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Widowhood is basically linked to the longevity of marriage in the case of a woman. As already mentioned in earlier chapters, marriage is a delicate relation, which involves two individuals who are initially totally unknown to each other, when after marrying each other they decide to spend their life together and create a family of their own. Creating a family for each other involves their comforts and joyous side of their family.Widowhood occurs when a wife loses her husband through death and does not remarry. According to Marjo Buitelaar, the word “widow” derives from the Latin, vidua which relates to a root meaning, “to place apart”. From this root word, widowhood is thus a separation of a woman from the husband through death.
Once a woman gets widowed, it demolishes the happiness of her cherished married life and deprives her from the fruits of a happy family. Widowhood refers to the status of a woman whose spouse has died. This state of having lost one’s spouse untimely and early in life is a big jolt to a woman and is classified as early widowhood.
Early widowhood causes intense grief, depression, disorientation in the family life apart from economic distress to a woman. Most of the times early widow hood results in social and cultural bindings and constraints for a woman. The loss of the husband through death generally represents the loss of a partner, a friend and a breadwinner.

As per Vedic shrastras a woman with a marital status in the society is a”Grehe-Lakshami”, which means a married woman in a house who with her noble credentials brings peace and prosperity to her family, while as a widow is considered otherwise and opposite to this position. Widowhood is a curse to a woman and who are fated to have disdainful treatment from our society. It results in a radical change in the woman’s social status and lifestyle. Widowhood tends to impact more traumatically on the woman thus changing her entire life pattern.

23rd June of every year is the International Widows Day. It has been introduced to address poverty and injustice faced by widows and their children in many countries. It was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2010 and is observed annually on June 23.

As already mentioned earlier in the second chapter of this book under the caption, “Marriage & Its Astrological Parameters”, that as per Vedic astrological the principle parameters in regard the marriage, along with its longevity, the basic astrological parameters to be understood are as follows:-

“Lagna is the most important house in any horoscope. A strong lagna and a strong lagna lord ensure good events in life and also indicates good health and physical conditions of a person. 1st house or lagna indicates the capacity and strength of a person to marry, as also indicating the pattern and the good or bad events in life as also the form of life a person is destined to have after taking a birth. This includes the marital part of a person too. After a regular marriage, one should be destined to enjoy its off shoots like the longevity of one’s life partner, then a good family life along with good progeny and the other comforts of a good family life. A good married life of course should ensure a smooth married life too, which means good compatibility between the two married partners. Widowhood is thus related to the ominous position of one’s lagna and its lord in a birth chart.
Marriage is basically a union of two un-known persons which is indicated in a birth chart by the 1st house and the 7th house respectively.
7th house indicates the life partner or the spouse. The 7th house ruling the matters related to one’s marriage, is the middle house in a horoscope, sandwiched between the house of enemy and death, (6th and the 8th house). This is very much significant in the matters of marriage. Its importance is thus very much vital in the cases of widowhood of a woman. After marriage a person has a family to look after which needs protection of all sorts. The rearing of the children in a proper way and an overall maintenance of the family becomes a foremost responsibility of a married person. Thus the positioning of the 7th house between the house of enemy and death appears quite significant in itself. In the event of a widowhood of a woman, it can be visualized as how the widowed woman shall have to face the circumstances of life for maintaining herself as also her children born out of her marriage. Any major malefic affliction on the 7th house or the 7th lord, without any benefic aspect from any benefic planet, to be ascertained apart from the main birth chart, from the Moon chart, the Navamsha chart, the Venus chart and the Trimshamsha chart, (D-30 Chart ) as well, may result in widowhood of a woman.

8th house indicates the longevity of self and it is equally the house of Suhag (spouse), for a female and is called as the Mangaliya Sthana of a woman. 7th house represents spouse, 2nd house represents Maraka Sthana, viz, death causing house in a birth chart. So In women horoscope, 8th house, which is 2nd house from 7th house, represents longevity of her husband as also the longevity of her marriage. Any major malefic affliction on the 8th house or the 8th lord, without any benefic aspect from any benefic planet, to be ascertained apart from the main birth chart, from the Moon chart, the Navamsha chart, the Venus chart and the Trimshamsha chart, (D-30 Chart )as well, may result in widowhood of a woman.

2nd house indicates the family of a person. The union of the two persons makes the beginning or the commissioning of a new family represented by the 2nd house. 2nd house of a birth chart also indicates the longevity of the life partner and the structure and the composition of one’s family. In early widowhood, it is mostly possible that a woman may not enjoy the fruits of a varied family life, because of the loss of one’s husband in early years of marriage. Any major affliction to the 2nd house or 2nd lord, along with any major malefic afflictions to the other relevant houses and significators concerned marriage, may result in a widowhood of a woman.

4th house which indicates the comforts of one’s family life is another prominent house of a birth chart, which counts in widowhood of a woman. It is implied that after a woman loses her husband she is bound to face a lot of hardships and discomforts as for her comforts of family life are concerned. Thus the 4th house or its lord has a direct link with the family comforts of a woman. Any major affliction to the 4th house or 4th lord, along with any major malefic afflictions to the other relevant houses and significators concerned marriage, may result in a widowhood of a woman.

12th house indicating the house of marital relationship and this house is very much significant in determining the success or the failure of the marital life and is considered very much important for the marital happiness, so for as the conjugal part of the marriage is concerned. In the situation of widowhood of a woman, 12th house has as such has a role to play in determining the prospectus of the experiencing and enjoying of a prolonged and continued conjugal companionship with one’s spouse. Any major affliction to the 12th house or 12th lord, along with any major malefic afflictions to the other relevant houses and significators concerned marriage, may indicate about the widowhood of a woman.

5th house is known to be the house of Purva Puniya, (the house of past birth’s good or bad deeds) apart from being the house of progeny. The condition of the 5th house and its lord depicts the fruits of one’s past deeds of previous births, the resultant fruits of which he or she is destined to have in this birth in the shape of a prosperous life or otherwise. Since widowhood is a curse of skies, it can be a bad side of one’s destiny, thus linked to the 5th house or its lord. 5th house/lord decides and indicates the promise of the child birth, which has direct and a significant relevance to one’s marriage. This house being the house of progeny, thus the prospectus of having progeny may get a setback, in the event of a widowhood of a woman. The family grows by the birth of the children which is a direct manifestation of destiny which is represented by the 5th house. Any major affliction to the 5th house or 5th lord, along with any major malefic afflictions to the other relevant houses and significators concerned marriage, may indicate in a widowhood of a woman.

Karkas (Significators)

Natural Karkas, known as significators, viz, the planets which have relevance to the particular aspects of one’s life are very much important in the case of marriages too. For marriage Venus and Jupiter, are the significators of marriage, when Venus is generally considered as a significator for males and the Jupiter is considered as a significator of marriage for females.

The role of Venus being the planet of love, romance and beauty has a significant role to play in marriages. It owns the 7th house of the “Kal-Pursha Kundali”, thus a natural significator of marriage. So it plays a significant part in the matters of marriage in a birth chart. Moon and Rahu also play a vital role in the matter of marriages.
In the event of a widowhood of a woman, the role of Jupiter and Venus, the significator of marriage for women and natural significator of marriage respectively, is of enough importance. A major affliction to Jupiter the significator of marriage for women as also to Venus the natural significator of marriage, can be a cause for the widowhood, depending further upon other malefic influences on the other astrological parameters relevant to the marriages of a woman.
Trimshamsha ( D-30 ), Chart.
Trimsamsa chart is used to delineate various kinds of evils one is likely to face, due to one’s actions of his/her past births, in this birth. This chart gives clues about the various forms of troubles and miseries one is destined to face. The importance of this chart gets ascertained by finding out the root of the divisional chart, with the expunging the multiples of 12 from the number 30. Trimshamsa is the 30th division and by expunging the multiple of 12, we arrive at 6 (30-12*2 ), which is the house of diseases, litigations, enemies, debts and the like.
While having enough of significance in the case of males as for as the quantum of distress and miseries are concerned, it is considered very much important a divisional chart in the case of females, due to the fact, that women are bearers of the moral thread in this material world and hence this divisional chart has been in use for ascertaining the moral character of a woman. But as per modern observations, such a plank of observing the moral character of a woman through this chart, it needs to be applied equally to the men as well, as there should be no distinction in any such assertions of character between men and women as per the modern day advancements in social and educational curriculum of both men and women, when both these genders are now on an equal plank.
Trimshsamsha chart (D-30 chart), is very much vital for ascertaining the conditioning of marriage of a woman, which includes her widowhood as well. In this regard apart from other astrological factors to be ascertained from this varga chart, if the lagna, the 7th and the 8th house, along with their lords, of this chart are severely afflicted by malefic planets, it may result in the widowhood of a woman.
Some of the Possible Planetary Astrological Combinations for widowhood of a Female.

7th and 8th houses from lagna and Moon, having malefic planets. This has to be seen from the Navamsha chart as well.
7th lord in the 8th house and the 8th lord in the 7thhouse, having heavy malefic afflictions of malefic planets.
7th and 8th lords placed in the 6th or 12th houses in association with malefic planets.
Rahu in the 7th house or 8th house, in Aries or Scorpio signs, the signs of Mars, with a malefic influence of malefic planets.
Malefic planets in the 8th house of a woman.
7th house hemmed between malefic planets with 7th lord and karka Jupiter heavily afflicted.
Mars placed in the 1st, 4th, 8th or 12th houses in inimical signs, without any benefic aspect, with heavy affliction to the 7th house/lord.
Lagna lord and the 7th lord conjoined together with Venus having a malefic influence of malefic planets like Saturn and Mars.
Mars in the 8th house of the Navamsha chart in an inimical sign, with heavy affliction to the 7th house and its lord.
The 8th house in a woman’s horoscope is the “Mangalya Sthana”, which signifies the marital bond between her and her husband, thus signifying the longevity of her marital status. Widowhood is consequently assessed from this very house. Any major malefic influence to this house, without any support of benefic influence, can result in the widowhood of a woman.
8th lord in 6th or 12th house , with Saturn, Mars or Rahu having no benefic association or aspect, may result in the widowhood of a woman
The above combination of planets should be read carefully as If Jupiter aspects 8th house or 8th lord then it can save a woman from widowhood.
7th lord with Saturn, aspected by Mars.
Lagna Lord with 8th lord combined in 12th house with malefic aspects over 8th house.
Mars placed in 2nd house, aspected by Saturn and lord of 7th house placed in the 6th/8th/12th house.
Mars and Saturn combined in 7th house, and 7th lord debilitated.
7th house having malefic planets and the 9th house carrying a malefic affliction. It is said that when a woman turns to be a widow she takes to dharma and spiritual tendencies, which is represented by the 9th house and its lord.