Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 5 · Portents, Comets
ग्रहचारः केतवश्च
मध्यमार्गे च तिसृषु सर्वमप्यधमं फलम् ।पूर्वस्यां दिशि मेघस्तु शुभदः पितृपंचके ॥ ६८ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 68.
In the three lanes of the middle path, every result is poor. In the east, in the five stars from Magha, the clouds bring good.
Simple meaning: Venus in the middle lanes gives poor results. Seen in the east in the Magha group, it brings good rain.
स्वातित्रये पश्चिमायां तस्यां शुक्रस्तथाविधः ।
Venus in the west in the Svati group also brings rain. The opposite brings drought; Mercury adds rain.
कृष्णाष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्याममायां च यदा सितः ।
Venus rising or setting on those days tends to bring heavy rain.
मिथः सप्तमराशिस्थौ पश्चात्प्राग्वीथिसंस्थितौ ।
Jupiter and Venus opposite each other, one west and one east, can bring drought, famine and war.