Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 5 · Brothers and Livelihood: the 3rd House
सहजविवेकः
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 lives by a low trade.
लग्नाद्वा चन्द्रादर्काद्यैर्दशमगैः पितृजननीशत्रुमित्रभ्रातृस्त्रीभृत्येभ्योऽर्थाप्तिः ।
Count from the lagna (rising sign) or from the Moon. Say a planet is in the 10th house. The Sun brings money from the father, the Moon from the…
लग्नेन्द्वर्केभ्यः खेशस्यांशेशवशाद्वृत्तिं वदेत् ।
Take the lord of the 10th from the lagna (rising sign), the Moon and the Sun. Tell the person's work from the lord of the navamsha (one-ninth part…
सूर्यांशे भैषज्यसुगन्धिसुवर्णोर्णामुक्तामणिपण्येन दौत्येन मन्त्रोपदेशरसवादविनोदमार्गैर्वा वृत्तिः ।
Say that navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is the Sun's. Then the person lives by trade in medicine, perfumes, gold, wool, pearls and gems. Or he…