PROSPERITY OR ANNIHILATION OF A HOUSE: Predict prosperity of the house which is conjunct or is aspected by a benefic. Also when its lord is in Yuvāvasthā or in Prabuddhāvasthā or in Kumārāvasthā or in the 10th house, the bhāva's wellbeing is indicated. The bhāva which is not aspected by its lord, or whose lord is with a malefic planet or with one of the lords of evil and such other houses (i.e. 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th), or is defeated in a planetary war, or is in one of the three Avasthās viz. Vṛddhāvasthā, Mṛtāvasthā and Suptāvasthā — annihilates.

भाव-फल-विचार के मौलिक नियम: (अ) जिस भाव में उसका स्वामी या शुभ-ग्रह बैठा हो; अथवा शुभ-ग्रहों से दृष्ट हो; अथवा जिस भाव का स्वामी 'युवावस्था' या 'कुमारावस्था' या 'प्रबुद्धावस्था' में हो; अथवा लग्न से (या विचारणीय भाव से) दशम स्थान में हो — ऐसी अवस्था वाला भावेश यदि उस भाव को देखे/योग करे तो उस भाव से सम्बन्धित सारे शुभ-फल होते हैं।