Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra · Volume 1
21. Effects of the Eighth House
आयुर्भावफलं चाऽथ कथयामि द्विजोत्तम ! ।
आयुः स्थानाधिपः केन्द्रे दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति ॥ १ ॥
- O excellent Brahmin, now I explain to you the effects of the 8th House. If the 8th Lord is placed in a Kendra or angle, it gives long life to the native.
आयुःस्थानाधिपः पापै सह तत्रैव संस्थितः ।
करोत्यल्पायुषं जातं लग्नेशोऽप्यत्र संस्थितः ॥ २ ॥
- The 8th Lord together with a malefic planet is placed in the 8th House itself and the Ascendant Lord is also situated there, this combination will make the native shortlived.
| Date of birth | Place of birth | Time of birth |
| 14-7-1981 | Agra | 4.15 P.M. IST |
In the present horoscope the Ascendant Lord is Mars who is placed in the 8th House together with the 8th Lord Mercury. The Sun is also placed with them, and the malefic planet Saturn aspects the 8th House. This Combination as spoken by Sage Parasara proved fully correct in the case of this native because the child could not live even for one year.
एवं हि शनिना चिन्ता कार्या तर्कैर्विचक्षणैः ।
कर्माधिपेन च तथा चिन्तनं कार्यमायुषः ॥ 3 ॥
- The learned astrologer should consider the longevity of the native in the same manner from Saturn and the 10th Lord.
In this Horoscope Saturn is placed together with the 8th Lord, the Moon in the 8th House. There is a malefic planet also in the 8th House (Mars). Therefore, the native lived only for a short time.
| Date of birth | Time of birth | Place of birth |
| 25-11-1945 | 10 a.m. IST | Hapur |
षष्ठे व्ययेऽपि षष्ठेशो व्ययाधीशो रिपौ व्यये ।
लग्नेऽष्टमे स्थितो वाऽपि दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति ॥ ४ ॥
स्वस्थाने स्वांशके वाऽपि मित्रेशे मित्रमन्दिरे ।
दीर्घायुषं करोत्येव लग्नेशोऽष्टमपः पुनः ॥ ५ ॥
लग्नाष्टमपकर्मेशमन्दाः केन्द्रत्रिकोणयोः ।
लाभे वा संस्थितास्तद्वद् दिशेयुर्दीर्घमांयुषम् ॥ ६ ॥
एवं बहुविधा विद्वन्नायुर्योगाः प्रकीर्तिताः ।
एषु यो बलवांस्तस्याऽनुसारादायुरादिशेत् ॥ ७ ॥
4-7 If the 6th Lord or the 12th Lord are placed in the 6th or the 12th House or if they are in the Ascendant House or the 8th House the combination blesses the child with long life. When the 5th Lord, the Ascendant Lord or the 8th Lord are in their own sign, or own Navamamsha or in the House of a friendly planet, it also makes the native long lived. Again should the Ascendant Lord, the 8th Lord, the 10th Lord and Saturn occupy a kendra (angle) or Trikona (trine) the 11th House, the native should be told as having long life. The learned have spoken of other combinations of longevity in many other ways. Longevity should be predicted according to the combination which is stronger among them.
अष्टमाधिपतौ केन्द्रे लग्नेशे बलवर्जिते ।
विंशद्वर्षाण्यसौ जीवेद् द्वात्रिंशत्परमायुषम् ॥ ८ ॥
रन्ध्रेशे नीचराशिस्थे रन्ध्रे पापग्रहैर्युते ।
लग्नेशे दुर्बले जन्तुरल्पायुर्भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ ९ ॥
रन्ध्रेशे पापसंयुक्ते रन्ध्रे पापग्रहैर्युते ।
व्यये क्रूरग्रहाक्रान्ते जातमात्रं मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ १० ॥
केन्द्रत्रिकोणगा: पापा: शुभा: षष्ठाष्टगा यदि ।
लग्ने नीचस्थ-रन्ध्रेशो जातः सद्यो मृतो भवेत् ॥ ११ ॥
पञ्चमे पापसंयुक्ते रन्ध्रेशे पापसंयुते ।
रन्थे पापग्रहैर्युक्ते स्वल्पमायुः प्रजायते ॥ १२ ॥
रन्ध्रेशे रन्ध्रराशिस्थे चन्द्रे पापसमन्विते ।
शुभदृष्टिविहीने च मासान्ते च मृतिर्भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥
8-13 If the 8th Lord is in a Kendra (angle) and the Ascendant Lord is weak, the native's span of life will be between 20 and 32 years. If the 8th Lord is in his debilitation sign, the 8th House is occupied by a malefic planet, the Ascendant Lord is weak, the native's life will be certainly short. When the 8th Lord is in conjunction with a malefic planet and the 8th House is occupied by malefic planets and the 12th House is also occupied by malefic planets, the death of the native will be instant. In the event of the malefics falling in kendra or trikona (trine) and the benefics in the 6th or the 8th Hosue and the 8th Lord in his debilitation occupying the Ascendant, the native will have immediate death. The 5th House, the 8th House and the 8th Lord having conjunction with the malefic give a very short life to the native. If the 8th Lord is situated in the 8th House itself and the Moon is together with a malefic planet and she has no benefic aspect on her, death will occur within a month.
लग्नेशे स्वोच्चराशिस्थे चन्द्रे लाभसमन्विते ।
रन्ध्रस्थानगते जीवे दीर्घमायर्न संशयः ॥ १४ ॥
लग्नेशोऽतिबली दृष्टः केन्द्रसंस्थैः शुभग्रहैः ।
धनैः सर्वगुणैः सार्धं दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति ॥ १५ ॥
14-15 If the Ascendant Lord is in his exaltation sign, the Moon is in the 11th house and Jupiter is in the 8th House, there is no doubt in it that the native will be long lived. If the Ascendant is exceedingly strong and is aspected by a benefic from an angle, the native will have long life along with wealth and virtues.