Business Astrology

Benefics in the fifth give gain through stocks and speculative ventures, particularly Jupiter. Malefics here also cause harm. Planets in the fourth give property and vehicles. Saturn here is also good for this. Benefics in the second give good income through our own personal work but malefics can cause difficulty. Both Jupiter and Mercury do well here. Planets in the tenth, benefic or malefic, give us the power to influence the public but Saturn here often raises us up only to take us down again.

• Houses that give wealth should be strong, tenanted or aspected by benefics, and their lords should also be strong. Houses that give poverty should be untenanted.
• Aspects of separative planets (Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and the lord of the twelfth) should be avoided on houses of wealth, particularly on the tenth house that governs career.

Planets should not be located in houses of loss. Planets in the twelfth will give high expenses. However, if we are engaged in some charitable ventures we may have benefics or well placed planets in the twelfth. We should also note that some people who have both high income and high expenses will have a prominent twelfth house but other strong wealth- giving houses to balance it out. Venus in the twelfth, however, is generally good for wealth. The twelfth as the house of foreign countries can also show material activities in foreign lands, including import/export.

Planets in the eighth also give such difficulties. However, in insurance and inheritance matters, well-placed planets here are helpful. Planets in the sixth give legal difficulties, enmity or conflict. But well placed planets in the sixth, like Jupiter, Mercury or the Moon are often found in health or service ventures.