Before understanding longevity Calculations in Vedic Astrology one must know what is longevity. Is it long duration of individual life of a person? Or we can say the members of that family are noted for their longevity. Longevity is actually length of life. Or it is a study of longevity. Longevity is a very vast subject.
It is long continuance or permanence or durability of a thing or person. Here we shall discuss about longevity of human life. How long a person will live is to be found out on the basis of longevity Calculations in Vedic astrology. Life span is not only the longevity that planets grant. It is also affected by the circumstances that put an end to life.
First thing is birth horoscopeIt is the birth chart of the native in all cases. It shown a... More should be correct. Longevity can be calculated astrologically as well as mathematically. Upto the age of 12 years of a child longevity can not be counted mathematically as per rule of longevity Calculations in Vedic Astrology.
Type of Longevity
Longevity can be classified under four important types according to Vedic Astrology:
1. Balarishta (Infant mortality) : It means the death before 8 years.
2. Alpayu (Short life) : It means the death between 8 to 32 years.
3. Madhyayu (Medium life) : The span of life between 33 to 75 years.
4. Purnayu (Full life) : It is from 75 to 120 years.
These longevity Calculations in Vedic Astrology are done on the basis of Balarishtas in the birth chart of an individual.
Longevity Calculation
For longevity Calculations in Vedic astrology the position of the 8th house determines the longevity of an individual. Auspicious effects in the eighth house give good longevity, while malefic planets reduce longevity of a native. Saturn, is a karaka of the 8th house, if it is present in the 8th house, it gives long longevity to the native.
Longevity Calculations in Vedic astrology can be determined from 3 factors:
- AscendantIt is the first house in the horoscope. More and 8th lord.
- Mion sign and the ascendantIt is the first house in the horoscope. More lord.
- Ascedant lord and kaala hora lagna
Like this it can be calculated how long one can live.
LONG LIFE If both the factors are in movable sign. If anyone of them is in fixed sign and the other in dual sign.
MEDIUM LIFE both in dual sign. One in movable other in fixed sign.
SHORT LIFE both in fixed sign. One in movable other in dual sign.
Longevity Calculations in Vedic Astrology on the basis of Transits:
- Add the longitudes of Gulika,Sun and AscendantIt is the first house in the horoscope. More. When Jupiter in transit reaches this point death takes place.
- When Jupiter transits the trine to the sign of the lord of the above sign death occurs.
- When Jupiter transits the sign or its navamsha obtained by deducting longitude of Yamakantaka from the longitude of the ascendantIt is the first house in the horoscope. More lord.
According to prashna shashtra longevity Calculations in Vedic astrology Saturn’s first round of the zodiac chart Saturn gives death to alpayu,in the second round to medium ayu and the third round to long life people.
According to some classic method longevity Calculations in Vedic astrology for day born natives ,the longitudes of Sun and Saturn should be added and find out the constellation of that longitude. Death can occur at the time of dasha of that constellation lord. For night born natives constellation should be calculated by adding longitudes of moon and Rahu. Then death can take place in the dasha period of lord of that constellation.
KENDRAYU method of longevity Calculations in Vedic Astrology
The houses 1, 4, 7, 10 are called Kendra houses1, 4, 7, 10 houses of the horoscope. More of horoscopeIt is the birth chart of the native in all cases. It shown a... More. Add the number of sign of each such house. If Rahu or Mars are present in Kendra house, deduct the number of that sign from above four sign total. The balance is multiplied by 3 and that is the total span of life.
KENDRA-TRIKONA method of Longevity Calculations in Vedic astrology
The houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 are called quadrants or the kendrasthanas. Houses 5 and 9 are called the trine houses or the trikonasthanas. Add the number of signs falling in these 6 houses of the horoscopeIt is the birth chart of the native in all cases. It shown a... More. Now note the number of houses occupied by any planets. The number of these signs are added to signs of above mentioned 6 houses. The grand total is multiplied by 12 and then divided by 10. That yields the span of life in years .e.g. in chart given below. We can calculate 3 + 6 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 12 = 48 + 33 = 81 × 12 / 10 = 97.2 years.
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