Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
सौम्यभांशगाः सौम्याः सर्वारिष्टहराः ।
Say good planets are in the signs and navamshas (one-ninth part of a sign) of good planets. Then they remove every danger to life.
भेशे केन्द्रे वा सौम्ये केन्द्रे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the lord of the sign [holding the Moon] is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Or say a good planet is there. Then danger to life is removed.
शीर्षोदयगाः सर्वे सर्वारिष्टहराः ।
Say all planets are in shirshodaya (head-first rising sign) signs. Then they remove every danger to life.
षष्ठाष्टमगे कृष्णे चन्द्रे दिवा पापदृष्टे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in the 6th or 8th house, in the dark half, by day. Bad planets aspect it. Then it removes every danger to life.