Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
त्रिके पापेऽङ्गेशेऽबलेऽल्पायुः ।
Say a bad planet is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. The lord of the 1st is weak. Then the person has a short life.
क्रूरषष्ट्यंशे मन्दरन्ध्रेशौ सपापौ पापदृष्टौ वाल्पायुः ।
Say Saturn and the 8th lord are in a cruel shashtyamsha (one-sixtieth part of a sign). Bad planets join them or aspect them. Then the person has a…
पापे केन्द्रे शुभदृग्घीनेऽङ्गेशेऽबलेऽल्पायुः ।
Say a bad planet is in a kendra (corner house). The lord of the 1st is weak. No good planet aspects it. Then the person has a short life.
व्ययार्थगौ पापौ शुभदृग्घीनावल्पायुः ।
Say two bad planets are in the 12th and the 2nd houses. No good planet aspects them. Then the person has a short life.