Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
लग्नेशेऽल्पतरभे शुभे दृग्घीने वामनः ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in a very short sign. No good planet aspects it. Then the person is short.
पृष्ठोदयगे चन्द्रे तुर्ये शनिदृष्टे चाजेऽङ्गेशे वामनः ।
Say the Moon is in a prishthodaya (back-first rising sign). It is in the 4th house, aspected by Saturn. The lord of the 1st house is in Aries. Then…
सिंहेऽर्काच्छौ खे मृगे चन्द्रे वामनः ।
Say the Sun and Venus are in Leo, in the 10th house. The Moon is in Capricorn. Then the person is short.
आद्यन्त्येशे चन्द्रमन्ददृष्टे सौम्यादृष्टे वामनः ।
Say the lord of the 1st or of the 12th is aspected by the Moon and Saturn. No good planet aspects it. Then the person is short.