Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 2 · The Twelve Houses
भावफलाध्यायः
लाभेकेंद्रेत्रिकोणेतनुनिधनभवस्थानगाःसंस्थिताश्चेद्दीर्घायुःपापखेटाःपणफरहिबुकत्रिस्थितामध्यमायुः ॥हीनायुःप्रोक्तमंतेयदिजनुषिनृणांस्युस्तदापोक्लिमस्थारंध्रस्थानस्थितानांतनुपतिगगनस्वामिसूर्यात्मजानाम् ॥ ३४ ॥
Look at the lords of the 8th, 1st and 10th houses and Saturn. If they are in the 11th, a corner house, or the 5th, 9th, 1st or 8th, life is long. If bad planets are in the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th, 4th or 3rd, life is middle. If they are in the 3rd, 6th, 9th or 12th, life is said to be short.
Simple meaning: Key lords in good houses give long life, in middle houses middle life, in falling houses short life.
योहीनस्तद्दशायुस्त्वथनिजभवनेधर्मकर्मात्मजेशाश्चेत्स्युस्तेषांदशायांबहुलबलवशाद्धर्मबुद्धिर्नराणाम् ॥
Strong 9th, 10th and 5th lords bring good deeds in their periods. Others may bring loss or sores.
यानेशस्तत्रसंस्थोयदिभवतितदायानहेतुर्मृतिःस्याच्चौराच्छस्त्रेणचिंतानवमभवनतोभाग्यजाताविधेया ॥
Each house is judged for its own matters: fortune, work, gains and wrong deeds.
लग्नस्थेरिःफनाथेभवतिसुवचनोमानवोरूपवान्वास्वर्क्षेकार्पण्यबुद्धिर्बहुतरपशुमान्ग्रामयुक्तःसदास्यात् ॥
The 12th lord gives sweet speech in the 1st, stinginess in its own sign and pilgrimage in the 9th.