Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
लग्ने राहौ पापमात्रदृष्टयुते पञ्चमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Rahu is in the lagna (rising sign), joined or aspected only by bad planets. Then death comes in the 5th year.
सूर्येन्दुभे त्रिके शुक्रे पापदृष्टे षष्ठेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say Venus is in a sign of the Sun or the Moon, in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Bad planets aspect it. Then death comes in the 6th year.
लग्नेऽर्कमन्दाराः क्षीणेन्दावस्ते षष्ठे सप्तमे वाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Sun, Saturn and Mars are in the lagna (rising sign), and a weak Moon is in the 7th. Then death comes in the 6th or 7th year.
क्षीणेन्दावस्ते लग्ने मन्दाराच्छा गुर्वदृष्टाः सप्तमेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say a weak Moon is in the 7th house. Saturn, Mars and Venus are in the lagna (rising sign), and Jupiter does not aspect them. Then death comes in…