Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
शुभाः केन्द्रकोणे पापाः पारावते दीर्घायुः ।
Say good planets are in a kendra (corner house) or a trikona (luck house). Bad planets are in paravata amsha (a good rank of strength). Then the person has a long life.
पापाः पणफरतुर्यत्रिस्था मध्यायुः ।
Say bad planets are in the panaphara (succeeding house) group, the 4th house and the 3rd house. Then the person has a middle length of life.
अङ्गेशेऽबले जीवे केन्द्रकोणात्रिके पापे मध्यायुः ।
Say the lord of the 1st is weak. Jupiter is in a kendra (corner house) or a trikona (luck house). A bad planet is in a dusthana (bad house). Then…
शुभे केन्द्रकोणे मन्दे बलिनि षष्ठेऽष्टमे वा पापे मध्यायुः ।
Say good planets are in a kendra (corner house) or a trikona (luck house). Strong Saturn, or a bad planet, is in the 6th or 8th house. Then the…