Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
स्वसुहृत्तुङ्गस्थो भाववृद्धिकरः ।
Say a planet is in its own sign, a friend's sign or its uchcha (high point). That planet makes the house it holds grow.
यद्भावात् त्रिके पापास्तद्भावनाशः ।
Say bad planets are in the 6th, 8th or 12th house counted from a house. Then that house is lost.
यद्भावेशस्त्रिके त्रिकेशो वा यद्भावे तद्भावनाशः ।
Say the lord of a house sits in the 6th, 8th or 12th house from it. Or the lord of one of those houses sits in that house. Then that house is lost.
यद्भावीयकेन्द्रार्थकोणस्थानानि शुभपतियुतानि तद्भावपुष्टिः पापयुतानि चेद्धानिर्मिश्रयुतानि मिश्रम ।
Take the kendra (corner house) places, the 2nd place and the trikona (luck house) places counted from a house. Say good planets and the lord of that…