Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
चन्द्रात् खे जीवो व्यये ज्ञाच्छौ लाभे खलाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Count from the Moon. Say Jupiter is in the 10th, Mercury and Venus are in the 12th, and bad planets are in the 11th. Then they remove every danger to life.
कर्काजे इन्दौ केन्द्रे सद्दृष्टे सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say the Moon is in Cancer or Aries, in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Good planets aspect it. Then it removes every danger to life.
कर्काजवृषेऽङ्गे राहौ सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say Rahu is in the lagna (rising sign), in Cancer, Aries or Taurus. Then it removes every danger to life.
केन्द्रे तदग्रे च सर्वखेटाः सर्वारिष्टहरः ।
Say all planets are in the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses, and in the houses next after them. Then they remove every danger to life.