The Phaladeepika links planetary positions to specific life domains. The Sun governs copper, gold, father, self, and courage; the Moon determines mother’s welfare, mental tranquility, and water assets; Mars indicates strength, brothers, and enemies; Mercury influences learning, speech, and maternal uncle; Jupiter covers knowledge, sons, and prosperity; Venus relates to wealth, wife, and pleasure; and Saturn dictates longevity, death, and poverty. Planetary strength and house placement determine outcomes. For instance, the lord of the tenth house in the Moon’s Navamsa yields income from trade or agriculture, while placement in Mars’s Navamsa indicates earnings from metals or warfare.
Kingship arises from specific yogas involving the Moon, Sun, Jupiter, and Venus, provided benefics are strong and malefics are absent from key houses. Children depend on the fifth house lord’s strength; benefic aspects ensure acquisition, while malefic placements or weak lords cause loss. Longevity is calculated through the relationship between the ascendant, the Moon, and the eighth house lord, as well as through Dasa systems like Sripati’s. Death may occur when Saturn transits specific degrees or when the weakest planet among the eighth house lord, Mandi, and Rahu is in Dasa. Upagrahas like Gulika and Yamakantaka also influence fate, with Gulika’s strength potentially granting rule over the world. The text provides these calculations to aid astrologers in interpreting Karakas and Bhavas.