Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 7 · Mind, Learning and Children: the 5th House
पञ्चमविवेकः
सुतेशे कारके मृद्वंशादियुते शुभदृग्युते धारणादिपटुः ।
Say the 5th lord is a karaka (the planet that stands for a thing). It is in a mridu shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign) or a like division. Good planets join it or aspect it. Then the person is clever at memory and the like.
सुतपे गोपुरादौ धारणादिपटुः ।
Say the 5th lord is in gopura amsha (a good rank of strength) or a like rank. Then the person is clever at memory and the like.
सुतकारके गोपुरादौ परेङ्गितज्ञो मेधावी ।
Take the karaka (the planet that stands for a thing) of the 5th house. Say it is in gopura amsha (a good rank of strength) or a like rank. Then the…
लग्नकोणे चन्द्रार्कौ चञ्चलधीः ।
Say the Moon and the Sun are in the 1st, 5th or 9th house. Then the person has an unsteady mind.