बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

12 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. II. 14
The revered Vishnugupta says :
Sloka 4.—It may be possible for a man trying to
cross the ocean even to reach the other shore through
the force of the wind. But it is not at all possible for
a person who is not a sage to reach even mentally
the other shore of the vast ocean of Kalapurusha, i. e.,
Astrology.
१४. होराशास्त्रेऽपि च राशिहोराद्रेष्काणनवांशकद्वादशभागत्रिं-
शद्भागबलाबलपरिग्रहो ग्रहाणां दिक्स्थानकालचेष्टाभिरनेकप्रकार-
बलनिर्धारणं प्रकृतिधातुद्रव्यजातिचेष्टादिपरिग्रहो निषेकजन्मकाल-
विस्सापनप्रत्ययादेशसद्योमरणायुर्दायदशान्तर्दशाष्टकवर्गराजयोगच-
न्द्रयोगद्विग्रहादियोगानां नाभसादीनां च योगानां फलान्याश्रय-
भावावलोकननिर्याणगत्यनूकानि तत्कालप्रश्नशुभाशुभनिमित्तानि
विवाहादीनां च कर्मणां करणम् ।
14. And the science of horoscopy comprises the
following : the several divisions, viz., Rasi, Hora, Drek-
kana, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa, Trimsamsa, the ascertain-
ment of their strength or weakness, the calculation of the
Balas of the planets due to दिक्, स्थान, काल, and चेष्टा in
their various (Vargas) divisions, the humours of the
planets, the constituent elements of the body represented
by them, the substances pertaining to them, their castes,
their characteristics, etc., the time of Nisheka (impreg-
nation) and actual birth, extraordinary cases of birth
and their prediction, the time of one's immediate death,
the years contributed by the planets for one's life, the
Dasa and its sub-divisions, Ashtakavarga, Raja yogas,
the Chandra or lunar yogas, conjunctions of two or
more planets, Nabhasa and other yogas and their effects,
the effects of planets due to their occupation of