Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
यो बलवान्निधनं पश्येत्तद्धातुकोपतो मृत्युः
Say a strong planet aspects the 8th house. Then death comes from a disorder of the body humour that planet rules.
Classical view, not medical advice.
उक्तयोगाभावेऽष्टमभावाधिष्ठितत्र्यंशेशस्योक्ताग्न्यंब्वादि स्वगुणहेतुतो मृत्युः ।
Say none of the above combinations is present. Then look at the lord of the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) in which the 8th house lies. Death…
निधनगद्रेष्काणतो वा मृत्युः ।
Or death comes from the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) in which the 8th house lies.
मेषाद्यत्र्यंशे प्लीहजो वा विषजो वा पित्तजो मध्ये जलजोऽन्त्ये कूपादिपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Aries. Then death comes from a spleen trouble, poison or a bile trouble…