Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
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 the person has a middle length of life.
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…
त्रिकोणे केन्द्रे वा मिश्रा मध्यायुः ।
Say good and bad planets are mixed together in a trikona (luck house) or a kendra (corner house). Then the person has a middle length of life.
सपापे रन्ध्रेशेऽन्त्ये षष्ठे वाल्पायुः ।
Say the 8th lord is joined by bad planets. It is in the 12th or the 6th house. Then the person has a short life.