CHAPTER 4
1. There are objects (dravyani) of various characteristics and natures which exist on earth, in the air, and in water; I shall tell of them as they pertain to the vargas and dvadashamshas (bhagas) of the signs, according to the associations (of each) in order.
2. Aries is lord of lands, fire, blood, weapons, gold, copper, minerals, smelters (agnijiva), battles, and mantras; of youths, children, fans, umbrellas, spears, flagstaffs, thieves, and commanders of armies;
3. of goats, sheep, artisans, sugar-cane (ikshuka), green onions (dudruma), mountains, (places for) assignations, and things which are burnt, cast off, or smashed; and of such objects as red arsenic (manahshila), red chalk (gairika), and red flowers.
4. Taurus is lord of games, parks, garlands, children, women, market-streets, woods, gardens, meeting-houses, and wells; of ghee (sarpis), sour milk (dadhi), milk (kshirasa), grass, flowers, city-squares, oxen, ploughs, and ploughmen;
5. of teams of oxen, yoke-pins, carts, axles, wheels, perfumes, bulls, shining buffaloes, and bulls; of works of beauty and pleasing ornaments; and of things belonging in treasure-houses.
6. To the third sign (Gemini) belong the sexual intercourse of men and women, gambling, amusements, crafts, music, singing, smiles, and instrumental music; exercise, magic weapons, writing, soldiers(?), conversations, good advice, and manuscripts (pustakani) ;
7. couples, the acquisition of money, weapons, wealth, and herbs; the bearers of knowledge, of instruction, and of commerce; those who live by cleverness, by affording humor, and by their hands; and dancers and rogues.
8. To the fourth sign (Cancer) belong women, ascetics, and Brahmanas learned in the scriptures (Sruti); rivers and white durva grass; lotuses (kumuda) and lilies (utpala); objects which are cold or soft and wet; sweets, medicines for restoring life (samjivana), and mirrors;
9. crocodiles (nakra), frogs (manduka), crabs (kulira), turtles (kurma), ashoka-trees, and water-plants and grasses; and white birds and carnivorous ones.
10. Leo is lord of peaks, forests, fortresses, poison, bones, sticks, skin, flesh, hair, deer-skins, and thread from the loom; of (animals) who live in the woods and have claws, tusks, or horns; of hunger, thirst, dry lips, flavors, and herbs;
11. of hunters, arrows, increases, and creatures who lead; of Mlecchas, swords, weapons, woolens, and gold; of diseases, enemies, plotters, and those who are sick; and of (all) things which are strong.
12. In the sixth sign (Virgo) are virgins, sexual intercoune, love-suits. unions, bashfulness, (women) who move their buttocks(? calannitamba), liquids, smoke, and incense; materials such as ointments and rouge for face and lips, ornaments, women’s playthings, mirror, and jewel-boxes;
13. lamps, ships, litters, upper garments, women’s crafts, poetry, listening (to music), and beauty marks; freedom from passion(? viraga), eloquence, gems, jewels, incense, and such arts as telling stories and singing.
14. Libra is lord of such things as balances, measures, touchstones, wares, market-streets, gold, jewels, clothes, and pearls; of public criers, guides, caravan-leaders, broken, exporters(? nairyanika), and image-makers(? murtika);
15. of playboys, dice, rogues, liars, those who live by (the skill of) their hands, and those who are clever at hearing the meaning and the things to be done in message-bearing; and of the arts such as that of the six political principles (shadgunya) and that of inference, and of letters.
16. In Scorpio are holes, snakes, ants, those who are destroyed by poison, stones, or weapons, those who arc maimed or struck down, and those who are reviled; crawling creatures, scorpions (vrishcika), mongooses (babhru), and lizards (godha) ; such things as serpents and other creatures which live in holes;
17. murderers, those who are stamped on by the feet of their enemies, the corrupted, the poor, and those who obey other men’s wives but wrong their own wives; flesh, stomachs, and female and male sexual organs; and vessels, implements of war, and ashes.
18. In Sagittarius are horses, elephants, chariot-wheels, bows, armour, weapons, warriors, arms, and charmed arrows; the Vedas, kindling sticks, mantras, oblations, sacrificial instruments, gods, priests (ritvij), teachers, offerings, and Brahmanas;
19. knowledge, instruction, sacred texts, those who are best in speech, poems, traditions, grammar, and auspicious materials; kingdoms, advisors (amitya), municipal councillors (puramantri), and townspeople; and Brahmanas who stand in water as well as those who stand in ant-hills.
20. In Capricorn are other animals, trees, and clove-trees; … ; the corrupted and the … ; crocodiles (makara) and serpents (uraga); lead (sisa), copper (loha), iron (ayasa), minerals, and nooses;
21. poor grasses (kusasya), grain (dhanya), mines, low people, slaves, causeways, rafts, forests, and rivers; those who live by ships and water; killers of deer (mrga) and birds; and whatever inhabits the waters.
22. Belonging to Aquarius are tanks, wells, dams, and obstructions; slaves, men who arc terrified, and those whose bodies are spotted and branded; poor grain (kusasya), copper (loha), iron (ayasa), and black lead (krsnasisa); outcastes (lit. "cookers of dogs"), of horses, prisoners, and old men;
23. eunuchs, ascetics (pravrajita), and those who marry low (-caste) women; cheats, bad men, and rogues; those who bark like dogs and those who howl like jackals; and pots and so forth.
24. Pertaining to Pisces arc deep waters, oceans, fords, river-banks, ships, helmsmen, (all) sorts of fish, and conchs; the sounds of women, houses, sailors (jalopajivi), baths, clothes, views, and offerings of water;
25. sacrifices, Brahmanas, ceremonies, jewels, pearls, conchs, coral, and water; ornaments; and objects relating to the Puranas, the Vedas, vows, law (niti), and righteousness (dharma).
26. Whatever the nature of a thing – be it town, dry land, forest, or water-and whatever its place-air, fire, earth, or water-a wise man may ascertain that it belongs to this or that (zodiacal) sign which is similar.
27. One must understand that objects take on various forms and characteristics due to the changes originating in the signs. Now I will recite separately each object which has a nature similar to that of each planet.
28. The Sun is lord of kings, forests, peaks, gold, copper, lions, fire, vicious animals, poisons, and woolens; and of lion-thrones, raw flesh, deserts, charred sticks, and heaps of wealth.
29. The Moon is lord of women, paintings, sleep, sexual intercourse, food, and drinks; of things which are cold, wet, or sweet; of flavors and herbs; of garlands, garments, and land; of jewels and pearls; and of saint and lotuses (ambuja).
30. Jupiter is lord of auspiciousness, lotuses (padma), Brahmanas, gods, sacrifices, heaps of grain (dhanya), property, houses, and sons; ofgold, carriages, thrones, and nutritives; of councillors (mantri) and mahattaras.
31. Venus is lord of heaps of jewels such as diamonds, oxen, sons, women, marriages, perfumes, clothes, and ornaments; of good fortune, fragrance, listening (to music), and pavillions; of treasures and of wealthy men.
32. Mars is lord of armies, kings, robbers, the injured, and the slain; of poisons, fire, weapons, blood, and the wounded; and of gold, heaps of minerals, all sorts of flowers, and camikara-gold.
33. Mercury is lord of all sorts of merchandise, of union and separation, of cleverness, crafts, traditions, and medicine; of laughter, the interpretation of mantras, and ambiguities; and of shrines (caityas) and trees.
34. Saturn is lord of corpses, death, prisoners, battles, old men, villains, evil women, eunuchs, lazy people, and the initiated (dikshita); of those who are wretched, slavery, ointments, and cold things; and of all things which are low.
35. Each object, while pertaining to a particular sign, belongs also to a particular planet … ; in its influence on the accomplishment of such things as actions it is to be described in accordance with the positional strength of that planet.
In the Yavanajataka: the rule relating objects to the signs and planets.
