Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
शुष्काङ्गगैः पापैः कार्श्यम् ।
Say the 1st house is a dry sign. Bad planets are in it. Then the body is thin.
राशीशे साङ्गनाथे देहपुष्टिः ।
Say the lord of the [Moon] sign is joined by the lord of the 1st house. Then the body is well built.
तोयर्क्षेऽङ्गेशे शुभान्विते वा जलखगदृष्टे देहपुष्टिः ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in a watery sign and good planets join it. Or a watery planet aspects it. Then the body is well built.
शुभर्क्षेऽङ्गे जलर्क्षेऽङ्गांशेशे देहपुष्टिः ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) is the sign of a good planet. Also the lord of the lagna's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is in a watery sign. Then…