If the ascendant is occupied by the lords of the 6th and 8th along with the Sun, the native will be afflicted by fever and tumours. Mars replacing Sun will cause swelling and hardening of the brood vessels and wounds and hits by weapons. Mercury so featuring will bring in bilious diseases while Jupiter in similar case will destroy any disease. similarly Venus will cause diseases through females, Saturn windy diseases, Rahu danger through menials and Ketu navel diseases. The Moon in such a conjunction inflict will dangers through water and phlegmatic disorders. Similar estimates be e made from the respective significators for relatives like father.
| Planet | Responsible For |
| Sun | Diseases of the nerves of the brain, cellular excitation, blood affliction, weak constitution, dryness, apoplexy, diseases of arteries, bowel disorders, pimples, skin and throat affliction, chronic inflammation, conjunctivitis, diphtheria, dizziness, dropsy (Hindu astrology relates dropsy to Jupiter), fever, fistula, giddiness, glaucoma, violent pains and headaches, organic heart troubles, palpitation disorders, hyperanaemia, afflictions to excretory and generative systems, measles, obstruction in the stomach, quinsy, scrofula, scurvy, sharpness of urine, smallpox, disorders of spine, strangury, sunstrokes, swellings in neck or feet, tremblings, tumours, venereal. distempers etc. |
| Moon | Gaseous distention of abdomen, abscesses, diseases of alimentary canal, disorders of bladder, blindness, disorders of bowels, disorders of the brain substance, bronchial disorders, cancer, carditis, catarrh, cellular zymosis, worms in children, colds, conjunctivitis, rotten coughs, delirium (Rahu is the main planet for delirium according to Hindu astrology), diarrhoea, irregular menses, menstrual disorders, dyspepsia, effusions, epilepsy, eruptions, disorders of eyes, gout in feet, osmosis, leucorrhoea, diseases of genetals, defects in haemoglobin, hysteria, mental ill health, stone in Kidneys (also Venus indicates this disorder), scrofula, disorders of larynx, disorders of breasts, diseases of mucous and serous membranes, miscarriage. Obstruction of bowels and lungs, phthisis, premature births, profluvial effusions, thin blood, disorder of uterus, vomiting etc. Moon will also cause liver defects for women (while Jupiter afflicts the male’s liver). |
| Mars | Death by abortions, disorders of vessels, bleeding, excessive menses, boils, affections and pains in breasts, burns, bruises, carbuncles, chickenpox, cholera, congestion of blood, consumption, contagious fevers, cutaneous eruptions, fatty degeneration of the heart, dysentery, epidemics, fractures and falls, disorders of geneto-urinary system, gonorrhoea, haemoptysis, hernia, hysteria, itches, loss of blood, haemorrhage of lungs, malaria (also under Rahu), ulceration of penis, perityphlitis, piles, semitertial fevers, syphilis, extreme heat in throat, tonsils, vascular excitement, abscess of vulva, yellow jaundice etc. |
| Mercury | Nervous complaints, asthma, apoplexy, impure blood, disorders caused to brain by overwork, rapid breathing, shortness of breathing, colic in the bowels, cramps in the arms, shoulders, legs and feet, dumbness, falling fits, flatulent colic, gastro-abdominal troubles, hyperasthesia, insomnia, neuralgia in and obstruction of kidneys, paralysis of the nervous system, pulmonary diseases, quivering, griplings in stomach, suppression of urine, heart tremours, lowering or exhausting of the vital fluids of the nerves, worms in bowels etc. |
| Jupiter | Jupiter will not cause any disease by himself but when afflicted in the figure by adverse heavenly bodies. Such are : Adiposis (excessive formation of adipose tissue), disorders of adrenals, diseases from corrupt air, alterations in the red blood particles, disorders of arterial blood, disorders in the back and of backbone, stone in bladder, cancer of the breast, cerebral congestion, digestive disorders, dropsy, affections of the ear, eczema, tumour of kidneys, disturbances of milk glands, fatty degeneration of muscles, plethoric and sthenic distentions, potato like cancer, thoracic diathesis, pains in vertebrae, diseases of viscera, liver and spleen. |
| Venus | Comedo, disorders of bowels (like distempers, flux and mucus in bowels), breathing disorders (caused by tight lacing and indiscretions in dress), Bright’s Disease, poor circulation of venous blood, clogging of the system, disorders caused by wrong use of cosmetics, diabetes, diphtheria, enlarged tonsils, humorous discharge from eyes, skin eruptions and diseases in feet, bilious flatulency, hysteria, diseases of kidneys, King’s Evil, diseases of matrix, Night Losses (discharge in sleep), venereal disorders, disorders of thorax, Typhus Fever, urine infection, etc. |
| Saturn | Anti-peristalsis, arthritis, articular rheumatism, black jaundice, fractures of and pains in bones, chronic bronchitis, impotence, club feet, colds, deafness, dyspnoea, typhoid, disorders of foetus and troubles during conception, narrowing of passages, heart affected by poison, depression in skull, lumpy and hard stools, ablation of tonsils, dental diseases etc. |