Chapter 24
Strijatakadhyaya (fem horoscopy)

Sloka 1: Such of those results as the females couldn’t possess or enjoy must be attributed to their husbands. From the 8th in a female’s chart the death of her husband, from the birth sign and Moon her own beauty and from the 7th her husband and his love to her must be predicted

Sloka 2: If the lagna and Moon fall in even signs, the female will be modest; if they’re aspected by benefics she’ll be virtuous; if lagna and Moon fall in odd signs, she’ll have a masculine temperament and form and if these two are aspected or are in conjunction with malefics, she’ll be sinful and characterless

Sloka 3: If lagna or Moon falls in the house of Mars and occupies the trimsamsas of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury or Venus, the girl will be immoral before puberty, dancing woman, virtuous, double-hearted or sinful respectively

Sloka 4: If the lagna or Moon is Taurus or Libra and occupies the trimsamsas of the above planets, she becomes sinful, marrying a second husband, virtuous, skilful in arts and reputed respectively. If the lagna or Moon is Gemini or Virgo and occupies the above planetary trimsamsa, the woman becomes deceitful, impotent, virtuous, good and adulterous respectively

 Sloka 5: If lagna or Moon is Cancer and occupies the trimsamsa of the above planets, she does what she likes, causes death to her husband, blessed with good qualities, skilled in arts and immoral respectively. If birth or Moon falls in Leo and occupies the trimsamsas of the planets named, she’ll be masculine, adulterous, queen, manly and commit incestuous intercourse respectively. If lagna or Moon falls in Sagittarius or Pisces and occupies the said trimsamsas, the woman becomes a servant, fond of low men, virtuous, sinful and childless respectively

Sloka 6: The results so described above for lagna or Moon in the various trimsamsas must be ascertained with reference to the strength or weakness of the lagna and Moon

Sloka 7: If Saturn and Venus are in each other’s navamsas, aspecting mutually, or if the birth falls in Taurus or Libra, with the lagna Navamsa in Aquarius, the woman will get sexual satisfaction from females dressed in male attire

Sloka 8: If the 7th house is powerless, unoccupied and unaspected by benefics, the husband will be mean. If Mercury and Saturn are in the 7th, the husband will be impotent. If the 7th is a movable sign, the husband will be constantly traveling. If the 7th is occupied by Sun, aspected by malefics, she’ll be rejected by her husband. If there’s Mars in the 7th aspected by evil planets, she becomes a widow early. If Saturn is in the 7th, aspected by malefics, she’ll become old without marriage

 Sloka 9: If there are several malefics in the 7th, she becomes a widow. If there are evil and good planets there, she’ll marry a second husband in the same caste. If there’s a powerless evil planet in the 7th aspected by a benefic, she’ll be rejected by her husband. If Venus and Mars are in the 7th, she becomes adulterous with her husband’s connivance

 Sloka 10: If the house of Mars or Saturn becomes lagna with Moon and Venus there aspected by malefics, the girl becomes adulterous along with her mother. If the 7th Navamsa from the lagnamsa falls in the house of Mars, aspected by Saturn, the woman’s sexual organ will be diseased. If the 7th Navamsa falls in a beneficial house, the woman will be beautiful and loved by her husband

 Sloka 11: If the 7th from lagna or navamsas falls in the house of Saturn, the husband will be old and stubborn; if the 7th from lagna or Navamsa falls in the house of Mars, the husband will be fond of other women and cruel; if the 7th falls in the house of Venus, the husband will be loving and handsome; and if the 7th falls in the house of Mercury, the husband will be learned and intelligent

Sloka 12: If the 7th is Cancer, the husband will be passionate and mild. If the 7th is Sagittarius or Pisces, the husband will be good and has control of his passions. If the 7th falls in Leo, the husband will be mild and hard-working

Sloka 13: If Moon and Venus are in lagna, the woman will be jealous and fond of happiness. If Moon and Mercury are in lagna, she’ll be skilled in arts, happy and blessed with good character. If Venus and Mercury are in lagna, she’ll be beautiful, beloved and skilled in fine arts. If three benefics are in lagna, the woman will have a lot of wealth, great happiness and fine character

Sloka 14: Widowhood comes at that age which is indicated by the lord of the amsa occupied by the 8th lord, when there’s an evil planet in the 8th. If benefics occupy the 2nd, she dies before her husband. If Moon is in Virgo, Scorpio, Taurus or Leo, she’ll have few children

 Sloka 15: If Saturn is moderately powerful, if Venus, Mercury and Moon are powerless and the rest are powerful and if lagna is in an odd sign, the woman will be adulterous. If lagna is in an even sign and Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury are powerful, she’ll become famous, learned in many sciences and a vedantini

Sloka 16: If an evil planet occupies the 7th, she’ll embrace that sanyasa which is represented by the planet occupying the 9th house. These results may be foretold during the wedding, during the search for the girl or during the query

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