Chapter VII

Kalatra Bhava
7th House

Outcast

o Mars and Rahu in 7th indicates intimacy with women of another

community and getting himself outcast. Moon andJupiter aspecting
them would result in native being taken back into his community
after Prayaschitham (penitence).

o Jupiter and Moon in 7th indicates that the native will be following his
religion rigidly.

o The conjunction of 3 planets - lord of 7th , Mars and Rahu in a sign

with conjunction/aspect of Venus indicates that the wife of the native
would become an outcast or hail from a community other than that of
the native.

Wife

o The results of planets standing in 7th or aspects to the 7th are as

under :-

Moon/Jupiter A pretty/beautiful wife

Saturn Not good looking and over-aged
Sun/Mercury The native will have contacts with women other than wife
Mars/Venus The native will be oversexed and will have contacts with a number of
women

Wives

o Lord of 7th in company of both Jupiter and lord of 5th indicates that the native
will be enjoying with 2 wives and that he will beget children from both.

o Lord of 7th in company of both Saturn and Rahu indicates 3 wives -- the first
wife will die whilst child-birth, the second and third wives would have abortions,
 o Venus in common signs with Mars and Rahu also indicates 3 wives.

Wives

o Venus in fixed signs with Sun and Mercury indicates 2 wives. The first one will
suffer loss of children while the 2nd one will bear children.

o Venus in fixed signs conjunct or aspected by Ketu indicates that the native's wife
will die after giving birth to children.

o Venus in fixed signs conjunct or aspected by Jupiter indicates that the first wife
will bear 3 sons and the second wife - 2 daughters.

Two Marriages

o Lord of 7th (who is standing in 6/8/12) is hemmed-in between malefics and

aspected by malefic

o Lord of 7th in debilitation or combustion.

o Lord of 7th in 9th conjunct or aspected by malefic, whilst lord of Asdt is

in 11th.

o Strong Rahu in 10th/11th

o Mars in 2, 4, 7, or 8

o Venus in movable signs with malefic aspect

o Venus in movable sign with malefic aspect AND conjunct/aspected

by Jupiter indicates that the first wife will be tall, wheat/dark complexion and with
stout body; and that the second wife will be pretty/beautiful but short in stature.

Many wives/Sexual perversion

 o Many wives are indicated if lord of 7th is exalted whilst a benefic is occupying
the 7th conjunct/aspected by Venus. In this Yoga, if Rahu is connected, sexual
perversions and indecent sexual practice will prevail.

Number of wives

o Find out the number of planets in company of lords of 2, 7 and Venus. The
number of wives of the native will be equal to the number of strong planets in the
company of above-mentioned planets.

o If the lord of 7th or 2nd is conjunct and aspected by malefic and if the dispositor
of such lord of 2/7 is weak, the native will marry again.

Questionable character

o The native will develop a questionable character if there is a planet in 4th, whilst
lord of 7th is conjunct/aspected by malefic.

o Union of lords of 2, 7 and 10, whilst the lord of Asdt is conjunct/aspected by

malefic, indicates questionable character.

o Lord of 7th in Martian/Saturnian sign, conjunct/aspected by Mars indicates

questionable character on the part of the native.

o Lord of 7th in 8th or 7th aspected by Mars indicates questionable character on

the part of native's wife.

o Exchange of houses between Mars and Venus denotes that the native's wife will
be of a questionable character.

Note : The original author of this book, Gopala Ratnakara, Sri Bangalore Sidhanti Siva Shankara
Shastri is of the opinion that
the word kshetra translated above as house, stands for any one of the shad-vargas or the
six classifications namely
sign, navamsa, saptamsa etc.

Questionable character
 o Mars and Venus conjointly standing in Saturnian signs aspected by Saturn also
denotes questionable character.

o Rahu in 7th denotes that the native will have intimacy with
widows; Mars or Venus in 7th --- intimacy with maid-servant.

o Lord of Asdt and 6th conjointly standing in Martian/Saturnian signs indicates

that the native will commit adultery within his own community.

Caste/community of girl-friend

o The planet with whom Venus is conjunct indicates the caste/community of the
girl with whom the native will have intimacy.

Venus conjunct Rahu --- Laundry woman

Mercury --- Vaishya
Jupiter --- Brahmin
Mars --- Kshatriya

o The planet in the 7th house also gives a clue concerning caste/community of the
native's girl-friends as follows :

Weak Sun with Rahu - widows

Sun only in the 7th - barren woman
Moon only in the 7th - fat woman
Jupiter, Venus & Rahu - brahmin widow
Mercury in 7th in signs owned by Venus - enciente woman

Sexual perversion

o Sexual perversions on the part of the native are likely if

Lord of 10th and Rahu unite and stand in a Martian sign.

Saturn in Taurus/Libra or Saturn & Venus in conjunction
Breasts

o Over-sized breasts are indicated for the wife of native in whose horoscope lord
of 7th is conjunct Rahu.

Lord of 7th in conjunction with

Ketu - below average/small

Mercury - average and even
Sun - very small/nominal
benefic - short
Mars - right breast will be larger than the left

Private parts

o Bushy hair will prevail on the vulva of the wife if lord 7th or Venus is in a watery
sign aspected by Moon or malefic

o Lord of 7th in Martian/Saturnian or Sun's sign conjunct with a malefic indicates

that the native's wife will have sparse hair on vulva, small-sized genital organ
with a foul smell.

o Lord of 7th in Mercurian or Venus' signs conjunct with a malefic indicates even or
moderate sized private parts.

General

o Malefic in 7th whilst lord of 2nd is in an inimical sign and lord of 4th anywhere
other than his own house indicates that the native will be brought-up on the
breast-milk of a woman other than his mother.

o Lord of 7th in signs owned by Jupiter or Venus conjunct/aspected

by Jupiter or Venus indicates that the native will really enjoy the company of
woman.

o A native whose lord of 7th is aspected by Mars whilst conjunct

with Sun and Moon, will have very moderate enjoyments with the opposite sex.

o Conjunction of Saturn with lord of 7th indicates that the native is under-sexed.
o Native will be under-sexed if lord of 7th is conjunct Rahu/Ketu.

o Lord of 2 standing in 7th in conjunction with a malefic indicates that the native is
a non-vegetarian.

o If lord of 7th conjoins a planet who is in own house and is aspected by benefic,
the native will be enjoying highly tasty dishes.

o Lord of 7th in quadrants conjunct/aspected by Jupiter or Venus indicates that

the native will be long-lived, enjoy kingly life, be charitable and
possess Gyana (knowledge).