VARSHAPHALA
(vedic solar return)

Planets by their location in different houses produce certain results. These results are very generalised since they get vastly modified by the nature of the lagna as also by the sign in which the planets are located. However, these results give important clues to the analysis of a chart. They are briefly described below.

THE SUN

The Sun is particularly favourable when located in houses 3, 6, 10 and 11.

1. Lagna: Situated alone in the lagna, or when aspected or associated with malefics, it leads to physical ailment, lever, headache, excessive expenditure, illness to wife, laziness, travel, proneness to anger, and trouble from enemies. Influence of benefics reduces the suffering.
2. Second House: Alone, or under the influence of malefics, it leads to excessive expenditure, strife with family members, financial troubles, diseases of the throat or eye, and varied disappointments. When under benefic influence, it leads to acquisition of wealth.
3. Third House: Increase in enthusiasm and valour, gain of name and fame, dominance over opponents, favours from superiors, and good health. Brothers suffer when the Sun here is under malefic influence.
4. Fourth House: Suffering to mother, crops and cattle, tear of injury from quadrupeds and vehicles, strife with the higher-ups, suffering in journey and proneness to ill health.
5. Fifth House: Strife with children and wife, loss of money, excessive expenditure, illness to children, fear from superiors, mental anguish, and abdominal discomfort. Benefic influences (by association or aspect) reduce the suffering and may lead to child birth.
6. Sixth House: Destruction of enemies, harmony with friends and near ones, success in litigation, gains in business, adversity to maternal uncles, and eye trouble.
7. Seventh House: Physical ailment, eye trouble, loss of wealth, ill health to wife, fear from foes and thieves while in travel. Benefic influences ensure professional elevation and general comforts.
8. Eighth House: Opposition from near and dear ones, strife at home, physical illness with much suffering, abdominal and eye disease, perineal diseases, loss of dignity, illness to wife and children, loss of wealth, feat from lire, and any sudden calamity.
9. Ninth House: If well-aspected or well-associated, it leads to virtuous deeds, benefic journey, comforts from wife, children and friends, and favours from the superiors. When under malefic influence, fall in earnings, disappointments, suffering in travel, strife with brothers and sisters.
10. Tenth House: Royal favours, professional elevation, gain in wealth, general progress, comforts in respect of quadrupeds and vehicles, dominance over opponents, wise decisions, success in ventures, and fulfilment of desires.
11. Eleventh House: Income from business and other undertakings rise in status, inflow of wealth, harmony with friends and near and dear ones, acquisition of vehicles, inclination towards virtuous deeds. It under malefic influences, it indicates ill health to children.
12. Twelfth House: Eye disease, headache, abdominal discomfort, disappointments, illness to wife, excessive expenditure on treatment of illness, suffering through false allegation. If benefics influence this Sun, it indicates spending on virtuous/religious pursuits.

THE MOON

1. Lagna: In Aries, Taurus or Cancer, it ensures increased income, good health, favours from women and generally good results. In any other sign, especially if afflicted, it leads to loss of wealth, opposition from superiors, disappoint¬ments, eye disease, disease in the oral cavity, tough and asthmatic illness.
2. Second House: Acquisition of wealth, gains in business, association with good people, favours from superiors, general harmony amongst the family members. If afflicted, it leads to eye disease.
3. Third House: Good for brothers and sisters, inclination toward virtuous and religious deeds, fulfilment of some secret desire, and favours from women. Afflicted Moon is adverse for brothers and sisters, and inclines the native toward unscrupulous deeds.
4. Fourth House: Comforts from wife, friends and relatives, gain in professional status, benefit from agriculture and cattle, acquisition of vehicle, and gains from dealing in white-coloured objects. When afflicted by Rahu or Ketu, it leads to abdominal pain, and change of residence.
5. Fifth House: Comfort from children and wife, birth of a daughter, gain of name and fame, acquisition of wealth, improved thinking, and inclination toward learning. When this Moon is afflicted, it is adverse for progeny and causes distortion of thinking.
6. Sixth House: fear from foes, loss or favour from superiors, false allegations with consequent loss of mental peace, chest infections, cough, eye disease, and fear from water, undesired journey, and loss of money.
7. Seventh House: Favours from women, earnings from business and travel, elevation in profession, gain from dealings in white-coloured objects. If afflicted, it leads to illness of the native and his wife.
8. Eighth House: Loss of earnings and wealth, inclination toward unscrupulous deeds, grave illness and suffering, tear of drowning, dominance by opponents, mental anguish, abdominal pain, eye disease, coughs and cold, etc. Benefic influences on the Moon provide some relief.
9. Ninth House: Indulgence in virtuous deeds, harmonious children, fulfilment of desires, gain of wealth through business and travel, elevation in profession. Affliction to the Moon in the ninth house causes obstacles to the fulfilment of one’s undertakings.
10. Tenth House: Favours from superiors, professional elevation, dominance over opponents, good health, domes¬tic harmony, fulfilment of desires, and access to comforts and wealth.
11. Eleventh House: Gains from dealing in clothes and white-coloured objects, rise in professional status, domestic harmony, and dominance over enemies and opponents.
12. Twelfth House: Eye disease, coughs and colds, increase of opponents, quarrels, mental anguish, excessive expendi¬ture in the pursuit of good and religious deeds, arid general laziness. The expenditure generally exceeds the income.

MARS

Particularly favourable in houses 3, 6, 10 and 11 (like the Sun).

1. Lagna: Fear from fire, weapons and thieves, loss of money, blood disorders, fever, headache, abdominal pain, mental anguish, easy excitability, illness to wire, and proneness to accident and injury (surgical operation!).
2. Second House: Eye disease, loss of wealth, fear from fire, enemies and the ruler, disappointments, illness to wife, losses in business, and strife with family members.
3. Third House: Enhancement of status, acquisition of land, vehicles and wealth, dominance over opponents, favours from the ruler, fulfilment of desires, success through personal efforts, success in litigation. When afflicted, it causes harm to brothers.
4. Fourth House: Separation from friends and relatives, illness to mother, injury from weapon or fire, loss of cattle or vehicles, losses from land, lack of mental peace, and troublesome journey. The native’s house may be burnt by fire.
5. Fifth House: Adverse for children and wife, abdominal and chest disease, loss of status, disappointments, loss of mental poise, injury from fire or weapon.
6. Sixth House: Annihilation of opponents, success in litigation, elevation of status, favours from the government, acquisition of wealth and vehicles, favours from women, and varied comforts.
7. Seventh House: Illness to wife, domestic strife, physical illness to the native, mental anguish, suffering in travel, and association with unscrupulous individuals. (Note: If the marriage of a marriageable lady is fixed, Mars in the 7th house that year can lead to break down of that marriage).
8. Eighth House: Serious illness, blood disorders, injury from weapons or accidents, surgical operation, loss of wealth,
9. Ninth House: Loss of wealth, excessive expenditure, disappointments, frequent travel, strife with siblings, proneness to selfishness. (Note: It is also a combination for transfer or a foreign journey).
10. Tenth House: Governmental favours, promotion in profession, gain in wealth and health, dominance over opponents, and success in undertakings. The native may become a centre of controversy.
11. Eleventh House: Good income, professional elevation, enhancement of dignity, gains in business, acquisition of comforts, vehicles and new dresses, and satisfaction from children, wife and friends.
12. Twelfth House: Loss of wealth and health, illness to children, fear from the ruler, eye disease, disappointments, injury from fire or accidents. Benefic influences on Mars mitigate the evil to a large extent.

MERCURY

Bad in houses 6, 8 and 12.

1. Lagna: Good health, earnings through the application of intelligence, commencement of a new business, enhancement of status, mental happiness, comforts to wife and children, and dominance over enemies. If Mercury is afflicted, it leads to domestic strife, illness, and lack of comforts.
2. Second House: Domestic harmony, increase in income and wealth, grain of name and fame, dominance over opponents. Affliction here leads to domestic strife and loss of money.
3. Third House: Dominance over opponents through personal courage, peace of mind, comforts from wife and children, gain in wealth and fame, income through business,
4. Fourth House: Favours from superiors, domestic harmony, acquisition of vehicles, land or cattle, comfort to mother, harmony with the near and dear ones. If afflicted, it leads to illness of mother, and change of residence.
5. Fifth House: Earnings through the application of one’s intelligence, comforts to and from children, favours from superiors, fulfilment of desires, acquisition of name and fame, higher studies, success in examination. and general comforts.
6. Sixth House: Increase in enemies, wasteful expenditure, quarrels, mental anguish, trouble from women, and generally ill health.
7. Seventh House: Comfort from wife, gain of status, comfortable journey, benefit from business transactions, and generally favourable results.
8. Eighth House: Eye disease, fever, chest infections, loss of wealth, excessive expenditure, and trouble from opponents. When under benefic influence, it gives excessively benefic results.
9. Ninth House: Fulfilment of desires, inclination toward religious deeds, good fortune, elevation of professional status, gain in wealth, birth of a child, success in undertakings, and profitable journey.
10. Tenth House: Professional elevation, gain of wealth and vehicles, enhanced dignity, profit from business, and inclination toward virtuous deeds. It afflicted, it causes sink with superiors.
11. Eleventh House: Gain of health, wealth and valour, fulfilment of desires, enhancement of status and dignity, acquisition of wealth through business and travel.
12. Twelfth House: Physical ailment, mental anguish, eye disease, excessive expenditure, increase in opponents, govern menial disfavour. Under benefic influence, it leads to expenditure in religious and virtuous pursuits.

JUPITER

Bad in houses 6, 8 and 12.

1. Lagna: Generally favourable in respect of wife, children, vehicles and wealth, elevation of status (promotion in job!), gains from business, profitable association with friends, and fulfilment of desires. When afflicted it causes ill health and worry about profession.
2. Second House: Good income, governmental favours, elevation of status, comforts form wife and children, pilgrimage, acquisition of vehicles, earnings from business and travel.
3. Third House: Harmonious association with friends and deeds, gainful travel, and favourable for the siblings. A sudden tragedy or loss of money may also occur.
4. Fourth House: Domestic harmony, good income, access to comforts and vehicles, governmental favours, monetary gains from land- and business. Good for mother. If afflicted, it leads to illness to mother and change of residence.
5. Fifth House: Acquisition of knowledge and learning, gain in wealth and health, increased fame and dignity, dominance over opponents, favourable for progeny, and birth of a child, disappointments, mental anguish, eye disease, abdominal discomfort, general frailty, and disinclination towards religious pursuits.
7. Seventh House: Profitable journey, comfort from wife, sudden happiness, acquisition of vehicles, professional elevation, gain of wealth, name and fame, and development of new and fruitful associations.
8. Eighth House: Loss of health and wealth, injury or accident, fever, eye disease, losses in business and travel, separation from the near and dear ones, and general disappointments. On the positive side, it may lead to monetary gains to wife.
9. Ninth House: Pilgrimage, virtuous deeds, gain of wealth and wisdom, acquisition of land and vehicles, association with near and dear ones, profitable journey, and auspicious events.
10. Tenth House: Professional elevation, governmental favours, dominance over opponents, increased income, physical comforts, and auspicious events.
11. Eleventh House: Freedom from disease, comforts from wife, children and friends, acquisition of vehicles and wealth, professional elevation, bestowal of honours and awards, inclination toward virtuous deeds, dominance over opponents, and fulfilment of desires.
12. Twelfth House: Excessive expenditure, strife with friends, disfavour from the ruler, fear from foes, fruitless journey, and physical illness. Also, expenditure on good deeds, like marriage of a child.

VENUS

Bad in houses 6, 8 and 12.

1. Lagna: Association with women, increase in income, fulfilment of desires, indulgence in luxuries, elevation of professional status, and domestic harmony.
2. Second House: Fulfilment of desires, benefit from friends, excessive wealth, success in ventures, association with women, and acquisition of vehicles.
3. Third House: Profitable association with friends and siblings, inclination to undertake journey, good health, gain of money, success in undertakings, association with women, and acquisition of vehicles.
4. Fourth House: Acquisition of vehicles and wealth, gain from lands and business, favours from government, comfort to mother, and general material comforts. It may also cause wasteful expenditure, dissociation from near and dear ones, and instability of temper. In the case of a government servant, a posting where an office car is available to the native.
5. Fifth House: Gain of wealth without effort, much comfort to wife and children, fulfilment of desires, acquisition of knowledge, gain of name and lame, and dominance over enemies. It also indicates travel.
6. Sixth House: Fear from foes, quarrels, instability of temper, loss of wealth, secret worries, and physical illness. Also, separation from wife, or a divorce.
7. Seventh House: Overindulgence in sensual pursuits, marriage, gain of wealth, profit from business, success in undertakings, earnings from travel, fulfilment of desires, and acquisition of vehicles.
8. Eighth House: Illness and physical suffering, affliction to wife and children, excessive expenditure, kisses in business and navel, eye disease, and fear from water.
9. Ninth House: Elevation of professional status, gain of wealth, good health, benefit from journey, comforts from wife and children, success in undertakings, and inclination toward good deeds. Good for work connected with television.
10. Tenth House: Professional elevation (promotion in job!), domestic happiness gain of wealth and dignity, dominance over opponents, acquisition of land, house, vehicles and other material comforts, and gainful journey. Good for art, culture, television.
11. Eleventh House: Earnings from business, gainful journey, association with friends, enhancement of status and dignity, governmental favours, comfort from wife and children, Gains from handicrafts, handloom, clothes, musical performances.
12. Twelfth House: Excessive expenditure, mental anguish, fear from foes, disfavour from the ruler, eye disease, and travel. When under benefic influence, it causes expenditure on religious and profitable undertakings, as also on happy events like marriage.

SATURN

Good in houses 3, 6 and 12.

1. Lagna: Laziness, ill health, fear from enemies, sudden calamity, disfavour from those in authority, association with the wicked and the low, illness to wife, and disappointments. When the ascendant coincides with Saturn’s own sign (Capricorn, Aquarius) or with its exaltation sign (Libra), beneficial results may accrue.
2. Second House: Domestic strife, disease of eye, abdomen or oral cavity, false allegation, physical injury, loss of wealth, poor earnings, opposition from near and dear ones, and unwelcome travel.
3. Third House: Dominance over opponents, excessive enthusiasm, success in undertakings, gain in wealth, governmental favours, and strife with siblings.
4. Fourth House: Illness to mother, abdominal pain, fear from opponents and thieves, tensions in respect of land and vehicle, mental anguish, and travel.
5. Fifth House: Illness to wife, children and friends, interruption in education, distorted thinking, mental depression, loss of wealth, and abdominal ailments.
6. Sixth House: Good health, increased wealth, annihilation of enemies, success in litigation, relief from ailments, professional rise, gain in wealth and fulfilment of desires.
7. Seventh House: Illness to wife, change of place of residence, foreign journey, suffering in travel, fear from enemies, false allegation, abdominal pain, loss of money, and association with other women.
8. Eight House: Serious illness (death, if the period running in the birth chart is adverse), loss of wealth, ill health to wife and children, false allegations, separation from near and dear ones (an unpleasant transfer!), fall in professional status, obstruction to education, and mental anguish.
9. Ninth House: Misfortune, loss in business, fall from virtue, disappointments, harm to elder brother and to enemies.
10. Tenth House: Success only through excessive effort, losses in business, fall in professional status, quarrelsome nature, travel, change of residence, and domestic strife. When strong or exalted, it leads to elevation of status, and profits through dealings in metals and dark-coloured objects (like iron and steel).
11. Eleventh House: Professional elevation, dominance over opponents, good health, excessive earnings, change of residence, and illness to children or to elder brother.
12. Twelfth House: Loss of earnings, fear from those in authority, disease of eye or chest or feet, domestic strife, unexpected calamity, and likelihood of travel.

RAHU

1. Lagna: Mental anguish, loss of dignity, fear from opponents, ill health to wife, excessive expenditure, distorted thinking, headache, and eye disease.
2. Second House: Loss of wealth, ill health, eye disease, disease of the oral cavity, fear from the ruler, losses in business and travel.
3. Third House: Governmental favours, good health, monetary gains, dominance over enemies and opponent, professional elevation, and success in undertakings May prove adverse to siblings.
4. Fourth House: Ill health to mother, fall from status, suffering in navel, strife with friends and relatives, excessive expenditure, ill health, and some sudden calamity.
5. Fifth House: Intellectual deterioration, mental anguish, unfounded fears, loss of money, interruption in studies, and pain in abdomen. If under benefic influence, it may lead to the birth of son, gain in wealth, and dominance over opponents.
6. Sixth House: Good health, loss of enemies, gain in wealth, access to vehicles and comforts, and rise in professional status.
7. Seventh House: Adverse for wife. Domestic strife, ill health, suffering in travel, fear of fire, water or poison, and some secret illness. Likelihood of separation from wife, or a divorce.
8. Eighth House: Varied ailments, disease in private parts of the body, abdominal pain, increase of enemies, loss of health and wealth, ill health to wife and children, unfounded fears and phobias, losses in business and travel.
9. Ninth House: Misfortunes, strife with near and dear ones, disappointments, fall from status, harm from animals and vehicles, travel (including foreign travel), and differences with father.
10. Tenth House: Loss of earnings, and physical illness. If well-associated or well-aspected, it leads to rise in professional status, increased name and fame, and gainful business and travel.
11. Eleventh House: Good earnings, good health, gainful business and travel, comfort from wife and children, and elevation in professional status.
12. Twelfth House: Loss of wealth, physical ailment, eye disease, fear from the ruler, change of place of residence, fear from fire and thieves, and losses in business and travel.

KETU

1. Lagna: Ill health, loss through thefts, loss of dignity, strife with friends and dear ones, fear from fire or injury, and numerous worries.
2. Second House: Loss of wealth, wasteful expenditure, disease of eye or mouth, disappointments, fruitless travel.
3. Third House: Destruction of opponents, gainful business and travel, governmental favours, ill health to sibling.
4. Fourth House: Ill health to mother, vehicular accident, mental poise.
5. Fifth House: Loss of wealth, interruption in studies, lack of discrimination, illness to children, some sudden calamity, and association with the wicked.
6. Sixth House: Loss of enemies, increased wealth, comforts from wife, children and vehicles, professional elevation, and fulfilment of desires.

Source: Charak K. S.  A Textbook of Varshaphala: Vedic Technique of the Tajika Or Annual Horoscopy. - Institute of Vedic Astrology, 1999. - 213 p.