Rashmi-bala — the strength of the planetary rays
When planets are in deep exaltation, they have a definite number of rays. The exalted Sun has 10 rays, the Moon has 9 rays, Mars — 5, Mercury — 5, Jupiter — 7, Venus — 8, Saturn — 5. Debilitated planets have no rays at all. In intermediate positions the number of rays is calculated proportionally.
When the total number of all the rays exceeds 25, prosperity and a long life await the person.
Sri Govind Swarup Agarwal — «Vedic Astrology»
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Rashmi-bala
«Brihat-Parashara-Hora-Shastra» 75:22-23:
O Brahmin! Favourable and unfavourable results are in accordance with the number of rays acquired by any graha.
Predicting exact results without knowing the number of rays is impossible.
Therefore learned astrologers must determine the number of rays of the grahas before predicting the results.
The results of the rays of the planets (Rashmi-Phala)
The results of from 1 to 5 rays:
The person will always remain unhappy, his birth is ignoble, and he is depraved.
The results of from 6 to 10 rays:
The person will wander abroad, will be unhappy, deprived of luck, and will be brought up by strangers.
The results of from 11 to 15 rays:
The person will have a small fortune, he will love spirituality, will be happy and handsome according to his origin.
The results of from 16 to 20 rays:
The person will have a good character and fame, he will be patient and skilled in the arts.
The results of from 21 to 25 rays:
The person is endowed with luck and will give happiness to his friends. (When there are more than 20 rays, then with an increase of every 5 rays the results grow in the same proportion.)
The results of from 26 to 30 rays:
The person will receive happiness thanks to the king (the government), will become a minister of the king, and will succeed in many things and in wealth.
The results of 31 rays:
The person will become respected in the world, will be the equal of a king, of a minister of the king or of the general of a large army.
The results of 32 rays:
The person will become the ruler of many cities and of 100 villages.
The results of 33 and 34 rays:
The person will become the ruler of from 1000 to 3000 villages.
The results of 35 rays:
The person will become the head of a district, will indulge in sensual pleasures, is endowed with strength, will possess a clear character, will be magnificent, and will own great wealth and property.
The results of 36 and 37 rays:
The person will become the ruler of from 150,000 to 300,000 villages.
The results of 38 rays:
The person will be exceedingly powerful and strong, will rule more than 4 million villages, and will have as much wealth and property as belongs to Indra — the God of Gods.
The results of 39 rays:
The person will enjoy respect and fame and will become a king; he will be like Garuda (the bird devoted to Lord Sri Vishnu, on which he flies).
The results of 40 rays:
The person will become the ruler of the Earth, and during his victorious campaigns in all ten directions
the sound of the roar of the elephants of his army is as loud as the thunder from the clouds in the sky.
The results of 41 rays:
The person will become the ruler of the Earth between two seas.
The results of 42 and 43 rays:
The person will destroy his enemies by his great strength and will rule the Earth surrounded by three seas.
The results of 44 rays:
The person will become the king of the whole world; in his army there are elephants as huge as mountains, many kinds of Chhatras that are like tortoises, many banners that may be compared to fishes, chariots like boats, and their weapons glitter like waves.
The results of 45—50 rays:
The person will be a king whose fame will spread over all the continents.
The results of more than 51 rays:
The person will be a king of kings, that is, an invincible emperor of the world. The results must be predicted in accordance with the status of the family and the position in society, as follows:
A Kshatriya with a total number of rays greater than 50 will be an emperor,
a Vaishya (with the same number of rays) will be a king,
a Shudra (under the same conditions) will be wealthy,
a Brahmin will be a spiritual and knowledgeable scholar.