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Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मिथुनांशे देहपुष्टिः ।
Say the lagna (rising sign) falls in a Gemini navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the body is well built.
लग्नगे सबले सत्खचरे देहपुष्टिः ।
Say a strong good planet is in the lagna (rising sign). Then the body is well built.
लग्नादिराशयः शिरःप्रभृति कालाङ्गेषु कल्प्याः ।
Take the signs from the lagna (rising sign) onward as the limbs of the body of time. The first is the head, and so on.
यत्राङ्गे दीर्घराशिः दीर्घभपश्च तद्दीर्घं व्यस्ते ह्रस्वं, मिश्रे मिश्रं ग्रहानाक्रान्तराशिश्चेद्राशिवत ।
Say the sign on a limb is a long sign. A planet that rules a long sign sits in it. Then that limb is long. If both are short, the limb is short. If…