Ch. 47. Aphorisms of Death
1. REASONS OF DEATH. If the 8th House is occupied by
any planet from the Sun to Saturn, the reason for
death in the same order will be fire, water, weapon,
fever, indigestion (or constipation), thirst and
hunger. According to the 8th House being a Movable,
Fixed, or Dual Sign, the place of death will be a
foreign place, own place, or on the way.
2. Death may be due to the imbalance of that humour
belonging to the planet aspecting the 8th House. If
there is no planet in the 8th House, the aspecting
one may indicate the kind of death. If many are thus
related, the strongest one will prevail.
3. DEATH BY DROWNING, FALL ETC. If the 10th and 4th
are occupied by the Sun and Mars, the native will
die due to fall from hills. If the 10th, 7th and 4th
Houses are occupied by Mars, Mercury and Saturn, it
may be due to fall in a well. Death due to
imprisonment will follow, if the Luminaries are
placed in Virgo in aspect to malefics. The end will
be by drowning, if Pisces is occupied by the Sun and
the Moon.
4-5. DEATH BY FIRE ETC. If the Moon and Saturn,
respectively, are in Capricorn and Cancer, death
will be due to affliction of stomach. If the Moon be
hemmed between malefics and occupies a Sign of Mars,
fire/weapons will cause death. Death will be
certainly inflicted by dryness of blood, if the Moon
is in Virgo hemmed between malefics.
6-7. DEATH BY HANGING ETC. If the Moon in Capricorn,
or Aquarius be hemmed between benefics, death will
be due to hanging, fire, or fall, which is doubtless
according to Chanakya. The same effect will come to
pass, if the 5th and 9th Houses are occupied by
malefics in aspect to malefics. If the drekkana of
the 8th House be one of Pasa, Sarpa and Nigala,
death will be reticent.
8. DEATH DUE TO A FEMALE. If the Sun be in Pisces
Ascendant, while the Moon is in the 7th (in Virgo),
or in the 2nd in Aries, or in the 5th in Cancer, a
female will be reason for the native's end.
9. DEATH DUE TO A TRIDENT'S HIT. If the 4th House is
occupied by Mars, or the Sun, while Saturn is
conjunct weak Moon in the 10th House and malefics
are in the Ascendant and its Trines, hit of a
trident will cause the end.
10. DEATH BY HIT OF WOOD. If the Sun is in the 4th,
while the Moon devoid of strength is in the 10th
along with Mars, or in aspect to Saturn, the native
will be hit by a log.
11. DEATH BY HIT OF A CLUB etc. If weak Moon, Mars,
Sun and Mercury along with Saturn are in the 10th,
8th, 4th and Ascendant (in any way), the subject
will have his end due to a club beat. If these
planets fill the 10th, 9th, 5th and Ascendant, death
will be by smoke, fire, confinement, or a blow of
fist.
12. DEATH DUE TO ROYAL WRATH. If the 4th, 7th and
10th Houses are occupied by Mars, the Sun and
Saturn, death will be due to weapon, fire, or royal
wrath.
13-14. DEATH DUE TO INSECTS, INTOXICANTS AND
MACHINERY. One's end will be due to insects, if the
10th, 4th and 2nd Houses at his birth are occupied
by Mars, the Moon and Saturn. If the 10th House is
constellated by the Luminaries and Mars, the native
will end his life on account of intoxicants, or fall
from height. Machinery will be the source of one's
death, if the 7th House is occupied by Mars, as the
trio of weak Moon, Saturn and the Sun afflict
Ascendant by occupation.
15-16. DEATH IN FILTHY SURROUNDINGS. One will die
amidst ordure, if Mars is in Libra, the Sun in
Aries/Scorpio and the Moon in Capricorn/Aquarius.
The Sun, weak Moon and Mars in the 8th, 10th and 4th
Houses, will kill one amidst excrement. So says
Siddhasena.
17-18. DEATH BY THIRST, WEAPONS AND BIRDS. If the
8th House contains both the weak Moon and Saturn in
aspect to strong Mars, the subject will die due to
spleenary disorders, colics, thirst, or weapons. The
Sun and Mars in the 7th, while Saturn occupies the
8th and the Moon the 4th, one's death will be caused
by birds.
19. If the Ascendant, 8th, 5th and 9th Houses are
occupied by the Sun, Mars, Saturn and the Moon,
death will be due to fall from a hill, hit of a
weapon, or fall of a wall etc.
20. Yavanas indicate, that the place of death will
correspond to the Navansa Lagna Lord. The aphorisms
stated in this Ch. should be suitably interpreted
according to other aspects and other conjunctions.
21. The duration of the state of loss of
consciousness (or insensibility, delusion, pain
etc.) will correspond to the portion elapsed in the
radical Ascendant. The duration will remain doubled
and trebled according to the Ascendant Lord, or a
benefic aspecting the Ascendant.
22. KHARA DREKKANA. The 22nd decanate from the
Ascendant will denote the nature of one's death. For
example, by the nature of its Lord, (i.e. the humour,
place etc.)
23-24. EFFECTS OF ARIES DECANATES AS RELATED TO
DEATH. If the first decanate of Aries be the 22nd
decanate from the Ascendant and be in aspect to a
malefic the native's death will be due to water
(i.e. drowning etc.), snake, poison, or bilious
imbalances. If the 2nd decanate of Aries be so
related, water, insects, ice and forests will cause
death. The 3rd decanate of Aries denotes tanks, well
etc.
25-26. DECANATES IN TAURUS. If the first decanate of
Taurus be the 22nd decanate at birth, death will be
caused by animals, like ox, horse, donkey, camel
etc. The second decanate in Taurus denotes the end
due to bilious/windy complaints, fire and thieves.
The concluding decanate of Taurus leads to one's
death in journey, or due to fall from the back of a
horse, or due to hit by weapon in battle.
27-28. DECANATES IN GEMINI. If the first decanate of
Gemini be the 22nd decanate at birth, one's end will
be due to tuberculosis, or pulmonary disorders. The
second decanate in Gemini identical with 22nd
decanate denotes death through a buffalo, or through
poison, or delirium. If the 3rd decanate in Gemini
becomes the 22nd decanate the end will be through
forest tribes, quadrupeds in general, or elephants
in particular.
29-30. DECANATES IN CANCER. If the 22nd decanate is
the first decanate of Cancer, the reason of death
will be a crocodile (or a shark), wine, thorn, or
dreams. The second decanate will cause end by
beating, or by consuming of poison. The terminating
decanate indicates death by respiratory diseases,
urinary diseases (viz. gleet, diabetes etc.),
spleenary disorders, affliction to blood, or by
swooning caused by excessive labor.
31-32. DECANATES IN LEO. The 22nd decanate identical
with the first decanate of Leo will cause one's end
due to water, poison, or diseases of the foot. The
second decanate of Leo indicates death by diseases
caused by water, or movements in forests. The last
decanate thereof will bring one's end through
poison, weapons, calumny, or fall from heights.
33-34. DECANATES IN VIRGO. Should the death decanate
be the first decanate in Virgo, one's life will end
due to diseases of the head, or by wind, (gale,
hurricane, or outburst of violent wind etc.,) The
middle decanate in Virgo will cause death by
snake-bites, or in hills, forts, forests etc., or by
the son of a king. The concluding decanate in Virgo
will bring death by camels, asses, weapons, water,
deep pits, females and unhealthy eating and
drinking.
35. DECANATES IN LIBRA. When the 22nd decanate at
birth is held by the first decanate of Libra, death
will be through a female, or quadrupeds, or fall
from heights. The middle decanate of Libra denotes
end on account of stomachial diseases, while last
decanate indicates snakes, or animals living in
water, as a source of death.
36-37. DECANATES IN SCORPIO. The first decanate in
Scorpio, if designated, as the 22nd decanate at
birth, poison, weapons, females, (unhealthy) food
and drinks will bring one's death. The second
decanate in Scorpio indicates death through robes,
weights, falls and diseases. The last decanate of
Scorpio will inflict death by being stoned, or by
breakage of shank bones.
38-39. DECANATES IN SAGITTARIUS. The first decanate
of Sagittarius being the 22nd decanate at birth,
denotes, that death will be due to various windy
disorders, or due to diseases of the anus. The
second decanate will cause one's end to poison, or
faults of elders, or windy diseases. The concluding
decanate will inflict death in water, or through
abdominal disorders.
40-41. DECANATES IN CAPRICORN. The opening decanate
of Capricorn will bring death through royal torture,
or through tigers. The middle decanate will inflict
death on account of damage to thighs, or through
creatures/animals living in water, poison, snake,
fire, weapons, robbers, fever and living beings
other than human beings. The last decanate will
bring end through a female.
42-43. DECANATES IN AQUARIUS. The first decanate in
Aquarius will bring death through females, water,
hills, elephants and stomachial disorders. The
middle decanate denotes one's end through miseries
caused by a female, venereal diseases etc., while
the third decanate will cause death through
copulation, facial diseases and quadrupeds.
44-15. DECANATES IN PISCES. If the first decanate of
Pisces be related to death, it will be due to
diarrhea, spleenary, or urinary disorders affliction
to stomach/thighs, females, elephants, or planetary
evils. If the second decanate be so related, one's
end of life will come through a tragedy in a boat
and the third one denotes death due to dreaded
diseases.
Thus ends the 47th Ch. entitled “APHORISMS OF DEATH”
in Kalyana Varma's Saravali.
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