CARA-DAŚĀ YEAR-COUNT: Now I will tell you about the working out of the Daśā years of Scorpio and Aquarius. If both the lords of the two rāśis — Scorpio and Aquarius — are posited in their own rāśis, their Daśā will be of 12 years. Otherwise the Daśā will be of the number of years indicated by the number counted from that rāśi to the rāśi occupied by its lord. If one planet be in his own sign and the other in any other sign, the Daśā will be of the number of years counted from the above first sign to the other. If the lords are in different signs the counting is to be done up to the sign which is stronger. The sign which has a planet posited in it is considered more powerful than the sign without a planet in it. If both be with planets in them, the one with more planets would be considered more powerful. If both signs are housed by an equal number of planets, the strength of the sign itself should be taken into account. The principle for considering the strength of the sign is that the fixed sign is considered stronger than the movable one, and the dual sign is considered more powerful than the fixed sign. If there be equality in the strength of the signs, then to determine the number of years of Daśā, counting should be done up to the sign with bigger number. If one sign be occupied by a planet in exaltation, the counting should be done up to that sign only. In addition 1 should be added in the number of years in the case of sign with an exalted planet, and 1 should be deducted in the case of the sign with a debilitated planet. The prediction should be made after calculating the Daśās in this manner.