Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
निद्रितः शयानो वा पापयुतोऽष्टमे शत्रुकोपतो मृत्युः ।
Say a planet is in the 8th house. It is in nidra (sleeping) avastha (state of a planet) or shayana (lying down) avastha. Bad planets join it. Then death comes through an enemy's anger.
रन्ध्रे रवौ वह्नेश्चन्द्रे जलयोगाद्भौमे शस्त्रतो बुधे ज्वरतो गुरौ त्रिदोषतः शुक्रे क्षुधया शनौ तृषया मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun is in the 8th house. Then death comes from fire. If the Moon is there, death comes from water. For Mars, from a weapon. For Mercury…
भौमार्कदृष्टं लग्नं शुक्रेज्यादृष्टं चेद्वृषभेण मृत्युः ।
Say Mars and the Sun aspect the 1st house, and Venus and Jupiter do not aspect it. Then death comes from a bull.
मन्दार्कौ लग्ने राहुदृष्टौ वृक्षपाततो मृत्युः
Say Saturn and the Sun are in the 1st house, aspected by Rahu. Then death comes from a falling tree.