1. EFFECTS OF THE ASCENDANT LORD IN VARIOUS HOUSES
Should the ascendant lord be in the ascendant itself, the native will be endowed with physical happiness (i.e. good health) and prowess. He will be intelligent, fickle-minded, will have two wives and will unite with other females.
2. If the lord of the ascendant is in the 2nd, he will be gainful, scholarly, happy, endowed with good qualities, be religious, honorable, and will have many wives.
3. If the lord of the ascendant is in the 3rd, the native will equal a lion in valor, be endowed with all kinds of wealth, be honorable, will have two wives, be intelligent and happy.
4. If the ascendant lord is in the 4th, the native will be endowed with paternal and maternal happiness, will have many brothers, be lustful, virtuous, and charming.
5. If the ascendant lord is in the 5th, the native will have mediocre progenic happiness, will lose his first child, be honorable, given to anger, and be dear to the king.
6. If the ascendant lord is in the 6th and related to a malefic the native will be devoid of physical happiness, and will be troubled by enemies if there is no benefic aspect.
7. If the ascendant lord is a malefic and be in the 7th, the native's wife will not live (long). If the planet in question be a benefic, one will wander aimlessly, face penury and be dejected. He will alternatively become a king (if the said planet is strong).
8. If the ascendant lord is in the 8th, the native will be an accomplished scholar, be sickly, thievish, be given to much anger, be a gambler, and will join others' wives.
9. If the ascendant lord is in the 9th, the native will be fortunate, dear to people, be a devotee of Sri Vishnu, be skillful, eloquent in speech, and be endowed with wife, sons, and wealth.
10. If the ascendant lord is in the 10th, the native will be endowed with paternal happiness, royal honor (or patronage), fame among men and will doubtlessly have self-earned wealth.
11. If the ascendant lord is in the 11th, the native will always be endowed with gains, good qualilites, fame, and many wives.
12. If the ascendant lord is in the 12th and be devoid of benefic aspect/conjunction, the native will be bereft of physical happiness, will spend unfruitfully and be given to much anger.
