Yogas for lack of male issue as a result of the curse of a departed soul — If the person whose duty is to do so does not perform Shraddha of his father or mother in his previous birth, departed soul is formed into an evil spirit and he is deprived of a male issue in the next birth. This is revealed by the following yogas at birth — (1) Saturn and the Sun in the 5th, the waning Moon in the 7th and Rahu and Jupiter in the 12th, (2) Saturn as lord of the 5th in the 8th, Mars in the Ascendant and Jupiter in the 8th, (3) Malefics are in the Ascendant, the Sun is in the 12th, Mars, Saturn and Mercury are in the 5th and the lord of the 5th is in the 8th, (4) Rahu is in the Ascendant, Saturn is in the 5th and Jupiter is in the 8th, (5) Venus, Jupiter and Rahu are in the Ascendant associated with the Moon and Saturn and the lord of the Ascendant are in the 8th, (6) the lord of the 5th and Jupiter are in their signs of debilitation aspected by debilitated planets, (7) Saturn is in the Ascendant, Rahu is in the 5th, the Sun is in the 8th and Mars is in the 12th, (8) the lord of the 7th is in the 6th, the 8th, or the 12th, the Moon is in the 5th, Saturn and Gulika are in the Ascendant, and (9) the lord of the 8th along with Saturn and Venus is in the 5th and Jupiter is in his sign of debilitation.

सप्तमेश 6, 8, 12 में हो, पंचम में चन्द्रमा, लग्न में शनि व गुलिक हों — तो प्रेतशाप से सन्तान हानि।