Chapter 25: Lost Horoscopes

If, at the time of birth of a person, the 8th house from the rising sign be unoccupied and be aspected by a powerful planet, the person will die of an excess of the humour belonging to such powerful planets. The part of the body attacked will be the part which such 8th house represents in the body of the Kalapurusha (6). If several planets aspect the 8th house, the part of the body will be subject to several attacks resulting from an excess of the various humours belonging to such powerful planets and death will ensue. But if the 8th house be occupied by the Sun, the death of the person will be caused by fire if it be occupied by the Moon, the death will be caused by water j if by Mars, death will be caused by weapons ; if by 28 Brihat Jdtakd. [Cn. XXV. Mercury, it will be caused by fever; if, by Jupiter, it will be caused by some unknown disease ; if, by Venus, it will be caused by thirst ; and if it be occupied by Saturn, death will be caused by starvation (<:). Again, if the 8th house be a movable sign, the person will die in foreign lands ; if it be a fixed sign, he will die in his own country ; and if it be a common sign, he will die on his way.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Sun and Mars occupy the 4th or the 10th house from the rising sign, the person will die being struck with stones. If the 4th, 7th and 10th houses be respectively occupied by Saturn, the Moon and Mars, the person will die by fall- ing into a well. If the Sun and Moon occupy sign Virgo and if they be aspected by a malefic planet there will be death caused by the person's kinsmen. If the rising sign be a common sign and if it be occupied by the Sun and the Moon, there will be death by drowning.

If, at the time of birth of a person, Saturn occupy sign Cancer and the Moon sign Capricorn, the person will die from an attack of dropsy. If the Moon occupy sign CH.XXV.] Brihat Jdtakd. Aries or Scorpio and be between malefic planets, death will be caused by weapons or by fire. If the Moon occupy sign Virgo and be between malefic planets, death will be caused by a corruption of the blood or by want of blood. If the Moon occupy sign Capricorn or Aquarius and be between malefic planets, there will be death by hanging, by fire or by fall.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the 5th or the 9th house be occupied by two malefic planets and if such planets be not aspected by beuefic planets, the. person will meet his death by being shut up in a prison or by other restraint. If the 8th house from the rising sign contain a Sarpa or Pasa or Nigala Drekkana, death will also result from imprisonment or other restraint. If Virgo be the 7th house from the Ascendant and if it be occupied by the Moon accompained by a benefic planet, if Venus occupy sign Aries and the Sun the rising sign, the person will die in his own house and such death will be caused by a woman.

If, at the time of birth of a person, (1) the 4th house from the Ascendant be occupied by Mars or the Sun and if the 10th house be occupied by Saturn or, (2) if the Sun, Mars, Saturn and the waning Moon occupy the Ascendant, the 5th house and the 9th house or, (3) if the Sun occupy the 4th house and if Mars which occupies the 10th house be aspected by the waning Moon, the person will die, in each case, being stabbed with a spear. Again, if the Sun occupy the 4th bouse and if Mars which occupies the 10th house be aspected by Saturn, the person will die being struck with a piece of wood.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the 8th, 10th 1st, and 4th houses be occupied respectively by the wa- tinhat Jdtakd. \tn. ning Moon, Mars, Saturn and the Sun, the person will die being struck with a club or stick. If the 10th, 9th, 1st and 5th houses be occupied respectively by the waning Moon, Mars, Saturn and the Sun, the death of the person will be caused by smoke, by fire, by imprisonment or by blows.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the 4th, 7th, and 10th houses be respectively occupied by Mars, the Sun and Saturn, the person will die by weapons, by fire'or by the king. If the 2nd, 4th and 10th houses be respec- tively occupied by Saturn, the Moon and Mars, the person will die of sores and worms.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Sun occupy the 10th house and Mars occupy the 4th house, the person will die in consequence of a fall from a vehicle or conveyance. If Mars occupy the 7th house and the Sun, the Moon and Saturn occupy the rising sign, the person will die being caught in a machine. If (1) sign .Libra be occupied by Mars, sign Aries by Saturn and sign Capri- corn or Aquarius by the Moon, or (2) if .the 10th, 7th and 4th houses be respectively occupied by the waning Moonf by the Sun and by Mars, the person will die in the middle of excrement.

If the waning Moon be aspected by powerful Mars arid if Saturn occupy the 8th house, the person will die of diseases affecting the privities — the part affected will be either eaten through by worms or cut with the lancet or burnt or blistered.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Sun and Mars occupy the 7th house, Saturn occupy the 8th house and the waning Moon occupy the 4th house, the death of CH. XXV.j Brihat Jdtakd. the person will be caused by birds. If the 1st, 5th, 8th and 9th houses be occupied respectively by the Sun, Mars, Saturn and the Moon, the person's death will be caused by a fall from mountain top, by an attack of lightning or by the fall of a wall. 1 1. The cause of death of a person whose horoscope does not contain any of the Yogas enumerated above shall be determined from the 22nd Drekkana counted from the rising Drekkana at the time of birth of a person ; and death will be caused by the lord of such (22nd) Drekkana or by the lord of the sign of which the Drekkana is a division, whichever is powerful, by water, fire or other means belonging to such lord. NOTES, Vide Stanza 1 of this Chapter.

The place of death of a person will be that of the sign occupied by the lord of the rising Navamsa ; or it will be the place of the sign of the planet which occupies the same sign as that occupied by the lord of the rising Navamsa ; or it will be the place of the sign of the planet aspecting the lord of the rising Navamsa ; or it will be the place of the sign of the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the rising Navamsa. The ac- tual place of death shall be determined by a careful ex- amination of the several points. The period for which a person will remain insensible before death will be the time of oblique ascension of the portion of the rising sign below the horizon. If the rising sign be aspected by his lord, such period will be twice, and if it be aspected by benefic planets, it will be three times the time of such oblique1 ascension.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the 22nd Drekkana from the rising Drekkana be a fiery Drekkana, the body of the person after death will be burnt and reduced to ashes. If the 22nd Drekkana be a watery Drekkana (3), the body will be thrown into water ' if such Drekkana be a Misra Drekkana (c\ the body will be neither burnt nor thrown into water but allowed to dry up. If the 8th house contain a Sarpa Drekkana (</), the body will be devoured by dogs, jackals, crows and the like. Thus has been described the change of the body after death. For a knowledge of the past and future life of a person and of the nature of such life, the reader is referred to higher works on Horoscopy.

If the lord of the Drekkana occupied by the Sun or the Moon, whichever is powerful, be Jupiter, the per- son has come from Devaloka ; if such lord be either the Moon or Venus, the person has come from Pitriloka ; if such lord be the Sun or Mars, the person has come from the world of lower animals ; and if such lord be either Saturn or Mercury, the person has come from the region of hell. If the lord of the Drekkana occupied by the Sun or the Moon, whichever is powerful, be in his exaltation sign, such last life of the person will be of an exalted character ; if such lord occupy a place between the exaltation and depression signs, the last life will be one of middle importance ; and if such lord occupy his depres- sion sign, the last life of the person will be one of a low character.

If the 6th and the 8th houses be unoccupied, the person will, after death, go to the world of the planet most powerful of the lords of the Drekkauas of such 6th and 8th houses ; or the person will go to the world of the planet occupying the 6th, 7th or the 8th house (6). Again, if Jupiter occupy the 6th house or one of the Kendra houses or the 8th house and be at the same time in his exaltation sign or if the rising sign be Pisces and 224 Brikat Jdtakd. [Cn. XXVI. Jupiter occupy it and be in the Navamsa of a benefic planet while the other planets are weak, the person will obtain Salvation after death (c}.