16.0 CHAPTER XV Special Rules
There is a large section of astrological writers, who have treated elaborately on the appearances of first Menses in a girl, and who seem to attach even greater importance to this phenomenon than to the birth time. I have, therefore, treated this subject exhaustively in the previous paragraphs. A few points, however, may be noted here. For personal appearances, character, general health, position and happiness, Lagna as well as Chandra Lagna should be consulted for a female; for the husband his appearance, position and behavior, the 7th from Lagna should be consulted.
For conception, pregnancy, delivery, married life, prosperity, jewels, ornaments and for the prosperity and adversity of children, the 5th from Chandra or Lagna or from both has to be examined. For the longevity of the husband; for the married state and widowhood the 8th house should be consulted. There are few sections of females, who remain without marriage, who are not threatened with widowhood, and who have no domestic surroundings to cause them anxiety.
These exceptions are also treated in the astrological works and we draw the attention of our readers to carefully study the problems connected with female horoscopy, analyse all the facts in the light of instructions from the Gurus or elderly persons, utilise the recorded experiences of the past ages and masters in this subject, use their own experience and intelligence and then after studying the conditions of life in each country, community and family about their customs and manners, pronounce such judgements, as will prove correct and unerring. Women all over the world are rapidly progressing on various lines and in curious manners.
Once in the Medico-Legal Journal a cultured woman observed thus: “In the Intellectual and Political Republic I have a right to select any man, at any time, in any place, and under any circumstance, and join sexually with him or with anybody else; as often as I please and reject him or them whenever I like.” This is a bold statement and a challenge to society on the part of a woman. But times are treading in such directions, and the ancient ideas of modesty, chastity and womanly virtues may be wrecked on the growing rocks of modern civilisation and materialistic comforts.
Whatever the forms of marriages there may or may not be, one thing is certain, that the women and men are joining in sexual contacts, and the menses results explained before in this treatise due to planetary, zodiacal and constellational influences, will happen to them both individually and also collectively. Fire burns all the same whether you touch it with the faith and belief, that it is a deity or simply a physical phenomenon. Take a venereal woman. It is immaterial whether you have her for sexual purposes as a wife, as a concubine or as simply a woman for that single occasion. Will she not give you her property of disease after you enjoy her? The name and form are immaterial, but the fact is material, and the venereal complaint is demonstrable, as you get it positively.
I have known several women and men sending to hell, their sexual co-operators, in quick succession. They may not become widows and widowers, but they will suffer all the same from their venereal vagaries, and their subsequent consequences. Take a boy’s horoscope: If he has Venus, Mars and Saturn, Rahu or Ketu, in Lagna or 4th or 7th or 6th, even the purest girl who has the misfortune to unite with him sexually will fall a prey to venereal complaints and pay heavy penalties for such indiscretions. Similarly for females.
The subject is very interesting and instructive and I have done my best to present it in as inviting a manner as possible. This interesting and instructive work Strijataka or the Female Horoscopy, has been completed by me on Thursday, 28th May 1931 at 4 p.m., in my residence Hunsamaranahalli, Bangalore District, S. India, on the Dwadasi of the bright-half of the lunar month Jyeshta, in the cyclic year Prajotpatti, in Salivahana Saka 1858, in my 75th year, through the grace and mercy of the Almighty, who has been graciously pleased to grant me full vigour and vitality to my brain, to achieve this translation without any break or hitch. The following are the combinations of planets in Rasi and Navamsa Diagrams at the time.
English, 28th May, 1931
Kaliyuga – 5033
Samvat or Vikramasaka – 1989.