Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 5 · Brothers and Livelihood: the 3rd House
सहजविवेकः
अन्त्ये गुरौ केन्द्रे शनौ लग्नेऽब्जे भिक्षुकः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 12th house. Say Saturn is in a kendra (corner house). Say the Moon is in the lagna (rising sign). Then the person is a beggar.
चन्द्राद्धने पुत्रे जीवेऽष्टमे शुभे वा पापे निन्द्यकर्माजीवी
Count from the Moon. Say a good or a bad planet is in the 2nd and in the 5th. Say Jupiter is in the 8th. Then the person lives by a despised trade.
एकस्मिन् ग्रहे मित्रभगे पराजीवी ।
Say just one planet is in a friend's sign. Then the person lives on others.
राज्येऽङ्गेशे त्रिकोणार्थे मन्दे पापैर्मृत्युगैर्नीचवृत्त्याजीवी
Say the lagna (rising sign) lord is in the 10th house. Saturn is in a trikona (luck house) or the 2nd. Bad planets are in the 8th. Then the person…