Bhavas and health

This is the basic structure that we can use to understand what organ of a Jātaka, could be afflicted.

The figure of a human being, with bhāvas related to his body parts, is given for easy comprehension. It is to be understood that right side of the body is represented by bhāvas from middle of ascendant to mid 7th bhāva while from later half of 7th bhāva to first half of Ascendant represents the left side of human body. This is useful when we are looking at eyes, ears or the left and right side of body related to a particular bhāva that could be affected.

Thus the first bhāva represents head, second bhāva, the face and eyes etc, third bhāva represents throat, shoulder, hands, while the 4th bhāva indicates heart and chest region, 5th bhāva relates to stomach, 6th bhāva is described as Parshwa that is the waist but also includes region around the waist, especially at the backside below stomach level, 7th bhāva is called Basti - when a vertical line is drawn from navel to the root of sexual organs, the upper half of this region is called Basti, 8th bhāva is called Guhya and indicates the sexual organs and anal region, while 9th bhāva represents the thighs, the 10th bhāva represents the knees of Kālpurusha, 11th bhāva rules over legs and 12th bhāva indicates the feet of the Kālpurusha.

This information generally suffices to understand what could be the disease that is afflicting the Jātaka, when applied in conjunction with what is stated above about bhāvas and bhāva lords connected with diseases, understanding of human body and diseases controlled or influenced by the grahas influencing them.