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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 2 · Signs, Planets, Birth
जातकम् १
गोजाश्च कर्कयुग्मेन रात्र्याख्या पृष्ठकोदयाः ।शेषा दिनाख्यास्तूभयं तिमिः क्रूरः सौम्यः पुमान् ॥ ६ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 55, verse 6.
Taurus, Aries, Cancer and Gemini are called night signs. They rise back first. The rest are called day signs. Pisces rises both ways. Then, in turn from Aries: cruel and gentle, male.
Simple meaning: Taurus, Aries, Cancer and Gemini are night signs. The rest are day signs. Pisces rises both ways.
पुमान् स्त्री च क्लीबश्चरस्थिरद्विःस्वभावकाः ।
The signs are male, female or neuter, moving, fixed or dual. Aries and the others point to directions starting from the east.
अजोक्षेणांगनाकीटझषजूका इनादितः ।
The Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are strongest in Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces and Libra.
तत्तत्सप्तमनीचानि प्राङ्मध्यांत्यांशकाः क्रमात् ।
Each planet is weakest in the sign opposite its strong sign. The first house is the body.