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Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
शीर्षोदयांशेऽङ्गे मूर्द्धतः प्रसव उभयोदयांशे हस्ततोऽन्यथा पादतः ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) is in a navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a shirshodaya (head-first rising sign). Then the child comes out head first. If it is in a navamsha of an ubhayodaya (sign rising both ways), the child comes by the hands. Otherwise the child comes feet first.
लग्नचन्द्रान्यतरतो बन्ध्वस्तगेषु क्रूरेषु मातुः कष्टम् ।
Count from the lagna (rising sign) or from the Moon, whichever you like. Say malefics are in the 4th and 7th houses. Then the mother suffers.
केन्द्रगस्य वा बलिनो ग्रहस्य दिशि गृहद्वारम् ।
The door of the house faces the direction of a planet in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Or it faces the direction of a strong planet.
काष्ठाढ्यं नवं दग्धं चित्रं दृढं रम्यं जीर्णं क्रमादर्कादिषु यो बली तदनुसारि गृहम् ।
The house follows the strongest planet. Sun: much wood. Moon: new. Mars: burnt. Mercury: painted. Jupiter: strong. Venus: lovely. Saturn: old.