Jataka Tattva · Chapter 3
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
These are the first house results in Jataka Tattva. The first house is the rising sign, and it stands for the body.
The chapter has 346 sutras. It reads the build, looks, nature and habits of a person. It also covers skills, eating, speech and the eyes. Its rules weigh the lord of the house, the planets in it and the looks on it.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
कोशेशे सौम्ययुते केन्द्रे सुमुखः ।
Say the lord of the 2nd house is joined with a good planet. Say it is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Then the person has a good-looking face.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धने पापे धनेशे पापयुते नीचारिगे दुर्मुखः ।
Say a bad planet is in the 2nd house. Say the lord of the 2nd house is joined with a bad planet. It is in its nicha (low point) or an enemy's sign. Then the person has an ugly face.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धने पापे दीर्घमुखः ।
Say a bad planet is in the 2nd house. Then the person has a long face.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
जामित्रे मन्दे चन्द्रे खे वाग्मी ।
Say Saturn is in the 7th house and the Moon is in the 10th house. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मन्दाच्छौ वित्ते मन्दभेऽर्के वाग्मी ।
Say Saturn and Venus are in the 2nd house, and the Sun is in a sign of Saturn. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
दिवा सिंहे ज्ञे वाग्मी ।
Say the birth is by day and Mercury is in Leo. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
रात्रौ कर्के ज्ञे वाग्मी ।
Say the birth is at night and Mercury is in Cancer. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धनेशे सौम्ययुते केन्द्रकोणे वा शुभेक्षिते पुंग्रहयोगे वाग्मी ।
Say the lord of the 2nd house is joined with good planets. Say it is in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th or 10th house. Or say good planets aspect it and it is joined with a male planet. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धनेशे पारावतांशे केन्द्रे वाग्मी ।
Say the lord of the 2nd house is in a paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Say it is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सौम्येंशे जीवे वाग्मी ।
Say Jupiter is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a good planet. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
वागीशांशपे उच्चे गोपुरे वा वाग्मी ।
Say the lord of Jupiter's navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is in its uchcha (high point). Or say it is in a gopura amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सशुभे जीवे वर्गोत्तमे वाग्मी ।
Say Jupiter is joined with good planets. Say it is vargottama (same sign in the chart and its navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign)). Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धनेशे पारावतांशे जीवयुते वाग्मी ।
Say the lord of the 2nd house is in a paravata amsha (a good rank of strength), joined with Jupiter. Then the person speaks well.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
षष्ठेशे ज्ञे जिह्वादोषः ।
Say Mercury is the lord of the 6th house. Then the person has a defect of the tongue.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मदेशाद् धने केतावस्फुटोक्तिः ।
Say Ketu is in the 2nd house from the lord of the 7th house. Then the speech is not clear.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मन्दर्क्षे ज्ञे मन्ददृष्टे गद्गदवाक् ।
Say Mercury is in a sign of Saturn, aspected by Saturn. Then the person stammers.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धर्मेशे शुक्रे लल्लरोक्तिः ।
Say Venus is the lord of the 9th house. Then the person lisps.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धनेशे विबले क्रूरांशे लल्लरोक्तिः ।
Say the lord of the 2nd house is weak. Say it is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a bad planet. Then the person lisps.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
पापे धने वा पापदृष्टे क्रूरांशे पापयुते लल्लरोक्तिः ।
Say a bad planet is in the 2nd house, or bad planets aspect it. Say [the lord of the 2nd] is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of a bad planet. Say it is joined with bad planets. Then the person lisps.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मन्देन्दुयोगे परुषवाक् ।
Say Saturn and the Moon are joined. Then the person speaks harshly.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
गोजधनेऽङ्गे क्रूरैर्दृष्टे वा युते दन्तविकारः ।
Say the 1st house is Aries and the 2nd house is Taurus. Say bad planets aspect or join the 1st house. Then the person has trouble with the teeth.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सप्तमे पापाः सौम्यैरदृष्टाः दन्तविकृतिः ।
Say bad planets are in the 7th house and good planets do not aspect them. Then the teeth are in bad shape.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
चन्द्रार्क्यर्कौ वा पापा अस्ते दशनाभिघातः ।
Say the Moon, Saturn and the Sun, or bad planets, are in the 7th house. Then the teeth are hurt.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सप्तमेशाद्धने राहौ स्थूलदन्तः ।
Say Rahu is in the 2nd house from the lord of the 7th house. Then the person has thick teeth.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
धनारीशौ युतौ सपापौ दन्तरोगी ।
Say the lords of the 2nd and 6th houses are joined together and with bad planets. Then the person may suffer from tooth disease.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सुतेऽङ्गे राहौ दन्तुरो दन्तरोगी वा ।
Say Rahu is in the 5th or 1st house. Then the person has teeth that stick out, or may suffer from tooth disease.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
शकुबुजीयुतौ दिवा तुर्यगे शुक्रे च हस्तनाशः ।
Say Saturn, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter are joined. Say the birth is by day and Venus is in the 4th house. Then a hand is lost.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
शन्यारौ राहुमुखे चारिगौ हस्तनाशः ।
Say Saturn and Mars are in Rahu's mouth. Say they are also in the 6th house. Then a hand is lost.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
द्वेष्यर्क्षे मन्दे शुक्रयुते हस्तनाशः ।
Say Saturn is in an enemy's sign, joined with Venus. Then a hand is lost.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मन्देन्द्वर्काः षष्ठाष्टमगा हस्तपीडा ।
Say Saturn, the Moon and the Sun are in the 6th and 8th houses. Then the hand is in pain.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
तुर्येऽङ्गेशे वक्रभेऽल्यंशे कुब्जः ।
Say the lord of the 1st house is in the 4th house. Say it is in a sign of Mars and the Scorpio navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). Then the person is hunchbacked.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
रन्ध्रे स्थिरे ज्ञेज्यशुक्राः कठिनचित्तः ।
Say Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are in the 8th house, in a fixed sign. Then the person has a hard heart.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सुखे क्रूरे क्रूरान्विते सुखेशे विरुद्धचित्तः ।
Say a bad planet is in the 4th house. Say the lord of the 4th house is joined with a bad planet. Then the person has a mind set against others.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
रन्ध्रगौ शुक्रारौ वाताण्डवृद्धिः ।
Say Venus and Mars are in the 8th house. Then the person may suffer from swelling of the testicles from vata (the wind humour).
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
भौमर्क्षगौ शुक्रारौ वाताण्डवृद्धिः ।
Say Venus and Mars are in signs of Mars. Then the person may suffer from swelling of the testicles from vata (the wind humour).
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
इन्द्वच्छौ भौमर्क्षगौ मन्देज्यदृष्टौ कललजाण्डवृद्धिः ।
Say the Moon and Venus are in signs of Mars, aspected by Saturn and Jupiter. Then the person may suffer from swelling of the testicles with fluid.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
सगुलिकांशे ज्ञमात्रदृष्टे स्थूलाण्डः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say Gulika (son of Saturn, a shadow point) is in it. Say Mercury alone aspects it. Then the person has large testicles.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
पूर्णेन्द्वारौ षष्ठे जङ्घाक्षतिः ।
Say the full Moon and Mars are in the 6th house. Then the leg is hurt.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
शनीन्द्वारा व्यये जङ्घाक्षतिः ।
Say Saturn, the Moon and Mars are in the 12th house. Then the leg is hurt.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
झषाल्यजकर्कमृगान्यतमगौ इन्द्वर्कजौ सपापौ नवमपञ्चमगौ वा पङ्गुः ।
Say the Moon and Saturn are in one of Pisces, Scorpio, Aries, Cancer or Capricorn, joined with bad planets. Or say they are in the 9th and 5th houses. Then the person is lame.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
षष्ठे सूर्यारमन्दाः पङ्गुः ।
Say the Sun, Mars and Saturn are in the 6th house. Then the person is lame.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मन्दारीशौ व्यये पापदृष्टौ पङ्गुः ।
Say Saturn and the lord of the 6th house are in the 12th house, aspected by bad planets. Then the person is lame.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
रन्ध्राङ्केशौ सपापौ तुर्ये पङ्गुः ।
Say the lords of the 8th and 9th houses are in the 4th house, joined with bad planets. Then the person is lame.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
कर्के चन्द्रार्कजौ शुभादृष्टौ पङ्गुः ।
Say the Moon and Saturn are in Cancer, and good planets do not aspect them. Then the person is lame.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
मन्दाच्छयुतौ शुभादृष्टौ पङ्गुः ।
Say Saturn and Venus are joined, and good planets do not aspect them. Then the person is lame.
प्रकीर्णतत्त्वम् : अङ्गविचारः (प्रथमविवेकः)
दारेशे सौरे सपापे पङ्गुः ।
Say Saturn is the lord of the 7th house and is joined with bad planets. Then the person is lame.
Sutra 3.28 says that a strong good planet in the rising sign tends to give a well built body.
Sutra 3.187 says the person may be steady and brave when the lord of the 3rd house is with the Moon.
Sutra 3.306 says a person born by day with Mercury in Leo tends to speak well.