Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 5 · Brothers and Livelihood: the 3rd House
सहजविवेकः
शुक्रांशे वज्रमरकतपद्मरागेन्द्रनीलप्रभृतिभिः रौप्येण लोहैर्गोभिः श्रेष्ठमहिषीभिः सुवर्णगजाश्वव्यापारेण वृत्तिः ।
Say the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is Venus's. Then the person lives by diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires and the like. The living also comes from silver, metals, cows, the best she-buffaloes, and trade in gold, elephants and horses.
शन्यंशे अध्वगमनादिकेन वध्यघातिकया स्वशरीरताडनाद्येन भारवाहेण स्वकुलानुचितकर्मभिर्वृत्तिः ।
Say the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) is Saturn's. Then the person lives by travel on roads, killing condemned men, or beating his own body…
लग्नाद्दशमेशश्चारवशाद्यस्मिन्नवांशे वर्तते तदीशोक्ता वृत्तिः प्रत्यहम् ।
Take the lord of the 10th from the lagna (rising sign). By its transit, see which navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) it is in. Day by day, the…
द्रव्यदा मित्रारिस्वभान्यतरत्र यत्र गतास्तादृशमित्रारिस्वोद्योगद्वारा धनाप्तिः ।
Say the planets that give wealth are in a friend's sign, an enemy's sign or their own sign. Then money comes through the work of that kind: a…