Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 4 · Wealth: the 2nd House
धनविवेकः
धनेशे सिंहासने वा पारावतांशे जीवयुतदृष्टे त्रिंशज्जनपालकः ।
Say the lord of the 2nd is in simhasana amsha (a good rank of strength). Or say it is in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Say Jupiter joins or aspects it. Then he looks after thirty people.
सपापेऽष्टमेशे पापदृष्टे पापान्तरे पापर्क्षे वा रन्ध्रे वा तथाभूतपरिभवान्वितोऽन्यथा तद्धीनः ।
Say the lord of the 8th, or the 8th house, is with a bad planet and aspected by bad planets. Or say it lies between bad planets or in a bad planet's…
वृषेऽर्के मीने चन्द्रे मेषे मन्दे कर्के भौमे संपद्धीनः ।
Say the Sun is in Taurus, the Moon in Pisces, Saturn in Aries and Mars in Cancer. Then the person lacks wealth.
भाग्येशे व्यये केन्द्रे पापे धनादिहीनः ।
Say the lord of the 9th is in the 12th house. Say a bad planet is in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house. Then the person lacks wealth and the like.