Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 8 · Enemies, Wounds, Illness: the 6th House
षष्ठविवेकः
मेषे ज्ञे खेऽब्जे शनिभौमयोगे कुष्ठी ।
Say Mercury is in Aries and the Moon is in the 10th house. Saturn and Mars are joined together. Then the person may suffer from leprosy.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मन्दारेन्द्वच्छेषु क्रूरार्दितेषु जलभगेषु सजलकुष्ठी ।
Say Saturn, Mars, the Moon and Venus are in water signs. Bad planets trouble them. Then the person may suffer from leprosy with oozing sores.
चन्द्राच्छौ सपापौ जलभगौ श्वित्री ।
Say the Moon and Venus are joined with bad planets. They are in water signs. Then the person may have white patches on the skin.
अंशात्सुखे चन्द्रे शुक्रदृष्टे श्वित्री ।
Take the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of the atmakaraka (the planet that stands for the self). Say the Moon is in the 4th house from it…