CHAPTER 31
1. Now I will describe the colours, natures, forms, and characteristic marks (of natives born) when the Moon is in (each of) the navamsas; if the lord of the navamsa is strong, whatever the Moon establishes arises in order from that lord and from the (lord of the) sign.
2.1. One born in the first navamsa of the first sign (Aries) has a face shaped like a ram’s, little body hair, a thin, terrible form, and contracted eyes and lashes; the tip of his nose is thin, and his voice is fierce.
3.2. In the second is born a dark-skinned man with heavy shoulders and arms, large eye-brows, a long face, small forehead and collar-bone, a deep voice, open eyes, a hanging nose, and thin foot-joints.
4.3. One born in the third navamsa in Aries is fair-skinned and has raised and extended arms, eyes like a goat’s, dishevelled hair, thin knees and legs, and hairy arms and head; he is bold and learned in speaking.
5.4. In the fourth is born a red man with agitated eyes, a small nose, no forehead, a reeling face, and rough hair on his feet; he is thin down below, a fierce person, a wandering shepherd.
6.5. In the fifth is born a man whose body is swollen, fat, full-grown, and terrible, whose head is like an elephant’s, and whose eyes are like a horse’s; he is a proud man with large forehead, eye-brows, and nose, little hair, and rough, bent toes.
7.6. One born in the sixth navamsa is a dark-skinned man with eyes like a deer’s, broad brows, heavy and extended arms, belly, and shoulders, and thin buttocks, thighs, and feet; gentle and timid, he speaks a lot and is an expert in sexual intercourse.
8.7. In the seventh is born a weak, black-eyed man who shines like a shoot of durva-grass and has a handsome nose and a big, broad body; unsteady and lacking tranquility, he wanders in foreign countries and is robbed; he has sexual intercourse with other men’s wives.
9.8. In the eighth navamsa is born a man with a face like a monkey’s and rough skin and head; he is struck by a disease of the genitals and is attached to the pleasures of injuring, lying, and striking; he is hard to resist, but dear to his friends.
10.9. A man born in the ninth navamsa in Aries is fair-skinned, charming, long, and thin; he has extended forehead and ears and a face like a horse’s; though angry, he is honest and speaks a lot.
11.1. In the first navamsa of Taurus is born a man whose body is symmetrical and black and the upper half of whose face is wide; he is a hostile and excessively greedy person who looks harshly and whose nature is to be independent of his friends; his deeds are base and vile.
12.2. One born in the second navamsa in Taurus has broad ears, shoulders, and face and inscrutable eyes; he is a lazy man of little intelligence who talks much and foolishly and acts adversely; his wife is hostile to him.
13.3. In the third navamsa is born a handsome man whose nostrils and eyes are open wide, whose shoulder is large, and whose feet and heels are very firm he has the honesty of an elder, acts openly, and delights in sacrifices and in fire-building.
14.4. One born in the fourth navamsa is a red-skinned man with long arms, great strength, a loud voice, eyes like a goat’s, and a very haughty nose; he is a courageous person, sharp and restless, who carries off the wealth of others.
15.5. In the fifth navamsa is born a graceful man with a face like that of a large bull, whose arms, shoulders, and hips are big, whose chest is beautiful, and the tip of whose nose is long and hangs down; he is a spotless person with a thick mass of hair on his head.
16.6. One born in the sixth navamsa has beautiful eyes, a firm, oily body, and handsome hair; he is a bold man full of sweetness and laughter, a well dressed lover who knows about sexual intercourse, is skilful in the fine arts, and speaks clearly.
17.7. In the seventh navamsa is born a black-eyed man the tip of whose nose hangs down slightly; the ends of his hair are fine, his hands and feet are heavy, and his body is firm; he is obstructed by his own people, and his first wife has died.
18.8. In the eighth navamsa in Taurus is born one whose nostrils are trembling and open, who has the eyes and feet of a tiger and eats flesh, whose voice is broken, and whose hair and nails are rough; his deeds are slight, but his character haughty.
19.9. In the ninth navamsa of Taurus is born a proud and very irascible man of little strength, a timid person; one whose body is symmetrical and oily, and who is thin in the lower parts; he is a well known person, a liar who has accumulated a lot of money.
20.1. One born in the first navamsa in the third sign (Gemini) has loosely hanging hair and full-grown shoulders and arms; the corners of his eyes and his eyes themselves are close and black; his nose is high, and his hands and feet thin; he shines like durva-grass.
21.2. In the second is born one whose head is like a jar, whose nose is thin in the middle, and whose lips are not firm; he delights in injury and envy, acts badly, says and does many things, and travels and quarrels much.
22.3. One born in the third navamsa is a pale man the corners of whose eyes are red, whose back-bone, shoulders, and nose are round; whose limbs are symmetrical, whose face is long, and whose eye-brows are black; he is erect, intelligent, and clever at speaking.
23.4. In the fourth is born a man with handsome eye-brows and forehead, wide eyes and broad chest, a smiling row of teeth, a face shaped like a deer’s, loosely hanging hair, and a full-grown body; a lover who shines like a blue lotus.
