Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्नपाचन्द्रेंशे ऽष्टमे पापमात्रदृष्टे वर्षद्वयायुः ।
Say the lord of the Moon's sign is in the 8th house from the lagna (rising sign) lord. Only bad planets aspect it. Then life lasts two years.
केन्द्राष्टषष्ठे वक्रगे ग्रहे कुजभे सबलारदृष्टे वर्षत्रयायुः ।
Say a planet is retrograde in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 8th or 6th house, in a sign of Mars. A strong Mars aspects it. Then life lasts three years.
सोत्थे पापांशगौ पापदृष्टौ पुष्पवन्तौ वर्षत्रयायुः ।
Say the Sun and Moon are in the 3rd house. They are in the navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign) of bad planets. Bad planets aspect them. Then life…
भौमभेऽष्टमे जीवे मन्देन्द्वर्कदृष्टे भृग्वदृष्टे वर्षत्रयायुः ।
Say Jupiter is in the 8th house, in a sign of Mars. Saturn, the Moon and the Sun aspect him, but Venus does not. Then life lasts three years.