Chapter 23: Female Horoscopy

If at the time of birth of a person the 5th and 7th houses from the Ascendant or from the Moon be either occupied or aspected by benefic planets or by their lords, such person will have respectively sons and a wife- otherwise, he will not have either the one or the other. If Virgo be the rising sign and if the Sun occupy it, the person will lose his wife provided Saturn occupies sign Pisces at the same time and will lose his sons if Mars occupysigu Capricorn at the same time.

If, at the time of birth of a person, three malefic planets occupy the 4th and 8th houses from Venus or if two malefic planets be on both sides of Venus, one on each side or if Venus be not accompanied or aspected by benefic planets the person's wife will die by fire, by fall or by ropes respectively.

If, at the time of birth of a person one of the two houses, the 12th and the 6th, from the Ascendant be occu- pied by the Sun and the other by the Moon, the person and his wife will each have a single eye. Again, if Venus and the Sun occupy one of the three houses the 7th, the 9th and the 5th from the Ascendant, the person's wife will be of defective limbs.

If, at the time of birth of a person, Saturn occupy the rising sign and if Venus occupy the Chakra- sandhi Navamsas and the 7th house, the person's wife will be barren (6) provided the 5th house is not occupied by benefic planets. Again, if the malefic planets occupy the 12th and the 7th houses and the Ascendant (c] and the waning Moon occupy the 5th house, the person will have neither wife nor sons.

If, at the time of birth of a person, Venus occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant and be in the varga (division) of Saturn or Mars and be aspected by Saturn or Mars, the person will commit adultery. Again, if when Venus occupies the varga of Saturn or Mars and is aspected by Saturn or Mars, the Moon, Saturn and Mars occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant, both the man and his wife will commit adultery. Again, if when Venus occupies the varga of Saturn or Mars and is aspect- ed by Saturn or when Mars occupy the 7th house from CH. XXIIi.] Brihat Jdtakd. 205 the Ascendant, both the man and his wife will commit adultery. Again, if when Venus and the Moon occupy a sign, Saturn and Mars occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant, the person will have neither wife nor sons. Again, if when male and female planets occupy a sign, Saturn, Mars occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant and be aspected by benefic planets, the person's wife will be of advanced age and the man will marry late in life.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy tlie 10th house, Venus the 7th house and the malefic planets («Jthe 4th house, such a person will des- troy his family. (6) If, at the time of birth, Saturn occupy a Kendra house and aspect a sign, the Drekkana of whose lord may be occupied by Mercury, the person will be- come a painter. If, at the time of birth, Venus occupy the 1 2th house from the Ascendant and the Navamsa of Saturn, the person will be the son of a serving woman ; and if at the time of birth, the Sun and the Moon, occupy the 7th house and be aspected by Saturn, the person will do deeds unsuited to his rank in life.

If, at the time of birth of a person, Venus and Mars occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant and be aspected by malefic planets such person will be afflicted with swelling illness. If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy the Navamsa of Cancer or Scor- pio and be accompanied by malefic planets, the person will be afflicted with diseases of the genital organ. If, at the time of birth, the Moon occupy the Ascendant, Saturn andMars occupy the 12th and 2nd houses and the Sun the 7th house, the person will be afflicted with white leprosy. If at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy the 10th house from the Ascendant, Mars the 7th house and Saturn the 2nd house from the Sun, such person will be of defective limbs.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy a place between Saturn and Mars and the Sun occupy sign Capricorn, such person will be afflicted with asthma, consumption, the diseases of the spleen or internal abscess; and if at the time of birth, the Sun and the Moon occupy each the 'sign or the Navamsa of the other, the person will be afflicted with pulmonary consumption, and if the Sun and the Moon occupy together either Cancer or lyeo, the person will be reduced to a skeleton. 9, If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon occupy the 5th Navamsa of Sagittari or the Navatnsa of Pisces, Cancer, Capricorn, or Aries (b}} and be either accompanied or aspected by Saturn or Mars, such person will be afflicted with leprosy. Again, if the 5th or the 9th house from the Ascendant be sign Scorpio, Cance^ Taurus, or Capricorn and be either occupied or aspected by Saturn and Mars, the person will also be afflicted with leprosy (<aQ.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and Saturn occupy the 8th, 6th, 2nd and 12th houses in any way, such person will become blind by causes pertaining to the most powerful of the four planets.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the malefic planets occupy the 9th, llth, 3rd and 5th houses and be not aspected by benefic planets, such person will become deaf by causes pertaining to the most powerful planet ; if such malefic planets occupy the 7th house from the Ascendant, (6) the person will be of deformed teeth.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the eclipsed Moon, occupy the rising sign, and if Saturn and Mars occupy the 5th and 9th houses from the Ascendant such person will be subject to the influence of ghosts. Again, if, at the time of birth, the eclipsed Sun occupy the rising sign and if Saturn and Mars occupy the 5th and 9th houses from the Ascendant, the person will lose his eyes.

If, at the time of birth of a person, Saturn occupy the 7th house and Jupiter the Ascendant, such person will be afflicted with windy complaints. If, at the time of birth, (1) Mars occupy the 7th house and Jupiter the Ascendant, or (2), Saturn occupy the Ascendant and Mars occupy the 5th, 7th or the 9th house, or (3), the waning Moon and Saturn occupy the 12tli house, the person will become insane or an idiot.

If, at the time of birth of a person, one of the four planets— the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the Moon, the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter — occupy the Navarnsa of the lord of its depression sign or an inimical Navamsa, such person will serve under other men for his livelihood ; if two of the four planets occupy either the one Navamsa or the other, he will become a slave ; and if three of the planets or all the four occupy the one Navamsa or the other, the person will be the son of a slave.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the rising sign be Taurus, Aries or Sagittari and if malefic planets aspect it, such person will have ugly teeth ; if, at the time of birth, one of the malefic signs or sign Sagittaii or sign Taurus be the rising sign and if such sign be aspec- ted by malefic planets, the person will be bald-headed ; if the Sun occupy the 9th or the 5th house from the Ascen- dant and if he be aspected by malefic planets, the person will be of weak sight ; if, at the time of birth, Saturn occupy the 5th or the 9th house and be aspected by malefic planets, the person will be afflicted with various diseases ; and if at the time of birth, Mars occupy the 5th or the 9th house and be aspected by malefic planets, the person will be of defective limbs.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the mnlefic planets occupy the 12th, oth, 2nd, and 9th houses in any way, such person will suffer imprisonment and restraint of the nature of the rising sign. A<;ain, if, at the time of birth, the rising Drekkana be either a Sarpa (snake) CH. XXtIL] Brihat Jdtakd. 209 Drekkana or a Pasa (rope) Drekkana and if the sign represented by its lord be powerful and be aspected by a malefic planet the person will also suffer imprison- ment of the nature of such sign.

If, at the time of birth of a person, the Moon be accompanied by Saturn, aspected by Mars and be surrounded by a halo, such a person will be a man of harsh speech, will be afflicted with epilepsy and with consump- tion. If, at the time of birth, the Sun, Saturn and Mars occupy the 10th house from the Ascendant and if they be not aspected by benefic planets, the person will be a servant of varying rank — dignified, of moderate rank and of a low rank (£). 27