Chapter 7
Health and longevity
- If the lagna lord is associated with Jupiter, good longevity is indicated. Jupiter is the karaka for fortune, children and body
- Saturn in association with the 8th lord also confers long life. Saturn’s placement in the 8th is also good for longevity
- The 8th lord in the lagna, along with Ketu, indicates short life
- Sun combined with the lord of 9th makes the father long-lived, provided they’re not together in 9th. However, Sun’s placement in the 9th shortens the father’s life, as does Moon in 4th for the mother’s longevity
- If the 9th lord is in 11th, long life to the father is indicated
- Moon, when associated with the 4th lord, indicates a long life to the mother
- If either Mars or Jupiter is in 3rd, harm will be caused to the native’s brothers
- If the 3rd is owned and occupied by Jupiter, the person will only have one brother
- Jupiter in 5th and Venus in 7th lessen the longevity of children and spouse respectively
- Long life to the native’s mother is surely to be predicted if Moon conjoins the 4th lord in 5th, 9th or 10th
- If the 4th lord is in 4th and it happens to be its moolatrikona, the mother will live long
- The mother’s longevity will be curtailed by Saturn’s aspect on both the 4th lord and waning Moon