Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 6 · Mother and Home: the 4th House
चतुर्थविवेकः
तुर्ये पापे द्वित्रा मातरः सौम्ये एका ।
Say a bad planet is in the 4th house. Then the person has two or three mothers. Say a good planet is there. Then there is one mother.
वृषांशे चतुष्पदाः सुखदाः ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say it is Taurus. Then four-footed animals…
सुखे शुभदृष्ट्याधिक्ये चतुष्पदाः सुखदाः ।
Say the 4th house has more aspects from good planets. Then four-footed animals bring happiness.
वर्गोत्तमेऽङ्गेशे वा स्वोच्चांशके वा स्वामित्रत्र्यंशे वा शुभयुतदृष्टे आजीवं सुखी ।
Say the lord of the lagna (rising sign) is vargottama (same sign in the chart and its navamsha). Or say it is in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a…