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...by the malefic planets, however, it is otherwise. || 21 || Widowhood original: vaidhavyaṁ occurs if malefic planets are situated in the eighth house, especially if the lord of the ascendant is in a reverse movement or in a difficult division. Death comes during the planetary period original: paka of that planet which is poorly placed. If the Moonoriginal: Sompa is in a position belonging to the Sunoriginal: Ravi, the result is as follows: || 27 || Note: The numbering in the original manuscript fluctuates here. If the Sun and Mars are in the house of gains the 11th house, and the Son of the SunSaturn; original: Arkisuta is in the seventh house, she will suffer from diseases. If the Moon and Saturn are both in the sign of Virgooriginal: Kanya, she will be wealthy. If those two are in the Ascendantoriginal: Lagna, she will be abandoned. If they are in the fourth house, she will die by drowning in water. || 22 || 23 ||
If the Lord of the Harvestthe Moon and the Red PlanetMars; original: Lohit-kara are in the tenth house, she becomes a worker. If they are in the ascendant, she suffers from dropsy a condition of swelling caused by excess fluid; original: jalodara or dies in poverty. || 22 || If the Moon is placed between two malefic planets, and the Lord of the seventh house is a malefic planet in the ninth house, she becomes a renunciant a female ascetic or nun; original: pravrajya. || 23 || Even a girl born in the sign of Virgo original: Kanya becomes like a queen, seated on a lotus and possessing many sons, if the planets are well-placed. If the house of sons is occupied by many planets, she will have many children. || 24 ||
If Venusoriginal: Shukra, the Moon, and Mercuryoriginal: Sompa are without strength, and if Saturn original: Shanaishchara is endowed with great power, and if these are in an odd-numbered sign or ascendant, the woman will behave like a man in her nature. || 25 || If they are in an even-numbered ascendant, and are joined by the GuruJupiter, she will be a woman of excellent conduct, a seeker of truth, and shining with the knowledge of traditional scriptures. || 26 || Thus, the sages have declared the Female Horoscopyoriginal: Streejataka; the study of a woman's destiny based on her birth chart in great detail.
With a pure mind and wise intellect, one should understand the application of planetary strengths and combinations in the ascendant, as well as the positions of the planets and the Moon at the time of birth. || 27 || For both women and men, the results of birth are equal, yet here the specific results for women are explained. One should consider the father’s status and the family's prosperity. || 1 || Is it appropriate to speak of death and life together? The sages have declared it so. One’s birth and death are determined by the movement of the Moon original: Vidhu. || 2 || Through the horoscope, one knows of family, wealth, and the strength of the soul. Without this knowledge, one is like a person wandering in the dark without a lamp. || 3 ||
When the Signoriginal: Rashi and the Ascendantoriginal: Lagna are joined, the Moon provides a person's nature. If she is gazed upon by auspicious planets, she becomes wise; if by poisonous or malefic planets, she suffers from diseases. || 4 || Here, by the influence of the King of Stars the Moon, if there are no wicked combinations, the woman is virtuous. If the planetary influences are mixed, her character follows that mixture. || 5 || If the ascendant is in a sign of Marsoriginal: Kuja and the Moon is there, or if Mars and other planets are in the seventh house, the woman becomes very bold and courageous, even if she is of a small or thin build. || 6 || All these things are known by those who are experts in the night-sky. A woman without the influence of Mercuryoriginal: Budha may be without flowers likely referring to infertility or lack of menstrual cycles, or she may be a traveler. || 7 || She may be an artisan, or of bad character, or possess the qualities of a warrior-woman original: Kshatriya according to the planets. If malefic planets speak in the house of the Moon, her intellect becomes base.