Recovery of Lost Property

1. If the lord of the 4th is in the ascendant or the Moon is in the ascendant,
aspected by the lord of the 4th, the lost money is to be found in the
expected place.
2. If the lord of the 2nd is in the 2nd or 4th, he will have access to much wealth.
Malefics are in the 4th, he will get none.
3. When Mars is in the 7th or 8th, the wealth will not be secured by the querent as
it will be in the protection of another person. If Rahu is in the ascendant
and the sun is in the 8th, the wealth or property will not be secured. The
wealth can be secured if either the Moon or Jupiter becomes the lord of the
7th, 8th or 10th.
4. The lost wealth will be got back if the lords of Lagna and the 7th are in the 7th
and Lagna respectively. Similar result will happen if the two lords are in
Ithasala in the 7th.
5. When the lords or the ascendant and the 7th are in Ithasala, the latter transfers
his influence to the former, meaning the thief will return the wealth. The
Sun is in the ascendant and the Moon is in the 7th, the lost wealth will not
be recovered.
6. The thief will himself stealthe property and run away to his abode, when there
is Ithasala between the lords of the 1st and 10th houses. The thief will be
caught with the stolen property if the Moon and the lord of the 7th are in
combustion.
7. The thief is in the place of theft if the lord of the 7th is in a quadrant. He will
have bolted away if the 7th lord is in any other place. If the lord of the 7th
is in Ithasala with the lord of the 3rd or 9th, the thief will have left the town
limits.
8. When the lord of the 10th is in Ithasala with the lord of the ascendant, recovery
of the stolen property will be through the police. If either the lord of the
3rd or the lord of the 9th has Ithasala with the lord of the 7th, the property
will be recovered in another place.
9. The property will be recovered if the Moon occupying the ascendant or the
10th is in benefic Ithasala. If such a Moon has a friendly aspect from the
Sun or a benefic planet, then also the property will be got back.
10. If a fixed sign or a fixed Navamsa rises, or the Lagna is Vargottama, the thief
will be the querent's own man and the property will be with him.

11. According as the rising Drekkana is the first, the middle or the last, the lost
property will respectively be hidden near the door, or inside the premises,
or in the backyard of the house.
12. If the question refers to money inadvertantly lost, say that it is in the place
dropped if the lord of the ascendant is in the 7th and vice versa or if both
the lords are in Muthasila.
13. If "which direction is the lost property to be secured" is the question, say that it
is in the east, south, west or north according as the Moon occupies the
ascendant, the 10th, the 7th or the 4th house.
14. When the Moon is not in a Kendra the direction is signified by his position
from the nearest quadrant, the reckoning commencing from the ascendant
as east and every 45o there from representing a cardinal point in the order
of east, south-east, south-west,north, north-west and north-east; or the
direction is signified by the nature of the rising sign.
15. In regard to questions bearing on lost or stolen wealth, 7th signifies the thief,
the 4th signifies the property and the ascendant and the Moon signify the
person who has lost the money.
16. The lost property will be recovered if the lord of the Lagna is in the 7th in
Ithasala with the 7th lord. The thief himself will return the property when
the lord of the 8th is in the ascendant.
17. If the lord of the 2nd is combust the thief will be caught. If the lords of the
ascendant and the 10th are in Ithasala, the thief will be apprehended along
with the property.
18. If in the above combination, there is no aspect of the lord of Lagna, the thief
will have come just for committing the theft. If the lord of the 7th is
combust, the thief will be caught.
19. When there is Ithasala between the lords of the ascendant and the 7th, the
money will be returned by the thief due to the fear of the police. when
there is no Ithasala and when the lord of the ascendant is weak, the thief
returns the money to the authorities concerned. when the lords of the 1st
and 10th are in conjunction, the stolen property can be got by going to the
authorities.
20. The thief's money is signified by the 8th house. If the lord of the 2nd is in the
7th or 8th, the stolen property will not be recovered. If there is Muthasila
between the lords of the 2nd and 9th, the money will be got back.
21. When there is Muthasila between the lords of the 8th and the 10th, the
authority will favour the thief's point of view. When

there is no mutual aspect between the lords of the ascendant and the 2nd, the
querent will get news about lost property, but he will not recover it.
22. If the query is "who is the thief", say he is a member in the household of the
querent if the ascendant is aspected by the Sun or the Moon. If both the
Sun and the Moon aspect the Lagna, then say the thief lives near the
querent's house.
23. When the lords of the ascendant and the 7th are in the ascendant, the thief is
one belonging to the same household. If the lord of the 7th is in the 12th or
the 3rd, the thief is the querent's own servant.
24. The thief is a well-known person if the lord of the 7th occupies his own or
exaltation place. He will have been assisted by a person signified by the
strongest of planets occupying the ascendant, the 7th or the 10th.
25. When the combinations given above are present, judge the thief by the
strength of the lord of the 7th. If such a planet happens to be debilitated
Sun, the father of the house-owner will be the thief.
26. According as such a debilitated planet happens to be the Moon, Venus,
Saturn, Jupiter or Mars, the thief will respectively be the owner's mother,
wife, son, an important member of the house or brother or the son.
27. If the debilitated lord of the 7th is Mercury, then the thief will be a relative or
a friend. The nature of the thief should also be ascertained by a
consideration of Punyasaham. If the Punyasaham is not aspected by
malefics, the thief determined as above will not be the thief. But if the 7th
lord is aspected by malefics, the earlier finding holds good.
28. When the lord of the 7th is in Musaripha with Mars, the thief will not have
been caught before. If Saturn happening to be the lord of the 7th is
aspected by the Moon, the thief is an heretic.
29. Jupiter denotes the crime being committed with public notice. Mars indicates
the money being hidden in a pit. Venus suggests use of a duplicate key.
Mercury denotes that the theft is due to a guest.
30. According as the significator happens to be Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars,
Saturn or the Sun, the thief will respectively be a youth, a boy, a middleaged
person, a young person, an old man and a very old person.
31. If the Sun is in the 12th or 2nd, the thief is a young person. If the sign is Leo,
the thief is of middle age. If the Sun is in the 7th, he is old and if in the 4th,
very old.
32. The place, where the stolen article is kept, will be appropriate to the nature of
the sign in the fourth house-earthy, fiery, airy or watery.

33. The nature of the planet owning or occupying the 4th should also be
considered. If the planet is Saturn-a dirty place; the Moon-watery place;
Jupiter-temples; Mars-near fire; the Sun-the principal seat of the owner in
his house; Venus-bed; Mercury-place where food is served or library or
money is kept.
34. If the question "is he thief or not" is put, say that the suspected person is the
thief if there is Muthasila between the Moon and a malefic. If the Moon's
Muthasila is with benefics, the suspected person is not the thief.
35. If "has he committed any theft before" is the question, say that he has
committed a theft before if either the Moon or the ascendant lord is in
Musaripha with the lord of the 7th.
36. If the lord of the 7th is a feminine planet or is in a feminine sign or is joined
with or aspected by feminine planets, the thief is a female if contrary, the
thief is a male.
37. By carefully studying the Navamsa dispositions of the ascendant lord,
ascertain the age, size, caste, etc., of the thief. Of the plenty of literature
available on the subject of identifying the thief, I have explained a few
principles here