1. The same remarks apply to the horoscopy of women as to the horoscopy of men; but the effects which are suitable will alone affect women and the rest will affect their husbands. According to some, all the effects (a) will affect the husband. The death of the husband shall be determined from the 8th house (from the Ascendant) in the horoscope of a woman. Matters connected with the physique of a woman shall be determined from the rising sign and the sign occupied by the Moon and matters connected with her fortune and her husband shall be determined from the 7th house.

Notes

(a) Effects which can be enjoyed by both will affect both. Such effects as high appointments in the state will affect the husband and matters connected with the body will affect the woman only. Hence the advisability of a man marrying a girl born under excellent planetary Yogas.

2. If the rising sign and the sign occupied by the Moon be even signs the woman will be of a true feminine character and if such signs be aspected by benefic planets she will be virtuous and modest and will, wear ornaments. (a) But if such signs be odd, the woman will possess a masculine shape and will be of a masculine character; and if they be either occupied or aspected by malefic planets she will be wicked and will possess few virtues (b).

Notes

(a) According to some, virtues will be her ornaments.

(b) If either the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon be odd or even, while the other sign is even or odd, the woman will partake of the character of a male and a female. A similar remark applies when one of the signs is occupied or aspected by a malefic or a benefic planet and the other by a benefic or a malefic planet.

3. When the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is either Aries or Scorpio, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will become unchaste before marriage; if it be that of Saturn, she will lead a life of servitude. If it be that of Jupiter, she will be chaste; if it be that of Mercury, she will be deceitful; and if it be that of Venus, she will be of bad character.

4. When the rising signor.the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is either Taurus or Libra, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will be of bad conduct; if it be that of Saturn, she will marry a second time; if it be that of Jupiter, she will possess good qualities; if it be that of Mercury, she will be skilled in music and dance; and if it be that of Venus, she will possess all good qualities and will be of wide - spread fame. Again when the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is either Gemini or Virgo, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will be deceitful; if it be that of Saturn, she will partake of the nature of a hermaphrodite; if it be that of Jupiter, she will be chaste; if it be that of Mercury, she will possess many good qualities; and if it be that of Venus, she will, out of lust, commit adultery.

5. When the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is Cancer, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will be of an independent nature; if it be that of Saturn, she will murder her husband; if it be that of Jupiter, she will possess many good qualities; if it be that of Mercury, she will be skilled in works of art; and if it be that of Venus, she will be of bad character.

When the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is Leo, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will be of a masculine nature (a). If it be that of Saturn, she will commit adultery; if it be that of Jupiter, she will be the wife of a king; if it be that of Mercury, she will be of a masculine nature; and if it be that of Venus, she will commit adultery with a person of low caste.

When the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is either Sagittari or Pisces, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will possess many good qualities; if it be that of Saturn, she will not indulge much in sexual union; if it be that of Jupiter, she will possess many good qualities; if it be that of Mercury, she will be a woman of knowledge; and if it be that of Venus, she will not be chaste.

When the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon at the time of birth of a woman is either Capricorn or Aquarius, if the rising Trimsamsa or the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon be that of Mars, she will lead a life of servitude; if it be that of Saturn, she will join a person of low caste; if it be that of Jupiter, she will be attached to her husband; if it be that of Mercury, she will be wicked; and if it be that of Venus, she will be barren.

Notes

(a) Talkative, according to some other reading.

6. The effects described for the rising Trimsamsa or those described for the Trimsamsa occupied by the Moon will come to pass according as the rising sign or the sign occupied by the Moon is more powerful than the other.

7. If at the time of birth of a woman, Saturn and Venus occupy each other's Navamsa and aspect each other, or, if the rising sign be either Taurus or Libra and the rising Navamsa be that of Aquarius, the woman will quench the poisonous fire of her strong lustful desires by means of other women assuming a masculine character.

8. If, at the time of birth of a woman, the 7th house from the rising sign or from the sign occupied by the Moon be not occupied by planets, and if such house be weak and not aspected (a) by benefic planets, the husband of the woman will be wicked; if such 7th house be occupied by Mercury or Saturn the husband will be impotent; if such 7th house be in a movable sign, the husband will be travelling in foreign lands; (b) if such 7th house be occupied by the Sun, the woman will be rejected by her husband; if it be occupied by Mars and aspected by malefic planets, she will become a widow while young; and if it be occupied by Saturn and aspected by malefic planets, she will remain unmarried to an old age.