NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS: If Mercury is in the 3rd while the 3rd lord and Moon are together as the indicator (Mars) joins Saturn, the effects are: there occurred the birth of an elder sister and there will be younger brothers; further the third brother will die. Should Mars and Rāhu be conjunct while the 3rd lord is in his sign of debilitation, there will be loss of younger brothers/sisters while 3 elder brothers/sisters were attained by the native. If the 3rd lord is in an angle while the significator is exalted in a trine and be in the company of Jupiter, 12 will be the number of total co-born. Out of these 2 elders and the 3rd, 7th, 9th and 12th of younger co-born will be shortlived while six of the said twelve will be longlived.

विविध भ्रातृ-सौख्य-योग: यदि तृतीयेश या मंगल में से कोई एक भी केन्द्र या त्रिकोण में हो, अथवा स्वोच्च, स्वमित्र या स्व-वर्ग में गया हो — तो भाइयों का सुख होता है। यदि तृतीय में बुध, तृतीयेश के साथ चन्द्र, तथा मंगल के साथ शनि हो — तो जातक की एक बड़ी बहन व एक छोटा भाई होता है, तथा उसके बाद एक भाई पैदा होकर मर जाता है।