Important Astrological Rules regarding 8th House

These are the general but important astrological rules compiled from different authentic classical texts of vedic astrology.
- If good planets occupy 1 and Mars is in 10, there will be danger to maternal uncles. If Saturn joins lO, cousins die, and if Moon is in 10 with evil planets their mother will die. If Sun and Moon occupy l, and evil planets join 12 not aspected by benefics, the person dies very soon.

1. If Moon is in 1, Sun in 7 and joins with malefics, the child dies soon
2. If Moon and Sun occupy 12 and Saturn is not aspected by benefics, the child dies soon.
3. If Moon and Sun occupy 12 and the lord of 12 is in l, the child will have very short life.
4. If the lord of 1 is powerful and joins with the lord of 4, and the lord of 9 joins 12 aspected by malefics the person loses his parents in early life.
5. If the lord of 3 with Moon Occupies 3, 6, or 12, the child will be suckled by another woman. If the lord of 9 and Sun occupy 3, 6, or 12, the person loses his father soon. If the lord of 9 is with Sun and Saturn, and occupies 9 the father dies during night time, or if the same joins with the lord of 6 the death of the father takes place during night time.
6. If there are many malefics in 8, the private parts will be diseased, if good planets aspect them, there will be much relief.
7. If the lord of 8 is with malelics or is aspected by them, or is between them, or occupies bad houses, or is in 8, the person will be disgraced.
8. If 8 becomes a movable sign, its lord is also in a movable sign, death takes place in a foreign country, if 8 and its lord are in a fixed sign and Saturn is similarly placed, the person dies in his own home, and if the above three are in common signs the person dies while travelling.
9. If the lord of 9 is in 8, or is in a movable sign the child will be born when its father is not in the place.
10. If the lord of the 8th house being associated with a malefie planet occupy the 12th or the 6th bhava, the person concerned will be short-lived. The name effecf is produced when the lord of the 8th bhava being weak happens to be associated with the lord of the Lagna in one of the two bhavas above-named (viz- the 6th or the 12th).
11. When the lord of the 8th bhavn occupies its own house, the person born will he long-lived. If the lords of the 1st and the 8th bhavas occupy the 6th or the 12th bhava, then too will the person born enjoy prolonged vital energy. The lords of the 10th, the 1st and the 8th bhavas in Kendra, a Trikon or the 11th bhava lead to long life. But if they be weak and in conjuncfion with Saturn, the astrologer may declare life to be short.
12. If the lords of the 10th, the 8th and the 1st house be all of them strong and unassociated with Saturn, the person born will be long-lived. If even two of them be strong, the pcraon concerned will have medium life. If only one of them be strong his life will be shorter than in the preceeding case. If none of them be strong, he will have no period of life worth mentioning.
13. If the lord of the 8th house being in conjunction with a malefic planet occupy a malefic sign or Dustthana — 6th, 8th or 12th, the life of the person concerned will be short. But if the planet owning the 8th house be associated with or aspected by a benefic one or occupy a benefic sign or the 8th bhava itself, the life of the person born will be long.
14. If the lord of the lagna be in the 8th bhava or if the lord of the latter bhava in conjunction with or aspected by a malefic planet become invisible by its too great proximity to the Sun or be in the 6th bhava, the person born will be void of vitality. But if the lord of the 8th place from the Lagna be in its exaltation or in conjuction with a benefic planet or in a Kendra or a Trikona or in the 8th bhava itself, the person born will be blessed with long life. The same will be the case when the rising Sign is occupied by its Lord.
15. If the lord of the 12th bhava from the Lagna occupy Swasshetra and be strong the person born will live long in comfort. The same effect follows when the lords of the 1st and the 8th bhavas are strong and occupy Kendra. If Venus, Mercury or Jupiter occupy or aspect the Moon’s place or the 10th from the Sign of conception or birth or from the 8th bhava, the person concerned will enjoy health and long life.
16. Find the aggregate number of years (according to Ududasa) of the planets associated with the lord of the 5th bhava. Divide this by 12. The remainder should indicate the zodiacal sign occupied by the Sun at the time of the person’s demise. But if such lord of the 5th bhava is not associated with any other planet, then the aggregate number of years according to Ududasa of the lord of the 5th bhava should be divided by 12 and the remainder should indicate the zodiacal sign occupied by the Sun at the time of the person’s demise. Again, add tagether the Ududasa periods of the lord of the Lagna and the lord of the 5th bhava or the planet associated with the lord of the 5th bhava as the case may be and divide the sum by 30. The result will indicate the day of the person’s demise counted from the Sankrama day of the month.
17. If the Moon in the 8th bhava be associated with Mars, Saturn or Rahu the person concerned will become liable to epilepsy, and death wrill result from that disease.
18. When the Moon is in the 8th bhava, the person born will be liable to excessive perspiration. If Mars occupying the 10th house be associated with Mercury, the person’s body will emit foul smell.
19. When a person is born with a Seershodaya Rasi for the rising sign, his death will occur in the dasa and antar-dasa of the lord of the 2nd, lst or of Rahu according as the Seershodaya rising sign is moveable, immoveable or of a dual kind. If the Lagna be a Prishtodaya rasi, the death will happen during the dasa or antar-dasa of the lord of the Lagna-drekkana if the lagna be a moveable sign; if it be an immovable one, the event will take place during the dasa and antar-dasa of the planet aspected by the lagna-drekkana; if a dual Rasi, during the dasa and antar-dasa of the planet in conjunction with the lord of the Lagna-drekkana.
20. 8L associated with 11H » speculation
21. 8L in 6H/12H » alpayu
22. 8L in 8H » dhirghayu
23. 8L (R) » dhirghayu
24. If 8L is in 6H/8H/12H in D-9, the evil effects gets reduced. If in kendras / konas in D-9, evil results gets intensified.