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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 2 · Signs, Planets, Birth
जातकम् १
मूर्द्धास्यबाहुहृत्क्रोडांतर्बस्तिव्यंजसोनखः ।जानुजंघांघ्रियुगलं कालांगानि क्रियादयः ॥ १ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 1.
The limbs of Time, starting from Aries, are these. Head, face, arms, heart, chest, belly, bladder, private part, thigh, knee, shank and the two feet.
Simple meaning: The twelve signs from Aries stand for the body, from the head down to the feet.
भौमास्फुजिबुधेंदुश्च रविसौम्यसिताः कुजः ।
The rulers of the signs from Aries to Pisces are Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Jupiter.
होरे विषमभेर्केंदोः समभे शशिसूर्ययोः ।
A sign's halves go to the Sun and Moon. Its thirds go to its own, 5th and 9th lords.
पंचेष्टाष्टाद्रिपंचांशा कुजार्कीज्यज्ञशुक्रगाः ।
Each sign has five parts of 5, 5, 8, 7 and 5 degrees. They go to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus.