Chapter 11: The Horoscopes of women

Whatever effects are declared for men's horoscopes are entirely applicable to women too, or to their husband. Her prosperity and happiness have to be deduced from the 8th place (from the Lagna or the Moon whichever is stronger). Children should be declared through the 9th house and matters relating to her appearance beauty etc, should be determined from the Lagna. It is from the 7th place that her welfare (power of influencing her husband) and the (nature of the) husband should be ascertained while her association and chastity should be predicted from an examination of the 4th house. Benefics in these houses produce good results while malefics in the above houses are productive of evil unless they happen to own the houses, in which case the effect will be good.

If both the Ascendant and the Moon are in even signs and be aspected by benefic planets, the woman born will bear good sons, possess an excellent husband and be well-ornamented. She will be very prosperous and possess excellent qualities. If the Lagna and the Moon are in odd signs and be aspected by or associated with malefic planets, she will be masculine in her bearing, insincere, ungovernable to her husband ; and cruel beyond measure, and poor.

If the 7th house or setting Navamsa be a sign owned by a benefic, the husband of the woman will be bright in appearance, famous, learned and wealthy. If it be otherwise, he will be deformed, and stupid or be a gambler (or deceitful) and will have lost all his wealth, and the couple will not live together. If the Rasi and Amsa of the 7th house belong to Mars or if Mars occupies it (the 7th), the female born will, become a widow ; if the planets in the 7th house be of a mixed sort, she will be remarried. If the 8th house be occupied by malefics, she will cause the destruction of her husband. If benefics should occupy the 2nd house she would herself die.

When the Moon is in Scorpio, Virgo, Taurus or Leo identical with the 5th Bhava, the woman concerned will have but a few children. If the 7th house or the setting Navamsa belongs to Saturn, Mars or the Sun, the woman will have a diseased womb. If malefic planets be in the 4th Bhava, the female born will become unchaste, posited in the Rasi or Amsa of Mars or Saturn, she will be a concubine. If the Lagna, the Moon and Venus.

If the 7th Bhava or setting Navamsa belongs to a benefic planet, the woman born will be possessed of handsome hips and very fortunate. If the Moon, the Lagna and the 4th house be connected with benefics, the woman concerned will be chaste, and be endowed with very good qualities. If benefics are posited in Trikona houses, she will be happy, possessed of children, and wealth and be good-natured. If the said houses be occupied by weak malefics, the woman will become barren or her children will all die early.

When the Moon is in a Rasi belonging to Mars, the woman born will be (1) ill-behaved (2) a menial or slave, unchaste (3) virtuous lofty-minded and prosperous (4) deceitful and (5) frail according as the Trimsamsa of the Moon belongs to (1) Mars. (2) Saturn (3) Jupiter (4) Mercury and (5) Venus respectively. When the Moon is in sign Vrishabha or Tula the corresponding effects are: (1) She will be very frail ( 2 ) she will resort to a second husband (3) she will be highly respected (4) very intelligent and (5) famous. When the Moon occupies a house of Mercury, the respective effects are: (1) she will be dishonest (2) she will be a eunuch (3) Chaste (4) endowed with all good qualities and (5) repining.

If the Moon be posited in Karkataka, the effects in their order are; (1) she will be self-willed and uncontrolled (2) she will kill her husband (3) she will be endowed with many good qualities (4) she will be skilled in the Arts and (5) she will be virtuous. If the Moon occupies a sign of Jupiter, the effect will be to make the woman born (1) endowed with many good qualities (2) not to have much sexual activity (3) possess many good qualities (4) skilled in the Arts and (5) very chaste. When the Moon is in a sign owned by Saturn, the several effects will respectively be to make the female born (1) a maid servant (2) attached to another man (3) have the husband under her control (4) unchaste and (5) barren and indigent. If the Moon be in Simha, the effects of the Moon being posited in the several Trimsamsas will respectively be to make the woman born (1) a wicked wife (2) a person of despicable character (3) the wife of a king (4) one of a masculine disposition and (5) attached to a man other than her husband.

The effects described above as due to the Trimsamsa or degree are occupied by the Moon at birth or those mentioned for the Trimsamsa rising at the time will come to pass according as the one Trimsamsa or the other is stronger.

Astrologers declare that (1) the eldest brother (2) the mother (3) the father (4) the youngest brother respectively of a person will die (soon after the marriage) if his wife be born under the stars (1) Jyeshta Satabhishak, Moola, Krittika and Pushya will be barren, have become widows, mothers of children that are dead, will have been cast away by their husbands or be without wealth.

If the lords of (1) the Lagna, (2) the 9th house and (3) the sign occupied by the Moon be associated with benefics and are posited in good houses and be of brilliant rays (be not eclipsed), the woman concerned will be held in high esteem by her relations. She will do many good deeds, will be very handsome and be prosperous. She will please her husband, bear good sons and be virtuous in her disposition, the period of this happy life with her husband depending on the strength derived by the 8th house from benefics through association or aspect).

If a woman's menses set in when the Moon is in an (Anupachaya-1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 12th place) and aspected by Mars, they become favourable to conception and not otherwise. The husband should sow the seed when the Moon occupies an Upachaya (3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th) house (in respect of the female's nativity) is aspected by Jupiter. This is to be done at an unexceptionable Lagna with many good points in its favour and unconnected with (Parva) and other objectionable period of time.