Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
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 house join them. Then that house is made strong. If bad planets join them, the house is lost. If both good and bad planets join them, the result is mixed.
यद्भावे शौरिर्नीचास्तगः शुभैरयुतेक्षितश्चेत् तद्भावनाशः ।
Say Saturn is in a house, in its nicha (low point) and burnt by the Sun. No good planet joins or aspects it. Then that house is lost.
यद्यद्भावीयरन्ध्रेशसूर्यशनिगुलिकेशगुलिकांशेशानां मध्ये योऽधिकबली तत्पाके मूर्तिवित्तादिनाशः ।
Take any house. Look at five planets. The first three are the lord of the 8th from that house, the Sun and Saturn. The fourth is the lord of the…
स्वांशेऽङ्गेशे शुभयुते वा शुभदृष्टे देहसौख्यम् ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in its own navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Good planets also join it or aspect it. Then the body is at ease…