Chapter 6: Ayurdaya — Length of Life

If powerful Jupiter occupy the rising sign, there will be no early death. 2, If the lord of the rising sign be powerful, and be not aspected by malefic planets but be aspected by benefic planets occupying the Kendras, the child will live long. 60 B-rihat Jdtakd. [Cn. VI.

If either sign Cancer or sign Scorpio should rise at the time of birth and if malefic planets occupy the eastern half of the Zodiac while the benefic planets oc- cupy the western half(«), the child would die immediately after birth. Again, if malefic planets occupy the 12th and the 2nd houses or the 6th and the 8th houses from the rising sign, the child would die.

Even though the Moon should occupy the 8th" house, if she should, at the same time, occupy the Drek- kana of Jupiter, Mercury or Venus, there will be no early death.

If the Moon be full, if she should occupy benefic signs, be between beuefic planets and be aspected by Ve- nus, there will be no early death.

If either Mercury, Venus or Jupiter be powerful and occupy a Kendra, there will be no early death even if he be accompanied by a malefic planet.

Though the Moon occupy the 6th house there will be no early death if she occupy the Drekkana of Jupiter, Venus or Mercury.

If the Moon be full and be between benefic planets, there will be no early death.

If the Moon be full or if the birth occur during the day when it is waning Moon, or during the night when it is waxing Moon, there will be no early death even if the Moon occupy the 6th or the 8th house.

If the Moon be full anc^be aspected by Jupiter occupying a Kendra, there will be no early death.

If Jupiter, the Moon, Venus and Mercury occu- py the houses, the Navamsas or the Drekkanas, of benefic planets, there will be no early death.

If either the lord of the house occupied by the Mo'on or if a benefic planet occupy ra Keiidra, there will be no early death.

If malefic planets occupy beuefic Vargas (divi- sion,) and be aspected by benefic planets, occupying benefic Vargas, there will be no early death.

If Rahu occupy the 3rd, 6th or llth house and be aspected by beuefic planets, there will be no early death. CH. Vlt] Brihat Jdtaka, 61

If all the planets occupy the Sirodaya signs, there will be no early death.

If, at the time of birth, a benefic planet success- ful in planetary fight (conjunction) be aspected by another benefic planet, there will be no early death.

If the full Moon be aspected by all the planets there will be no early death.