Jataka Alankara

If all the planets be in the 5th house, the person concerned will live for 60 years.

If the Sun be in the Ascendant in conjunction with one of his enemies or with Mars, if Jupiter be devoid of strength and if the Moon be posited in the 12th or the 5th, the native will live for 70 years.

If all the planets b in the 9th, the person concerned will live his full life period that is 120 years and 5 days.

If all the planets be posited in Kendra and in Navamshas owned by malefics, the native will live for 80 years.

If malefic planets occupy malefic Rashis and benefics be in benefic ones and if the lord of the Ascendant be strong, the native will live the full period.

If all the planets be in the 5th house, the person concerned will live for 60 years.

18. When the last or the initial portion of Carpicorn (Leo?) is rising and all the benefics are posited in Kendras, the lease of life will be 100 years.

If all benefics occupy the 8th, 3rd and 4th houses, the person concerned will be long lived.

If lord of the 8th whether reckoned from the Ascendnat or from the Moon bein 12th or in a Kendra, the person will live for 28 years.

When Kendras are void of benefics and when the 8th house is occupied, the native will live for 30 years.

19-20. When the Moon is waning, when a malefic planet occupies the 8th house, when the lord of the 8th is in a Kendra and when the lord of the Ascendant is weak, the person concerned will live for 20 years.

If benefics occupy Apoklima (3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses) and Saturn and Moon are posited in the 6th and 8th, the life of the native will be 20 years.

If two malefics occupy the 2nd, 8th or 12th and not be conjoined with Rahu or the Moon, the person concerned will have 20 years’ lease of life.

If the Sun and Saturn occupy Kendra houses and Mars be in the Ascendant the native will live for 20 years.

If Venus and Jupiter be in the Ascendant, Mars occupy the 5th along with another malefic, the person concerned will be short lived.

If the lord of the Rashi occupied by the Moon be in the Ascendant along with the Sun and be also conjoined with or aspected by another planet whether malefic or benefic, the person concerned will be short lived.

21. The Ayus should be declared which ahs been declared previously by great astrologers as derivable from definite planetary combinations will apply fully only to people who rigidly adhere to the rules of good conduct.

22. This Ayus should be declared by intelligent astrologers for persons who are noted for their virtuous conduct, after weighing the relative strength of the several planets.

23. In this work named Jatakalankara, the chapter on Ayurdaya consisting of 22 charming verses has been beautifully composed by Ganesha, the learned astrologer, for the delectation of the wise.

Chapter 6 Bhava Adhyaya

1. If the lords of the Ascendant and the 2nd house exchange places, the person born will be wealthy, intelligent and noted for good behavior. He will perform excellent meritorious acts, will possess a strong constitution and be prone to enjoyment.

If the lords of the Ascendant and the 3rd house mutually exchange their places the person concerned will have a weak constitution, will be blessed with good relatives and will be honoured by the sovereign. He will make his relations happy and will have maternal kinsmen.

2. If the lord of the 4th house be in the Ascendant and the lord of the Ascendant in the 4th, the person concerned will be of a forgiving disposition, will obey his father’s commands, will engage himself in state-affairs, will possess excellent qualities, will be intelligent, will have good elderly relation or preceptor, and will have a retinue to follow him.

If the lords of the 1st and the 5th houses exchange places, the native concerned will be high-minded, adorned with good learning, famous among his kinsmen, endowed with sacred knowledge and will be bent on keeping up his self-respect.

3. If the lords of the 1st and 6th houses are mutually placed each in the other house, the person concerned will be free from sickness or diseases; he will be intent on constant malevolence, etc.; he will possess a strong constitution, will be wealthy and clever in the accumulation, of money.

If the lords of the 1st and the 7th houses be similarly situated, the native concerned will serve his father; he will be lustfully inclined, and will be a servant to his wife’s brother.

4. If the lord of the 1st house occupy the 8th and the lord of the latter be in the Ascendant, the person concerned will be clever in gambling and will be valiant. He will be addicted to thieving, cheating, etc. He may come by his death through the sovereign’s ire or the attack of the public.

When the lords of the 1st and the 9th occupy each other’s house, the native will live in a foreign place, will be very intent on doing charitable and virtuous acts, will worship Gods and elders and will command the respect of the sovereign.