Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
सूक्ष्माः सिंहधनुर्मेषाः पीतोष्णाःपित्तधातवः ॥वृषकन्यामृगा रूक्षा उष्णशीताश्च वातुलाः ॥
Leo, Sagittarius and Aries are subtle, yellow and hot. Their dhatu (body tissue / state) is pitta (the bile humour). Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are dry, hot and cold. They are of vata (the wind humour).
Simple meaning: Bile and wind signs: Leo, Sagittarius, Aries are hot and bile natured. Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn are dry and wind natured.
युग्मकुंभतुला उष्णाः स्निग्धांगास्तुल्यधातवः ॥
Balanced and phlegm signs: Gemini, Aquarius, Libra are balanced. Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio are cold and phlegm natured.
नृपविट्शूद्रभूदेवास्तथा पूर्वादिकादिशः ॥
Caste and direction of signs: from Aries, king, trader, worker, brahmin, and east onward, repeated three times round.
पृष्ठोदयाः कर्कमृगधनुर्मेषवृषा अमी ॥
How signs rise: Cancer, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aries, Taurus rise back first. Pisces rises both ways. The rest rise head first.