Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
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 the person is short.
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.
लग्नेशेऽल्पर्क्षे लग्नदर्शिनि वामनः ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in a short sign. It aspects the lagna (rising sign). Then the person is short.