, than the eleventh bhava) the effects should be determined with reference to the position of the lord of the rasi containing the bhava in question. If the lord of the twelfth bhava is posited in a bhava and is a benefic (i.e. by Lordship) he will produce good results; if he is a benefic and also a malefic (i.e. by Lordship) he will produce mixed results; if he is a double malefic (i.e. by Lordship of two bad bhavas), the results will be bad. A planet, whether a benefic or a malefic, will produce good results if he is the lord of Angles and Trine houses at the same time; if he is the lord of a Kendra house only, be will produce . moderate results. The lords of the second, third and eleventh bhavas are producers of good and bad effects; the lords of the sixth, eighth and twelfth bhavas are malefic. If out of the two bhavas of a planet, one is good and the other is bad, the results will be of mixed nature. Thus the nature of a planet, whether benefic or malefic, should be determined with reference to the bhava Lordship and also with reference to the eight kinds of planetary strength described earlier. Thus, the nature of benefic yoga, malefic yoga and mixed yoga, should be determined. A malefic yoga is useless and it will cause always expenditure, debt and entanglement in vices and wicked ways; a Mixed yoga will produce mixed results according to the nature of the planets. The effects of Rahu and Ketu
1) Rahu and Ketu are always the enemies of the Sun and the Moon and are always moving, eagerly expecting opportunities to swallow the Sun and the Moon. The Sun and the Moon become weak when eclipsed at the places of Rahu and Ketu, Rahu and Ketu become weak when in combination with the Sun and the Moon. Rahu and Ketu give their results in their Periods and sub-Periods according to the nature of the planets, that are in combination with them or that aspect them and according to the strength of the planets in whose Rasi or Navamsa, they are posited. If they are associated with benefic planets they yield benefic results, if they are in association with malefic they produce bad results. They have no effects of their own. As they are the enemies of the Sun and the Moon, who are the only luminaries out of the planets (i.e. they