Chapter 2

...or if the Moon is aspected original: "drushtah" (seen by) by malefic planets, then one should predict the birth of a lump-like form a reference to a non-viable fetus or a mass of tissue; however, if it is aspected by benefics, it will not be so. || 41 || If the lord of the Ascendant at the time of conception original: "nisheka-lagnamesha" and the lord of the third house are both situated in the Ascendant, twins will be born. Similarly, if the lord of the conception Ascendant is joined with the lord of the third house, or if they are in the third house, the same result occurs. || 42 || When the lord of the Ascendant is in the tenth house and the Ascendant is occupied by a planet in a common sign original: "bhogandri-yukte", the child is born feet-first padajatah: a breech birth. If the lord of the eighth house is joined with Rahu the North Node of the Moon in the Ascendant, the child is born encircled by the umbilical cord literally "born like a snake-wrap". || 43 || If Rahu is in a quadrant houses 1, 4, 7, or 10 joined with Gulika a mathematical point/shadow planet, or if the lord of the Ascendant is joined with the lord of the eighth house, and the Ascendant falls in a decan drekkana: a 10-degree division of a sign belonging to malefic planets, the child is born encircled by the umbilical cord. || 44 || If the decan of the Ascendant is of the bird or serpent variety specific symbolic classifications of decans, and the Moon is also in such a decan, and there is no aspect from benefic planets, the child is born encircled by the umbilical cord. || 45 || If the Ascendant is Aries, Taurus, or Leo original: "chago-ksha-kanthirava" (Goat, Ox, Lion) and is joined by Mars or Saturn, the body will resemble the portion of the sign original: "rayamsha" and the child is surely born wrapped in the umbilical cord. || 46 || If the Ascendant contains a malefic and is aspected by many malefics, or is joined with Rahu or Ketu original: "dhvaja" (the banner), or if the Ascendant falls in the sign of a malefic planet, the man is born with his limbs constricted by the umbilical cord. || 47 || If the Ascendant is between two malefics and contains Rahu, or if Mars is in the Ascendant aspected by the Sun original: "vasaranatha" (Lord of the Day), or if Saturn is in the Ascendant aspected by Mars, the man is born with his limbs constricted by the umbilical cord. || 48 || If the lords of the first and fourth houses original: "deha-ambupau" (Body and Water/Home lords) are placed in each other's signs, or if the lord of the Ascendant or the lord of the fourth house original: "hibukesha" is joined with Ketu or Rahu, then the birth is of an animal original: "pashostu". || 49 || When the malefic planets are strong and the benefics are weak, and the two hermaphrodite planets Mercury and Saturn are in quadrants, or if they aspect the "non-human" Ascendant viyonilagna: an astrological point indicating animal birth, the wise say that the birth is of a four-legged creature. || 50 || If the malefic planets are strong and in their own houses, while the benefics are in signs other than their own...