Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
चन्द्रे तुर्ये वा मन्दयुतदृष्टे वा जलभांशे ऽन्धकारे जन्म ।
Say the Moon is in the 4th house. Or say the Moon is in a water sign and a water navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Saturn joins or aspects it…