Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
पापदृष्टेऽङ्गे चन्द्रे मन्दारौ लाभे मातृत्यक्तो विनश्यति ।
Say a malefic aspects the Moon in the lagna (rising sign). Saturn and Mars are in the 11th house. Then the mother leaves the child and the child dies.
मातापितृग्रहयोर्यो बली तत्सम्बन्धिगृहे जन्म ।
Take the planet for the mother and the planet for the father. See which is stronger. The birth is in the home of that parent.
सौम्याः सर्वे नीचगाः वृक्षनदीप्राकारादिषु जन्म ।
Say all the benefics are in their fall. Then the birth is under a tree, by a river, by a wall or the like.
नीचगेषु शुभेषु चन्द्रेऽङ्गे ग्रहमात्रादृष्टे ऽटव्यां जन्म ।
Say the benefics are in their fall and the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign). No planet aspects the Moon. Then the birth is in a forest.