Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 3 · Body, Nature, Health: the 1st House
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
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…
अङ्गेशोऽङ्गे देहसौख्यम् ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in the 1st house. Then the body is at ease and healthy.