1-3. SIGN ASPECTS:
O Maitreya, now detailed are the aspects emanating from the signs Aries, etc. Every movable sign aspects the 3 fixed signs leaving the fixed sign adjacent to it. Every fixed sign lends aspect to the 3 movable signs barring the adjacent movable sign. And a common sign aspects the other three common signs. The planet in a sign lends the same aspect as the sign (in which the planet is) does.
4-5. PLANETARY ASPECTS:
A planet in a movable sign aspects the other 3 fixed signs leaving the fixed sign next to it. A planet in a fixed sign does not aspect the next movable sign but the remaining 3 movable signs. The one in a common sign throws aspect over the remaining 3 common signs. Simultaneously a planet in the aspected sign is also subjected to the aspect concerned.
6-9. ASPECTUAL DIAGRAM:
As depicted by Lord Brahma, I now narrate the aspectual diagram so that aspects are easily understood by a mere sight of the diagram. Draw a square or a circle marking the 8 directions (4 corners and 4 quarters thereof). Mark the zodiacal signs as under: Aries and Taurus in east, Gemini in the north-east, Cancer and Leo in the north, Virgo in the north-west, Libra and Scorpio in the west, Sagittarius in the south-west, Capricorn and Aquarius in the south, and Pisces in the south-east. The aspects (as per the earlier slokas) can be shown in a square diagram or circular diagram (as per convenience).
