Sukra Rahasya By Sukracharya - Part 8

Chapter 8

Longevity(Ayur Bhava)- Eighth House

Bhava Karakatwa

• Alpa, Madhya, Purna Ayush (longevity), place of death, food, generative organs --- these have to be studied from the 8th house.

Longevity of Children

    Children upto the age of 12, do not realise what is longevity and therefore, it is the duty of the parents to protect them. Infant mortality is primarily due to three causes :

• as a result of bad deeds of parents, which in turn bring on children, punishment from God.
• weakness of planets in the horoscope of the child.
• bad planetary mapping Yogas prevailing at the time of birth of the child.

    It is therefore obligatory on the part of the parents to take care of their children through propitiatory rites as ordained in astrology and provide proper medical treatment as and when necessary.

Longevity

    The following Yogas confer the amount of longevity indicated against each :-

• 120 years - Venus in Asdt and all malefics plus Jupiter in quadrants.
• 100 years plus - Lords of Asdt & 8th standing in movable signs or one of them in a fixed sign and the other in a double-bodies sign.
• 100 years plus - Malefics in 3,6 and 11th and benefics in quadrants and trines and lord of Asdt staying anywhere with strength.
• 100 years - Venus in Asdt, Moon in 7th and Jupiter in quadrants from Venus.
• 100 years - Saturn in 7th from Sun, Mars in 7th from Moon, and benefic(s) aspecting the 8th house.
• 100 years -  Lords of 8th & 12th in conjunction standing in quadrants.
• 70 to 100 years - Lord of Asdt exalted, lord of 8th in11th and Jupiter in 8th,
• 70 to 100 years - Venus, Mercury, Jupiter in quadrants.
• 70 to 100 years - all malefics standing in 3,6 and 11th.
• 70 to 100 years - lord of 8th in 6/8/12 wirh dispositor thereof in Asdt.
• 70 to 100 years - if a fixed sign happens to be Asdt, lord thereof in a movable sign whose dispositor is in Asdt.
• 70 to 100 years - lord of 8 in 5th, lord of Asdt in 8th and if these two planets are either conjunct or aspected by Jupiter.
• 70 to 100 years - exchange of houses between lords of 8th and 12th.
• 70 to 100 years - lord of 8th in 12th and lord of 12th in 9th.
• 70 to 100 years - lord of 10 in 8th, lord of 8th in a friendly sign and if there are benefic(s) in both 5th and 2nd.
• 70 to 100 years - if a movable sign happens to be the Asdt and the lord thereof is standing in a fixed sign and the dispositor thereof stays in Asdt.
• 70 to 100 years - lord of 8th with exaltation standing in Asdt or 11th.
• 80 years - Jupiter in quadrants and at the same time, benefic in Asdt and benefic aspect/conjunction to 2nd & 8th.
• 75 years - lord of 8 in 3rd and lord of Asdt in 8th, and if these two planets are conjunct/aspected by Jupiter.
• 74 tears - Dun in 8th with conjunction/aspect of Rahu but without any connection with Saturn.
• Below 70 years - Venus, Mercury, Jupiter standing in 2,3 or 11th one planet in each sign OR two planets in any one and the other in any of the remaining two.
• Below 70 years - if lords of Asdt and 8th stand in movable signs or one of them in a fixed sign and the other in a double-bodied sign.
• Below 50 years - lord of 9th in conjunction with lord of 8th standing in 10th with aspect of Rahu.
• 50 years - lord of 9th in conjunction with lord of 8th standing in the 10th.
• Below 40 years - lord of 2nd in quadrants in conjunction with lord of 12th with aspect of Saturn.
• 32 years - lord of 3 in conjunction with or aspected by 2 malefics.
• Below 32 years - lords of Asdt and 8th stand in movable signs or one of them in a movable sign and the other in a double-bodied sign.
• Below 32 years - Venus, Mercury, Jupiter standing in 5,6,8,9 or 12.

    Death of native in particular years :

• 5th year  - Lord of 8th in Asdt with aspect of Rahu
• 7th year  - Lords of 7th and 9th standing in 8th 
• 8th year  - Lords of 7th and 8th standing in 5th with aspect of Rahu
• 30th year- Lords of Asdt and 10th staying in 8th with aspect of Rahu

    Death of native in Sub-periods/Major Periods

• In the sub period of lord of 8th in the major period of lord of 8th, if it is posited 6/8/12
• In the sub period of lord of 8th in the major period of dispositor of Saturn
• In the sub period of Rahu in the major period of dispositor of lord of 10th
• In the sub period of lord of Asdt if the major period of lord of 8th was running at birth.
• If the lords of Asdt & the 7th are quadrants/trines in conjunction with any other planet(s), then in the major period of the weakest planet in the lot.
• In the major period of Saturn standing in the 8th or Asdt.
• If there is exchange of signs between lords of 7th & 8th, then in the major period of the lord of 8th but in the sub period of lord of 7th.
• If lords of 8th & 9th stay together in 11th, then in the major period of either of these and in the sub period of the other.
• If Jupiter is suffering combustion in 7th or debilitated Saturn is aspecting the lord of Asdt, poor longevity will result.

Death of Parents

• if there are planets in conjunction with lord of 5th, then total up the major period years including lord of 5th; divide the total by 12 and find out the balance. If lord of 5th is standing alone in the horoscope,only his major period years should be subjected to division by 12. Death of father/mother will occur at the age of the native corresponding with the balance; or count that many signs from Aries. Death of father/mother will occur in the major period of the lord of the sign indicated by the balance.
• If lord of 9th is in conjunction with Rahu in any sign, death of father is possible in the major period of the dispositor of lord of 9th.
• Any benefic planet irrespective of whether it is in any exaltation or otherwise powerful, if in conjunction with Rahu, will cause death of father/mother in the former's major period.
• If Sun is standing in the 5th or 9th, and if Major Period of Saturn is running at birth, death of father is possible.

Method to find out if parents are alive

• Count (i) from Asdt (ii) from the sign occupied by lord of 9th or (iii) from the sign occupied by lord of 5th --> to the sign where lord of 8th is posited and divide the figure by 3. if the balance is 1, predict that the native's father is NOT alive, else predict that his father is alive.

• To determine whether the native's mother is alive or not, count from the sign in which lord of 4th is posited to the sign where lord of 8th is standing abd divide by 3, if the balance is 1, native's mother is NOT alive, else predict that native's mother is alive.

General

• Alpa ayush - 32 years or below; Madhya ayush - below 70 years of age; beyond 70 years of age is known as Deerga ayush. Beyond 100 years is known Uthama ayush.
• Major Period of Mars when it happens to be the fifth major period from birth; Jupiter's if sixth; Saturn's if fourth; and Rahu's if fifth; will cause the death of the native.
• Some astrologers determine longevity from the Yogas operating in the horoscope; some others with reference to Major Periods. However, there is NO definite method by which longevity of a native could be correctly determined.

Readers who wish to know further about yogas on identical lines, not only on the question of longevity but also other aspects of human life, may like to refer to the great book Sarwartha Chintamani of Sri Venkatesa Daivagnya (English Translation by Prof B Suryanarayana Rao of Astrological Magazine)

The question of longevity as advocated in Jatakadesha are given in Ashta Varga Phala & Ashta Varga Dasa by the author at pages 72-76, which may also be referred to by readers for additional yogas on longevity and the method of determination of probable time of death with reference to future planetary transits.