Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 2 · The Twelve Houses
भावफलाध्यायः
रंध्रस्थानस्थितावास्थिरभवनगताःशुक्रवागीशसौम्याःकृच्छ्राणांकर्मणांनाभवतिहिनियतंकारकस्तब्धभावः ॥बाल्येदुःखीनरःस्यान्निधनगृहपतौलाभयातेसुखीस्यात्पश्चात्पापेल्पमायुःशुभखगसहितेदीर्घमायुर्नराणाम् ॥ २६ ॥
Venus, Jupiter and Mercury may be in the 8th house or in fixed signs. Then the person surely does not take on hard tasks. He may be stiff by nature. If the 8th lord is in the 11th house, he may be sad as a child and happy later. With a bad planet, life may be short. With good planets, people have a long life.
Simple meaning: The 8th lord in the 11th may bring a sad childhood and a happy later life.
कुर्यादायुर्गृहेशःखलखगयुगरिप्रांत्यसंस्थोल्पमायुश्चेल्लग्नाधीशयुक्तोनिधनभवनपःस्वल्पमायुःप्रदत्ते ॥
The 8th lord with bad planets may shorten life. In the 8th itself it gives a long life.
आयुर्देहाधिनाथौनिधनरिपुगतौहीनवीर्यौप्रसूतौसंग्रामेकीर्तिशेषंव्रजतिबलयुतौतौतदातज्जयाप्तिम् ॥
Weak 1st and 8th lords may bring danger in battle. Strong ones bring victory.
भाग्येशोमूर्तिवर्तीसुरपतिगुरुणालोकितोभूपवंद्योलग्नस्थोवाहनेशोनवमपतिरुभौपश्यतश्चेत्स्वगेहम् ॥
The 9th lord in the 1st, seen by Jupiter, brings honour. In the 8th, it may take away luck.