Knowledge and Compendium of Horary Questions

...This [knowledge], shining with results, truly protects the astrologer original: daivajña. One who knows the divine will through the movement of the stars.. One should speak the answer to the query only to such a person Likely referring to a sincere seeker.; then the prediction becomes true, and not otherwise. At the beginning of the inquiry, one should consider the query only after first determining the nature of the seeker’s inner concern.

By observing the sky, the breath, and the living spirit, one identifies the "Botanical," the "Mineral," and the "Living" original: mūla-sthabhra-jīva (likely a variant or scribal error for mūla-dhātu-jīva). These are the three fundamental categories of all objects in Vedic astrology.. In such observation, "Mineral" is also considered. This is remembered as the method for defining the seeker's concern:

If the head is touched, the concern is about a living being original: jīva-cintā. Concerns regarding humans, animals, or birth..
If the foot is touched, the concern is about botanical matters original: mūlaka. Literally "roots"; concerns regarding plants, crops, or wooden property..
If the navel is touched, a concern regarding minerals original: dhātu-cintā. Concerns regarding metals, gemstones, or inanimate minerals. should always be understood by the wise.

Touching the eyes or the forehead indicates a concern about a living being and brings auspicious results.
Touching the heart or the stomach indicates a concern about minerals, and the result is of middling quality.
In the area where the ankles or thighs are seen to be touched, the primary thought is of botanical matters.
The knees, shanks, and feet [respectively] correspond to the determination of living beings, minerals, and botanical matters. Thus it shall be...