Death
of the Physical
Body
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Please note: This page
deals specifically with the phenomenon of the human spirit
leaving its temporary physical body, i.e., death.
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Death is a completely natural
process. However, western society has a strong death taboo.
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If
you are not interested in the subject of death, please do not
proceed in reading this page!
"Two only, among the forty
meditational practices, are always and under all circumstances beneficial: the
development of friendliness, and the recollection of death."
-- Buddhagosa
There are no masks at the end.
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Yama Thangka
http://www.indianmuseumkolkata.org/
As an astrologer
and an incarnate human, I recommend intelligent
preparation for death. Since very few people in our
era possess the spiritual knowledge necessary to
transcend physical death, the answer to death questions
for most of us is not "if" but
"when".
Death is a strange
& wonderful aspect of Life. An essential guarantor of
creative differentiation in the universe, death is the
great housecleaner. Without death, things would get
pretty stale, pretty quickly!
All the major
religious traditions offer time-tested wisdom on the
death process. Practitioners skilled in facilitating this
passage can be found worldwide in church, synagogue,
mosque, mandir, temple, and gompa. Within the world's religious
literature on death, certain texts are particularly
accessible.
Sogyal Rinpoche's
now classic commentary entitled The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying, exemplifies the clear, intelligent information on the natural
reality of death and dying which is now available to English language
readers. It is possible to be well-prepared for death.
Jyotisha
treats
human death with the respect & admiration due an
awesomely creative life force. This page offers a tiny snippet of what
Vedic astrology tells us about death and rebirth:
Timing of Death by Maraka Graha:
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death of self =
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death of mother =
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death of father =
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death of child =
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death of spouse =
If the lord of Rahu or Ketu is a
temporal maraka i.e., plays one of the house-lordship roles above, then
Rahu-Ketu can give the death effect of their lord or their co-occupants (most
frequently their lord).
Deaths during Rahu periods are shocking and
create considerable disruption. However although the outcome may ultimately be
favorable for the native.
What
is a "Maraka" Graha?
A "maraka" planet signifies the separation of
the spirit from the fleshly body.
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Lords of house-2 and house-7 are the maraka planets. However, not every bhukti of
L-2 or L-7 gives
death!
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Rahu-Ketu can be virulent maraka
graha when they occupy domain-2 or domain-7
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Shani and Kuja are called "natural
marakas" but in practice they are not killers unless they are already
L-2 or L-7. If a malefic is also L-2 or L-7, the malefic requires very
little additional triggering by transits or drishti to do the job.
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Rarely, bhukti of either L-2-from-Chandra
or L-7-from-Chandra can trigger death of the native.
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Periods of
L-2/L-7-from-Chandra do frequently give death of mother. Similarly,
L-2/L-7-from-Surya do frequent give death of father.
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The Kharesha
= lord of the 22nd drekkana
(decanate) has major "badhaka" powers. When the Kharesha interacts with
lord of domain-8 and the radix lagna, periods of L-8 can give sudden
death of the physical body.
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"Marana karakas" (see table below)
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the graha which rules the 64th
navamsha from Chandra can function as a maraka (= graha ruling the 8th
rashi from D-9 Soma)
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lord of Gulika or Mandi can function as a
maraka
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 humor, place etc. )
~~ Saravali, Ch 47, shloka 22
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Marana
karakas ("death inflictors")
A "marana" karaka's power increases
if it is found:
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yuti or receiving drishti from
papa-graha (malefics)
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occupying the rashi
of an enemy or its neechha
rashi
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maraNa:
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the act of dying , death
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passing away , cessation (as of lightning
or rain)
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the 8th mansion
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a kind of poison
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refuge, asylum
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killing, slaying , slaughter , death ,
destruction
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to suffer death
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a magical ceremony having for its object
the destruction of an enemy (also {-karman} and {-kRtya}
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slayer
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name. of a partic. mystical weapon
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calcination
~~ Cologne
Digital Sanskrit Lexicon
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Surya
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in domain-12 |
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Chandra
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in domain-8 |
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Kuja
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in domain-7 |
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Budha
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in domain-7 |
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Guru
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in domain-3 |
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Shukra
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in domain-6 |
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Shani
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in domain-1 (esp. for Simha lagna) |
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Rahu |
in 9th-from-lagna |
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Ketu |
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Natural
Marakas:
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Saturn
= material reality, laws of the natural world
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Ketu
= separation, alienation, dissociation;
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Mars
= quick actions, conflict, violence
Periods of maraka planets
signify death ONLY when the maraka planet is especially death-empowered
during His
bhukti.
The minimum conditions for
death empowerment of marakas are:
Empowerment to effect death is
most frequently created when:
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Place of Death
Traditionally, the place of Death is generally determined by
the Lord of the Rashi occupied by the Lord of Navamsha (swamsha).
Much depends as always upon the character of lagnesha, swamsha, graha
in lagna, and graha casting drishti upon lagna/lagnesha.
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Surya
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Temple, Ashram, or Forest |
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Chandra
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Gardens, lush farmland, fertile
growings |
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Kuja
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Surgery, Hospital, battlefield,
emergency setting. |
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Budha
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children's play area, casino or
gambling house, sporting club |
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Guru
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public building, law court,
theater |
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Shukra
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finely appointed homes, care & convalescence
homes. |
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Shani
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places with low people, victims,
slaves, & commoners.
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This chart is copied in its entirety, with no changes
from the original, from the generous Jyotisha offerings of :
Sri Sarajit Poddar, Jyotish Guru, Sri Jagannath
Center
http://www.scribd.com/doc/282623/Death-Matters?referral=google
[** BPL note: the swelling disease
called "dropsy" originally "hydropsy" in modern
times is called edema, or Brit. oedema.] |
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Serial
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Combinations
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Cause
of Death
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1
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The
Sun in 10th and Mars in 4th
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Fall
from the top of a mountain
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2
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Saturn
in 4th, the Moon in 7th and Mars in 10th
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Falling
into a well.
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3
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Both
the luminaries in Virgo aspected by malefics
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Own
Kinsmen/ Poisoning.
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4
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Both
the luminaries in Lagna happened to be a dual sign
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Watery
grave.
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5
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Saturn
in Cancer, the Moon in Capricorn
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Dropsy.**
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6
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The
Moon in Martian sign hemmed in between malefics
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Weapons
or Fire.
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7
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The
Moon in Virgo betwixt malefics
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Vitiation
of blood or consumption.
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8
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The
Moon in Saturnine signs in betwixt malefics
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Hanging,
Fire or fall.
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9
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5th
and 9th occupied by malefics without benefic aspect
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Captivity/
Prison.
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10
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Decanate
of 8th house be Sarpa (Serpent) or Pasa (Noose) or Nigada (Fetters)
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Captivity.
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11
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Virgo
happened to be 7th (Pisces Lagna) occupied by the Moon along with
malefic, Venus in Aries (2nd), Sun in the Lagna
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Die
on account of a woman.
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12
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Sun
or Mars in 4th, Saturn in 10th, weak Moon conjoined with malefics in the
1st or 5th or 9th
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Impalement.
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13
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The
Sun in the 4th, Mars conjoined with weak Moon in the 10th aspected by
Saturn
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Beaten
with wooden clubs.
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14
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Four
planets mentioned above in 8th, 10th, 1st and the 4th
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same
result.
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15
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Above
four planets in the 10th, 9th, 1st and 5th
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Suffocation
\ Fire \ Imprisonment \ Beating.
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16
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Mars
in 4th, the Sun in 7th and Saturn in the 10th
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Weapon
\ Fire \ Royal displeasure.
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17
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Saturn
in 2nd, the Moon in 4th, Mars in 10th
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Wounds
or Worms
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18
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Sun
in 10th, Mars in 4th
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Fall
from a Vehicle / Injuries received from stone throwing.
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19
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Mars
in 7th, the sun, Moon and Saturn in the Lagna
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Machine.
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20
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Mars
in Libra, Saturn in Aries, the Moon in Saturnine sign
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Death
in between filth and night soil.
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21
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Weak
Moon in 10th, the Sun in 7th and Mars in 4th
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Same
as above.
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22
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Weak
Moon aspected by strong Mars, Saturn in 8th
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Worms
\ Tumor
\ Instruments \ Fire \ Disease of private parts.
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23
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The
Sun in Lagna, Mars in 8th, Saturn in 5th, the Moon in 9th
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Fall
from a precipice \ Fall of thunderbolt or off a wall.
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24
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Mars
and Saturn afflicted
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Suffocation
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25
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Lagna
be a watery sign or Amsa aspected by the Moon and Venus, 8th and 12th
occupied by malefics
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In
water.
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26
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Birth
during the Visa ghatis, 8th occupied by malefic
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Poison/
Fire/ Weapons.
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27
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The
Moon in the fatal degree of Lagna or 8th or 12th
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Water
or Machinery.
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28
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Snake
poison/ by vultures/ by wild boar according to the name of particular
Navamsha.
The first
Navamsha of Aries, Taurus, Virgo and Sagittarius
called snake poison; the middle of Gemini, Leo, Libra and Aquarius is
called Vulture poison.
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Impalement
on account of
royal displeasure.
[This also happens when Mars
and Saturn are in each other’s sign or Amsa, in the sign or Amsa of
the 8th house (or in the fatal
degree) and at the same time in Kendra from the 8th lord].
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30
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The
Moon in Lagna,
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weak Sun in 8th,
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Jupiter in 12th
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and a malefic in the 4th
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Fall
from the couch / Attack by hunters at night.
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31
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Hunger
in a place far away from kith and kin.
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32
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In
battle / Weapon.
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33
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Indigestion.
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34
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Poisoning.
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35
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Hanging.
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36
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Ghost/
Fire/ Water.
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37
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Epilepsy.
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Bilious
disease.
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39
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Consumption
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40
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Venus
in 8th
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aspected by malefics
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Rheumatism,
Consumption or Diabetes.
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41
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Rahu
in 8th
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aspected by malefics
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Heat
blisters/ Snake bite/ Small pox/ Mental Disease
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42
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8th
lord aspected by Venus,
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the Sun or Saturn conjoined with Rahu
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posited in
a Krura Shastiyamsa
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Head
chopped off.
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43
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The
Moon conjoined with Saturn,
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Rahu and Mandi placed in a dusthana
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and
aspected by Lagna lord
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Violent
death.
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44
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Benefics
occupy 4th, 10th
or 1st
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45
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Captivity/
Hanging.
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46
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The
Sun and Mars in the12th,
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Rahu and the Moon in the 7th,
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Jupiter in any
Kendra
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Far
away from home in a temple garden.
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47
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Hanging
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48
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Prison.
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49
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Crucifixion.
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50
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Surgical
operation, Piles, Fistula.
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51
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The
disease with which the native suffered before dying can be ascertained
from the diseases indicated by the planets occupying the 8th house.
If
there is no planet in the 8th then the 8th lord have the say on it.
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Circumstances of
Death according to the Rashi of the 22nd Drekkana
Contents of this chart copied from
the generous offerings of Sri Sarajit Poddar,
Jyotish Guru, Sri Jagannath Center
http://www.scribd.com/doc/282623/Death-Matters?referral=google
"
In the absence of aforesaid
conditions the nature of death is to be judged from the 22nd Decanate
which falls in the 8th house." |
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First Decanate |
Second Decanate |
Third Decanate |
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Mesha
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Water,
Snake-poison, Bite |
Water,
worms, Snow, Forest.
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Falling
into the tank or well |
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Vrishabha |
Elephant,
Horse, Camel |
Bile,
Fire, Wind, Thieves |
Fall
from a vehicle, seat or horse or through Weapons in Battle |
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Mithuna
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Cough,
Asthma |
Buffalo,
Poison, Typhoid |
wild
animals, Mountain, Snakes or elephants, Forester or forest |
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Karka |
Crocodile, Liquor, Thorns, Sleep |
Blows,
Drinking poison |
Birds,
Diabetes, Tumor, Blood vitiation, Sleepiness. |
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Simha
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Water,
Poison, Disease of the feet |
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