Let the astrologer first conceive of the results through the lord of the birth star; his condition in the chart is remembered as the earliest fruit of the native. Before any house or sign is read, the star-lord's dignity, ownership and associations set the opening tone of destiny.
Verse 2 — The Star Lord Colours Profession and Livelihood
The fruit of occupation is assessed from the nature of the star's lord: a Sun-star lord points to government and authority, a Moon-star lord to trade, liquids, travel and public dealing — and so on for each graha. Career follows the temperament of the asterism under which the mind was born.
Verse 3 — The Three Ganas and Temperament of the Star
daivamānuṣarākṣasaṁ gaṇatrayam idaṁ smṛtam | daivāt saukhyaṁ manuṣyāc ca rākṣasāt kaṣṭam eva ca ||
The asterisms are remembered in three classes — divine, human and fierce; from a divine star comes ease, from a human star mixed ordinary results, and from a fierce star predominantly hardship. The gana of the birth star shades the native's temperament, relations and the ease with which fortune arrives.
Verse 4 — Janma, Sampat and Vipat — The Tara Triad
The triad of Janma, Vipat and Sampat stars yields the fruit of tara: running periods of the Vipat star bring friction and obstacles, while the Sampat star pours prosperity. Counting the tenth and nineteenth stars from the birth star divides the zodiac into zones of support and strain for every planet that transits them.
Verse 5 — Every Graha Delivers Its Star-Lord's Results
ग्रहः स्वतारानाथस्य स्थितिफलं प्रयच्छति । स एव च फलं दद्यात्ताराधीशवशं तदा ॥
grahaḥ sva-tārānāthasya sthitiphalaṁ prayacchati | sa eva ca phalaṁ dadyāt tārādhīśavaśaṁ tadā ||
A planet gives the results of the house where its own star-lord stands, and in the end the fruit bows to the command of that star lord. This transmission is the nadi key: to know what any dasa or transit delivers, first find whose star the activating planet occupies, then read that star-lord's position.
Verse 6 — Each Star's Deity Grants Its Special Fruit
नक्षत्रदेवता नाम फलं ताभिः प्रदीयते । अश्विनीकुमरैः स्वस्त्यं रोगहरणशक्तिभिः ॥
The presiding deities of the asterisms bestow their characteristic fruits through their stars — as the Ashvini Kumaras, celestial physicians, grant healing through Ashwini. Knowing each star's deity tells what class of result — healing, wealth, destruction, liberation — that star's periods naturally carry.
The four quarters (padas) of a star are declared to be the very wheel of navamsas: each pada is one navamsa, and its dignity must be weighed there. Thus the star system and the navamsa system are one fabric — the quarter of the star fixes exactly which navamsa sign holds the planet or the Moon.
The final quarters of Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati constitute the gandanta knot — junctions where water meets fire. Birth in these sandhis is known to bring turbulence to the native or parents; it must be examined and relieved through benefic aspects and worship of the junction deity.
Verse 9 — The Star of the Midheaven Degree Governs Career
The lord of the star falling on the middle degree of the tenth house is the ordainer of professional fruit; in his period the native's works flourish in a special manner. This extends the star-lord doctrine from the Moon to the zenith point of the chart.
Planets transiting stars counted as sampat magnify auspicious results, while those crossing vipat stars stir adversity that only benefic aspects dissolve. Transit judgement in this school is therefore star-first: identify which tara zone a planet occupies before reading its sign.