70. Childhood Difficulties: If the lord of the Moon sign is a malefic planet and occupies a malefic sign in relation to another malefic planet by aspect or union, the child will undergo intense difficulties. (That is, the child will incur severe danger). Difficulties will not however be severe if a benefic joins or aspects the said dispositors of the Moon sign.
71. Death in 7th Year: Should the ascendant contain a malefic planet, rise in one of Nigada, Sarpa, Pakshi and Pasa decanates, and be unaspected by its lord (i.e. lord of the rising decanate), the subject will die in the 7th year of his birth.
Notes: (a) Capricorn’s first decanate is known as Nigada (fetters) Drekkana.
(b) Sarpa (snake) Drekkanas are: the last decanates of Cancer and Pisces.
(c) Pakshi (bird) Drekkana is the last decanate of Taurus.
(d) Pasa (noose) Drekkanais the middle decanate of Scorpio. This Drekkana division is according to one school of thought.
There is however no clear-cut division.
72. Childhood evils will persist in case the ascendant and its lord are subjected to malefic planets’ union or aspect. Benefic’s nvolvement will reduce these evils.
73. Death at 10 or 16: If Rahu is in an angle in aspect to malefics, the child will die during its 10th year of age. Some say it will be in the 16th year.
74. Early Death: The child born during the Sun-rise will immediately die if trines and angles of the horoscope are captured by malefic planets as benefics are in evil houses, i.e. 6/8/12th.
75. If the weak Moon is in the ascendant, excluding Cancer, Aries and Scorpio, in aspect to malefic planets, the child will set forth to the heavens immediately after its birth.
76-77. Early Death: (a) The subject will die in the first year if the Moon aspected by malefic planets is in the 6th or 8th house from the ascendant.
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(b) Death will strike the child in the 8th year if the said oon as above is aspected by benefIcs.
(c) If, however, there be aspects of both benefIcs and malefIcs, death will be in the fourth year. The exact year should be guessed by rule of three process.
78-79. (a) Death within a Month: Benefic planets placed in both the 6th and 8th houses receiving the aspects of retrograde malefic planets’ and enjoying no aspect or union of benefics will kill the child within a month of its birth.
