8th house — randhra bhāva
The 8th bhāva is the randhra bhāva — longevity. Phaladīpikā lists its names, and a house is known by what it governs. Its natural kāraka is Saturn. Below is the first witness SIA reads for any matter of this house: Parāśara's statement of what its lord does from each of the twelve positions, the complete grid, one verse per cell.
At a glance
- Number
- 8 / 12computed
- Classical name
- Randhra (longevity)PHAL C1.14
- Kāraka graha
- Śani (Saturn)BPHS C13.21
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- Vṛścika (Scorpio)computed
Phaladīpikā — the names of the house
माङ्गल्यरन्ध्रमलिनाधिपराभवायुःक्लेशापवादमरणाशुचिविघ्नदासान् । आचार्यदैवतपितॄन् शुभपूर्वेभाग्यपूजातपःसुकृतपौत्रजपार्यवंशान् ॥१४॥
TranslationMangalya (माङ्गल्य), Randhra (रन्ध्र), Malina (मलिन), Adhi (आधि-mental pain), Parabhava (पराभव, defeat or insult), Ayus (आयुस्) Klesa (क्लेश-sorrow), Apavada (अपवाद-blame or scandal), Marana (मरण-death), Asuchi (अशुचि-impurity), Vighna (विघ्न-obstacle or impediment) and Dasa (दास-servant) are the terms to denote the 8th house. Acharya (आचार्य-preceptor), Daivata (दैवत-deity), Pitru (पितृ-father), Subha (शुभ-anything auspicious), Purva bhagya (पूर्वेभाग्य-previous luck), Puja (पूजा-worship), Tapas (तपस्-penance), Sukruta (सुकृत-virtue or religious merit, a good or virtuous act), Pautra (पौत्र-grand son), Japa (ज here-prayer) and Aryavamsa (आर्यवंश-noble family) are the names for the 9th house.
The lord of this bhāva in each of the twelve bhāvas
Parāśara's bhāveśa-phala chapter states what the lord of a bhāva does from every position. These are the rows SIA fires for this bhāva's lord — one verse per cell, as printed.
अष्टमेशे तनौ कामे भार्यायुग्मं समादिशेत्। विष्णुद्रोहरतो नित्यं व्रणरोगी प्रजायते।।५७।।
If the 8th lord is in the lagna or the 7th house, then the native has two wives.
धनं तस्य भवेत्स्वल्पं गतं वित्तं न लभ्यते। अष्टमेशे धने बाहुबलहीनः प्रजायते।।५८।।
If the 8th lord is in the 2nd house, the native is of little wealth, weak in physical strength, and does not obtain lost wealth.
अष्टमेशे तृतीये चेत् भ्रातृहीनो भवेन्नरः। बन्धुद्वेषी सुहृद्द्वेषी व्यङ्गो दुर्बलदेहभाक्।।५९।।
If the 8th lord is in the 3rd house, then the native is without brothers, hostile to relatives and friends, deformed, and has a weak body.
अष्टमेशे सुखे कर्मपिशुनो बन्धुवर्जितः। मातापित्रोर्भवेन्मृत्युः स्वल्पकालेन भीतियुक्।।६०।।
If the 8th lord is in the 4th house, then the native is without profession, without relatives, and is without mother and father in a short time.
अष्टमेशो सुते लाभे तस्य वृद्धिर्न जायते। द्रव्यं न स्थीयते गेहे स्थिरबुद्धिर्भवेज्जनः।।६१।।
If the 8th lord is in the 5th or 11th house, the native is devoid of intelligence, wealth, and foolish.
अष्टमेशे व्यये षष्ठे नित्यं रोगी प्रजायते। जलसर्पादिकाद्घातो भवेत्तस्य च शैशवे।।६२।।
If the 8th lord is in the 6th or the 12th house, the native is always diseased and suffers from the fear of water or snakes in childhood.
अष्टमेशे तनौ कामे भार्यायुग्मं समादिशेत्। विष्णुद्रोहरतो नित्यं व्रणरोगी प्रजायते।।५७।।
If the 8th lord is in the lagna or the 7th house, then the native has two wives.
द्यूती चौरोऽन्यथावादी गुरुनिन्दासु तत्परः। अष्टमेशोऽष्टमस्थाने भार्या पररता भवेत्।।६३।।
If the 8th lord is in the 8th house, the native's wife is attached to another and he is a gambler, a thief, a liar, and one who criticizes the guru.
अष्टमेशे तपः स्थाने महापापी च नास्तिकः। सुतहा ह्यथवा वन्ध्या परभार्याधने रुचिः।।६४।।
If the 8th lord is in the 9th house, the native is a great sinner, an atheist, a destroyer of children or barren, and greedy for another's wife and wealth.
अष्टमेशे स्थिते माने नीचकर्मप्रवृत्तिवान्। प्रेष्यो च जारजो क्रूरो मातृहीनो भवेन्नरः।।६५।।
If the 8th lord is in the 10th house, the native is engaged in lowly work, a servant, born of a prostitute, cruel, and devoid of maternal happiness.
अष्टमेशो सुते लाभे तस्य वृद्धिर्न जायते। द्रव्यं न स्थीयते गेहे स्थिरबुद्धिर्भवेज्जनः।।६१।।
If the 8th lord is in the 5th or 11th house, the native is devoid of intelligence, wealth, and foolish.
अष्टमेशे व्यये षष्ठे नित्यं रोगी प्रजायते। जलसर्पादिकाद्घातो भवेत्तस्य च शैशवे।।६२।।
If the 8th lord is in the 6th or the 12th house, the native is always diseased and suffers from the fear of water or snakes in childhood.
The kāraka verse
सूर्यो गुरुः कुजः सोमो गुरुर्भौमः सितः शनिः।।३७।। गुरुश्चन्द्रसुतो जीवो मन्दश्च भावकारकः।।३७।। पुनस्तन्वादयो भावाः स्थाप्यास्तेषां शुभाऽशुभम्। लाभं तृतीयं रन्ध्रं च शत्रुभावव्ययं तथा। एषां योगेन यो भावस्तन्नाशं प्राप्नुयाद्ध्रुवम्।।३८।।
Gloss (English)Jupiter and the Moon's son is the weak significator.
Questions
What does the 8th house signify?
Phaladīpikā's list for the 8th house is quoted above in full; the kāraka graha for it is Saturn, and SIA reads its lord's placement first for any question that belongs to it.
Where is the lord of the 8th house good or bad?
Parāśara does not rank the twelve placements; he states a result for each, and the closing verses of the chapter say every result scales with the lord's strength. SIA weighs the placement with the lord's ṣaḍbala before it prints a verdict.
See these verses fire on your own chart.
Cast your kundli in SIA — every line of the reading carries the verse it rests on.
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