Notes

(a) Or occupied, according to the Commentator.

(b) If it be a fixed sign the husband will remain in his place and if it be a common sign, he will travel to foreign lands but will be returning to his place every now and then.

9. If the 7th house, from the rising sign or from the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman, be occupied by several malefic planets, the woman will become a widow; if such 7th house be occupied by several benefic and malefic planets she will quit her husband and marry another person; and if such 7th house be occupied by. a malefic planet (a), be weak, and be aspect - ed by a benefic planet (6) the woman will be rejected by her husband.

If Venus and Mars occupy each other's Navamsa the woman will commit adultery; and if the 7th house from the rising sign be occupied by the Moon, Venus and Mars, she will commit adultery with the permission of her husband.

Notes

(a) Either the Sun or Mars or Saturn.

(b) Either Mercury or Jupiter or Venus.

10. If at the time of birth of a woman the rising sign be that of Saturn (a) or Mars (b) and if it be occupied by the Moon and Venus and aspected by malefic planets, the woman and her mother will commit adultery; if the setting Navamsa be that of Mars and if the setting sign be aspected by Saturn, the woman will possess a diseased genital organ; and if the setting Navamsa be that of a benefic planet the woman will possess a fine genital organ and will become an agreeable wife.

notes. (a) Capricorn or Aquarius. (b) Aries or Scorpio.

11. If, at the time of birth of a woman, the setting sign or the setting Navamsa be that of Saturn, the husband of the woman will be an old man and a fool; if such sign or Navamsa be that of Mars, the husband will be of irascible temper but will be attached to his wife. If such sign or Navamsa be that of Venus, the husband will be beautiful and fond of his wife; if such sign or Navamsa be that of Mercury, the husband will be learned and intelligent.

Notes

In this and in the next stanza, the Commentator supposes that the 7th house is unoccupied by planets.

12. If the setting sign or the setting Navamsa at the time of birth of a woman be that of the Moon, the husband will be full of lustful desires and of a quiet nature. If such sign or Navamsa be that of Jupiter, the husband will possess courage and other virtues and will have a control over his passions and desires; if such sign or Navamsa be that of the Sun, the husband will be of very soft nature and will engage in many works (a).

Notes

(a) According to some, the reading of this portion of the text is Ratikarma instead of Atiharma, in which case the meaning is that the husband will indulge much in sexual union. Again, if the setting sign be that of one planet and the setting Navamsa be that of another planet, the effects described for such sign or Navamsa, whichever is powerful, will come to pass.

13. If, at the time of birth of a woman, the rising sign be occupied by the Moon and Venus, the woman will be envious of the prosperity of other persons and will be greatly mindful of her comforts; if the rising sign be occupied by the Moon and Mercury, the woman will be learned in the fine arts, will be in the enjoyment of comfort and will possess many good qualities; if the rising sign be occupied by Venus and Mercury, the woman will be beautiful, much liked by her husband and learned in music, vocal and instrumental; if the rising sign be occupied by the Moon, Mercury and Venus, the woman will be in the enjoyment of immense wealth and comfort and possessed of many good qualities. If the rising sign be occupied by Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, the same remarks apply.

14. If, at the time of birth of a woman, the 8th house from the Ascendant be occupied by a malefic planet, the woman will become a widow and the widowhood will occur (a) in the Antardasa period of the planet whose Navamsa is occupied by the lord of such 8th house. If the 8th house be occupied by a malefic planet and if the 2nd house be occupied by a benefic planet, the woman will die before her husband and if the Moon occupy sign Virgo, Scorpio, Taurus or Leo, she will have very few sons.

Notes

(a) After marriage, of course, according to the Commentator.

15. If, at the time of birth of a woman Saturn be neither powerful nor weak, the Moon, Venus and Mercury be weak, and the Sun, Mars and Jupiter be powerful and if the rising sign be odd, the woman will be of a masculine character (a).

If, at the time of birth of a woman, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury be powerful and if the rising sign be an even sign, the woman will be of widespread fame, will be vastly learned and learned also in the Science of Divinity.

Notes

(a) According to some, the woman will enjoy many men.

16. If, at the time of birth of a woman, the 7th house from the rising sign be occupied by a malefic planet while the 9th house is occupied by some planet, the woman will, without doubt, become an ascetic of the class belonging to the planet occupying such 9th house (a).

All that has been said in this chapter apply to the positions of the planets at the time of promise of gift of girl in marriage, of such gift and of marriage (b), also at the time of query.

Notes

(a) And the other effects already described for planets occupying the 7th house will fail.

(b) Provided such effects do not clash against the effects described in the chapters on Marriage (vide Chapters 100 and 103 of the Brihat Samhita).