Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
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.
षष्ठाष्टमे कर्कगे ज्ञे चन्द्रदृष्टे तुर्येऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Mercury is in Cancer, in the 6th or 8th house, and the Moon aspects it. Then death comes in the 4th year.