In
Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, there is a śloka which says that for tula (libra)
lagna, if the Sun is in the 12th house it will give a long life
of hundred years[1].
Yes! This is clearly the śloka, but… when we go through some examples we see
that it does not function. Why? Is Parāśara wrong? No… Parāśara is not wrong,
he is only teaching us how to think astrologically. The principle behind this
statement is a matter of discussion, but the most considerable is that the Sun is a
bādhakeśa (obstructor) for libra lagna, so his position in 12th is
good, as the obstruction will be destroyed in the 12th of losses. But
if we assume that this is the principle behind this śloka, any bādhakeśa in 12th
will be good, and this need to be researched. But
the question here is more simple, I’m focusing only on 11th lord Sun
in 12th house virgo for a libra lagna. I did a research on this, with
at least 30 charts and my findings was:
(1) No one lived for 100 years.
(2) Some even lived for less than 40 years, but they were
few.
(3) The persons which lived more, lived for 80 to 90
years.
(4) 70 to 85 years appears to be the most normal age limit
for those with this combination.
