Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 2 · Birth and Childhood
सूतिकातत्वम्
षष्ठाष्टमगाः सौम्याः कोणे पापा अष्टमेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say good planets are in the 6th and 8th houses, and bad planets are in the 5th or 9th house. Then death comes in the 8th year.
क्षीणेन्दावस्ते शुक्रभे लग्ने मन्दारार्का गुर्वदृष्टाः सप्तमेऽब्दे मृतिः ।
Say a weak Moon is in the 7th house. The lagna (rising sign) is a sign of Venus. Saturn, Mars and the Sun are in it, and Jupiter does not aspect…
त्रिके चन्द्रार्कार्कियोगे नवमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon, the Sun and Saturn are together in the 6th, 8th or 12th house. Then death comes in the 9th year.
ज्ञभगा इन्द्वर्कारा गुर्वदृष्टा नवमाब्दे मृतिः ।
Say the Moon, the Sun and Mars are in a sign of Mercury, and Jupiter does not aspect them. Then death comes in the 9th year.