Are people born under an eclipse considered inauspicious or ill-fated?

Question

I have heard, that children born under eclipse (Surya-Grahan, & Chandra-Grahan) are considered ill-fated as per the Jyotish-shastras?

Is it true as per scriptures, specifically the astrological treatises?

People generally say, being born under an eclipse is an ill-omen for the child's family? Do scriptures say anything to that effect?

If it's true does the effect varies with the type of grahan, like Surya - Grahan born people considered more ill-fated compared to Chandra-Grahan born, or vice-versa, etc.?

Are there some remedies to such a birth?

Answer 1

Yes.

A person born under eclipse is considered ill-fated, as per the Brihat-Parashara-Hora Shastra. The text, however, doesn't mention which amongst the Lunar or Solar eclipse birth will be more inauspicious.

Chapter 91 - Remedies for Birth in Eclipses

९१ - अथ ग्रहणजातशान्त्यध्यायः, बृहत्पाराशरहोराशास्त्रम्

सूर्येन्दुग्रहणे काले येषां जन्म भवेद् द्विज । व्याधिः कष्टं च दारिद्र्यं तेषां मृत्युभयं भवेत् ॥ १ ॥

1. The Sage said. O Brahmin! A person, whose birth takes place at the time of the solar, or lunar eclipse, suffers from ailments, distress, and poverty and faces the danger of death. Therefore I am going to describe for the benefit of mankind the remedial measures, required to be undertaken to nullify the above evil effects.

English Translation by Dr. R. Santhanam

Remedies:

The Complete Chapter 91 of the text, enlists various remedies, as per the ascendant and the other aspects of the Horoscope of the afflicted person, I'm briefly summarizing them here -

• Preparing the idols of the Sun in Gold, Moon in Silver, and Rahu in Lead. Also preparing a gold idol of the deity of the Nakshatra in which the person is born.

• Proper consecration of the above idols, and offering appropriate items which are dear to those deities, depending upon Solar or Lunar Eclipse.

• Worshipping the deities with appropriate mantras and performing a Homam thereafter, with proper Vedic injunctions, followed by sprinkling the consecrated holy water which was kept in the Homam puja-kalash (pot).

• Providing appropriate daan-dakshina to the priest and feeding the Brahminas, to the best of one's capacities.